Black Demons (1991)

Three college students, another couple, and their housekeeper are besieged at a remote Brazilian plantation by a group of zombies raised from the grave by a voodoo curse.

Director:

Umberto Lenzi

Writers:

Umberto Lenzi (story), Olga Pehar (screenplay)

Stars:

Keith Van Hoven, Joe Balogh, Sonia Curtis

Cast

Cast overview:
Keith Van Hoven	...	Kevin
Joe Balogh	...	Dick
Sonia Curtis	...	Jessica
Philip Murray	...	Jose
Juliana Teixeira	...	Sonia
Maria Alves	...	Maria
Cléa Simões	...	Wetnurse
Justo Silva	...	Witchdoctor
Rita Monteiro	...	Mucuma Dancer
Felix Lorival	...	Zombie
Paul R. Goodman	...	Zombie
Tony Martins	...	Zombie
Gleis J. Pereira	...	Zombie
Sérgio Costa Andrade	...	Zombie (as Sergio Costa)
Louis Karlson	...	Zombie

Storyline

Three American college students, Dick, his sister Jessica, and her British boyfriend Kevin, are traveling through Brazil on vacation when Dick, after attending a bizarre voodoo ceremony, develops strange powers. When their jeep breaks down near a small plantation in the jungle outside Rio, the site of a former slave rebellion 150 years ago, Dick uses his powers to raise the dead of six executed Negro slaves whom target the college kids and the residents of the plantation to seek revenge for their deaths.

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Plot Keywords:

euro trash | trash movie | z movie | exploitation film | italian exploitation | 

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Taglines:

They will tear, rip, and bite anyone in their path of vengeance.

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Was released in Italy as "Demons 3", even though it has nothing to do with Lamberto Bava's "Demons" series.

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Connections

References Batman (1989)

User Reviews

Bore Demons

Here is a movie that could have been a lot more. Released in 1991 under the title Demoni 3 (has nothing to do with the Demons series) and directed by the infamous Umberto Lenzi, the story takes off with a brother and sister and her boyfriend. Her brother becomes possessed by some black magic during a voodoo ritual and later on brings back to life 6 "Black Demons" to kill 6 white people to get revenge for their enslavement when they were alive. This movie moves very slow (as do a lot of Lenzi's films) and is acted quite badly. But then again, the actors didn't have much of a script to go off of. Unlike Lenzi's other classics like Cannibal Ferox or Nightmare City, this movie really doesn't hold your interest at all. With Nightmare City the gore was silly and the acting stupid but it was entertaining because the movie didn't stop, and the same goes for Cannibal Ferox. This movie, on the other hand, had may be 3 decent scenes of gore (most of which had someone getting an eye poked out) and the rest of the film is talking filled with bad background music. The only thing that kept my interest at all was the costuming for the demons/zombies. They looked genuinely kind of creepy. Besides that, the movie is to slow and that is really my main issue. 5\10 stars

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

25 March 1991 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Black Demons

Filming Locations:

Brazil

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmakers S.r.l.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1