Juju Stories

Aug 12, 2021

1h 24m

★ 5.5

Overview

Juju Stories tackles juju in contemporary Lagos through three stories. In Love Potion, by Omonua, an unmarried woman agrees to use juju to find herself an ideal mate. In Yam, by Makama, consequences arise when a street urchin picks up seemingly random money from the roadside. In Suffer the Witch, by Obasi, love and friendship turns into obsession, when a young college woman attracts her crush's interest.

Genres

Horror

Drama

Production Companies

Cine9ja

Fiery Film Company

20 Pounds Production

Ifind Pictures

Osiris Creatives

Juju Stories Trailers

Cast

Mercy

Belinda Yanga-Agedah

Leonard

Paul Utomi

Tohfik

Elvis Poko

Amos

Don Ekwuazi

Joy

Nengi Adoki

Chinwe

Bukola Oladipupo

Ikenna

Timini Egbuson

Mortician/Mad Woman/Beggar

Roseanne Adenuga

When Clara discovers her deceased mother’s revered ‘Book of Dark Whispers’, she can’t stop reading the strange stories within its mystical pages. Each weird tale reveals a new facet of the twisted human psyche… or the not-so-human, as the case may be. From the horror of grief to sharehouse living disaster, from existential dread to right-swiping vampires, there’s something for all tastes; as long as those tastes are twisted!

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