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Ganja & Hess
Ganja & Hess
7.7
/10
498 Ratings

GANJA & HESS

Directed by Bill Gunn
United States, 1973
Horror, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis

Anthropologist Hess Green is stabbed with an ancient dagger by his unstable assistant, bestowing immortality and the curse of an unquenchable thirst for blood upon him. When the assistant’s wife, Ganja, comes searching for her missing husband, she and Hess form an unexpected partnership.

Synopsis

Anthropologist Hess Green is stabbed with an ancient dagger by his unstable assistant, bestowing immortality and the curse of an unquenchable thirst for blood upon him. When the assistant’s wife, Ganja, comes searching for her missing husband, she and Hess form an unexpected partnership.

Our take

How many ideas can fit into a low-budget movie about ancient curses? Proving how thin the line between B-movies and art can be, Ganja & Hess takes a horror flick premise and turns it into a complex, passionate act of provocation. A “blaxploitation” classic, now restored to its original version!