Product Details

• Actors: Bryant Haliday, Dennis Price, Lisa Daniely, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Mary Kerridge
• Directors: Lindsay Shonteff
• Format: Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Elite Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: May 4, 1999
• Run Time: 77 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000IC1W
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,275 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Curse of the Voodoo" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rod Allison, January 19, 2001

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This review is from: Curse of the Voodoo (DVD)

A British hunter (Bryant Haliday) is on an African safari, when a less skilled hunting mate wounds a lion which then runs into the territory of a tribe that worships lions as a god. The hunter (Haliday) and his local African partner reluctantly chase down and kill the wounded lion.

The tribe puts a curse on him which follows him back to London, causing deteriorating health and hallucinations. He sees tribesmen - some in Western attire, some in loin cloths with spears - lurking around him in London. He can't convince anyone other than his estranged wife that it isn't due to insanity or his excesssive drinking. His African partner is held captive by the tribe and tormented.

Eventually, when his wife learns that the only way to break the curse is to return to Africa and kill the one who put it on him, he goes back to try to break the curse and rescue his partner.

Haliday puts in a strong performance as the anti-hero hunter, and the dark, psychological story has a lot of bite. Some viewers (and reviewers) are obviously put off by what they consider negative depictions of Arficans. Hollywood's current code of political correctness would never allow some of a film's African characters to be shown as superstitious, primitive, or the "bad guys," as this picture does.

To the contrary, I felt the picture reflected its creator's honest and informed assement of Africa, and the disregard for political correctness was not only refreshing, but a display of candor and open mindedness when compared to today's films.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent. Classic British Horror, November 21, 2001

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zabarinthea "zabarinthea" (Green Mountain, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Curse of the Voodoo [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a very well made film. Beautiful black & white photography, good story, and finely acted. I really don't understand how someone could not like this film, unless they've been raised on the action-filled, special-effects laden schlock that comes out of Hollywood these days. I found nothing objectionable in the depiction of the natives, I found it no different from the depictions of other primitive cultures in films of the era. In short, as good or better than most of the Hammer films.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "curse of the voodoo" a 60's feast, May 6, 2011

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erichl5 - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Curse of the Voodoo (DVD)

this is not your average fanged blob suddenly appears in the frame to force you to jump, kind of film......no, this is a stylish bit of mid 60's b/w thriller, so much like the films that did make me jump back in 1965......i guess it was just a gentler time...anyway, the photography is clean, crisp monochrome, acting is fairly stiff with very little tongue in cheek, but the pacing is wonderful.....if you can get through the long jazz club dance.....you've got it made......quality is great, price is low.....well worth the price....e. lehe