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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934)



















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In the swamps of Florida, Mandy, an old voodoo woman, returns to her home after many years to avenge the death of her husband. Mandy’s daughter, Chloe, has doubts that she’s really black and she rejects the proposal of Jim who is traveling with them. Meanwhile, Wade, the foreman of the Colonel’s turpentine plantation, fires Moses who¹s been stealing the product. A series of strange events are set in motion as Chloe is torn between Jim, Wade, and Moses, as the Colonel attempts to get to the bottom of the disappearance of his daughter, Betty Ann, fifteen years earlier, and as Mandy attempts to extract her revenge with a voodoo ceremony.

Sunday, October 8, 2017

Curse of the Voodoo (1965)



















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In Africa, a hunter kills a great lion. The animal turns out to be sacred to a local tribe of voodoo worshipers, and when the hunter returns to England, he finds himself seeing strange apparitions involving the lion and murderous jungle warriors.

Angel Heart (1987)



















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Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) is a private detective contracted by Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) to track down the iconic singer Johnny Favorite. However, everybody that Angel questions about Favorite seems to meet a tragic demise. Eventually the trail leads Angel to New Orleans where he learns that Favorite had dabbled in the black arts. As Favorite's whereabouts and true identity become clear, Angel learns that being hired by Cyphre was not a random choice.