I Eat Your Skin Year: 1964 Director: Del Tenney Written by: Del Tenney Threat: Zombies Weapon of Choice: Machete Based upon: none Color/B&W/3D: B&W Language: English Country of Origin: United States IMDb page:

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The tyranist's thoughts
Somewhere between the horror genre and the adventure genre, this movie takes a different and relatively early look at zombies. It even sticks sort of near some of the real life mythology around zombies.
An adventure book writer, his agent/publisher, and his agent's wife all fly to a little island known as Voodoo Island so that he can do some research for a new novel. Once there, however, they discover all is not right and are soon fighting for their lives.
The zombies in this one are actually pretty cool considering the time. Nothing like what Romero would manage, but stylistic enough that they are clearly zombies even in black & white.
The story is sort of lame, but it is an adventure story and reminds me of many of the serials I used to watch on Saturday afternoons. The lead girl (played by Heather Hewitt) is attractive and her constant peril pulls the story along nicely. The writer (played by William Joyce) is in the mold of Hemingway and all about getting stuck in when it comes to the adventure. There was one female character that had a voice second only to Fran Drescher in annoyance, but luckily and in spite of her early appearance, she turns out to be a minor character.
I enjoyed this. The production values were decent, the story about what it had to be, and the zombies cool for their time. About my only complaint is that the music was pretty annoying in parts. It's like they were afraid of silence or dialogue carrying a scene.
Check this one out if you get a chance. You might not like it, but then you might.
Posted: February 20, 2006

Total Skulls: 8

Sequel
Sequel setup
Rips off earlier film
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie
Future celebrity appears
Former celebrity appears
Bad title
Bad premise
Bad acting
Bad dialogue
Bad execution
MTV Editing
OTS
Girl unnecessarily gets naked
Wanton sex
Death associated with sex
Unfulfilled promise of nudity
Characters forget about threat
Secluded location
Power is cut
Phone lines are cut
Someone investigates a strange noise
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door
Camera is the killer
Victims cower in front of a window/door
Victim locks self in with killer
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls
Toilet stall scene
Shower/bath scene
Car stalls or won't start
Cat jumps out
Fake scare
Laughable scare
Stupid discovery of corpse
Dream sequence
Hallucination/Vision
No one believes only witness
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth
Warning goes unheeded
Music detracts from scene
Death in first five minutes
x years before/later
Flashback sequence
Dark and stormy night
Killer doesn't stay dead
Killer wears a mask
Killer is in closet
Killer is in car with victim
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes
Unscary villain/monster
Beheading
Blood fountain
Blood spatters - camera, wall, etc.
Poor death effect
Excessive gore
No one dies at all
Virgin survives
Geek/Nerd survives
Little kid lamely survives
Dog/Pet miraculously survives
Unresolved subplots
"It was all a dream" ending
Unbelievably happy ending
Unbelievably crappy ending
What the hell?