Voodoo Man
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Voodoo Man |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1944 |
| length | 61 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | William Beaudine |
| script | Robert Charles |
| production |
Jack Dietz Sam Katzman |
| music | Edward Kay |
| camera | Marcel Le Picard |
| cut | Carl Pierson |
| occupation | |
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Voodoo Man is a 1944 American horror film directed by William Beaudine and starring Bela Lugosi and John Carradine . The film has not yet been released in Germany.
action
After three young women disappeared without a trace near the small town of Twin Falls, the young author Ralph Dawson is supposed to write a screenplay about the incident for a film company. Dawson travels to Twin Falls, primarily to hang out with his fiancée Betty Benton. However, Dawson's car runs out of fuel. Betty's cousin Stella happens to come by and takes Dawson with her. On the same street on which the three women disappeared, Stella's car with a mysterious defect comes to a halt. While Dawson goes to a nearby house for help, Stella is kidnapped by two men, Toby and Grego. Stella is led through an underground tunnel to Dr. Brought to Marlowe, who hypnotizes Stella. He wants to bring the soul of the woman into the body of his wife Evelyn, who died 20 years ago, and thus bring her to life.
Dawson arrives at the house, the domicile of Dr. Marlowes, and is turned away. He returns to the car and finds it abandoned. Believing that Stella just drove off without him, Dawson sets off for town. When he arrives at his fiancée, he discovers that Stella has disappeared. The sheriff called in recognizes similarities between Stella's disappearance and the disappearance of the three young women. The sheriff goes to Marlowe to question him.
The attempt to transfer Stella's soul into Evelyn's body was only partially successful. Marlowe, who performed a voodoo ritual with the help of the voodoo priest Nicholas, is now looking for another victim. While the scientist is questioned by the sheriff, Toby accidentally releases Stella, who is in a deep trance. Stella wanders back through the tunnel and is picked up by the sheriff and brought to Betty. In their need to bring the young woman back to consciousness, they call Dr. Marlowe to help. He orders Stella to rest, but can lure her back into his house at night.
The next day, Dawson and Betty visit Marlowe, but they meet Evelyn, who is believed to be dead, and who walks through the house in Stella's dress. Confused, the two go to a bar to talk about the encounter. While Dawson makes a phone call, Marlowe, who has followed them, puts Betty into a trance and takes Betty back to the house. However, there is a witness who informs Dawson that Betty and Marlowe left in Betty's car. They drive to Marlowe's house and find Betty's car. The witness drives into town to get the sheriff, while Dawson finds the entrance to Marlowe's tunnel. Although Dawson can interrupt the voodoo ceremony, Grego knocks him down.
The sheriff and his deputy break into the house, but cannot prevent the soul transfer. Marlowe attacks the sheriff, but is shot by him. His death causes Evelyn to collapse and Betty, Stella and the three missing women to regain consciousness. Dawson can now write his script and suggests starring Bela Lugosi in the film.
Reviews
The magazine "Time Out" described the work as a pleasantly tasteless B-film with wafer-thin action and a heavily overpowering Bela Lugosi.
On his website "Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings", Dave Sindelar criticized the lamentable miscast of Carradines and Zuccos.
background
The premiere of the film took place on February 21, 1944.
The film is in the public domain and is archived in the Internet Archive .
Web links
- Voodoo Man in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Critique of the Time Out
- ↑ (Engl.) Criticism of Dave Sindelar ( Memento of the original January 22, 2015 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Voodoo Man on the Internet Archive
