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Voodoo in film.

posted 18 years ago by walking-catastrophe
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I'm doing a presentation for a class I'm taking (biology in film) on voodoo/zombies in film and someone recommended I use this film as an example. So I have the following questions (and don't worry about spoilers, if I end up using this film I'll watch it soon):

1. Are the drugs in the film hallucinogens?

2. Is there any mention of poison from pufferfish?

These might seem like silly questions but I have an essay to write about zombies in voodoo and one of the theories about the zombies is that they were made through pufferfish poisoning combined with hallucinogens.

Anyways... Thanks in advance.

Chloe

[–] marienm 18 years ago

Yes and yes. Watch the movie. Just finished it and really loved it. Good luck with your paper.

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