Black Magic Woman

Brad (Mark Hamill), a womanizing art gallery director, is cursed with hoodoo after he has an affair with a beautiful woman (Apollonia Kotero). Brad's girlfriend (Amanda Wyss) is both clueless and helpless to save her developmentally-arrested boyfriend.

BLACK MAGIC WOMAN has few real thrills, but is still fun to watch, especially when we see Luke Skywalker being worked on by a hoodoo exorcist! His grimaces as he writhes on the carpet are epic entertainment!

In addition, there are blood-filled eggs and a housekeeper in the fridge! Yes, there's a big, dark twist at the end, but it's too late to stop the laughter...

Black Magic Woman is a thriller in the vein of Fatal Attraction ala Tales from the Crypt. Mark Hamill (Star Wars, Corvette Summer) stars as Brad. Brad runs a successful art gallery with his girlfriend Diane, played by Amanda Wyss (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Better off Dead).

One evening during an art show, a mysterious woman appears at the gallery and catches Brian's eye. Cassandra, Apollonia (Purple Rain), flirts with Brad a bit and makes Diane jealous. Brad and Diane have a client in New York who's interested in possibly negotiating a deal to buy some art. Diane goes to New York to meet with the client while Brad stays behind and has a steamy encounter with Cassandra.

Cassandra comes into the gallery after Diane returns from her trip, and has a jealous outburst. All of the sudden it seems that someone has put a curse on Brad and people around him are starting to die, making Brd appear to be the main suspect. Could a jealous lover be responsible?

I agree with most of the above comments, I thought the brief scenes with Bonnie Ebsen were the hottest of the movie, It seemed like the had some chemistry together. I was well paced and the ending did surprise me, I must wonder what became of the director, if she moved on to do other things for the production company? I don't know. I liked that the film seemed to be colorized a bit dark. All in all a fair outing for a largely unknown cast and crew, with Hamill as the exception of course. I think the lead actress was part of Princes band, or back ground singers, that included Vanity, I have not seen either of them in anything since, that I am aware of. Bonnie Ebsen was in an NBC sit com, a few years before this movie.

Very low budgeted Fatal Attraction rip off given a black magic twist finds Mark "Star Wars" Hamill sharing a one night stand with Apollonia while very happily involved and engaged to Amanda Wyss. After he breaks it off with Apollonia he finds himself falling victim to voodoo curses and snakes and other assorted nonsense. The three talented leads look extremely bored with the material. You will be bored. The so called surprise ending you can see coming from afar. Only for people who want to see Hamill engaged in sex scenes or in his underwear or those who want to see Apollonia nude.

Rated R; Violence, Nudity, and Sexual Situations.

My review was written in April 1991 after watching the film on Vidmark video cassette.

An unusual cast makes this a bit different from current erotic thrillers. Basic story is overly predictable, as Mark Hamill cheats on his girlfriend Amanda Wyss when voluptuous Apollonia Kotero visits the art gallery where they work and quickly seduces him. Their whirlwind relationship results in plenty of sack time, but the callous antihero drops her as soon as business at the gallery picks up. Scorned woman Apollonia segues into familiar "Fatal Attraction" territory, even destroying a valuable sculpture during one violent confrontation with Hamill at the gallery.

Pic moves into supernatural horror territory as Hamill becomes victimized by black magic and voodoo rites. All the evidence points against Apollonia, but the police keep an open mind.

Careful viewer may guess who the real baddie is, but the final revelation still packs a wallop.

Use of Santana's hit title song helps the film's atmospherics and punches up the sex scenes. Fans accustomed to uninhibited nude performances by Shannon Tweedand Tanya Roberts may be slightly disappointed, as Appolonia avoids nudity to emphasize the tease. Her scenes are steamy, however, and won't need editing for the tv broadcast version.