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Another bad one from Al Adamson
Adamson's Blaxploitation Whammy
dont buy this DVD
Sam Sherman commentary makes this a Great! DVD!
Possession of Nurse Sherri, The... (1977) d: Adamson, Al

The Possession of Nurse Sherri
Starring: Geoffrey Land , Jill Jacobson , Marilyn Joi , Mary Kay Pass , and Prentiss Moulden
Director: Al Adamson
Manufacturer: e.i. Independent Cinema
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ASIN: B00005Q30K
Release Date: 2005-11-22

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Another bad one from Al Adamson.......2006-05-29

Al Adamson made some truly awful movies (Blood of Ghastly Horror) and some that provides decent entertainment (Brain of Blood, Blood of Dracula's Castle). "Nurse Sherri" falls somewhere in between but closer to the awful section. It starts out about some cult and after that it's about some nurse that gets possessed by a demon and starts killing patients. Like several other Adamson movies, I guess this must be one of those movies that were patched together using pieces of other unfinished movies. It is not worth spending money on nor spending the time to watch.

Adamson's Blaxploitation Whammy.......2004-07-02

No one watches an Al Adamson movie with high expectations, but the director has been known to turn out some entertaining movies despite modest talents and miniscule budgets. With "Black Voodoo," things get off to a promising start as we join a religious cult out in the Southern California desert (I've only recently started watching Adamson's work, but it seems like ALL his movies start in the SoCal desert). At the guidance of their leader, Reanhaur (toothy Bill Roy), cult members are trying to bring a dead member back to life by chanting "Rise, William, rise!" Then Reanhaur suffers a heart attack. Rather than chant "Rise, Reanhauer, rise," an ambulance is called. But the old kook dies on the operating table. His body may be dead, but Reanhauer's spirit is very much alive. After Sherri (Jill Jacobson)--a nurse at the hospital where the cult leader was taken--is left alone by her doctor/boyfriend, an animated green blob emerges through Sherri's bedroom door and has its way with her. Perhaps the worst special effect ever for its time, this scene in which Sherri gets possessed is the movie's laugh-out-loud high point.

Things go downhill from there. Possessed by the Reanhaur's spirit, Sherri goes on a killing spree that would make Andy Milligan proud. Her doctor/boyfriend (whiny-voiced Geoffrey Land) thinks she's having an affair, but a blinded football player (Prentiss Moulden) who was raised by--get this--a voodoo priestess knows what Sherri's *real* problem is. He knows how to stop Sherri, if Nurse Tara (Marilyn Joi), who's got the hots for him, is willing to do some grave robbing for the good of mankind.

Supposedly this movie was originally conceived as a ripoff of Roger Corman's sexploitation pic "The Student Nurses," but after producer Sam Sherman saw "Carrie" he decided to turn this into a horror movie. To make room for the spooky stuff, the sex scenes were cut, which explains why all the nurses in "Black Voodoo" are particularly libidinous ("Beth, you want to put Ed's stethoscope back in his pants?"), yet seldom act on their spoken desires. It probably explains why the busty Jacobson got the lead: She was expected to open her blouse, not her mouth. Unfortunately with the new horror story, she has to summon up some emotions but is unable to find any. Land, who delivers all his lines as if making an aspirin commercial, isn't much better. And it's obvious scenes were made with minimal takes as there are several instances were actors stumble over their lines. The pace is leaden through much of the movie (sex scenes were cut to make room for Reanhaur's three-minute ambulance ride?), and there is one scene that's so dark the viewer has no clue what's going on. With this type movie I expect bad acting, silly dialog and ridiculous narratives, but I can't forgive its being boring. And to think this was actually a hit with drive-in audiences!

Furthermore, "Black Voodoo" isn't really blaxploitation. Oh, there are some African American characters (and Xenon Entertainment is sure to use all their pictures on the box cover), but they're supporting players. No, this was originally titled "Nurse Sherri," and just retitled to get a few extra dollars from black audiences. The movie has been retitled again, as "The Possession of Nurse Sherri," in its DVD incarnation and is perhaps the better version to see. Not only does it feature commentary by Sam Sherman, but the disc also includes an unreleased cut of the movie featuring the excised sex scenes. Maybe that cut restores the movie's entertainment value as well.

dont buy this DVD.......2003-11-23

i was led astray thinking that the show might be something worth seeing,unfortunately not. I really regret buying this show as the story line sucks and there was only one nude scene. What a joke. Dont buy this and u have been warned.

Sam Sherman commentary makes this a Great! DVD!.......2002-12-15

Great movie! Really has stood the test of time! I originally saw this movie under the name "Black Voodoo". But this is the version you want! This DVD has all the bells and whistles! A very creative TV spot, kind of a strange one, but very different. The Sam Sherman commentary really adds to it, you are let in on the process of the making of the film. It is a honest commentary, from a visionary, inspiring, great man. I can listen to Sherman talk all day! If you have seen this movie before, get this version for the commentary, if you haven't seen it, get it for actors Marilyn Joi and JC Wells. A truly inspired film! Sam Sherman is a person I would like to meet and chat with in my lifetime. Great all around DVD, worth every penny...

Possession of Nurse Sherri, The... (1977) d: Adamson, Al.......2002-02-05

Taking ideas from the Roger Corman produced; Stephanie Rothman film Student Nurses (1970), and cashing in on the success of Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976) legendary exploitation filmmakers Al Adamson / Sam Sherman evolved these genres to once again please the drive-in crowd. The plot consists of a Guru cult leader who takes ill, and is taken to the hospital for an unwanted operation. Before dying under the knife, his soul manages to possess... You guessed it!... Nurse Sherri. Of course, the spirit uses the Nurse [Jill Jacobsen] to wipe out the medical personal who failed to save him. Trying hard to give the audience both sex, and thrills the evil Nurse begins to kill off many of the other characters. "...Along the way she gets to speak in a man's voice Exoricist (1973) style and whack people with cleavers and pitchforks Andy Milligan-style, while treating the viewer to some welcome T&A as well..." The movie moves along quickly, and uses it's budget well. Considering the time... Adamson, and Sherman films where very racially aware, and featured many Afro-Americans in them. The subplot in Nurse Sherri, consisting of a black football player who turns up with a voodoo amulet doesn't have much to do with the film, however it played well to a new film going audience. '...From a doomed medical operation - to - a returned evil soul" The Possession of Nurse Sherri is a great film which I'm more than pleased is available on DVD. An excellent job on this disc from shock-o-rama.com, my only complaint is lack of any original artwork. Producer Sam Sherman explains the production of the film in-depth on the commentary track, sadly Adamson doesn't appear. In August of 1995 the police found his body buried under four tons of cement, with his skull broken by a heavy object. Fred Fulford, a handyman who had been doing some remodelling was arrested and sentenced to 25 years and life in prison.

Splat Pak: Zombie Doom/Zombie '90/The Possession of Nurse Sherri/Rock & Roll Frankenstein

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A waster of my $30... *sigh*

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Zombie Doom: Karl the Butcher (Andreas Schnaas) is back and hungry for more. Known as "The Meister" - tyrannical leader of a barbaric legion of metal- masked madmen called the "Infantry of Doom" - Karl has been biding his time for world domination. Now the notorious Dr. Senius has mastered Karl's plans of creating an army of bloodthirsty, zombified monsters, and mankind will soon tremble in fear! As these reanimated creatures are set loose to hunt down and obliterate unfortunate intruders, misfits and traitors, three shipwrecked victims must battle to stay alive - and in one piece - while avenging ninjas seek to destroy Karl and his army of mindless murderers. All shall pay in the most gruesome and unspeakable ways - especially those condemned and punished by The Meister himself. In the heinous world of Karl the Butcher, survival is not an option! Zombie '90: A military machine carrying untested lethal chemicals crashes into a forest, a dead patient comes back to life in the operation room and mutilated bodies are being found all over the country. A new epidemic has broken out, the "Extreme Pestilence". Two doctors discover the epidemic and take on the hopeless fight against the living dead. Rock & Roll Frankenstein: A greedy music agent and his mad scientist nephew build a rock 'n' roll superstar from the body parts of dead legendary rockers, but the monstrous creation revolts . . . and people must die. A vicious horror black comedy! The Possession of Nurse Sherri: An evil necromancer has just died, and his restless demon spirit possesses the body of sexy, voluptuous nurse Sherri. Transformed into a maniacal killing machine, Sherri stalks the hospital corridors, turning them blood red with terror and madness. Yet she has no recollection of her gruesome murder sprees, not even when in the arms of her lover, surgeon Peter Desmond …

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A waster of my $30... *sigh*.......2005-01-10

I can't believe I bought this. What was I thinking? What did I ever egt myself into...? A big loada horrible movies is what it was. Where can I start with the negative comments?-

The Possession of Nurse Sherri: I ahve to admit that it is a bit original of a story, in which a pyromancer is killed, and its soul is resurrected in the body of a Nurse. Blah, blah, blah... An original story, but horrible movie. Bad effects and not very good acting cap it all off. I give it a 4/10, though altogether I could only watch about 30 minutes of it (skipping and fast forwarding a lot). That mainly was spent while I was drumming and not paying attention to it. But it was still to boring to have playing on the TV.

Rock N Roll Frankenstein: the only real decent film in the bunch of 3 DVDs. It's just about a music label owner that lost his big hit star, and needs a new replacement to keep sales up. *yawn* Anyways, he goes to his nephew to try to get help. His nephew has been working with an experimental procedure to resurrect the dead using electricity (stolen from the classic Frankenstein movies) and immature embryos (not blood or something from some stupid little preteens, but baby DNA). Well to shorten things a bit more, he gets his nephew's hemp-smokin' druggie assistant and his friends to go collect body parts from dead rockstars; including the hands of Jimi Hendrix, pieces of Sid Vicious, Elvis Presley's skull (how they ever got it, I will never know), Liberace's *cough* nether region *cough* (which the filmakers probably thought was gonna make the movie funny, but didn't) and so on. When they finally get the monster assembled, he evolves into a fat, singing, rocking homosexual (because of the part he got from Liberace). Well, "King" (as they call him), goes through miscellaneous encounters with groupies, gerbils, and confusing end scenes. To end this, the company Shoc-O-Rama cinema thought they were gonna be cool and gory, but ended up making a "So Bad It's Almost Good" movie. Though they include strange things such as King questioning his identity, and stupidly "gory" scenes with gerbils. Capping this off, I give it a 6/10- cause I actually enjoyed this other than the rancid stuff Shock gave us in the other 2 (3 counting the extra Full-Length movie "Zombie 90': Extreme Pestilence" on the Zombie Doom DVD). Also, the DVD comes with some extras that show this was the highest budgetted of the 3, inlcuding 2 music videos and the making of featurette. And to add a bit more, if you're a fan of pointless cussing in dialogue, and corpse fetishes, than you'll love this!

Zombie Doom: Oh, what was I thinking trying to watch this. I heard from a horror site that they gave this a 4/10, but I'd say it aint even worthy of that. It was boring from beginning to end (the parts I watched of it), with inclusions of such random characters as ninjas, and (for no real reason) Zombies. This movie was under-titled Violent Sh*t III: Zombie Doom, so it was ment to revolve around Karl the Butcher. Not having seen the previous installments, this didn't make me even want to think about seeing the others. The basic plot is that 3 guys land on an island, and get kidnapped by Karl's "malicious" gang of cardboard clad fighters. Andreas Schnaas tried to make the guys look cool by getting them to carry machetes and fight each other, but ultimately, makes them look like complete idiots. Which, like I said, I think they actually had cardboard covering there faces, which was painted to look like metal. I want tell anymore of the movie, cause there's little I can say without spoiling it, because the basic plot makes up most of the movie. And to make you not want to see this anymore than I ever do [again], the dubbing is so horrible, it makes the movie funny-like.

Zombie 90': Extreme Pestilence: Oh, woa is me for wanting to see this movie. The stupidest and least budgeted of them all, here comes Zombie 90' falling (to bad to say flying) at ya! Watch out! Cause this movie was horrible! Where I can start, because there's so much to whine about. The dubbing was by far worse than Zombie Doom, with one man doing at elast 3 or 4 people's dubbed voice. The effects- moronic, stupid, overall sucky, don't even touch the surface of the amount they tried to make them look real enough. Though, the bad effect were enough to make you want to puke. Anyways, the first effect used in the movie was a group of doctors cutting open a dead patient's/zombie's stomach. It's easy to tell that the stomach outside was clay, and the blood was fake; and to top it, the "intestine" were easily noticeable as sausage links. The plot, was just ignorant, with a military plane crashing outside a city, and spilling radioactive stuff everwhere, making people into zombies (wow that's really new). That's all, nothing else to say about it except the boring ending dream sequence. Totally pointless. AVOID THIS AT ALL COST!!!!!!!!
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