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Voodoo Dawn
Strange Turf / Voodoo Blood
USA 1991
produced by Steven D. Mackler, Bernard E. Goldberg (executive)
directed by Steven Fierberg
starring Raymond St. Jacques, Theresa Merritt, Gina Gershon, Kirk Baily, Billy 'Sly' Williams, J. Grant Albrecht, Tony Todd, Valerie Hines-Williamson, Georgia Allen, John Lawhorn, Pierre Perea, L. Warren Young, Ernestine Mathis, William Gribble, Jim Wiggins, Peter Knowlton
written by John A. Russo, Jeffrey Delman, Thomas Rendon, Evan Dunsky, music by Taj, special mechanical effects by John Bisson, special makeup effects by Evan Campbell
review by Mike Haberfelner
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NYU-students Kevin (Kirk Baily) and Miles (Billy 'Sly' Williams) make a
trip down South to pick up their buddy Tony (J. Grant Albrecht), who has
been studying the social behaviour of Haitian immigrant migrant farmworkers pretty much
on site, the vast farmlands of ... wherever-it-is. However, Kevin and
Miles get lost in exactly these vast farmlands, pick up a girl, Tina (Gina
Gershon), who later turns out to be Tony's girlfriend, and run into
zombies - not of the flesh-eating but the voodoo-kind. It turns out there
is a bad voodoo bokor in the region, Macoute (Tony Todd), who was formerly
of the Haitian secret police and now wants to make the local Haitians into
zombies. Tina was sent to fetch Madame Daslay (Theresa Merritt), the only
person who can prevent the worst. Bad enough, but bad comes to worse when
Kevin is actually bitten by a zombie and almost turns into one himself. After
much to and fro, Kevin, Miles and Tina manage to get Madame Daslay to the
camp of Tina's folks, and they all go on attack against Macoute. Macoute
is easily cornered, but despite Tina's folks's strength in numbers,
defeating him sounds easier than it is because he's a really mighty bokor,
has zombies upon zombies at his disposal, and isn't simply killed by death
... but of course, the film ends happily (for the good guys) anyhow. Ok
horror thriller, but little more than run-of-the-mill: The story's pretty
decent, as is the execution, but there's quite simply nothing special
about this one, it's a predictable voodoo thriller (even though it gives
voodoo as such a fairer treatment than most other movies) without much in
terms of originality or special highlights script- or direction-wise. In
other words, you have probably seen a lot worse (I know I have) ... but
this one might be the movie you've forgotten the soonest.
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