Voodoo Dawn

Vodoo Dawn
Directed by	Steven Fierberg
Produced by	Steven D. Mackler
Written by	Jeffrey Delman Evan Dunsky Thomas Rendon John A. Russo
Starring	Raymond St. Jacques Theresa Merritt Gina Gershon
Music by	Larry Juris
Cinematography	James McCalmont
Editing by	Keith Reamer
Release date(s)	1990
Running time	83 min.
Language	English
Budget	Unknown

Voodoo Dawn is a 1990 American horror film that was directed by Steven Fierberg, written by Jeffrey Delman, Evan Dunsky, Thomas Rendon, and John A. Russo, and produced by Steven D. Mackler. It received an R rating. The film was apparently low budget, but the talented cast (especially the menacing Todd) and creepy atmosphere are diluted by slack pacing, but the gory twist ending packs a punch. It was filmed mainly in South Carolina.

Plot

Voodoo Dawn was adapted from a pulp horror novel from John A. Russo, who was a screenwriter for both Night of the Living Dead and its remake. This is a more old-fashioned living-dead romp in the mode of White Zombie. The story is set in the Deep South, where a diabolical, machete-wielding voodoo priest (Candyman and Night of the Living Dead's Tony Todd) is busily turning Haitian migrant farm workers into flesh-eating, zombie slaves. However, his plans are disrupted by the arrival of two college students searching for a missing colleague who turns out to have been one of the priest's earlier zombie experiments.

Cast

• Tony Todd
• Raymond St. Jacques
• Theresa Merritt
• Gina Gershon
• J. Grant Albrecht
• Kirk Baily
• Billy 'Sly' Williams

External links

• Voodoo Dawn at the Internet Movie Database
• Voodoo Dawn at AllRovi
• Voodoo Dawn at Rotten Tomatoes