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Synopsis: Dr. Hess Green, an archaeologist overseeing an excavation at the ancient civilization of Myrthia, is stabbed by his research assistant, who then commits suicide. When Hess wakes up, he finds that his wounds have healed, but he now has an insatiable thirst for blood, due to the knife carrying ancient germs. Soon after, Hess meets his former assistant's wife, Ganja. Though Ganja is initially concerned about her missing husband, she soon falls for Hess. Though they are initially happy together, Ganja will eventually learn the truth about Hess, and about her husband. Will she survive the revelation? Will Hess?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director(s): Bill Gunn
Production: Kelly/Jordan Enterprises
 
IMDB:
6.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
R
Year:
1973
110 min
1,004 Views


'He ain't disappeared. He'll show up.

'He's going crazy again,

that's what's happened. He'll be back.

'All right, man,

I'll put it to you straight.'

I just got in from Amsterdam and I do not

have enough money for a decent hotel.

Now since he already has a room there,

if I could come to your place

and stay there

for just a few clays

and wait for him...

Where are you, Mrs Meda?

I'm at the goddamn airport,

that's where I am!

Tell me where you are exactly

and I will send a limousine for you.

I'm standing in front of Pan American

and the driver can't miss me,

cos I'm that evil!

Tell your boss I'm here.

I am Dr Green.

Could you tell me where I could change?

I haven't changed since I left

Amsterdam. I'm very tired.

I have a friend who's a ballet dancer.

And he went to Mexico to dance

at the Palace of Fine Arts.

That's where he scored this stuff,

from Mexico.

And, er...

I think he came up with a really

fantastic, ingenious thing to do.

He puts the grass in a prophylactic,

and rolls it up so that

it's like a suppository, you know?

And then he just... you know?

And then he puts on all

these shorts, right?

Like four pairs, he pulls them on.

Cos they've got these clogs at Customs,

you know when you go through?

And they can smell anything.

Well, almost anything!

And... hey, man,

I think it takes a very heavy cat

to come up with that, I really do.

Don't you think so?

Come...

Hess? Hess!

Hess!

Hess?

Thank you.

Why do you live

in a house this size alone?

That's an impolite question.

A-... they're the

only ones worth asking.

- What do you want now?

- This instant? Or now?

Now.

Money.

Is there anything else?

May I get you fresh coffee?

No, thank you.

I would like some, Archie.

Do you sometimes feel overworked,

Archie?

Good heavens, no, madam.

No, never.

Another impolite question.

I told you,

I specialize in impolite questions...

"They're the only ones

worth asking."

They are!

When people answer them I know more

about them then than I did before.

- What do they know about you?

- Nothing.

They know that you ask

impolite questions.

Yes.

What is there to know about Ganja?

Archie, when you get

the grape jelly...

And you are gonna get the grape jelly,

right?

Of course, madam.

Well, then, why don't

you get the grits...

...at the same time?

The grits?

Grits. Harmony grits. You know

what harmony grits are, don't you?

- Harmony grits?

- Harmony grits.

Now, the other thing I wanted

to ask you about is,

I need an extension cord.

I have a record player

that I wanna play downstairs.

For a record player?

For a record player.

You understand "a record player"?

And you understand "extension cord"?

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