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Black Demons

Black Demons

They will tear, rip, and bite anyone in their path of vengeance.

19914.01h 28m

Overview

Three American college students, Dick, his sister Jessica, and her British boyfriend Kevin, are traveling through Brazil on vacation when Dick, after attending a bizarre voodoo ceremony, develops strange powers. When their jeep breaks down near a small plantation in the jungle outside Rio, the site of a former slave rebellion 150 years ago, Dick uses his powers to raise the dead of six executed Negro slaves whom target the college kids and the residents of the plantation to seek revenge for their deaths

Directed by Umberto Lenzi
Written by Umberto Lenzi, Olga Pehar
Produced by Giuseppe Gargiulo
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Top Cast

Keith Van Hoven

Keith Van Hoven

Kevin

J

Joe Balogh

Dick

Sonia Curtis

Sonia Curtis

Jessica

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Philip Murray

Jose

Juliana Teixeira

Juliana Teixeira

Sonia

Maria Alves

Maria Alves

Maria

Cléa Simões

Cléa Simões

Wetnurse

J

Justo Silva

Witchdoctor

R

Rita Monteiro

Mucuma Dancer

F

Felix Lorival

Zombie

Themes & Keywords

voodoojunglezombie

About Black Demons

Black Demons is a horror film released in 1991 exploring themes of voodoo, jungle, zombie. Directed by Umberto Lenzi, it stars Keith Van Hoven, Joe Balogh, Sonia Curtis. Three American college students, Dick, his sister Jessica, and her British boyfriend Kevin, are traveling through Brazil on vacation when Dick, after attending a bizarre voodoo ceremony, develops strange powers. When their jeep breaks down near a small plantation in the jungle outside Rio, the site of a former slave rebellion 150 years ago, Dick uses his powers to raise the dead of six executed Negro slaves whom target the college kids and the residents of the plantation to seek revenge for their deaths

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