Post #554269 by JOHN-O on Thu, Sep 16, 2010 2:46 PM

Yup, and if you follow those Wikipedia links,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie#1930s

you get this description:

"In 1932, Victor Halperin directed White Zombie, a horror film starring Bela Lugosi. This film, capitalizing on the same voodoo zombie themes as Seabrook's book of three years prior, is often regarded as the first legitimate zombie film ever made. Here zombies are depicted as mindless, unthinking henchmen under the spell of an evil magician. Zombies, often still using this voodoo-inspired rationale, were initially uncommon in cinema...."

A lot of film critics consider this movie key in introducing the concept of a Zombie to the general public. Without it, Don Beach might have based his cocktail on some other idea (which might not have had the same popular iconongraphy that caught fire and inspired the Tropical cocktail boom).

I cite "Dracula" since it sparked the whole horror movie craze of the 1930's.

The way I see it, no Dracula --> no White Zombie --> no (inspired) Zombie Cocktail --> no 1930's Tropical cocktail boom --> no Tiki.

Think of it as "6 degrees of (Tiki) separation". I love those vampires !!

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2010-09-16 15:00 ]