I EAT YOUR SKIN aka ZOMBIE free to watch online

I Eat Your Skin is a 1964 horror film about a playboy novelist who joins his publisher on an expedition to Voodoo Island in the Caribbean, where a cancer researcher is being forced to turn the tribes people into zombies.

The movie was produced, written and directed by Del Tenney (The Horror of Party Beach; The Curse of the Living Corpse). Second unit director William Grefé went on to direct Death Curse of Tartu; Sting of Death and Stanley.

The movie stars William Joyce, Heather Hewitt, Betty Hyatt Linton, Dan Stapleton, Walter Coy, Robert Stanton, Vanoye Aikens, Matt King, Rebecca Oliver, Don Strawn and George-Ann Williamson.

The movie was filmed in Miami as Zombie (director-producer Del Tenney apparently told locals he was making a spy thriller called Caribbean Adventure to avoid controversy), it remained unreleased for six years, despite an apparent title change to Voodoo Blood Bath. There are anecdotes from Tenney and Grefé about the production in the book Drums of Terror: Voodoo in the Cinema.

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In 1970, exploitation film distributor Jerry Gross bought the rights to the film for a reported $40,000 (although this seems perhaps exaggerated?) and retitled it I Eat Your Skin so he could pair it on a themed Cinemation Industries double-bill with his own production I Drink Your Blood.

Plot:
Author and womaniser Tom Harris (William Joyce) travels to “Voodoo Island” in search of material on local legends for his novel and “virgin natives”. Unfortunately, Harris stumbles onto the secret laboratory of Doctor Biladeau, a mad scientist who is experimenting with reversing the process of ageing…

“… it gets better as it goes, with enough action, humor, gore, babes in bikinis, explosions, and narrow escapes to make it a pretty satisfying B-movie experience. It’s fast-paced, focused and pleasingly predictable. Jungle drums, piano, and horns make for a good soundtrack.” David Elroy Goldweber, Claws & Saucers book

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“In an anomalously creative scene, a zombie blows up the protagonists’ plane by casually walking into the propeller while holding a box of explosives – a zombie suicide bomber.” Peter Dendle, The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia 

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“The climax, which involves the island being destroyed, is achieved using a terrible model and a firecracker explosion. With bad effects, horrible dialogue, and a Muzak-inspired score, this concoction is fascinating, and like so many other films of the 1960s, it’s almost entertaining in a so-bad-it’s-good way.” Glenn Kay, Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide

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Director’s Original Cut as Zombie [1080p HD]:

Jerry Gross’ Cinemation Industries version [720p]:

Choice dialogue:
Tom Harris: “I’ve heard a rumour that there’s an army of the walking dead on this island. Is there any truth to that?”

Filming locations:
Miami and Key Biscayne, Florida

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