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This was a great Saturday night popcorn movie. There were some really good zombie scenes, but no technical special effects. I think the lack of technical special effects gave this film a nice realistic quality that current day b-films lack. The acting was very good, allowing one to suspend belief and get into the main character's motivation.

I plan to read up on Marki Bey who carried the lead. She looked so much like Venessa Williams that I had to check to see if they were related.

I was also impressed with the wardrobe - really great outfits. I am sure the guys will love that! And a couple of the male actors were not too hard on the eyes either.

I guess my only disappointment is very general and really a personal stubborn opinion. When it comes to voodoo being used in a movie I like the movie to hold a moral theme that it's a bad thing to do and that if one does so, they jeopardize their immortal soul. This movie did not do that. But the manner of revenge was so enjoyable I would watch it again. (Hey my great-grandmother had a rough life in enslavement and it really screwed up my grandmother who watched it unfold, God rest her soul, etc. etc. blah blah blah. Grandma died two years ago well past 100 years of age.) It's a good thing voodoo doesn't work and the slaves of the past didn't curse the family line of their owners. Bwaa-ha-ha-ha-ho-ho-he-ha. *Just Kidding*. Or am I?

I find the movie aptly named. My motivation for responding is due to an earlier opinion on this movie, specifically: "the central character of Delilah is the worst kind of racial stereotype; a relentlessly cheerful mammy, perfectly satisfied to spend her life tending to the needs of her white employer". I am an American Black (African-American) and I do not find Delilah offensive. In fact I applaud the reflection of honesty that this 1934 film attempts. The "mammy" of that time period had very few choices. That she was happy to help her very nice white employer for the safety provided does not make for a hate figure by Blacks. It makes for a reminder of the intense level of crap Black folks went through and how they dealt with the pain of it to stay honest, kind and helpful people. Should Delilah lived in the streets and hated white people the rest of her life? Should she have not had the fortitude and insight to find a situation with another caring human being, albeit this other human was white? And for this she is lauded as a the worst kind of racial stereotype? No. The answer is a resounding NO. Now if Delilah was beaten and raped on a regular basis and still wanted to please her white employer while denying her race the previous poster would have had a point.

Okay, I really didn't like the mournful gospel music, R&B would have made this movie perfect to me but that's just me. Live and Love. There is no shame in being a good person.