Aldo Sambrell stars as an undead Haitian, entombed in a sarcophagus that is awoken after a thousand years laid to rest. Still smarting at his execution and that of his mistress, he sets about taking revenge on anyone resembling those who were responsible for his condition, which causes his skin to age hideously after too long away from his tomb. The majority of his marauding is undertaken on a cruise ship that is ferrying the ancient crypt to a museum, where he just happens to discover the lovely Sylvia (Leon) who closely resembles his ancient, mistress Kenya (Stadler).
Three reasons to watch this ghastly attempt at a film: Firstly, the beheadings. The severed heads are hilarious. Most department store mannequins would look more realistic, but that would be spoiling the fun. Second, the near-nude dancer - she's voluptuous and shakes the booty like a pro, but even better when she encounters Sambrell backstage - take a look in the mirror when he assaults her; what the? How could it have been missed in post-production editing?
Third and finally, the incoherent storyline - there's about 5 minutes of actual material fused together by incessant flashbacks of Sambrell and Stadler running along the beach, embracing then being ritually executed. And if those reasons aren't enough, then here's the rub - while voodoo is undeniably central to the theme, alas, "black" and "exorcist" are both foreign concepts in this film. Sambrell isn't black and there's no exorcism I could detect.. but perhaps it's more relevant that this film was made in 1974, shortly after the release of "The Exorcist" and during the "Blaxploitation" craze. Misleading or otherwise, it's still appallingly bad and dull as a butter knife.
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