"It will scare you to your very soul."

1987

1h 53m

7.1(1612 votes)

Horror

Mystery

Overview

A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.

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20 members

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Mickey Rourke

Harry Angel

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Robert De Niro

Louis Cyphre

Acting

Lisa Bonet

Epiphany Proudfoot

Acting

Charlotte Rampling

Margaret Krusemark

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Stocker Fontelieu

Ethan Krusemark

Acting

Brownie McGhee

Toots Sweet

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Michael Higgins

Doctor Fowler

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Elizabeth Whitcraft

Connie

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Eliott Keener

Sterne

Acting

Charles Gordone

Spider Simpson

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Dann Florek

Winesnap

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Kathleen Wilhoite

Nurse

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George Buck

Izzy

Acting

Judith Drake

Izzy's Wife

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Pruitt Taylor Vince

Det. Deimos

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Dave Petitjean

Baptism Preacher

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Rick Washburn

Cajun Heavy

Acting

Neil Newlon

Cajun Heavy #2

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Karen Davis

Voodoo Dancer

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Gerald Orange

Pastor John

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