这部经典丧尸片主打黑白的灵幻氛围，叙事节奏甚至早于《活死人之夜》，不仅是僵尸片的鼻祖，更是福克斯制片厂的试金石。这种奇幻生物袭击小镇的叙事模式，既有超现实的趣味，又充满了对当时英国社会的不满隐喻，风格独特，绝对值得一试。彼得·洛利精湛的演技让主角从活人一步步“烂”成僵尸的滑稽过程充满了黑色幽默，这种独特的叙事手法至今看来依然别具一格。导演雅克·特纳把悬疑和幽灵完美融合，开场那场雨夜追车戏就充满张力，车内上演的“幽灵狂想曲”更是把宿命感拉满。与其说是恐怖片，不如说它更偏向于超现实的哥特幻想，利用彩色与黑白的交错将怪物电影拍出了艺术片的质感。如果你厌倦了老套的吸血鬼故事，喜欢《七宗罪》这种将怪谈与犯罪深度结合的烧脑佳作，这部黑白片绝对不容错过。

A young Canadian nurse (Betsy) comes to the West Indies to care for Jessica, the wife of a plantation manager (Paul Holland). Jessica seems to be suffering from a kind of mental paralysis as a result of fever. When she falls in love with Paul, Betsy determines to cure Jessica even if she needs to use a voodoo ceremony, to give Paul what she thinks he wants.