The following is a list of movies that have Voodoo as an essential aspect of the story line. Bear in mind that the depiction of Voodoo in these films, on most accounts, is a Hollywood depiction and thus, an inaccurate one.
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The definitive Val Lewton/Jacques Tournier horror film.A young American nurse comes to Haiti to care for the catatonic matriarch of a troubled family. Local legends surface when she takes her patient to a voodoo healing ceremony. Superb images & atmosphere create unique context for a serious "Jane Eyre" type story. Written by Curt Siodmak & Ardel Wray. Directed by Jacques Tournier. 1943 69min Unrated.
Voodoo Academy A bunch of hunky blond school boys run around in bulgy boxer shorts while their scantily attired voodoo priestess headmistress turns them into dolls. Rated r 90 Min 2000
The Believers Martin Sheen is a police department psychiatrist who has just lost his wife to a faulty Mr Coffee machine. His closest friends are secretly members of a Santeria/voodoo cult that want to sacrifice his son. The plot is none to concise, but it is a scarey thriller. There's a really creepy witch doctor guy who has cool looking eyes. Save it for a rainy day or your Halloween film fest.
The Killing BoxA B movie about slave traders who bring back an evil voodoo entity that is accidently freed by the Confederate army during the Civil War. The entity possesses the bodies of the dead soldiers to create an army of its own bent on conquest, using the corpses of both the North and South.
Angel Heart (Unrated)Mickie Rourke is a private detective hire by the devil (Robert Deniro) to track down someone. The detective trappings are straight Sam Spade, but Mr Rourke redefines "a rough night" way beyond anything Sam could conjure up. Lisa Bonet plays a hot young voodoo priestess, that must have given Bill Cosby fits. Only accept the NC-17 version, the sex is essential to the eeriness of the plot. The book Fallen Angel by William Hjortsberg is also worth reading. Brownie McGhee the famous blues artist has a bit part as Toots Sweet. This is scary stuff and was nicely stylized under Alan Parker's writing and direction. 1987 113 minutes Rated R and NC17.
Dead AliveA New Zealand spoof about a young man's mother who is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life as a zombie, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors. 1992 Unrated
The Serpent And The RainbowThis movie is about a Harvard ethno botanist who goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people in zombies. Bummer for him that he ends up zombified afer buying the secret herbs...
Voodoo DawnGroup of immigrant Haitian farm workers tries to fight off an evil Haitian voodoo priest who tries to kill them & use their body parts to make up a zombie army. 1990 Rated R 83 minutes
Voodoo DawnConsidered by most a true low budget flick with little to do about Voodoo in it. Not to be confused with the other film of the same name, in this one Michael Madsen is an ex-con that learned a little voodoo while he was in the slammer in Louisiana. He sets out to use his black arts for revenge once he is back on the street. Somehow Jezebel (Rosanna Arquette) who is a stripper sets out to do his dirty work. Her assignment is to bring down A.J. ( Balthazar Getty) and what remains of his family. It's all too confusing and not worth your time. It is, however, a contemporary voodoo movie so we sat through it to the end. Rosanna looks a little different here, or is that my imagination? Look for Pat Perkins as Queenie, the voodoo priestess.
Voodoo Island/The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (Midnite Movies Double Feature)Jonathan Drake, while attending his brother's funeral, is shocked to find the head of the deceased is missing. When his brother's skull shows up later in a locked cabinet, Drake realizes an ancient curse placed upon his grandfather by a tribe of South American Jivaro Indians is still in effect and that he himself is the probable next victim. That night he is awakened by the approach of an Indian, his lips sewed together with string, and wielding a curare-tipped bamboo knife. Beverly Tyler co stars with Boris Karloff; Directed by Reginald LeBorg. 1957 75 minutes.
The Voodoo Factor (1959) (TV)Plot Outline: Hard-driven scientist David Whittaker finds himself battling for the survival of the world against a disease spreading from a tropical island caused by a legendary spider-goddess. Also Known As:The Saturday Serial: Voodoo Factor (UK) Runtime: 30 min (6 episodes). Country:UK. Language:English. Color:Black and White
Voodoo Woman(1957) Deep in the jungles, a mad scientist tampers with voodoo in order to create an invincible monster to serve his will. When a party of gold seekers stumbles upon his village, the scientist realizes that Marilyn the expedition’s evil leader is the perfect subject for his work.
Horror movie about a demented professor of the occult, whose soul jumps into the curvaceous body of Nurse Sherri (Jill Jacobson) shortly before he dies on the operating table. The possessed lady in white then begins stalking, seducing and kill people - even her boyfriend - until someone puts an end to the madness.
I Walked with a Zombie / The Body Snatcher
I Walked with A Zombie - Movie Poster
Voodoo Academy
The Believers
The Killing Box
Angel Heart (Unrated)
Dead Alive
The Serpent And The Rainbow
Voodoo Dawn
Voodoo Dawn
Voodoo Island/The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (Midnite Movies Double Feature)
Voodoo Woman
(1957) Deep in the jungles, a mad scientist tampers with voodoo in order to create an invincible monster to serve his will. When a party of gold seekers stumbles upon his village, the scientist realizes that Marilyn the expedition’s evil leader is the perfect subject for his work.
Black Voodoo
