You would think 70 minutes wouldn't be enough time for a movie to be too long and boring but you'd be wrong. This flick uses the same old tricks of the extreme tight shot and people walking down the same path a dozen times.When that wears thin they throw in some crappy acting powered by a non-existent story. The main characters go to a mysterious island and decide splitting up is a good idea.When they all get caught and thrown in cages,one guy manages to break the lock on the guys cage and goes on to tell the girls it's not a good idea to break the lock on their cage yet. And it doesn't end up affecting the story!! To make sure the movie was total poo they even threw in a few silent fights that were as exciting as watching gay cowboys eat pudding.

A mad female scientist who lives on an isolated island carries out insane experiments sponsored by the Russians on unfortunate human guinea pigs, turning them into pliant zombie-like creatures. A bunch of pesky teenagers pitch up and thwart their plans.This is one of several films from the time that not only was specifically made for the large teenage cinema-going demographic but which also went so far as to add the word 'teenagers' in the title. Like most of them the title hardly makes sense. Teenagers from Outer Space (1959) did not feature any teenagers from outer space in a similar way to how Teenage Zombies isn't really about, well, teenage zombies. But the idea of the title was to make it abundantly clear that these were films for teenagers. Now obviously nowadays if you gave an average teen a copy of this film for their birthday, they would be less than impressed. These off-their-time curiosities are now the sort of things that cult film and retro genre fans seek out.In all honesty, this is a bad film although it does have its moments. The plot-line is ludicrous of course and the idea that the evil Russians are blamed for these zombie-making, gorilla-baiting antics is typical for the time it was made – the communists were seemingly to blame for everything in most American films of the 50's. There's also an amusing and unexpected plot strand where the town sheriff is sending prisoners and drunks over to the island to be experimented on. There's also a shuffling, lumbering henchmen and that old chestnut, a man in a monkey-suit. So it has some entertainment value but is overall pretty poor stuff.

By any measurement, this is a horrible film.The plot is silly.The acting is non-existent.The directions is worse than amateurish.There really is nothing to recommend unless you want to see what the The Plot.Teenagers Reg, Skip, Julie and Pam go out for an afternoon of water skiing on a nice day. They come ashore on an island that is being used as a testing center for a scientist and agents from "an eastern power." They seek to turn the people of the United States into easily controlled zombie like creatures. The agents steal Reg's boat, stranding the teens on the island. The four friends are then held captive in cages able only to speculate on their fate. Though they have already been testing the formula on convicts and drunks, the enemy scientist and agents plan to conduct final tests on the teens before they use it on the rest of America. Meanwhile, two of their friends, whom the captives had planned to meet later, search for their missing friends. After a series of suspicious encounters, they urge the corrupt sheriff to search the island where their friends are trapped.

Soda shop teenagers Don Sullivan (as Reg), Jay Hawk (as Morrie), and Mitzie Albertson (as Julie) discuss waterskiing and horseback riding. Hay-brained Mr. Hawk decides to go riding with girlfriend Nan Green (as Dotty) while the others join Paul Pepper (as Skip) and Brianne Murphy (as Pam) for water sports. The four boaters wind up stranded on a mysterious island. There, the waterskiing couples lose their boat, and are held captive by glamour-gowned doctor Katherine Victor (as Myra) - she wants to turn the teenagers into zombies! Jerry Warren's "Teenage Zombies" is a very poorly produced, sometimes fun film. The storyline is silly, but easy to understand. Communists want to turn the United States into a bunch of zombies. They might have considered letting nature take its course (but, then, there wouldn't be a movie). An ensemble cast, led by Sullivan, plays the material very well, considering the script's obvious idiocy. Hawk does a surprisingly good job as "Morrie". And, Ms. Victor is a hilariously hospitable hostess, offering soda pop to her potential zombies.*** Teenage Zombies (1959) Jerry Warren ~ Don Sullivan, Katherine Victor, Jay Hawk