In The Dead One, we find a white voodoo priestess using a ritual to awaken and summon a zombie-vampire named Jonas, whom she can control using a voodoo doll.
Which she uses to send him to kill off her enemies.
A young newly wed couple, meanwhile, makes their way around New Orleans, taking in the sights and the sounds of the city, as the new bride gets to know her new stomping grounds.
This gives the whole film a bit of a timely travelogue vibe...as we get to take in Joe Burton at his local joint; bellydancers at The Dream Room;, and a jazz band at The Jazz Room.
One evening, the groom helps a young woman whose been stranded when her car breaks down.
Taking her in for the night.
They stay at the old Kennilworth plantation, which is known to harbour malevolent voodoo spirits.
But, being a modern man, the groom fails to heed the warnings, because he doesn't believe in voodoo himself.
Unfortunately for him, it's not a matter of belief.
For it's his cousin who is the voodoo priestess...and she has brought her dead brother back to life via necromancy.
It seems that she is at risk of losing the plantation, and will do anything it takes to protect it.
Even if it means utilizing her will, to send Jonas to kill his wife, so as to prevent their inheritance claim.
But when their guest goes missing- shortly after voodoo drumming is heard- they become suspicious and start to investigate.
Apparently, Jonas mistook the young woman for the man's wife, and killed her by mistake.
Leaving the couple to survive long enough to escape...or get help from the outside world.
Can love defeat the dark forces of voodoo?!
Or are they doomed to suffer it's deadly curse...
There's nothing particularly amazing about this low budget gem, except that it's a pretty interesting look back at some of the New Orleans haunts of the era.
Makes you realize how, even a fiction film made by friends can act as an important audio-visual document, once things have been lost to time.
6 out of 10.
Which she uses to send him to kill off her enemies.
A young newly wed couple, meanwhile, makes their way around New Orleans, taking in the sights and the sounds of the city, as the new bride gets to know her new stomping grounds.
This gives the whole film a bit of a timely travelogue vibe...as we get to take in Joe Burton at his local joint; bellydancers at The Dream Room;, and a jazz band at The Jazz Room.
One evening, the groom helps a young woman whose been stranded when her car breaks down.
Taking her in for the night.
They stay at the old Kennilworth plantation, which is known to harbour malevolent voodoo spirits.
But, being a modern man, the groom fails to heed the warnings, because he doesn't believe in voodoo himself.
Unfortunately for him, it's not a matter of belief.
For it's his cousin who is the voodoo priestess...and she has brought her dead brother back to life via necromancy.
It seems that she is at risk of losing the plantation, and will do anything it takes to protect it.
Even if it means utilizing her will, to send Jonas to kill his wife, so as to prevent their inheritance claim.
But when their guest goes missing- shortly after voodoo drumming is heard- they become suspicious and start to investigate.
Apparently, Jonas mistook the young woman for the man's wife, and killed her by mistake.
Leaving the couple to survive long enough to escape...or get help from the outside world.
Can love defeat the dark forces of voodoo?!
Or are they doomed to suffer it's deadly curse...
There's nothing particularly amazing about this low budget gem, except that it's a pretty interesting look back at some of the New Orleans haunts of the era.
Makes you realize how, even a fiction film made by friends can act as an important audio-visual document, once things have been lost to time.
6 out of 10.