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Soucouyant (2015)

★½ — Soucouyant (2015)

The soucouyant is a figure from Caribbean folklore, a shape-shifting, skin-shedding vampire spirit found across the islands of the Eastern Caribbean and into Trinidad, with roots traceable to West African and French Creole traditions. Sean Field's twelve-minute short is, to all practical purposes, a homegrown St. Lucian production, shot on the island with local cast and crew under the Iland Boy Films and Nexus Networks banners. Field is not a widely documented name in international film circles, and Soucouyant appears to be among his earlier short-form work, landing at a moment when small island filmmaking was beginning to find modest new life through digital production and festival circuit opportunities. The setting in Gros Islet, an actual fishing village on St. Lucia's northern tip, gives the piece at least a genuine sense of place.

A-Z World Movie Tour St Lucia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5GCZ2OzYIc There's not alot to like about this movie at all. The acting, the effects, the story.. it's all just really below average. The fact that it's a short and it still feels too long is not a good sign. I think it could have been something really good, especially given that it's a local legend, but it just didn't work.

Rating: ★½ | Year: 2015 | Watched: 2025-08-28

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