Curse of Simba (1964)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1964
Running Times: 77 mins
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Galaworldfilm Productions Ltd/Gordon Films
Executive Producer: Kenneth Rive
Producer: Richard Gordon

SCRIPT
Script: Tony O'Grady (real name: Brian Clemens), Leigh Vance

DIRECTION
Director: Lindsay Shonteff

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Gerald Gibbs

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Barry Vince

MUSIC
Music: Brian Fahey

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Tony Inglis

CAST
Bryant Haliday (Mike Stacey)
Dennis Price (Major Thomas)
Lisa Daniely (Janet Stacey)
Mary Kerridge (Janet's Mother)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt (Doctor)
Jean Lodge (Mrs Lomas)
Dennis Alaba Peters (Saidi)
Tony Thawnton (Radlett)
Michael Nightingale (2nd hunter)
Andy Meyers (Tommy Stacey)
Louis Mahoney (African expert)
Jimmy Feldgate (barman)
Nigel Feyistan (Simbasa in London)
Beryl Cunningham (nightclub dancer)

Mike Stacey, an alcoholic big game hunter in Africa, bags a mystical lion sacred to a local tribe and takes the carcass back to London. The tribal chief puts a curse on Stacey who finds himself haunted by bizarre hallucinations as his friends attempt to kill him, remotely controlled by the curse. The day is saved by Stacey's estranged wife Janet who learns that the only cure is to send Stacey back to Africa to kill the man who placed the curse on him.

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Allied Artists
Video Distributor: Kingston

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Allied Artists Pictures Corporation

1965
August
22: USA - theatrical release

Blood Sacrifice of the Simbazi!

Jungle terror! Native fury!

Curse of the Voodoo - US title
The Lion Man
Voodoo Blood Death - US title

MAGAZINES

Daily Cinema no.9081 (23 June 1965) p.9 (UK)
review

The Dark Side no.66 p.41 (UK)
review

Halls of Horror no.27 p.19 (UK)
note

Kine Weekly no.3012 (24 June 1965) p.18 (UK)
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.32 no.378 (July 1965) p.108 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

Variety 22 December 1965 (USA)
credits, review

Video Viewer January 1983 p.64 (UK)
review

BOOKS

British National Film Catalogue vol.3 (1965)
credits, review

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.86
credits, review

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films p.84
credits

animals; lions; voodoo; big game hunters; africa; curses