Voodoo Doll

Voodoo Doll

🎞️ Movie 22 min US
โ˜… 7.4 /10 2005

Voodoo dolls are feared and mysterious. The title character in this film short starts out with the same mystique even if, like a doll, he is strangely docile. The lawless gang he is peripherally part of engages in various acts of crime and self-abasement arranged and instigated by the leader, Pope, who implies that the real rainmaker is Voodoo Doll. Tagging along with this ragtag collection of aimless, drug-addled minions is the sardonically named, Joy, who is by default attached to one thug, Dex, but who is intrigued by Voodoo Doll. The scarecrow-like wool ski mask he wears creates most if not all the foreboding mystery until the flashbacks begin. Here we learn that Voodoo Doll is in fact the Verso-Voodoo Doll - stick a pin in him and all the horror stays and boils within. The ending can go one of two ways and it matters greatly to the overall success of what is a simple story of sadness and repressed trauma. It appears that the correct choice is made. Like the scarecrow (and the verso-voodoo doll) looks and street cred can be deceiving.

Cast

Jacob Reynolds
Jacob Reynolds
Voodoo Doll
Sean Gullette
Sean Gullette
Pope
Nicole Vicius
Nicole Vicius
Joy
Paul Sado
Paul Sado
Dex
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Tom Hamilton
Wolf
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Dennis Albanese
Party Guest
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Anahid
Drugstore cashier
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Eric B. Anthony
Neon
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Steve Arons
Party Guest
Theodore Bouloukos
Theodore Bouloukos
Party Guest
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Christian Zucconi
Composer
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Scott Miller
Cinematographer