The Inheritance

'The Inheritance' This movie has been sitting on the shelf since 2008 and is finally being released. It's about a group of African American Cousins from different backgrounds that are summoned to a cabin/house in the woods during the dead of Winter with promises and visions of Dollar signs dancing in there heads. Unfortunately the only thing they find dancing when they wake up the next morning is a bunch of their older relatives in ceremonial African makeup and costumes chanting the name "Chakabazz" whom is a 200 year old Witch doctor that keeps his powers by using the blood from the... more

When the great-grandchildren of five wealthy slave families come together to meet with the elders for their inheritance, they will find out that the family fortune comes at a terrible price that must be paid in blood! THE INHERITANCE is built on a unique and interesting piece of traditional slave folklore that can best be related to THE SKELETON KEY within the genre. It is too bad that the film loses itself in cheap cliches and tired genre conventions, since it had the potential to become a much more chilling ghost tale. Writer/Director Robert O'Hara includes a number of garish sound and... more

We have seen this movie before done with white people. A spirit makes a family wealthy, but in return they must sacrifice one of their children. In this case it is 5 African-American families (that didn't branch out much) who all made a pact a with powerful chief who demanded human sacrifice of their young. They were all slaves on the same plantation. They sacrificed their children so they would no longer be slaves. The five chosen to be sacrificed of this generation, are lured to a wintry chateau of Uncle Melvin and are told the story. What was good about this movie was that none of these... more