Dark Night of the Soul (1998)

User Rating:

1.7/10   

Director:

Ron Atkins

Writer:

John Brodie (writer)

Tagline:

Smoke the Opium of our Darkness

Plot:

A skeleton faced death cultist recruits new members into his bizarre drug cult by indoctrinating them into his wild occult beliefs. A Satanic mind control film that is up there with the great oddities of the 1970's. |

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Marijuana | Philosophical | Philosophy | Opium

Cast

Michelle Cantwell	...	Evelyn
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Brodie	...	Shawn
M. Lagner	...	Gina
Dan Resha	...	Rick
Helena Vaughn	...	Kelly
Jason Wallach	...	Zombie
Marq Withers	...	Hima

Runtime:

53 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Trivia:

Shot on Beltane on the grounds of a sacred Catholic monastery, the cast and crew endured bizarre wind and rain that appeared and disappeared and a violent hail storm the nearly demolished the set on the final night of filming.

Quotes:

Shawn: The bridge you cross is a mental one, not an emotional one, not a physical one. This is what the opium of our darkness aid us in doing.
Shawn: I wear the priest cloth symbolizing the death of organized religion and the rise of independent soul reflection.
Shawn: I am the god of politics, there is no form of government that I do not control. I am the essence of all government.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Horror Business (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Constant Looming Uncertainty