Abby (1974) | Carol Speed Willam Marshall Terry Carter
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- Abby is a 1974 American blaxploitation horror film about a woman who is possessed by an African sex spirit. The film stars Carol Speed as the title character, William H. Marshall and Terry Carter. It was directed by William Girdler, who co-wrote the film's story with screenwriter Gordon Cornell Layne.
The film was a financial success, grossing $4 million in a month, but was pulled from theaters after the film's distributor, American International Pictures, was accused of copyright violation by Warner Bros., which saw the film as being derivative of The Exorcist and filed a lawsuit against AIP.[1] Girdler himself told the Louisville Courier Journal: "Sure, we made Abby to come in on the shirttail of The Exorcist." The film is also inspired by 1968's Rosemary's Baby. - Wikipedia
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I'm almost 54 and I've never even heard of this movie, which tells me my mom was on her damn JOB! I feel so cheated, thank you for uploading this incredible gem!
....you didn't really miss anything🙄🤷🏽♀️
@Crazy Cat lady Meow or your mama wasn't.SHIT BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE SHE LET YOU WATCH THE EXORCIST
I was 13yrs old when I saw this movie I paid $2.00 back then those were the good Ole days
I was 13yrs old when I saw this movie I paid $2.00 back then those were the good Ole days
Little known fact. Abby was pulled from the theater s early because Warner bros sued saying that it mimicked the exorcist too much. Wow.
They was hating because the movie made 4 million in a month or so. Black films wasn't suppose to be that successful in that time. So maybe it wasn't necessarily your mom's that kept you from seeing the film when it first came out.
Marshall was great as Blacula.
Big time ! You could tell that he was very serious about his craft.
Othello and blacula.. classical pianist and Actor! Miss him! The Height.. The voice!
Indeed he was!
@Lance Lanny I agree that this movie was so lousy that it was a joke, but I did like Marshall as an exorcist. With that powerful voice, he could literally scare the devil out of someone! lol
One of the greatest voices in the business
It had me Rolling too especially when she kicked her husband in the nuts and toyed with the white woman ,was all hilarious 😂😂👍
😂😂😂😂
I lost it when she said she was gonna take ol’ long George upstairs! 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah. Although this was intended to be a horror movie, it comes off like comedy!
The way she looked at the woman, then smacked her! Singing " round and round!",🤣🤣🤣🤣 Is that EARTHA KITT'S VOICE?!🤔
And when she threw the tall guy across the bar.lol.wasnt expecting her to throw his big behind.
This movie scared me so much when I was a kid , and I never saw it 🤣🤣😨
I remember this movie years ago like yesterday .. Carol speed was also in the movie The Mack .
@the promise man That's where I knew her from!💡That was going to drive me crazy! The mother and daughter correct?
@@justme8201 she was one of Goldie girls working the streets until he chose a white girl to be the main trick
she was also in black samson
and she was in a movie called the big bird cage with pam grier
@@popetzm1 yes she sure was
😁2021' Just 10yrs. of age when seeing this movie possibly at the seated Theater or Drive-In😅😅 William H. Marshall💕😇(2003) was a Great Actor, R.I.H...I Thank You for Sharing this Memorable Classic Movie!!✌
Rest in Peace, William Girdler.
Good Director
I can remember as a little boy going to the movies to see this ..wow
😲This movie scared the crap out of me and its hard to scare me!!!!!😱
Hi,
Do you have a Facebook group to discuss these types of films or any social groups? If so I'd love to join. I enjoy these movies but I can't find a local crowd here in Dallas, Tx to go over these films.
Rest in Paradise Ms Carol Speed. This is a certified hood classic
She was so beautiful
I didn’t know she died this year!
Never even heard of this movie and I am all in the hood!!
@@metalambert857 Very💖
@@metalambert857yes love Abby Carol speed was so good in that flim would love to see it come on Blu Ray her and Pam geire would of been good in a flim dont know if Carol and Pam knew each other love Abby a classic of the 70s have a great day Tina in Bangor Maine im from Detroit Michigan
I had to watch this after hearing of the passing of Carol Speed. I just remember her on the Sanford and Son episode where she stood up Lamont at the wedding in the very 3rd episode. She was something in this movie and nearly had me convinced she was really possessed. Also great seeing William "Blacula" Marshall in the film as well. Thanks ReelBlack & RIP Carol Speed.
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Thats a damn shame. This movie was pulled from the theater's because of vopywrite b.s.? No, what is was that The big shot company Warner Brothers saw this movie was getting too much publicity and $$ . Fearful because it was a all black cast and even though it was a "low budget" movie, it was drawing a lot of attention. Its all good when they steal and copy ; they get away with it and make billions. And we cant do anything about it. But let the situation be reversed, they get angry and jealous ,and find a way to end and stop the growth of $$ or anyway to keep us down. Can't win for losing. But overall, its still a great movie. I was in middle school when this came out.
I don't see how this low budget movie got so much attention to where it was removed from theaters. It came out around the same time as _The Exorcist,_ a much bigger movie with a huge box office draw.
I remember seeing this & The Exorcist in NYC in the 70's when I was very young with My Father & Brother.
Warner brothers stays on bullshit I see why prince fought they're ass but at least he got back his music until they killed him for it
the exorcist released december 26 1973 abby released december 25 1974 and it showed thru 1979 at the drive ins still makin money..yes it got attention it has william marshall who played blacula and carol speed from the mack and juanita moore from imitation of life and the mack
abby need's to be remade ..i read that william peter blatty who wrote the exorcist saw the film and he had no problem with it he even tried talkin to warner bros tryin to talk them outta suing
@@popetzm1 f-k Time Warner they just a bunch of racist jealous Jews anyway!
When the exorcist came out thank God I was too young to see it cause folks in my house was seriously traumatized but when this came out , me and some friends just had to sneak in and check this out. Worse mistake of my young life !! This movie messed all of us up for months !! Couldn't nobody sleep and constantly thinking folks in the house was possessed. Needless to say they had no problems getting us to go to church after that.
@Nettie Reynolds
You are not alone, trust me that.
You were right not to see the exorcist when you were young. I am also traumatized by it, for the last 48 years.
@Nettie Reynolds
Now a-days though , these kids aren't fazed by stuff like we were. When my boys were young they watched this with me and laughed but I also watched the exorcist with them and all that laughing stopped.
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We lived in DC at the time and finding out that the exorcist happened somewhere close was too much for me. I moved down south with my grandparents and finally got some sleep.
Messed me up too watch age 13 ongoing dreams of her hideous face in my dreams at her worse possession state!
I’m here because of, “Ashley SaysSo.”
Rest in Peace, Carol Speed. And thank you, reelblack, for this great film!
Jd's revenge is also another great possession film with Black actors.
One of my favorites. That movie made me NEVER want to be put under hypnosis 😂
That's my 💩 😂💯
I'm JD Walker
The Boss Talker
The Walter Walker
@@donnab2440 you better go and talk to him😊
@@donnab2440 😭💀💯
RIP William Marshall 1924-2003
Carol Speed 1945-2022😔🙏💔🌹⭐!!
NOW THIS IS GREAT HORROR...WITHOUT ALL THE DRAMATICS....THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN PUTTING OUT THE MOVIES😍
The Dramatics wasn’t in the score
Love this. Lots of great actors(William Marshall, Juanita Moore,Rod Perry,Carol Speed, Nathan Cook). All worked with what they were given & most of them should have had a bigger careers.
Austin stoker rip made one of the greatest films ever. The late great John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13!
I thought that was Ms. Juanita Moore!
@@sayitloudblcknproud That's what I kept thinking...im like that looks like the woman that played Goldie's mother on The Mack, and I knew her name was Juanita Moore 😊
@@jamesmonroe7751 John Carpenter died? When?
Exactly! They were underrated and if they were working today, they would be huge, working actors!! They limited African American actors back then. They didn’t give them the best equipment or sets to work with. Regardless, they STILL were superb!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
R.I.P. BLACULA ,A.K.A. WILLIAM MARSHALL....
LOVE. THIS ERA. BEFORE CRACK HIT AND DESTROYED THE PRIDE
Maaaan.:-(
But heroin was on the move. Smack pcp
Drugs:PERIOD are NOTHING new🙄😳
I was 2 years old when this movie 🎥was released. My first time watching this movie. Interesting how the 70s operated...
Me too, I wasn’t even born yet, but I could imagine my parents watching this movie when they were in their early 20’s my father was a suave dresser back then lol.
The incomparable William Marshall, one of the greatest actors of the 20th century. He gave an incredible performance even in this!
I'm 61 years old Boy we went to see this over and over again. Blackula.
Reminds me of 80s-90s film Death by Temptation
Def by Temptation
I remember watching this movie in the 70's, I was a kid this movie scared the hell out of me 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Carol Speed was also in The Mack as one of Goldie's ladies and she was also on Sanford and Son. She was the one that stood up Lamont at the altar!
Carol Speed played the HELL out of that role!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 She was underrated. I wish she worked past the 70s. RIP Carol…
This is the one horror movie I can see being remade
She sure did
What! She died?
She left Lamont Sanford at the alter
@@alanmorris7669: Last year at age 77.
Let's not forget the magnificent Juanita Moore!
annie from imitation of life and the mack she played goldie's mom
For this s*** to be old School it's scary as hell
Yes Abby is very scary look.at the house very scary
A real classic Abby love to see it come on Blu Ray love 💘 you carol speed
Have a great time watching Abby popcorn 🍿 movie for sure 👍
Rest in peace Carolyn Ann Stewart, known professionally as Carol Speed. We will never forget you!
Dang this for real what we dealing with....many people are possessed....wow never seen or heard of this movie til now! 😳
@Demetri Little thank You I didn't know that the producer of the Exorcist was part of "Abby" that's why those racist clowns at Time Warner or WB were jealous and sued for they claim was fraudulant but Hollywood folks copied off everybody all the time so what's the difference with the Exorcist & this film? I commend the Exorcist producer more than them racist jokers at WB who made the Exorcist who were just jealous of the success of Abby when She came out & made millions no telling about Worldwide wouldn't be a surprise if Abby made anything overseas like Bad Boys franchise today!
My mom and dad told me about this movie, couldn't find it for nothing in the world,
arncoo63 The Exorcist was in 1973 and Abby was in 1974. I didn’t know the exorcist producer was part of Abby. That explains a lot .
One of my favorites.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤❤❤
NYC, NY. UPPER WEST SIDE. 1974. Me and the boys saw this 1st run. Double features. J.D.'s Revenge. Popcorn and reefer. Snuck in quarts of beer. And a pint of MD 20/20. If you had good vision before, you were 200/60 after drinking that crap. Sheeesh!!! Surprised I made it this far. Imagine, Blacula playing a priest. Like Bela Lugosi playing the Pope.
Demon-possessed "Abby" had me laughin' and trippin' throughout the entire movie. So, what if "Abby" is similar to the "The Exorcist"?! I don't care! How many horror-genre movies have been made about Count Dracula and vampires, mummies, zombies, werewolves, the Invisible Man (like "Hollow Man"), Dr. Frankenstein's Monster, demonic possession, serial killers and/or slashers (like "Friday the 13th", "Halloween", and "Scream"), doppelgangers, deadly, sadistic games (like "Saw" and "Escape Room"), and cannibalistic, serial-killing, inbred, rural families living in the backwoods and/or obscure places (like "The Hills Have Eyes", "Wrong Turn" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"), etc.? This is the first time I've seen "Abby" -- thanks for the upload. I love this channel's flair for the nostalgia. Thank you, "reelblack".
I heard this film was actually kicking ass at the box office until Warner Bros filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement and they pulled it from the theaters.
Correct. Made 4 million at the box office in a month.
I see where Marner bros got there ideas from now....
Yes now I understand why Time Warner sued because they were jealous of this film making millions these same a-holes who also killed Brother Prince decades later because He won all of His copies of His records
@@arncoo63 Assuming you mean Warner Bros., not Time Warner, I would say they were more than justified to sue the movie company for this film. If someone stole an idea from you and made millions off of it, what would you do?
@@lwmson It's still Time Warner to Me regardless what you say but so what if Abby was a rip off of the Exorcist big stupid deal like I stated earlier regardless people at Time Warner were just being racially jealous of this film being successful you jokers rip people off too so what's the stupid difference?
I love Mrs Speed in this movie a black horror classic along with Blacula, Black Franstein,JD Revenge So many great black horror movie's of the 70s
Unforgettable classic, black folks horror, scared the he double hockey sticks outta me when i went to the theater to see this.
Ditto
It made me laugh so hard I was in tears. it was supposed to be a horror movie, but it came to me as a big joke.
😁Wow!! I'm such a Classic Collector of Oldies Movies such as 'Abbey👍, 'Tough, 'A black sister's revenge, back in the Drive-In-Movies era👍 as well as 'Sugar hill👍, Lipstick' and Audios Amigos💕 w/Richard Pryor & Fred Williamson💕 Thanks for Sharing!👍
sugar hill was on 2 nights ago on turner classic movies
Yes Sugar Hill was on MGMHD more than once recently like earlier this year!
You must invite me for movie night
Pam, you sound like the kind of girl I'd like to meet!
pic quality is topshelf
for 70s flick..made $4 mill on a month, I looked 4 a copy on amazon, couldn't find one, I read Warner confiscated most copies in 75
they just wanted 2 b startin somethin..😆
yeah with their racist asses rumour has it that they have a crisp clean copy in their vault i also read that abby showed from 74 all the way to 79 at drive ins and was still makin money ..warner bros did'nt get all the copies destroyed the bootleggers grabbed all the rest they knew the movie was already a classic
It's really not
It's horrible
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Younger son and I are having a convo. about the monies made and the hoopla about the "OTHER" movie "folks" whining and carrying on.
Really??
Thx for sharing 💜
Damn, hell of a movie.
No pun intended?
Hell-arious movie lol
The Black Exorcist
Very entertaining! I see why Warner Bros. got jealous! This was also a more realistic take of a person with a Demon Spirit inside them.
Jealous hell. The movie was obviously a rip-off of The Exorcist.
Miss Gang Smashers You're so right & so Truthful people at Time Warner or WB just got racially jealous of Abby that's why they threw a racist lawsuit against the film f-k Time Warner/WB & f-k joe jones too he's just a racist jealousy hater himself!
@@arncoo63 I have followed everything joe and you have said in this comment section and none of his comments are racist. This movie is terrible. Plenty of movies for our brothers and sisters to be proud of, just not this one in my opinion.
@@matthewdavis5833 f-k you everything what Joe Jones stated is just racist bulls-t too f-k both of you racist POS bastards!
I tell you what you can kiss joe jones Time Warner/WB asses if you want to f-k all of you all jealousy racist POS bastards!
I saw Abby in the movie theater years ago. I had forgotten some of the scenes. This was also my first introduction to the Orishas. Thank you for uploading this film. I truly enjoyed seeing it again.
What is the Orishas?
This movie is crazy....!!
This movie scared the hell out of me!
It had me laughing my ass off!
This movie scared me when it first came out at the theater. It has funny scenes which knock the fear out off me. Now I just laugh. It's a cult classic!
@@dianne8340 I too saw it as a kid when it first came out in theaters, and even then I thought it was more comedy than horror. Although it's an obvious urban rip off of the Exorcist, it wasn't scary like the Exorcist, because it was created on a very low budget. In contrast to the Exorcist, the actors were terrible and the cheap special effects were cheesy. It played out like a big joke to me.
This shit is good but it scared the hell out me to boo I remember I was dreaming I woke up quick cause I thought my ex was touching me an it felt so real. An I woke up nobody there I still feel a evil spirit in here with me an going to them graveyards u can bring a evil spirit home with u an I use to be addicted going to see my baby brother grave an talk to him read to him an I feel since 2005 when I was there also 2019 I really feel evil here an I gotten mean oh my god its scary people say when I lost my Lil brother I got mean but I miss him badly. God I miss my boo. Movie really awesome a thriller a horror all that like they say the exorcist wow yes it scared the hell out me . pray for me babies please❤❤❤😘😘😢😢😢🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
It scared me too... when I was a kid.
I love how aggressive William Marshall voice really is
Yeah I was standing up when he said "STAY", and I didn't move an inch!
He has the greatest voice
Rest in peace to Carol Speed. She passed last week 🌹
After begging my mom, she finally took me and my sister to see this movie. I can still remember leaving that cold theater, scared to death and numb from head-to-toe. I remember smelling the popcorn and staring at the "Abby" movie poster on the wall. I was only 9 years old, but I'll never forget this film.
That was very descriptive. You really took me there! I know exactly how you felt.
A cold fond memories.im watching it right now it looks familiar I'll c.
I was small around this time. My siblings were all teenagers and forced to babysit me, had to drag me EVERYWHERE. They took me to see "Carrie" when I was six, giving me a lifelong distaste for VEGETABLE PEELERS, lol!
Me too couldn't sleep. LOL
@@widowrumstrypze9705 lmao
"Wow!....I finally got to see it! I always heard stories about it in grade school!. Thanx!.✊
Classic Movie 💯💯
Needs a remastered version...
"Absolutely!.👍✊
Yes I agree they should play this & Aaron Loves Angela on TCM or MGMHD since this is an actual Classic compare to the Exorcist people at Time Warner should be sued right back & give this film Her rights since Abby did so well at the drive ins between 1974 & 1979 they should released this Classic Film on DVD & Blu-Ray all together!
There are so many films during that period that will never see the light of day...one of my favorites was Johnny Tough....luckily there are some of them on TH-cam, horrible quality, but it's a start...
@@edreid7872 what about the Texas Chainsaw Massacre I bet they said the same thing about this film back then that it was too controversial for it's good but now decades later it's available all on DVD & Blu-ray that why I said they should do the same with "Abby" that too She's just as good & a real Classic as the Exorcist & the Texas Chainsaw Massacre!
@Arncoo63....Blaxploitation films have never received the respect they deserved...I think I saw almost all of them during the 70's, and only a few are considered classics, Sweetback, Coffy, Hell up in Harlem, Across 110th #street...The Brown Sugar channel shows a few of them, unfortunately, there are so many filled with stereotypes, I don't think they will fly in today's climate..
First time watching this. Abby was a beautiful woman. So awesome to see actors I used to see in other things growing up. William Marshall!!! Juanita Moore!!! They don't make them like that anymore...
I'm 51 and I've never heard of this movie until I saw it on an Instagram page that I follow. It doesn't remind me of the Exorcist at all. That's how "hollyweird" does. As soon as they see something getting money they want to steal it or stop it. The Mother looks real familiar. Wasn't she in a movie called " Imitation of Life"?
Yes. Juanita Moore.
I love this comment section- some people seem genuinely shaken and others are HOWLING with laughter :)
1:15:48 Abby's dialogue as Esu (the devil/demon) "All powers are mine to have sex with any woman, they all swear by my powers, all my enemies be careful..."
I love this movie. I didn't think nothing like the exorcist.
It isnt.. peo are ridiculous
Black version of the The Exorcist but with a different twist that's what I thought.
The exorcist is one of the scariest movies ever made, this is very different and not particularly scary but I did like Carol Speed RIP.
Ok I heard of being a "freak in da sheets" but this takes to a hole new level 🤣🤣🤣🤣... Many RIP for the actress who passed
CAROL SPEED RIP 2022 . under rated and under used actress . wonderful lady
WOW!... ReelBlak, I saw this movie in the theater when I was 8 years old. I think it was my second horror movie [after Night of the living dead]. I had all but forgotten about it but I remember how it affected me at that age. Nothing was scary to me after this flick. Thank so much for your beautiful channel and the memories... You have a lifetime sub here, my brother.
RIP CAROL SPEED 1945-2022 ❤️❤️❤️
B1 reporting! I’m here in Feb. 2021! I loved this film; I love to see my ppl in major roles and the Black power they possess. I want to see more movies like this...ALL BLACK! #noantiblackracism
@reelblack thanks for the memories 📽️🍿😊
This would have scared the crap out of my when I was a kid, but looking at it now as an adult., it's hilarious.
Lmao 😂🤣
R.I.P Carol Speed (1945-2022) ❤️🙏🏽
Williams Marshall should’ve more major roles like his white Counterparts
Killing is also our nature too but you must go to god with the issues and find balance forself is it worth it or is it gonna be good for the people that live in hell on earth or is it for your own self-worth. All of this was created and it is for the cells inside the body of a human being, things grow, stay, reproduce, die and be reborn again it is called growth in pains and labor for what is to come when the door opens. Still working on this
The really sad part about a lot of the brilliant low-budget/independent Black films from this era, is that they were treated as ephemera... They weren't very well preserved for posterity's sake. It's a real travesty.
I remember watching this film in quality at a then neighborhood movie theater in Philly when I was 12; this film made a strong impact on me then. Although it is somewhat dated now over the decades - it still entertains. The acting was pretty good, the sound FX were very good and contributed greatly, the make-up could've been better but then again this was a very low budget film as most of the black exploitation films were back then good direction and editing. This film has bad quality because it is from a surviving release print that was hidden after the producers of "Exorcist" took the makers of this film to court and won for copy-write infringement (how can anyone put a monopoly on demonic possession) and as a result the film's negative and all other prints were destroyed.
The film shoot in Louieville, KY experienced many strange occurances as Carol Speed described in an interview; I once read somewhere that the director had sold his sole to the devil and died right after the contract expired.
bootleggers took the rest of the copies too so warner was not sucessful in havin all the prints destroyed..they need to do a remake of this film
who was tha director
@@shototodoroki4816 William something, search IMDB.com
william girdler...i got it thanx
My name is Jessica I stumbled across your channel this channel is fun and educational I watch it all day im addicted great job
This movie 🍿🎥 scared the dog 🐕 poo 💩 outta me. I went to bed literally an hour after watching it and literally made me fall out of my bed 🛏️ to the point my mom wanted to know what tf was going on in my room 🤣😅🤣. I was like OMG an exorcism !!!! 😈. This movie has nothing to do with the exorcist they were pissed off an all black casted movie was doing successfully well that's what it was. An Orisha Eshu Elegua took over Abby's body 👅 and made her act perverted.
Im cracking up laughing at this movie🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐playing on you tube.So funny and hilarious.🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃.
I didn't remember anything about this film but the poster. Beyond that when I was a kid never seen this film and now that I'm an actor and filmmaker I can say this film for the budget they had was done really well. The most amazing thing was the cast didnt speak slang or jive.
Black people were portrayed horribly back in the day. Seeing this movie proves that in order to fix our images we have the power to do so especially now with the great technology we have in being able to shoot a film on iPhone, and Samsungs now.
Rip Ms Carol Speed 🥀
Filmed in my home town. I'm trying to find the actual sites.
I've tried myself, that church is this there...but the address on their house (2636) location, haven't found yet
@@druinvinciblemijac5824 I found the house. It's Virginia ave
Let us know what u find out, ok?
@@triciamampel7733 2636 Virginia ave is where the house is
What town is it?
RIP Ms Carol Speed.
RIP Carol Speed, you will be missed.
William Marshall look and sound like a black version of Ben Cartwright.
I enjoyed this movie 👍🏾
Always loved "Abby". Another great is "Beyond the Door". 70s!!
The two great exorcist ripoffs
Ahh..so many memories going to the drive-in to see this awesome horror flick. Thanks for uploading this !
Saw this movie as a young girl at the Apollo movie on Harford road and Oliver St in b-more, My name is Abbey what do you think of my powers now, that line always stuck with me . Thanks to who ever put this movie on here, been looking for years 👍
Shout out to this channel 🙌🏾 for keeping classic black cinema alive 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Both the mama and Carol played in "The Mack."
I love Carol Speed (RIP) thanks for posting
We were just discussing this film last week on Facebook. Thanks for posting.
A fb group is what brought me here
Thanks for the upload. I watched a video about Carol Speed and it led me to this.
Now this is a horror movie...this scared me good as a kid when I saw it. And still keeps me on the edge as an adult. lol
Okay say no more I’m not gonna even play myself and watch it. I don’t do scary movies but the only doing it because of William Marshall was in it.
@@afrosoul1369 I feel you. I tend not to watch horror movies anymore because of the obvious occult value in them but I watched this one again just because I seen it as a kid.
IceManLikeGervin Then I seen it was like the The Exorcist that’s definitely NO for me.
@@afrosoul1369 Lol...
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When I teach Black Film I always show this as an example of Hollywood intentionally killing black filmmaking. After the success of The Godfather (Paramount) and Chinatown (Paramount), Hollywood no longer needed to make black films to make a buck as 80% of those audiences were black. Also, WB and its newly acquired United Artists didn't have enough black films to compete, with their last successful black film being Cleopatra Jones (The sequel Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold tanked). They were being outshined by MGM (Shaft) and couldn't touch them, so they went after AIP. AIP (American International Pictures) was KNOWN for making black versions of popular films like Hit Man (Black remake of Get Carter).
This film was plagued with a lot of problems from jump. Warner Bros. did indeed sure American International during filming for it being a rip of The Exorcist even though they were the silent distributors of American International; this lawsuit caused William Girdler to die an early death, eventually bankrupted American International by 1979, and all but killed the careers of Austin Stoker, William Marshall, and Carol Speed who are now relatively unknown or remembered actors sidelined into indie (or in the case of Marshall kid shows).
The 1974 Midwest Tornado Outbreak happened on the first day of shooting and cost the production half the budget.
Carol Speed had a lot of health issues making it; she had already had a nervous breakdown towards the end of The Mack (she was being groomed by pimp Frank Ward who was murdered while filming was going on).
Local church groups kept hindering production after they say William Marshall and thought he was evil because he did Blacula.
Marshall also didn't want to do it because he thought it was too typecasted to Marmawalde and he had already done Blacula and Scream Blacula Scream, and walked off the picture.
WOWWWWWWI did not know all that had happened that is very sad because i have The Mack movie and i had found it strange that before tgey started the movie it di say rip frank ward i was curious on that but i did not know all that do you have more information on that
It was good to see Ms. Juanita Moore in this film. I also loved her in Imitation of Life.
This movie freaked me out as a kid. It made me associate vomiting with being possessed by the devil
RIP Carol Speed 1946-2022
I remember hearing about this movie in college, I looked for it for years. I got my hands on a bootleg VHS copy in the late 90’s. I still have it! I’m waiting on Vinegar Syndrome to restore it.
i hear abby is suppose to be restored on blu ray... i bet the restored version has scenes that were not on the bootleg copy 4 some reason i get that feeling also there is a clear trailer on youtube on abby it's like clear and u can actually better quality..warner bros should've left abby alone with their racist selves
I bought it on DVD at Walmart
I can imagine that this movie was really scary when it released, but I'm watching it at 3:30 a.m. and giggling the whole way through. Beautiful Black Actors, though. And I love the costuming. I can't help but wonder if this movie turnes a lot of Black folks away from African spirituality, though. Esu is certainly not thr devil... and Yoruba is not a "cult."
Classic! I forgot all about this movie! Thank you for sharing it!
R.I.P. Carol Speed
I am 50 years old and I never heard of this movie until today , scrolling TH-cam on April 20, 2024. ❤ I love it .
Good movie...better than The Exorcist!
Much better
Yes I agree f-k some Exorcist!
Saw this as a kid. Bought the VHS years ago. Tonight I thought about this movie and said I need to look it up on TH-cam. I forgot about it, opened up TH-cam on my phone and the first video I see is this movie. I was like yes and then I'm like WTF, I just thought about the movie and all of a sudden, TH-cam puts it on my feed
This movie was great!....For those who study Yoruba tradition pay attention. This movie dropped GEMS. To all the actors and actresses....peace and blessings and MR WILLIAM MARSHALL THE DON
Which "GEMS"??? A close personal friend of mine is a Nigerian Pastor
@@frankhenry587 and?
@@judithdouglasbey5444 I was going to show this movie to him and ask him about it
The first horror movie I saw as a kid in Houston at the Majestic Metro theatre in the 70’s! A real treasure💯❤️🍾
where was that located?
@@bassdvant Downtown Houston Tx until the late 70’s. Been out of business for years
Saw Blacula there with my parents when I was like 5 or 6 years old. Messed me up for a long time.
@@johnmshaw49 sounds like me with "The Beast Within".