A carved African fetish with voodoo powers has a dangerous mind of its own.A carved African fetish with voodoo powers has a dangerous mind of its own.A carved African fetish with voodoo powers has a dangerous mind of its own.
David Healy
- Peter
- (as David Healey)
Janet Fielding
- Secretary
- (as Janet Clare Fielding)
Alan Meacham
- Farmer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe interior mansion set is the same one that was previously used in Rude Awakening (1980).
- GoofsWhen Graham is slowed down by the police, a white Mini is seen parked in the distance on the opposite side of the road, but isn't there in the next shot. The reason is that it is Sarah's Mini that is being pulled out of the ditch by the tow truck and the car should have not been in shot when Graham approached the crash scene.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Adjust Your Tracking (2013)
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Awesome Hammer short-movie!
Yes, yes, YES!! This is exactly the kind of stuff I was hoping to see when I purchased the Hammer House of Horror DVD box set. Fun yet not too overly ambitious tales with a large amount of ingenious death sequences, a fair share of suspense and deliciously macabre set pieces. The premise of "Charlie Boy" is ridiculously simple and maybe even a bit déjà-vu, still it's a fast-paced episode and full of effective thrills. Following the sudden & mysterious death of his uncle, Graham and his cool wife Sarah inherit his collection of African native art. They take a particular interest in a wooden, morbid-looking fetish doll and name it Charlie Boy. Naturally the thing is possessed and contains great evil powers. When Graham playfully 'requests' Charlie Boy to eliminate one of his treasonous friends and it really happens, the couple righteously begins to fear for their own lives. Director Robert Young ("Vampire Circus") often manages to capture the true Hammer-spirit here, with themes like voodoo curses and make up effects that are really bloody. The plot may be very predictable, but still the climax had me on the edge of my seat, also because you really grow to care for Graham & Sarah during the rather short playtime of 50 minutes. The "Charlie Boy" doll is quite uncanny, with its angry eyes and sharp teeth, and Peter's death scene ranks as vintage Hammer nastiness. Perhaps not the best, but definitely the most entertaining H.H.H. episode I've seen thus far.
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- Coventry
- Dec 4, 2006
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- Hampden House, Buckinghamshire, England, UK(Uncle Jack falls to his death; interior house scenes)
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