Black Moon

Black Moon
  • Release date: 15 Jun 1934
  • Release year: 1934
  • Runtime: 68 minutes
  • Country: United States
  • Keywords: childhood memory, repressed memory, pre code film, hands tied behind back, home invasion, smoke filled room, sacrifice ceremony, lava pit, damsel in distress, jungle
Plot:
A young girl who lives on a tropical island loses her parents to a voodoo sacrifice, but although she manages to escape the island, a curse is put on her. Years later, as an adult, she feels a strong compulsion to return to the island to confront her past. Her husband, her daughter, and her nanny go with her, but once back on the island, the woman finds herself elevated by the locals to the stature of a voodoo goddess, and she begins her inevitable descent into madness, with disastrous results for her family.
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