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Afer being stabbed with an ancient, germ-infested knife, a doctor's assistant finds himself with an insatiable desire for blood. full summary | full synopsisUser Comments:
Ganja and Hess--one of the most poignant scenes in film history moreCast
(Credited cast) | Marlene Clark | ... | Ganja |
| Duane Jones | ... | Dr. Hess Green |
| Bill Gunn | ... | George |
| Sam Waymon | ... | Reverend Williams |
| Leonard Jackson | ... | Archie |
| Candece Tarpley | ... | Girl in bar |
| Richard Harrow | ... | Dinner guest |
| John Hoffmeister | ... | Jack |
| Betty Barney | ... | Singer |
| Mabel King | ... | Queen of Myrthia |
| Betsy Thurman | ... | Poetess |
| Enrico Fales | ... | Green's Son |
| Tommy Lane | ... | Pimp |
| Tara Fields | ... | Woman With Baby |
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Black EvilBlack Vampire (USA) (video title)
Blackout: The Moment of Terror
Blood Couple (cut version)
Double Possession
Vampires of Harlem
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This film is beyond incredible in my opinion. One of the most poignant and haunting moments in this film is near the end when Hess (Duane Jones) reads from a book in front of a fireplace and Ganja (Marlene Clarke) asks him what he is reading (after complaining of always being cold--a side-effect of Myrthian vampirism):
Ganja: What are you reading?
Hess: It's the guide to our destruction...the solution...
"Helga, 4th Queen of Myrthia:
If you worship any god whatsoever and if you believe this god to be good
And if this god in which you trust be destroyed by forces dangerous to the survival of love
And if the implement by which this god is destroyed
(For this is the symbol of the destruction of life)
It...must cast a shadow on the heart that he shall be released unto the bosom of his Creator..having suffered and tasted the blood of the womb of Nature
And may sleep in her lap forever...
Amen."
Ganja: If the shadow of the cross is on our heart, it'll destroy us?
Hess: But the cross is only an implement of torture...its shadow is the darkness it casts, you see...
...nothing can survive the shadows....
Powerful stuff!