{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = London Voodoo | image = London Voodoo poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Robert Pratten | producer = Robert Pratten | writer = Robert Pratten | starring = Doug Cockle<br>Sara Stewart<br>Sven-Bertil Taube<br>Michael Nyqvist<br>Jacqueline Boatswain | music = Steven Severin | cinematography = Patrick Jackson | editing = Matt Jessee | studio = Zen Films | distributor = Heretic Films | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2004|03|11|Fearless Tales}} | runtime = 99 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = }}
'''''London Voodoo''''' is a 2004 British horror film written, produced, and directed by Robert Pratten; and starring Doug Cockle, and Sara Stewart. The film centers on an analyst who has relocated his family, only for his wife to become possessed by a dark spirit that wishes the family harm.
==Plot== {{more plot|date=August 2019}} When ambitious analyst Lincoln Mathers (played by Doug Cockle) relocates his family from New York to London, his wife Sarah (Sara Stewart) discovers a new disturbing power and becomes hostage to an ancient spirit. As Mathers notices that the family is tearing apart and that his wife's behavior becomes more violent and erratic, he accepts that to save the woman he married he must take a leap of faith.
==Cast== * Doug Cockle as Lincoln Mathers * Sara Stewart as Sarah Mathers * Grace Sprott as Beth Mathers * Vonda Barnes as Kelly * Trisha Mortimer as Fiona * Sven-Bertil Taube as Lars * Michael Nyqvist as Magnus * Jacqueline Boatswain as Ruth * Tony Freeman as McAlistair
==Release== {{expand section|date=August 2019}}
===Home media=== ''London Voodoo'' was released on DVD by Heretic Films on 31 May 2005. It was later released by Nucleus Films on 30 October 2006.<ref name="dvdreleases">{{cite web |title=London Voodoo (2004) - Robert Pratten |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/london-voodoo-v306979/releases |publisher=AllMovie |accessdate=27 August 2019}}</ref>
==Reception== {{expand section|date=August 2019}} ''London Voodoo'' received mostly negative reviews upon its release. Dennis Harvey from ''Variety'' gave the film a mixed review, writing, "Maintaining a straight face even as the action takes a turn toward the ludicrous, English horror entry ''London Voodoo'' should please genre fans, though it lacks the originality or name thesps that might’ve merited theatrical pickup."<ref name="variety04">{{cite web |last1=Harvey |first1=Dennis |title=London Voodoo – Variety |url=https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/london-voodoo-1200533174/ |website=Variety.com |date=26 May 2004 |publisher=Dennis Harvey |accessdate=27 August 2019}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0352526|title=London Voodoo}} *{{Rotten tomatoes|1155616_london_voodoo|London Voodoo}}
Category:2004 films Category:2004 horror films Category:British supernatural horror films Category:Films about Voodoo Category:Films about spirit possession Category:Films set in London Category:Films shot in London Category:British religious horror films Category:2004 English-language films Category:2004 British films Category:English-language horror films
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