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When ambitious New York analyst Lincoln Mathers relocates his family to England, his wife's behaviour becomes increasingly violent and erratic. Forced to accept that his wife is beholden to a dark, vengeful spirit, Mathers must surrender to ancient, unseen forces in a quest to reclaim his family.
'Subversively creepy and simultaneously outlandish. Inspired by an eclectic variety of films including Rosemary's Baby and The Serpent and the Rainbow.adds its own spin to each' - ZombieKeeper.com
'Pratten updates the [horror] genre with confidence. While paying tribute to the classics, he invests this tale of possession and redemption with inventive ideas, a strong cast and a wonderful score by Siouxsie and the Banshees bass player Steven Severin' - 2004 Commonwealth Film Festival (Manchester)
'blessed with a wry sense of humour, London Voodoo is a remarkable calling card for a very promising new filmmaker' - Christopher Geary, The Zone
Australian premiere. Imported print.
Jury Award, Best Feature, Boston International Film Festival (2004).
London Voodoo screens with Oz short, Harvey (Peter McDonald, Australia, 2001, 11 mins), featuring Nicholas Hope (Bad Boy Bubby). Harvey takes the notion of 'finding your other half' to its logical and very gory conclusion. Filmed in stark black and white, an unseen man spies on a woman living in the apartment opposite him. When the woman falls in the shower and is knocked unconscious, the man takes the opportunity to reveal his true, mangled self.
