The Snake People

The inhabitants of a small, remote island have been practicing voodoo rites and worshiping an evil priest named Damballah for years, but the local law officials generally turn a blind eye to this death cult's bizarre activities. Captain Pierre Labiche arrives from Paris, determined to crack down on the island's lawlessness and clean up the ineffectual, hard-drinking police force there. He appeals for assistance from wealthy plantation tycoon Karl van Molder, who owns nearly half of the island and wields a great deal of influence over its population. Van Molder has made the study of parapsychology his life's work and believes in the secret powers of the mind; he warns Labiche not to interfere with this forgotten island's ancient ways. Also visiting is van Molder's niece Annabella, a temperance crusader who wants her uncle to help her fund the International Anti-Saloon League. She falls in love with handsome Lieutenant Andrew Wilhelm, despite his fondness for rum. Meanwhile, beautiful native girls are being transformed into zombies, and sinister snake dancer Kalea leads them to attack and devour any meddling policemen who get too close to their unholy rituals. When Annabella is kidnapped and prepared to be the cult's latest human sacrifice, Labiche and Wilhelm must infiltrate their ranks to save her and, in the process, they finally learn the true identity of the all-powerful Damballah.