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Theme: Voodoo

Voodoo is a religious practice that originated in Africa and spread to various Caribbean countries. A fascination with such practices began in the 1920s out of lurid accounts in US newspaper articles. This spilled over onto screens shortly after and the first voodoo film was White Zombie (1932).

The majority of film depictions have stripped voodoo down to little more than depictions of natives banging drums and dancing. The greatest fascination to emerge from voodoo is the zombie – a creature that has been resurrected from the dead and blankly shuffling – although the modern Zombie Film has abandoned all connection to voodoo.

The other fascination is with the voodoo doll – which contains hair or a personal item of a person and can be pricked and sympathetically affect the donor. Films have also created a lengthy series of fictional voodoo curses and spells.

There have been a small number of films that dig deeper and treat voodoo in terms of cultural practice and phenomenon.


The Addams Family (1991)

1 April 199920 November 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Kinky Perverse Family

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Actors: Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christina Ricci, Christopher Lloyd, …
Category: Fantasy

Addams Family 2 (2021)

15 October 202115 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Kinky Perverse Family/Animation

Director: Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon
Actors: Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Javon “Wanna” Walton, …
Category: Fantasy

Angel Heart (1987)

8 June 19993 July 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Film Noir/Pact with The Devil

Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Elliott Keener, …
Category: Horror

Bad Girl Island (2007)

5 December 20245 December 2024

Rating: ★

Mysterious Femme Fatale

Director: Stewart Raffill
Actors: Antonio Sabato Jr, Annalynne McCord, James Brolin, Simone Griffeth
Category: Fantasy

The Believers (1987)

5 June 200021 February 2022

Rating: ★★★

Santeria Cult

Director: John Schlesinger
Actors: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Jimmy Smits, Harley Cross, …
Category: Horror

Black Magic Woman (1991)

8 March 200128 November 2023

Rating: ★★

Voodoo Curse

Director: Deryn Warren
Actors: Mark Hamill, Apollonia, Amanda Wyss
Category: Horror

Black Noon (1971)

18 July 201720 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Horror Western/Sinister Town Where No-One Can Leave

Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Actors: Roy Thinnes, Yvette Mimieux, Ray Milland, Lyn Loring, …
Category: Horror

Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)

31 March 199920 February 2020

Rating: ★

Gonzo Road Movie

Director: John Landis
Actors: Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, Nia Peeples, …
Category: Fantasy

Bride of Chucky (1998)

14 August 19998 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Child’s Play Sequel

Director: Ronny Yu
Actors: Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Katherine Heigl, John Ritter, …
Category: Horror

Child’s Play (1988)

8 June 20019 November 2023

Rating: ★★

Possessed Doll

Director: Tom Holland
Actors: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif, …
Category: Horror

Child’s Play 2 (1990)

9 June 200317 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Possessed Doll

Director: John Lafia
Actors: Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, Alex Vincent, Christine Elise, …
Category: Horror

Creepshow (1982)

6 July 20002 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: George A. Romero
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson, Stephen King, Fritz Weaver, …
Category: Horror

Cry of the Bewitched (1956)

1 June 20022 May 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Voodoo

Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna
Actors: Raymond Guy, Ninon Sevilla, Rosalind Dunhill
Category: Horror

Curse of the Swamp Creature (1966)

1 November 201828 September 2021

Rating: ★

Mad Scientist in the Bayous

Director: Larry Buchanan
Actors: John Agar, Jeff Alexander, Francine York, Cal Duggan, …
Category: Horror

The Dead Don’t Die (1975)

30 January 201921 March 2024

Rating: ★★★

Film Noir/Voodoo Resurrected Dead

Director: Curtis Harrington
Actors: George Hamilton, Ray Milland, Ralph Meeker, Reggie Nalder, …
Category: Horror

Dr Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)

15 February 200020 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Donald Sutherland, Michael Gough, …
Category: Horror

Eve’s Bayou (1997)

10 May 200914 April 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Backwater Louisiana Childhood/Voodoo

Director: Kasi Lemmons
Actors: Lynn Whitfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Debbi Morgan, Meagan Good, …
Category: Fantasy

Exit Humanity (2011)

1 March 201319 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

American Civil War Zombie Film

Director: John Geddes
Actors: Mark Gibson, Bill Moseley, Dee Wallace, Adam Seybold, …
Category: Horror

The Exorcist: Believer (2023)

4 November 202310 November 2023

Rating: ★

Demonic Possession

Director: David Gordon Green
Actors: Leslie Odom Jr, Lidya Jewett, Ellen Burstyn, Ann Dowd, …
Category: Horror

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)

29 January 201112 June 2024

Rating: ★★

Shrunken Head Curse

Director: Edward L. Cahn
Actors: Eduard Franz, Henry Daniell, Frank Gerstle, Lumsden Hare, …
Category: Horror

From a Whisper to a Scream (1987)

18 June 199913 April 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Jeff Burr
Actors: Vincent Price, Martine Beswick, Cameron Mitchell, Susan Tyrrell, …
Category: Horror

From Beyond the Grave (1974)

14 September 200217 June 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Peter Cushing, David Warner, Donald Pleasence, Ian Bannen, …
Category: Horror

The Ghost Breakers (1940)

21 November 201320 September 2021

Rating: ★★★

Old Dark House Comedy

Director: George Marshall
Actors: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Willie Best, Paul Lukas, …
Category: Horror

Hatchet II (2010)

15 May 20146 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Slasher Film Homage

Director: Adam Green
Actors: Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder, Tony Todd, Tom Holland, …
Category: Horror

Hatchet III (2013)

15 May 201431 May 2022

Rating: ★★

Slasher Film Homage

Director: B.J. McDonnell
Actors: Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder, Caroline Williams, Zach Galligan, …
Category: Horror

The House on Skull Mountain (1974)

19 July 201013 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Blaxploitation/Voodoo Killings

Director: Ron Honthaner
Actors: Victor French, Janee Michelle, Jean Durand
Category: Horror

The House That Dripped Blood (1970)

24 December 200230 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: Peter Duffell
Actors: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Jon Pertwee, John Bennett, …
Category: Horror

I Eat Your Skin (1964)

2 February 201621 July 2023

Rating: ★

Voodoo and Zombies

Director: Del Tenney
Category: Horror

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)

14 April 199910 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Slasher Film

Director: Danny Cannon
Actors: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Brandy Norwood, Mekhi Phifer, Freddie Prinze Jr, …
Category: Horror

I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

30 August 200112 June 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Voodoo/Psychological Ambiguity

Director: Jacques Tourneur
Actors: Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Edith Barrett, James Ellison, …
Category: Horror

Isle of the Snake People (1971)

9 October 200329 March 2021

Rating: ½

Voodoo Cult

Director: Jack Hill, Juan Ibañez
Actors: Boris Karloff, Julissa, Quintin Bulnes
Category: Horror

Jeepers Creepers Reborn (2022)

6 November 202222 April 2024

Rating: ★

Monster Movie

Director: Timo Vuorensola
Actors: Sydney Craven, Imran Adams, Jarreau Benjamin, Peter Brooke, …
Category: Horror

Jessabelle (2014)

7 December 201431 October 2023

Rating: ★★

Haunted Southern Home

Director: Kevin Greutert
Actors: Sarah Snook, Mark Webber, David Andrews, Joelle Carter, …
Category: Horror

The Kingdom (1994)

16 December 200120 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Haunted Hospital/Black Comedy

Director: Morten Arnfred, Lars von Trier
Actors: Ernst Hugo Järegård, Kirsten Rolffes, Søren Pilmark, Peter Mygind, …
Category: Horror

The Kingdom II (1997)

30 September 199920 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Haunted Hospital/Black Comedy

Director: Morten Arnfred, Lars von Trier
Actors: Ernst Hugo Järegård, Holger Juul Hansen, Kirsten Rolffes, Søren Pilmark, …
Category: Horror

The Kiss (1988)

6 April 20045 October 2023

Rating: 0­

Sinister Aunt

Director: Pen Densham
Actors: Joanna Pacula, Meredith Salenger, Mimi Kuzyk, Peter Dvorsky
Category: Horror

The Last Exorcism Part II (2013)

9 March 201325 December 2024

Rating: ★

Possession Film

Director: Ed Gass-Donnelley
Actors: Ashley Bell, Julia Garner, Spencer Treat Clark, Muse Watson, …
Category: Horror

Live and Let Die (1973)

30 July 200130 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

James Bond vs Voodoo

Director: Guy Hamilton
Actors: Roger Moore, Jane Seymour, Yaphet Kotto, Geoffrey Holder, …
Category: Fantasy

Low Life (2011)

31 December 20112 January 2025

Rating: ★★

French Immigration Nightmare/Cursed Documents

Director: Nicolas Klotz
Actors: Camille Rutherford, Arash Naimian
Category: Fantasy

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1992)

25 February 200212 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Disfigured Psycho Cop

Director: William Lustig, Joel Soisson
Actors: Robert Davi, Robert Z'dar, Caitlin Dulany, Jackie Earle Haley, …
Category: Horror

May the Devil Take You (2018)

21 October 201926 December 2022

Rating: ★★

Possessed Dead in the Cellar

Director: Timo Tjahjanto
Actors: Chelsea Islan, Pevita Pearce, Samo Rafael, Karina Suwandi, …
Category: Horror

Mr Vampire 4 (1988)

24 June 202027 June 2024

Rating: ★★

Hong Kong Hopping Vampire Comedy

Director: Ricky Lau
Actors: Anthony Chan, Wu Ma, Loletta Lee, Yuen Wah, …
Category: Fantasy

Netherworld (1992)

11 April 202411 April 2024

Rating: ★★★

Voodoo in the Bayous

Director: David Schmoeller
Actors: Michael Bendetti, Anjanette Comer, Alex Datcher, Robert Sampson
Category: Horror

Perdita Durango (1997)

28 February 20013 February 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Outlaw Lovers/Santeria Sorceror

Director: Alex de la Iglesia
Actors: Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem, Harley Cross, James Gandolfini, …
Category: Fantasy

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)

25 July 20076 September 2024

Rating: ★★

Pirate Fantasy Swashbuckler

Director: Gore Verbinski
Actors: Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, …
Category: Fantasy

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)

24 July 20065 September 2024

Rating: ★★½

Pirate Fantasy Swashbuckler

Director: Gore Verbinski
Actors: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy, …
Category: Fantasy

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

20 May 20116 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Pirate Fantasy Swashbuckler

Director: Rob Marshall
Actors: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane, …
Category: Fantasy

The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

7 March 20097 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Hammer Zombie Film

Director: John Gilling
Actors: Andre Morell, Jacqueline Pearce, Diane Clare, John Carson, …
Category: Horror

The Princess and the Frog (2009)

20 December 20095 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Disney Animation/Animal Transformation

Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Actors: Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley, …
Category: Fantasy

Ritual (2002)

6 February 20206 February 2020

Rating: ★

Voodoo

Director: Avi Nesher
Actors: Jennifer Grey, Craig Sheffer, Kristen Wilson, Tim Curry, …
Category: Horror

The Ritual Killer (2023)

14 July 20238 December 2023

Rating: ★½

Ritual Killings

Director: George Gallo
Actors: Morgan Freeman, Cole Hauser, Vernon Davis, Murielle Hilaire, …
Category: Horror

Scared Stiff (1987)

19 February 20017 March 2025

Rating: 0­

Haunting

Director: Richard Friedman
Actors: Mary Page Keller, Andrew Stevens, Nicole Fortier
Category: Horror

Seed of Chucky (2004)

18 March 200516 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Child’s Play Sequel

Director: Don Mancini
Actors: Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Billy Boyd, Redman, …
Category: Horror

The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

10 March 20047 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Voodoo/”True Story”

Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Brent Jennings, …
Category: Horror

Sharktopus vs Whalewolf (2015)

25 May 2023

Rating: 0­

Giant Hybrid Monsters

Director: Kevin O'Neill
Actors: Casper Van Dien, Catherine Oxenberg, Akari Endo, Jorge E. De Los Santos, …
Category: Science Fiction

Shrunken Heads (1994)

5 May 200528 June 2024

Rating: ★★

Disembodied Heads Take Revenge

Director: Richard Elfman
Actors: Julius Harris, Meg Foster, Bodhi Elfman, Paul Linke
Category: Horror

The Skeleton Key (2005)

20 August 200526 June 2019

Rating: ★★

Voodoo

Director: Iain Softley
Actors: Kate Hudson, Gene Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, …
Category: Horror

Spell (2020)

7 February 2023

Rating: 0­

Backwoods Voodoo

Director: Mark Tonderai
Actors: Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine, Lorrain Burroughs, Kalifa Burton, …
Category: Horror

Takut: Faces of Fear (2008)

5 November 202027 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Indonesian Horror Anthology

Director: Rako Prijnto, Riri Riza, Ray A.J. Nayoan, Robby Ertanto, …
Actors: Shareefa Daanish, Epy Kusnandar, Mike Muliadro
Category: Horror

Tales from the Hood (1995)

23 July 20143 August 2024

Rating: ★★★

African-American Horror Anthology

Director: Rusty Cundieff
Actors: Clarence Williams III, Corbin Bernsen, Rosalind Cash, Wings Hauser, …
Category: Horror

Teen Witch (1989)

8 September 202123 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Teenage Witch Comedy

Director: Dorian Walker
Actors: Robyn Lively, Zelda Rubinstein, Dick Sargent, Shelley Berman, …
Category: Fantasy

The Tempest (1998)

22 March 202310 June 2024

Rating: ★★½

Shakespeare Adaptation Updated to the US Civil War

Director: Jack Bender
Actors: Peter Fonda, Katherine Heigl, John Glover, Harold Perrineau Jr, …
Category: Fantasy

Thicker Than Water The Vampire Diaries Part I (2008)

19 April 200911 April 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Vampires

Director: Phil Messerer
Category: Horror

Trilogy of Terror (1975)

9 September 20077 November 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: Dan Curtis
Actors: Karen Black, Robert Burton, Jim Storm, Kathryn Reynolds, …
Category: Horror

The Uncanny (1977)

6 July 199930 September 2023

Rating: ★★

Cat Horror Anthology

Director: Denis Heroux
Actors: Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence, Ray Milland, Susan Penhaligon, …
Category: Horror

The Vault of Horror (1973)

27 February 20031 April 2024

Rating: ★★

Amicus Horror Anthology

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Tom Baker, Denholm Elliott, Daniel Massey, Anna Massey, …
Category: Horror

Victor Crowley (2017)

19 February 20182 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

Slasher Film Homage

Director: Adam Green
Actors: Parry Shen, Kane Hodder, Dave Sheridan, Laura Ortiz, …
Category: Horror

Voodoo (1995)

23 March 20104 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Voodoo Fraternity

Director: Rene Eram
Actors: Corey Feldman, Jack Nance, Sarah Douglas, Ron Melendez
Category: Horror

Voodoo Academy (2000)

20 October 200030 November 2020

Rating: 0­

Voodoo Rites in a College Dorm

Director: David DeCoteau
Actors: Debra Mayer, Riley Smith
Category: Horror

Voodoo Black Exorcist (1974)

13 June 20175 July 2024

Rating: ★

Resurrected Voodoo Priest

Director: Miguel Caño
Actors: Aldo Sambrell, Eva Leon, Alfred May
Category: Horror

Voodoo Woman (1957)

14 February 20104 June 2025

Rating: ★★½

Mad Scientist Creates Voodoo Monster

Director: Edward L. Cahn
Actors: Marla English, Tom Conway, Mike Connors, Lance Fuller, …
Category: Horror

Weekend at Bernie’s II (1993)

28 July 19992 August 2023

Rating: 0­

Resurrected Corpse Comedy

Director: Robert Klane
Actors: Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Terry Kiser, Barry Bostwick, …
Category: Fantasy

Witchcraft (1964)

9 September 20209 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Resurrected Witch

Director: Don Sharp
Actors: Lon Chaney Jr, Jack Hedley, Diane Clare, Yvette Rees, …
Category: Horror

The Witches (1966)

21 December 201126 September 2022

Rating: ★★★

Hammer Film/Witchcraft in a Sleepy English Village

Director: Cyril Frankel
Actors: Joan Fontaine, Alec McCowen, Martin Stephens, Kay Walsh, …
Category: Horror

The World’s Greatest Athlete (1973)

19 October 200813 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

Disney Comedy/Jungle Boy Super-Athlete

Director: Robert Scheerer
Actors: Jan-Michael Vincent, John Amos, Tim Conway, Roscoe Lee Browne, …
Category: Fantasy

Zombi Child (2019)

29 November 202116 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Voodoo Film

Director: Bertrand Bonello
Actors: Louise Labeque, Wislanda Louimat, Katiana Milfort, Mackenson Bijou, …
Category: Horror

Zombie Cop (1991)

16 December 20212 July 2025

Rating: ★★

Police Officer Resurrected from the Dead

Director: J.R. Bookwalter
Category: Horror

Zombie Nation (2004)

24 May 201818 June 2025

Rating: ★

Zombie Film

Director: Ulli Lommel
Category: Horror

Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)

21 February 201324 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Zombie Sailors Guard a Treasure

Director: Edward L. Cahn
Actors: Allison Hayes, Gregg Palmer, Marjorie Eaton, Morris Ankrum, …
Category: Horror

Zombies on Broadway (1945)

12 June 202412 June 2024

Rating: ★★½

Zombie Comedy

Director: Gordon Douglas
Actors: Bela Lugosi, Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Anne Jeffreys, …
Category: Horror

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