I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
Released: 30 Apr 1943; NY opening: 21 Apr 1943
Produced: 26 Oct--19 Nov 1942

Producer: Val Lewton
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Writer: Curt Siodmak

Betsy, a Canadian nurse, travels to the West Indies to care for plantation owner Paul Holland's catatonic wife. Betsy comes to believe that the woman's condition is caused by a voodoo curse.

The last project that Lewton worked on during his tenure with David Selznick was the film adaption of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. I Walked with a Zombie is often described as "Jane Eyre in the West Indies". Released in 1944, Selnick's Jane Eyre starred Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine and makes a great double-feature with Zombie.

Another of the inspirations for the film was the article "I Walked With a Zombie" written by Inez Wallace for American Weekly Magazine. The story details the adventures of the writer while visiting Haiti.