Black Moon
Black Moon is a 1934 American pre-Code horror film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Jack Holt, Fay Wray, and Dorothy Burgess. It is based on a short story by Clements Ripley that first appeared in Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan. The film centers on a young woman who returns to the tropical island where her parents were murdered during a voodoo ritual with her daughter and nanny, only to become corrupted by the native's dark rituals.
Plot
A young girl, Juanita, finds her parents killed in a voodoo ritual on a distant tropical island. She escapes with her life, but when she reaches adulthood, she feels compelled to return to the island, bringing her daughter and a nanny who takes care of the child. Once there, she goes to stay with her uncle who lives on the island. She soon discovers that the natives, who had been using her for voodoo rituals when she was a child, now treat her as a voodoo goddess. In this role, she begins leading their rituals.
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author | Wells Root |
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director | Roy William Neill |
editor | Richard Cahoon |
genre | horror |
keywords | curse end haitian voodoo hang high priest human sacrifice injured innocent woman kill lava nanny native one person parents killed plantation rescue ritual sacrifice tropical island voodoo voodoo ritual young girl |
producer | Harry Cohn |
productionCompany | Columbia Pictures |
publisher | Columbia Pictures Corp. |