J.D.'s Revenge

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Date/Time: 
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 9:45pm - 11:45pm
Host: 
Terror Tuesday

I have to say, I'm intrigued to find out whether the 1976 zombie/voodoo film J.D.'s Revenge, set in New Orleans, was actually shot in New Orleans. But let's hear what Terror Tuesday programmer Zack Carlson has to say about the film itself:

"'I'll HAVE my REVENNNGE!' The most shocking black horror film of the '70s! Glynn 'Aretha Franklin's husband' Turman stars as Ike, a lovable law student/cabbie who's possessed by the spirit of an assassinated '40s criminal when a voodoo lounge act goes awry. As his mind and body is devoured by the retribution-hungry ghost of J.D. Walker, Ike goes on a wild spree of lady-chasin', face-slashin' and zoot suit-wearin'! Soon, the spectral insanity reaches a fever pitch, leaving no one in Ike's life unscathed by the blazing wrath of a paranormal criminal bent on gettin' what's his. Turman assaults his challenging multi-personality role with a true fever, behaving by the climax of the film like a violent schizophrenic dunked in a vat of boiling urine. Blaxploitation filmmaking icon Arthur Marks (DETROIT 9000, FRIDAY FOSTER) burns with an equal brightness, throwing caution to the wind as his on-screen creation reduces New Orleans to blood-soaked, topless shrapnel. Miss this show and wake up dead."