USA, 1991
85m
35mm film, colour, 1.85:1
Ultra Stereo, English
An American horror film directed by David Schmoeller.
Plot Summary
A man visits his late father’s mansion in Louisiana only to find that it’s been taken over by a sinister cult who are raising the dead – including his father.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: David Schmoeller
© MCMXCI Full Moon Entertainment
Full Moon Entertainment presents a David Schmoeller film
Executive Producer: Charles Band
Produced by: Thomas Bradford
Screenplay by: Billy Chicago
Story by: Billy Chicago, Charles Band
Director of Photography: Adolfo Bartoli
Editors: Carol Oblath, Andy Horvitch
Music Composed by: David Bryan with Larry Fast/Synergy
Sound Mixer: Skip Godwin
Costume Designer: Lois Simbach
Make-Up & Hair Artist: Lynn A. Goddard
Special Make-up Effects: Mark Shostrom
Mechanical/Flying Hand Effects Designd and Created by: Steve Patino
Production Designer: Billy Jett
Casting Directors: Robert MacDonald, Perry Bullington
Filed on location in New Orleans, Louisiana and Oak Alley Plantation, Vacherie, Louisiana
Cast
Michael Bendetti (Corey Thornton)
Denise Gentile (Delores)
Anjenette Comer [real name: Anjanette Comer] (Mrs Palmer)
Holly Floria (Diane Palmer)
Robert Sampson (Noah Thornton)
Holly Butler (Marilyn Monroe)
Alex Datcher (Mary Magdalene)
Robert Burr (Beauregard Yates, Esq.)
George Kelly (Bijou)
Mark Kemble (Barbusoir)
Barrett O’Brian (teen boy)
Michael Lowry (Stemsy)
David Schmoeller (Billy C.)
Candice Williams (child #1)
Robert La Brosse (bar fighter)
Darlene Molero (Hoyden-Harridan)
Linda Ljoka (Nona)
Kelsie Chance (nude man)
Helga Cavignac (nude woman)
Marilyn Fornet (match woman)
Alternative Titles
I djävulens klor – Sweden (video)
Im Bann des Voodoos – Germany
Köztes világ – Hungary
Kraina piekieł – Poland
La main des ténèbres – Canada (French), France
La mano assassina – Italy
Musta maailma – Finland
El otro mundo – Spain
La puerta del infierno – Mexico
O Retorno – Brazil
Загробный мир – Russia
Мир иной – Russia
悲惨世界 – China (Mandarin)
Links
Extracts included in
Full Moon Fantasy (1993)
Possessed (2005)
Carnage Collection: Forbidden Freaks (2023)
References
Periodicals
- Cinefantastique vol.23 no.4 (December 1992) p.61 – review (Film ratings by David Wilt)
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.318 no.13 (9 July 1991) p.24 – credits
- Sight and Sound vol.2 no.4 (August 1992) p.67 – video note
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.475
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.349
- Horror Films of the 1990s by John Kenneth Muir pp.245-246
- The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia by Peter Dendle p.116
