Teenage Zombies story

movie: Teenage Zombies (1959) · 1959

A group of teenagers are marooned on an island inhabited by a female mad scientist, her pet gorilla and a zombie slave named Ivan. She traps the kids in a cage down in her laboratory, plotting to use them as subjects for her zombie-making experimentation, so she can test out a drug she is working on for an unnamed foreign nation.

10 total · 5 major · 4 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
adolescence major The story followed the plight of a group of teenagers who had the ill-fortune of crossing paths with the deranged scientist Doctor Myra.
coping with a loved one being in peril major Reg and Dotty were worried sick about their four friends who went missing while out water skiing.
human vs. captivity major Doctor Myra held four teens captive on her secluded island.
mad scientist stereotype major Doctor Myra held four teens captive and experimented with transforming them into mindless, obedient zombies. She was maniacal and had a laboratory in her basement that was equipped with chemistry lab style equipment.
what if everyone turned into zombies major Doctor Myra plotted to release a nerve agent across the United States that was calculated to transform the entire population into mindless, obedient zombies.
friendship minor The six teens in the story were all friends who enjoyed to go water skiing together.
master and pet minor Doctor Myra had a pet gorilla.
master and servant minor Doctor Myra and her obedient stooge Ivan the Zombie.
nuclear weapons minor Doctor Myra discussed dropping hydrogen bombs on the United States with two foreign agents from "the East".
zombie not No actual zombies were featured. Ivan the Zombie was essentially a big, lumbering dolt.