After only one member of a survey team (in a zombie-like trance) returns from an isolated island in the Pacific Ocean, the wealthy industrialist named "Howard Carlton" (Owen Cunningham) hires an investigator by the name of "Phillip Knight" (Boris Karloff) to go to the island and check it out. Phillip is accompanied by his pretty assistant "Sarah Adams" (Beverly Tyler), the owner of the boat "Martin Schuyler" (Elisha Cook Jr.), the boat captain "Matthew Gunn" (Rhodes Reason), Howard's assistant "Barney Finch" (Murvyn Vye), a woman named "Claire Winter" (Jean Engstrom) and the lone survivor named "Mitchell" (Glenn Dixon). However, before they depart they encounter strange phenomenon and things get even more bizarre when they arrive. Anyway, rather than divulge any of the mysteries of this film and possibly ruin the movie for those who haven't seen it I will just say that I was mildly surprised with it. While the special effects leave much to be desired the story itself was pretty interesting overall. Quite frankly, considering the era in which it was made and the fact that it was a low-budget film I thought it was rather entertaining. That said, I rate it as slightly above average.
Review of Voodoo Island
