Voodoo Black Exorcist (1974)


Hey, remember when I said there weren't many mummy movies? Of course you do. Well, surprise! Here's another one. This isn't an Egyptian mummy, though. This is the mummy of a once powerful Caribbean voodoo priest, Guede Nilbo (Aldo Sambrell). Voodoo Black Exorcist begins with two men fighting over the same woman. At a voodoo ritual, one is beheaded and the other is mummified. Cut to about 3000 years later, and the mummy is being loaded onto a cruise ship. Sounds like a great idea, right? What could possibly go wrong?  Everything, since the mummy returns to life as soon as the ship sets sail. As luck would have it, the reincarnation of the mummy's long lost love is aboard. Unfortunately, some of the people who were at the voodoo ceremony were also reincarnated and are also aboard the ship.  The mummy alternates between being in his normal human form and his mummified form, but not at will. The mummy, in normal form, mingles freely with everyone on board. He only reveals who he truly is to Dr. Kessling (Alfredo Mayo). Everyone else thinks he's Kessling's colleague, Dr. Craig. After the mummy commits a couple of murders, Kessling locks him into his sarcophagus. Not for long, because he's soon freed by Kessling's assistant. Meanwhile Silvia (Eva Leon), the mummy's long lost love, is kidnapped and delivered to his original burial site. Kessling and local law enforcement go to the site to confront Nilbo and the movie ends with a truly "Wtf, I know they didn't just do that, " moment. Sound confusing? It was. The movie was badly dubbed and horribly edited. Several times I had to rewind, because I thought the movie had skipped ahead. Nope. The version I watched was so chopped up, it left me with more questions than answers. For example, I have no idea who half of the cast was because they are shown, but not introduced. One final question I have...Why were there actors in black face?!?
Maybe the answers to these questions, along with some others I have, can be found in the original, unedited version of the film . Until then, I'll just have to wonder.

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