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J.D.'s Revenge (1976)

Directed by Arthur Marks

Horror

Most recently watched by sleestakk, seanCduregger, BTSjunkie

Overview

Although notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is shot and killed in the 1940s, his spirit remains restless for three decades, until a hypnotist’s supernatural nightclub act allows him to take over the body of a mild-mannered law student and seek revenge on those who got him killed.

Rated R | Length 95 minutes

Actors

Glynn Turman | Louis Gossett Jr. | Joan Pringle | Carl W. Crudup | Julian Christopher | Fred Pinkard | Jo Anne Meredith | Alice Jubert | David McKnight | Stephanie Faulkner | Fuddle Bagley | Earl Billings | Paul Galloway | Barbara Tasker | Tom Alden | Melvin Bijou Jr. | Blue Lu Barker | Joseph Collins | Fred Ford | Chauncey Leon Gilbert | Ruth Kempf | Bob Minor | Tony Owens | Samuel 'Catfish' Routh | Hazel Roberts | Timothy Toseborough | Rhonda Shear | Danny Dunn | Vernel Bagneris | Deonna Lang

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Viewing Notes

A lot of times the Terror Tuesday will be excellent not because the film itself is amazing but because its bad and just entertaining with a crowd. JD’s Revenge stands out because it’s just a solid movie. I loved the performance from Glenn Turman who is amazing playing the role of Isaac, a smart guy, trying to be a lawyer with a good group of friends and a loving girlfriend. When he becomes possessed by the ex-gangster J.D. Walker, he takes on this pimp persona, the one thing that makes this movie sort of a blaxploitation film. Really, it’s just a possession/horror thriller and because the guy who gets possessed becomes almost a caricature of a pimp, thats where it makes it into a blaxploitation flick. It’s an interesting duality and one that’s made even better by having an amazing performance by Turman (who I guess is on The Wire, which I’ve been meaning to watch).

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