Hulu capped off their month-long Huluween celebration this week with Phillip Youmans’ original short film, Voodoo, filmed in conjunction with their Initiative 29.
You can watch it right now over on Hulu or by scrolling down…
“Voodoo is a neo-noir mystery thriller set in near-future New Orleans following a homicide detective, Chance Griffin, as he deciphers a riddle that unlocks answers to an occult crime investigation.
“Serving as a metaphor for cultural appropriation and weaponization, voodoo serves a juxtaposing role in the film,” explains the release. “When harnessed in good hands, voodoo lights the detective’s path. However, it also is being exploited by a sadistic white perpetrator.”
Voodoo was directed by Phillip Youmans, a filmmaker from the 7th Ward of New Orleans.
“At 19, Phillip became the youngest and first African-American director to win the Founder’s Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival for his feature-length debut, Burning Cane (2019), which he wrote, directed, shot and edited during his final years of high school,” adds the press release’s bio.
Phillip was also nominated for a Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director and a Film Independent Spirit Award for his work on the film and is a 2020 Forbes 30 under 30 in entertainment.
This isn’t the first time Youmans collaborated with Hulu as he wrote, directed, and edited the short film Moon Colony for Hulu’s Black History Month. Below, you can stream Youmans’ conversation with The Boo Crew in which he discusses the making of his unnerving new short.
From the press release:
“Last year, Hulu subscribers spent their month glued to the screen, watching over 120 million hours of Huluween programming, and there is no shortage of creepy content available for those looking to get into the holiday spirit all month long.
“The experience also features Original and acquired programming in the curated Huluween Hub, including the premieres of horror favorites like Censor, The Evil Next Door, and Gaia, and classics like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, as well as bone-chilling TV episodes and movies from the Hulu library curated into hand-picked collections like “Humorous Horror,” Frights for the Whole Family,” “Terrifying TV,” “Foreign Frights,” and many more!
Get all the tricks and treats on Hulu this Huluween season.
