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The Disembodied is an American 1957 horror film directed by Walter Grauman[1] and starring Paul Burke, Allison Hayes, John Wengraf, Eugenia Paul, and Robert Christopher.[2][3][4] It was released by Allied Artists on a double bill with From Hell It Came. The film is Grauman's first directing job.[5]

Plot

Searching for adventures, a photographer visits a remote tropical village where he meets a local married couple in the person of Dr. Metz and his strange native wife, Tonda, who is fond of Voodoo rituals and turns out to be a dark cult leader.[6][7][8]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Shelley, Peter (21 October 2009). Grande Dame Guignol Cinema: A History of Hag Horror from Baby Jane to Mother. McFarland. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7864-5485-3. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  2. ^ Monaco, James (1991). The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books. p. 468. ISBN 978-0-399-51604-7. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  3. ^ Rubin, Steven (1 November 2017). Twilight Zone Encyclopedia. Chicago Review Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-61373-891-7. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  4. ^ Stephens, Michael L. (2 September 2015). Art Directors in Cinema: A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-4766-1128-0. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  5. ^ "The Disembodied (1957)". Mike's Take On the Movies .......... Rediscovering Cinema's Past. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  6. ^ "The Disembodied (1957)". Letterboxd. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  7. ^ "The Disembodied (1957)". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  8. ^ Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey (1 January 1999). Captive Bodies: Postcolonial Subjectivity in Cinema. SUNY Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-7914-4155-8. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  9. ^ "The Disembodied (1957)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 8, 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
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