- The story centers around a beautiful young African girl named Phoebe who works as a maid for a rich white family in a small South African town. Her boss Henri abuses her on a regular basis while his wife looks the other way. She gets pregnant without know whom the father is. During her labor, she experience complications and passes away while giving birth to her baby girl. A powerful voodoo priest in the village, the chief and many other perform a ritual of drawing dry-point to determine who will murder Henri. Phoebe's aunt, raise the girl and she too was abuses and raped by her teacher, who is HIV positive. Life's not fair, but positive is created from it all.—Anonymous
- It's not a comedy. Midnight Scorpion is the story of a beautiful young African girl named Phoebe- a maid for an affluent white family in a small South African town. She is raped and abused by Henri, the father of the house, while at the same time is engaged in a secret love affair with the older son Ricardo. Pregnant, but not knowing who the father is. Phoebe returns to her village ashamed. Months later, she dies of complications during pregnancy. Seeking revenge for Phoebe's death, her uncle Siyago murders Henri and his wife, soon after which Ricardo commits suicide. It isn't until 23 years later that the true story behind the murders is revealed when Siyago finds himself face to face with Philemon, the youngest son of the family he killed.
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