Voodoo Academy (Video 2000)

Young Christopher has just enrolled at the prestigious Carmichael Bible College, managed by the somewhat unusual Mrs. Bouvier. After some unexplained disappearances, Christopher does some ... See full summary »

Director:

David DeCoteau

Writer:

Eric Black

Stars:

Debra Mayer, Riley Smith, Chad Burris

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Debra Mayer	...	Mrs. Bouvier
Riley Smith	...	Christopher Sawyer
Chad Burris	...	Rev. Carmichael
Kevin Calisher	...	Billy Parker
Huntley Ritter	...	Rusty Sankervich
Ben Indra	...	Mike McCready
Drew Fuller	...	Paul St. Clair
Travis Sher	...	Sam Vollero
Rhett Wilkins	...	Blake Godfrey (as Rhett Jordan)

Storyline

Young Christopher has just enrolled at the prestigious Carmichael Bible College, managed by the somewhat unusual Mrs. Bouvier. After some unexplained disappearances, Christopher does some exploring and discovers that Mrs. Bouvier and the Reverend Carmichael have some very unwholesome intentions for the young men of their school. Will Christopher graduate with his body and soul intact?

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Plot Keywords:

college | bible college | wine | bare chested male bondage | bare chested male | 

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Taglines:

Getting in is tough. Getting out is HELL!

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Genres:

Horror | Fantasy | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 August 2000 (USA)

Box Office

Budget:

$55,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When the priest first talks to his students, the top of the boom mic drops into the frame several times.

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Connections

References The Mickey Mouse Club (1955)

User Reviews

No no no no no no no

And a few more "no"s on top of that. Voodoo Academy is, without a doubt, the least ambitious film of all time. What exactly is it trying to do? Tell a story? Obviously not; as has been pointed out, most of it's just barely-legal guys rubbing themselves. Could it, then, be an attempt at subversive homoeroticism? Well, maybe, if not for the fact it never ever ever goes beyond the most innocuous and nonthreatening forms of male contact. (Which is, to the delight of none, repeated about eighty thousand times.) Well, it is sort of a horror movie; is it trying to scare us? Not unless the director meant to do so through the utter tedium and vacuousness of his "work."

Never in my life have I enjoyed a movie less. This is the most boring and unnecessary thing I've ever seen. It's like Voodoo Academy takes the genres of horror, zombie, and gay movies, puts them in a grinder, then runs them through a coffee filter--only instead of it being the kind of coffee filter that filters out coffee beans, it's the kind that takes out everything vital, edgy, or in any way interesting. The result is 74 minutes of film every bit as exciting as a glass of warm water--only without the ability to rehydrate you after the 10-day gin binge that will inevitably befall you if you watch this abomination of human effort.