Isle of the Dead
A grave's dank darkness smothers the screams of a girl still alive!
Directed by Mark Robson
Produced by RKO Radio Pictures
A claustrophobic, atmospheric horror film that traps its characters between two terrors—plague and superstition—building dread through isolation and paranoia rather than gore.
On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people—a superstitious old peasant—suspects a young woman of being a vampiric demon.
Essence
Ensemble
Boris Karloff
Gen. Nikolas Pherides
Ellen Drew
Thea
Marc Cramer
Oliver Davis
Katherine Emery
Mary St. Aubyn
Helene Thimig
Madame Kyra
Alan Napier
St. Aubyn
Jason Robards Sr.
Albrecht
Ernst Deutsch
Dr. Drossos
Skelton Knaggs
Andrew Robbins (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Col. Kobestes (uncredited)
Erick Hanson
Officer (uncredited)
Rose Hobart
Mary St. Aubyn (in long shot; uncredited)
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