Naked Evil (1966)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1966
Running Times: 79 mins
Length: 7,080 ft
Format: black and white     Multicolor (colourised US version)     35mm
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PRODUCTION
Production Company: Gibraltar Films
Executive Producer: Steven Pallos
Producer: M. F. Johnson
Production Manager: Denis Johnson Jr

SCRIPT
Script: Stanley Goulder
Play: The Obi by Jon Manchip White

DIRECTION
Director: Stanley Goulder
US Additional Sequences Director: Al Adamson (uncredited)
Assistant Director: Malcolm M. Johnson

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Geoffrey Faithfull
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Gerry Moss
Camera Operator: Len Harris

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Peter Musgrave

MUSIC
Music: Bernard Ebbinghouse

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Clive Winter

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Stella Morris
Hair: Mervyn Medalie

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Directors: George Provis, Denys Pavitt

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Lorna Selwyn

LOCATIONS
Studio: Rayant Studios, Bushey Heath, Herts, England

CAST
Basil Dignam (Benson)
Anthony Ainley (Dick Alderson)
Suzanne Neve (Janet)
Richard Coleman (Hollis)
Olaf Pooley (Goodman)
George A. Saunders (Danny)
Carmen Munroe (Beverley)
Brylo Ford (Amazon)
Bari Jonson (Spadey)
Dan Jackson (Lloyd)
Oscar James (Dupree)
Ronald Bridges (Wilkins)
Pearl Prescod (landlady (uncredited))
Sidney Johnson (Doc (uncredited))
M.J. Mathews (white customer (uncredited))
Pat Connell (fingerprint man (uncredited))
Willie Jonah (Belair (uncredited))
Yemi Ajibade (O'Neil (uncredited))
Myrtle McKenzie (Daisy (uncredited))
Muriel Hunte (Nelly (uncredited))
Chris Konylls (Duncan (uncredited))
Rudolph Kizerman (Linstead (uncredited))
Ilario Pedro (Bell (uncredited))
Ves Delahunt (station sergeant (uncredited))
David Boliver (1st policeman (uncredited))
Nigel Parry Jones (2nd policeman (uncredited))
Barry Fletcher (policeman on beat (uncredited))
George Wilder (householder (uncredited))
Benny Nightingale (henchman (uncredited))

In the Midlands, Detective Hollis is given the unenviable task of investigating a series of murders among West Indian gang members. Beside each body has been found an Obi, a small bottle full of grave dirt and chicken feathers, the destruction of which is said to release the evil spirit it houses, spelling death for the recipient. At a loss to explain the crimes let alone solve them, Hollis turns to local padre and expert on Jamaican voodoo beliefs, Goodman who reveals that his churchyard has recently been desecrated. Hollis' investigations eventually lead him to a nearby hostel for West Indian students where an obi has been found next to the body of the building's manager, Benson. One of the residents, Danny has been distributing the obis on behalf of the mysterious Amazon who subsequently hangs himself before he can be arrested. But his spirit possesses the hostel's secretary, Dick Alderson and Goodman has to perform an exorcism to drive the spirit out.

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Columbia

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Hampton International; Saxton Films
DVD Distributors: Image (ID1627GODVD)

UK
Rating: A

USA
Rating: PG

Exorcism at Midnight
The Obi

MAGAZINES

Film and TV Technician July / August 1966 (UK)
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Kine Weekly 7 June 1969 pp.17, 23 (UK)
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Monthly Film Bulletin July 1969 p.148 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

Today's Cinema 13 June 1969 p.8 (UK)
review

BOOKS

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films pp.327-328
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OTHER SOURCES

screen
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magic, voodoo, possession

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008