TEENAGE ZOMBIES

While taking their boat out for some water-skiing, a quartet of teens named Reg, Skip, Julie, and Pam accidentally discover an island run by a mad scientist named Doctor Myra who, backed by foreign agents from "the East", intends to turn everyone in the United States into mindlessly obedient zombies.

The teenagers are captured by the hulking, bearded zombie Ivan and imprisoned in cages down in Myra's basement, but the boys manage to escape, planning to find a way off the island and then come back to rescue the girls. When a couple of their young friends arrive with the local sheriff to save them, he turns out to be in league with Myra and has been supplying her with victims for her experiments.

A complicated fight scene serves as the climax, in which a previously zombified gorilla arrives just in time to attack Myra's henchmen and allow the teens to escape. They find Myra attempting to steal their boat and manage to capture her for the police. After they are safely back on the mainland and the proper authorities informed, it is implied that the teens will receive a reward for discovering the island and will have an audience with the President of the United States.

A zombified gorilla disrupts Doctor Myra’s operation, allowing the teens to escape. Myra is captured while trying to steal their boat, and the authorities are informed.

The ending reinforces the era’s faith in youthful American resourcefulness and the eventual triumph of good over evil. The teens’ escape and Myra’s capture restore order, while the hint of a presidential audience playfully nods to the importance of their discovery. The film wraps its outlandish plot with a return to normalcy, leaving the audience with a sense of closure and a wink at Cold War anxieties.