I EAT YOUR SKIN is a neat little zombie film, shot in 1964 (so we get the old-fashioned zombies here, not the Romero type) but not released until seven years later. The title makes it sound like a video nasty but in fact it's a largely tame black and white jungle adventure movie with much in common with the films made in the 1940s.
The plot sees a group of characters heading into the deepest jungle (actually a Floridian island) and soon discovering that the place is awash with zombies that have been created by a misguided scientist's experiments. The film has a definite swinging sixties vibe to it with a playboy hero and lots of good-natured flirtation and dialogue between the characters.
The zombies themselves are really cool-looking with some great make up. They look like they're suffering from bad psoriasis with bug eyes to boot and scenes of them stalking their victims through the jungle have a genuine frisson of excitement to them. It's not a gory film at all, even though there's a brief beheading, and at times it gets bogged down in stock native ritual padding. Otherwise it's a fun little effort and one for the fans.
The plot sees a group of characters heading into the deepest jungle (actually a Floridian island) and soon discovering that the place is awash with zombies that have been created by a misguided scientist's experiments. The film has a definite swinging sixties vibe to it with a playboy hero and lots of good-natured flirtation and dialogue between the characters.
The zombies themselves are really cool-looking with some great make up. They look like they're suffering from bad psoriasis with bug eyes to boot and scenes of them stalking their victims through the jungle have a genuine frisson of excitement to them. It's not a gory film at all, even though there's a brief beheading, and at times it gets bogged down in stock native ritual padding. Otherwise it's a fun little effort and one for the fans.