The Walking Dead is a 1936 American horror film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Marguerite Churchill, and Barton MacLane.

It was a commercial success for Warner Bros. domestically, though it was subject to censorship in several countries, receiving numerous cuts by film censors in the United Kingdom, as well as being banned in Finland, Switzerland, and Singapore.

Although pressed by Beaumont to reveal insights about the afterlife, Ellman admonishes him, quoting Deuteronomy 6:15: "Leave the dead to their maker.

[8] A few days before shooting was scheduled, actor Boris Karloff voiced problems involving his character John Ellman.

Two decades later, United Artists Associates syndicated the film to local US television stations as part of its 58-film package "Science Fiction-Horror-Monster Features."

[14] Though released uncut in the United States, The Walking Dead was banned in Finland, Switzerland, and Singapore, due to its "gruesome" content.

"[5] Warner Bros. Home Entertainment released The Walking Dead on DVD in 2009 as part of a multi-film set featuring You'll Find Out (1940), Zombies on Broadway (1945), and Frankenstein 1970 (1958).

The reviewer wrote: "The director and the supporting cast try hard to give some semblance of credibility to the trite and pseudo-scientific vaporings of the writers, but the best they can produce is something that moves swiftly enough but contains little of sustained interest."

"[17] Frank Nugent of The New York Times praised the film for Karloff's performance, which he described as "something to haunt your sleep at nights," before concluding: "Horror pictures are a staple commodity, and this one was taken from one of the better shelves.

"[18] Variety wrote of the film: "Those with a yen for shockers will get limited satisfaction from the story that has been wrapped around Boris Karloff’s initial stalking piece under the Warner banner.