Woodyanders Six black slaves are resurrected as lethal and vengeful zombies through voodoo and go on a gruesome spree in Brazil. Vacationing British guy Kevin (smooth Kevin Van Hoven), his spunky American girlfriend Jessica (fetching blonde Sonia Curtis), and Sonia's whiny, annoying brother Dick (the extremely obnoxious Joe Balogh) all find themselves in considerable jeopardy. Director/co-writer Umberto Lenzi manages to create a reasonably creepy atmosphere (the sequence with the zombies coming out of their graves in a misty cemetery is especially strong and memorable), relates the story at a snappy pace, and stages the splatter set pieces with his customary lip-smacking grisly gusto. The pleasingly hideous make-up f/x by Franco Casagni deliver the ghastly goods; nasty highlights include an eye gouged out with a crowbar, an axe splitting open someone's skull, and a bloody throat slashing. Moreover, the shambling, rot-faced zombies with their egg-white eyes, unsightly faces, and rattling chains are genuinely unnerving. The cast for the most part give really bad performances, although Maria Alves contributes an amusing turn as superstitious maid Maria. Franco Micalizzi's spirited spooky'n'shuddery score, Maurizio Dell'Orco's crisp, handsome cinematography, and a lively last third with Kevin burning up those pesky zombies real good with a bunch of Molotov cocktails are all up to speed. An enjoyably schlocky piece of low-grade Italian horror junk.

movieman_kev Two Americans and an English man brake down while driving in Brazil. They meet a couple & stay at a cursed house. Then the "Black Demons" (or to the politically correct "African-American living-challenged), who are dead former slaves stick it to the Man by killing Whitey (how's THAT for reparations??!!?). But not before one of the guys gets a necklace from a voodoo tribe for no reason. The acting is putrid at best and some ok death scenes can't liven up this jumbled mess. My Grade: DShriekshow DVD Extras: Interviews with Umberto Lenzi (where he denies making any Zombie movies, prompting anyone who saw this or "Nightmare City" to exclaim "Whatever Umberto") and Olga Pehar; Theatrical Trailer; Trailers for "Killing Birds", "Zombie 2", "Zombie 3", and "zombie 4"

Hellraiser-1 This was one of those typical Italian zombie flicks and I saw it at TV with the title of "Black Demons" not "Demons 3" a movie which(unfortunately) doesn´t exist. As far as I remember about this movie directed by Umberto Lenzi, it was gory, although not so much as my favorite "Nights of terror" and it was quite entertaining, watch it if you are a zombie fan, my only question is Why don´t Italian movie makers recover this zombie genre? They are just doing nothing now,and it is a pity, really, because they were great at horror genre.

B. Simmons After a strange amulet is stolen during a voodoo ceremony, the mouldering corpses of dead slaves arise in the Brazilian coffee fields. This almost reminds me of some of the high profile Italian gore films of the late '70's or early '80's. Director Lenzi shows that, after 30 years of film-making, he hasn't lost his touch for creating memorable horror films. A very good film which will keep you on the edge of your seat.