Murder Legendre: Difference between revisions
===Arrival of Neil and Madeleine===
===Arrival of Neil and Madeleine===
In 1932, Legendre watches as a coach carrying Neil and Madeleine to Beaumont’s plantation is passing through and stops by, whilst the coach driver asks Legendre where the plantation is, Murder peeks in the carriage and tries to hypnotize Madeleine and Neil, however the coach driver sees his zombies walk towards the coach and quickly drives the coach away as Legendre takes Madeleine’s scarf for his ritual and then goes back to his sugar mill to continue his work.
Later, Charles Beaumont visits Legendre at his sugar mill to talk about his plans with Madeleine after the wedding, Legendre tells him to drug Madeleine by giving him a drug to do so, this will kill Madeleine, then Legendre will revive her and finally she’ll be Beaumont’s or a zombie, he says. Beaumont says that he is scared of a zombified Madeleine but Legendre informs him that this is what he wanted and tells him to agree with it which Beaumont does before going away from the base to his plantation again alongside the drug.
==Inspiration==
==Inspiration==
1930s Pre-Code horror villain
Fictional character
Murder Legendre is a fictional character and the antagonist of the 1932 black-and-white horror film White Zombie were he was portrayed by actor Bela Lugosi.
Early life[edit]
Murder Legendre was born in Haiti somewhere in the 1890s-1900s, at a young age he met and became the protege of Ledot, a witch doctor in the island who taught him all the skills of voodoo and witchcraft. After mastering them all, Murder used his voodoo powers to turn Ledot into a zombie which he succeeded with, he then turned many of his enemies into zombies including Marquee, Garcia and Von Gelder and made them all work as slaves in his sugar mill. For this, the executioner of Haiti at the time, Chauvin tried to execute Legendre but was transformed into a zombie by him as well, so was witch doctor Pierre who managed to escape Legendre’s wrath and live peacefully away from him. Murder also met Charles Beaumont, owner of a plantation and his servant Silver who was suspicious of Legendre, whilst Beaumont completely trusted him, telling him about his plan to get lovers Madeleine Short and Neil Parker married in Haiti, and then get Madeleine drugged and run away with her as Beaumont’s bride, Legendre agreed to this, but said to Beaumont that he has to turn Madeleine into a zombie first which Beaumont thought about. Legendre also found another enemy alongside Pierre with Dr. Bruner, a missionary preacher who wanted to end his control, slavery and zombies.
Arrival of Neil and Madeleine[edit]
In 1932, Legendre watches as a coach carrying Neil and Madeleine to Beaumont’s plantation is passing through and stops by, whilst the coach driver asks Legendre where the plantation is, Murder peeks in the carriage and tries to hypnotize Madeleine and Neil, however the coach driver sees his zombies walk towards the coach and quickly drives the coach away as Legendre takes Madeleine’s scarf for his ritual and then goes back to his sugar mill to continue his work.
Later, Charles Beaumont visits Legendre at his sugar mill to talk about his plans with Madeleine after the wedding, Legendre tells him to drug Madeleine by giving him a drug to do so, this will kill Madeleine, then Legendre will revive her and finally she’ll be Beaumont’s or a zombie, he says. Beaumont says that he is scared of a zombified Madeleine but Legendre informs him that this is what he wanted and tells him to agree with it which Beaumont does before going away from the base to his plantation again alongside the drug.
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External links[edit]
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White Zombie at classic monsters
• White Zombie at IMDb