Black Noon (1971)
Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
Genres - Mystery, Western, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Supernatural Horror |
Release Date - Nov 5, 1971 (USA) |
Run Time - 73 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Black Noon is a witchcraft-on-the-prairie endeavor starring Roy Thinnes as a minister and Lyn Loring (Mrs. Roy Thinnes) as his wife. Newly arrived in a small western town, Thinnes finds his spirtual leadership challenged by a mysterious force that is causing misfortune to befall the settlers. Once he gets past the closed-mouthed residents, Thinnes learns that the town's controlling force is a cult of devil worshippers who practice voodoo. The allegorical elements of Black Noon are on the spell-it-out level of those religious pamphlets one frequently finds stuffed under one's windshield wiper. The film was shot in the desert regions just north of Los Angeles.
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cult, devil-worship, spiritual-leader, witchcraft, desert, good-vs-evil, husband-and-wife, minister, religion, Satanism, town, voodoo, black-magic, magic
