Voodoo | Offscreen
Voodoo is a religion that was imported by African slaves to the West-Indies. Hollywood used it for the first time as a theme in “White Zombie” (1932) but it would soon be a staple in the horror genre.
The excellent Hammer production “The Plague of the Zombies” bathes in a horrific atmosphere. Released in 1966, it is the last of the classic 'old style' voodoo films, two years before George A. Romero unleashes his cannibalistic zombies on audiences in “Night of the Living Dead” and catapults the horror genre into the modern era.
Recently departed horror master Wes Craven (“A Nightmare on elm Street”, “Scream”) bases his film “The Serpent and the Rainbow” on the true account of antropologist Wade Davis. Shot on location in Haiti, the result is a realistic and terrifying excursion into black magic and the supernatural.
The Plague of the Zombies
A Cornish village in the 19th century experiences a plague of mysterious deaths. A young doctor and his mentor discover that the graves of the deceiced are empty. A gothic classic from the Hammer studios.
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Bill Pullman gets sent to Haiti as an atropologist by an American pharmaceutical company. They want him to find the drug that is used by voodoo priests to bring the dead back to live. A horror film based on real events by the director of “A Nightmare on Elm Street”.
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