I LOVE BROTHER VOODOO! He’s a little corny but man, is he COOL,
well, to a kid like me he was! I was always intrigued by Voodoo & Zombies
REAL ZOMBIES, not these ones nowadays that eat people! Of course I
love them too! Got all of “THE NIGHT OIF THE LIVING DEAD”
movies!
BROTHER VOODOOD debuted in the pages of MARVEL’S “STRANGE
TALES”, ISSUE NO. 169, SEPTEMBER, 1973. He ran until issue 173,
APRIL, 1974.
BROTHER VOODOO’S real name is JERICHO DRUMM!
Returning to his native Haiti (born in Port au Prince) after 12-years of
education and practice as an accredited psychologist in the United States,
Jericho discovered that his twin brother, Daniel, the local HOUNGAN,
was dying, a victim of a voodoo sorcerer who claims to be possessed by the
spirit of the serpent-god DAMBALLAH. Just before he dies, Daniel
makes his brother vow to visit Daniel's mentor, PAPA JAMBO. Jericho
does, and becomes Jambo's student.
After studying under the aged Houngan for several weeks, Jericho gains
a greater mastery of voodoo practices than his own brother, becoming a
Houngan in his own right. Papa Jambo then performs a rite that
summons Daniel's spirit from the dead and joins it with Jericho's own.
Having fashioned a worthy successor, Papa Jambo dies.
Jericho challenges the priest (who goes by the same name as his god,
DAMBALLAH) and his cult. With the help of Daniel's spirit
possessing one of the cult members, Jericho removes Damballah's
artifact of power, the WANGAL, causing Damballah's snakes to turn on
him and evidently destroying Damballah's cult. Brother Voodoo become s
Haiti's Houngan supreme and champion, and establishes a sprawling
mansion as a base of operations. He places the WANGAL in a safe, its
combination known only to him.
JERICHO takes the name of BROTHER VOODOO in the original
comic but just recently he took the name “DOCTOR VOODOO” and
replaced DR. STRANGE as the SORCERER SUPREME in his own
new comic “DOCTOR VOODOO”! But oddly enough it only ran
5-Issues, too, until “IT” was canceled!
JERICHO starts out in Port au Prince but then after he defeats
DAMBALLAH he moves his HQ to a mansion in the French Quarter
in NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA! I would have him take the name,
DOCTOR VOODOO right from the start so he’s up-to-date and
relevant to today’s high-tech world! After all he “IS” a “DOCTOR”!
“DOCTOR VOODOO”, HOUNGAN SUPREME!
In my MOVIE idea JERICHO would first defeat the DAMBALLAH-
priest and his followers. Then he would take on the evil HOUNGAN,
BLACK TALON, with ZOMBIES (they aren’t the brain-eating
“MARVEL ZOMBIES” kind, they’re just the undead mindless kind,
extremely powerful, brutal, and deadly and controlled by BLACK
TALON), BLACK TALON’S followers, THE DARK LORD CULT,
and his mother MAMA LIMBO. Actually this BLACK TALON is not
really a Sorcerer, it’s his mother who’s the real sorceress who has him
snatching women from the street so she can drain off their lifeforce
and leave them shriveled dead husks, to make her young once again!
I would entitle the movie:
“DOCTOR VOODOO: LORD OF THE LOA”
(“DV:LOTL” OR “DV1” for short.)
DOCTOR VOODOO'S POWERS:
DOCTOR VOODOO is very powerful and possesses numerous mystical
and quasi-physical powers derived from “The Loa”, the spirit-gods of
voodoo. He can easily enter into a trance-like state in which he doesn’t
feel the heat from fire and his skin becomes impervious to burning. He
can also control flame and lower life forms.
He can mystically create smoke accompanied by the sound of drums.
The smoke conceals his presence while he is able to see through it.
He has the ability to command certain living things by a mystic sort
of hypnotism, most effective over animals and plants.
He can summon The Loa to request transport for himself and others
instantaneously if they deem it necessary to his mission.
DOCTOR VOODOO can also summon the spirit of his brother Daniel
Drumm from within his body, greatly increasing his own strength. He
can also send the spirit to possess another person's body and then has
total control over their actions.
He also has more mundane escapist talents, once entering a
building, not through magic, but through the chimney. He has
extensive knowledge of dark magic (Voodoo) thanks to training by Papa
Jambo, as well as conventional medicine and psychology with an M.D. in
psychology. He wears a mystic medallion that serves as a focus of his
powers and as a focus for his contact with his personal loas.
He has, at times, employed conventional firearms.
Now, I’ve mentioned on here before that I play the bass guitar & steel
guitar and write songs but I used to be in a couple of bands when I
was younger, too! So to give this fancast a little different twist, for
a change, I thought I would include the lyrics to a heavy metal song I
wrote, recorded, and performed with the band I was in many a moon ago!
I don’t have the recording anymore but I still have the lyrics (Too bad
I don’t have that recording to share here!). I know it’s probably a
little corny to you guys but it sounded pretty cool when we performed
it! I thought it went hand-in-hand with DOCTOR/BROTHER VOODOO and all
his doings with WITCH DOCTORS, ZOMBIES & VAMPIRES:
“VAMPIRE SOUL”
Pale is your skin
Dark are your eyes
Full of sin
An angel’s disguise
White are your teeth
Red are your lips
What lies beneath
You never let slip
CHORUS:
Vampire soul
You’ve taken control
You drain me dry
You fill my eyes
Vampire soul
My heart you stole
It’s my delight,
Your sacrifice
In the dead of the night
Black is your hair
Silky and sleek
My passions flare
As I touch your cheek
Sink in your fangs
I can’t resist
My death-knell clangs
As I feel your kiss
REPEAT CHORUS
(GUITAR SOLO)
REPEAT CHORUS
Now on with the casting:
{{{DOCTOR VOODOO: LORD OF THE LOA}}}
Before anyone gets their knickers in a knot 'cause Idris is already playing a
character in THOR, let me say this, "REBECCA ROMIJN played MYSTIQUE in
the X-men and also played Tom Jane's next door neighbor in JANE'S
version of THE PUNISHER, so Idris can play a small role in THOR and
play DOCTOR/BROTHER VOODOO too! It's not that big of a deal!"
DOCTOR VOODOO (JERICHO DRUMM) – IDRIS ELBA
DANIEL DRUMM – IDRIS ELBA
BILL COBBS: “Night at the Museum”, “Lost”, “A Mighty Wind”
PAPA JAMBO – BILL COBBS
New Orleans Detective Chief who doesn’t believe in Voodoo or like
DOCTOR VOODOO’S methods.
STEVEN WILLIAMS: “X-files”, “21Jump Street”
POLICE DETECTIVE CHIEF SAMUEL TATE – STEVEN WILLIAMS
LORALEE is a nurse and love interest for JERICHO. She’s also Samuel
Tate’s daughter. She knows Jericho's power.
KANDYSE McCLURE: SYFY’S “Battlestar Galactica”
LORLEE TATE – KANDYSE McCLURE
New Orleans police detective who knows how powerful JERICHO really
is, he’s an ally of JERICHO’S!
ISAIAH WASHINGTON: “Bionic Woman”
POLICE DETECTIVE PETE HAWKINS – ISAIAH WASHINGTON
Supporting Character (Later a major enemy of DOCTOR VOODOO):
Super Sexy Wicked Voodoo-Witch of New Orleans, MARIE LE VEAU!
TAWNEY CYPRESS: “Heroes”
MARIE LE VEAU – TAWNEY CYPRESS
Bad Guys:
ROBERT WISDOM: “Supernatural”, “Prison Break”
BLACK TALON – ROBERT WISDOM
MAMA LIMBO – NICHELLE NICHOLS
JIMMY just simply looks and sounds this part!
JIMMY JEAN-LOUIS: “Heroes” (He plays the HAITIAN.)
DAMBALLAH – JIMMY JEAN-LOUIS