The Stick (1988)★ 5.4/10

ZA · 90 min · August 24, 1988

Action
Horror
War

Written by: Darrell Roodt, Carol Shore

During the apartheid era in South Africa, a young naive soldier is assigned to a unit of racist white soldiers. After they annihilate a remote village led by a witch doctor, the spirits of those they've killed target them.

Original title

The Stick

Storyline

A group of South African soldiers are sent out into the bush to find and destroy a rebel group that killed an earlier patrol. When they find a small village with all the men gone, the soldiers panic and slaughter the remaining villagers, including an old witch doctor. As the group tries to make their way back to camp, strange things begin happening to them. Are the enemy soldiers normal humans, or have they been cursed by the old shaman?

Rating

5.4 / 10 · 217

Companies

Artistic Film Production Company, Exciting Films, Distant Horizon, Les Films Jacques Leitienne, The First Film Company, Artistic Film Company, F.J. Lucas, Filmtrust, Home Video Center, Jaguar Film, Lumina Video, Novio A/S, Novio Video, Parkfield Entertainment, PolarFilm, Scanbox Entertainment, Skyline Video, Starcut Film, Tohokushinsha Home Video

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