One of the most fun indie horror concepts we’ve seen this year is The Hoodoos, which mixes the tension of a heist thriller with Southern Gothic supernatural horror. The film is already available to rent or purchase on VOD, and the trailer gives viewers a taste of the nightmare waiting in the Louisiana bayou. Check it out in the embed above!
Directed by Jonathan Walter (who has worked as a composer on several Full Moon projects, including Bring Her to Me, Death Streamer, and Prompt) from a screenplay by Sean-Michael Argo (Jeepers Creepers: Reborn), The Hoodoos has the following synopsis:
A crime lord known only as the Captain has a job for the best heist crew in Louisiana: break into the long-abandoned Fontenot plantation deep in the Teche bayou and walk out with five thousand Confederate gold coins. The catch is they’ll need a sorcerer to get past the spells protecting the treasure, and it is a job no self-respecting Vodoun practitioner would ever take. Hatch is a low-rent voodoo influencer running a one-man hustle out of a beat-up camper van and is just the sort of loser they need. The heist crew, with Hatch dragged along at gunpoint, hit the plantation with speed and skill. What they find waiting for them is more than a chest of gold. Seven hand-made dolls filled with dark power wake up thirsty for blood, one for each of the crew.
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The Hoodoos delivers a fresh, terrifying twist on the crime genre by trading standard heist complications for ancient, vengeful magic. Filmed on location to capture the suffocating atmosphere of the deep Southern wetlands, the movie promises relentless pacing, shocking practical effects, and a haunting exploration of greed and folklore.
The cast includes Ashton Leigh, B. Dave Walters, Celeste Blandon, Sean-Michael Argo, and Garrett Andrew Ahrens.
While the movie is already available to rent or buy across major VOD platforms, including Amazon, Fandango at Home (formerly Vudu), Google TV, and other digital services, the filmmakers will also celebrate the film with an official red-carpet premiere on August 14 at 7:30 PM at the Historic Manship Theatre inside the Shaw Center for the Arts in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. For more details regarding the event, head over to Hoodoosmovie.com.
What do you think of the trailer for The Hoodoos? Does this supernatural heist movie look like something you’ll be checking out? It looks like fun to me, so I will be checking it out for sure. Let us know in the comments below.
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