The Plague of the Zombies

A Hammer Horror film from the year 1966.

Mysterious deaths are happening around a small village in Cornwall. Local doctor Peter Thompson writes a letter about this to his mentor Sir James Forbes. Dr. Thompson's wife Alice happens to be a friend Sir James's daughter Sylvia, and she convinces him to pay a visit. As they arrive, they run into a plot of using zombified people as a labor for a closed tin mine.

Examples in this film:

• Aristocrats Are Evil: Hamilton.
• Catapult Nightmare: Dr. Thompson waking up from his nightmare.
• Even Evil Has Standards: When Hamilton's men snatch Sylvia and attempt to have "fun" with her, Hamilton halts them and lets her leave his house untouched. He still tries to turn her into a zombie, though.
• Eye Awaken: Done when Sylvia becomes a zombie.
• Grave Robbing: Because local superstitions keeps Dr. Thompson from performing a proper autopsy, he and Sir James have to resort to robbing a grave in an attempt to perform one.
• Hollywood Darkness
• Hollywood Voodoo
• Improvised Weapon: When Sir James attacked by one of Hamilton's men, he defends himself with a candlestick.
• Man On Fire: When the voodoo dolls controlling the zombies catch fire, so do they.
• Our Zombies Are Different: The voodoo type.
• The Power of Blood: Blood is an essential part of turning someone into a zombie.
• Secret Path: Hidden door in Hamilton's study leads to the caverns under his house.
• Rise from Your Grave: After witnessing Sylvia's second death, Dr. Thompson faints and has a nightmare where he sees the dead rising from their graves.
• Shovel Strike: When zombified Sylvia closes in on Sir James, he decapitates her with a shovel.
• The X of Y
• You Have 48 Hours: After Dr. Thompson and Sir James are caught grave robbing by two constables, Sir James convinces them to hold their report for 48 hours.