End of the Wicked
{{Short description|1999 Nigerian horror film}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox film
| name = End Of The Wicked
| image = Movie poster of End of the Wicked.jpg
| caption = Original release poster
| director = Teco Benson
| writer = Helen Ukpabio
| producer = Helen Ukpabio
| starring = Charles Okafor
Charles Okafor
Hilda Dokubo
Alex Usifo
Helen Ukpabio
Ramsey Nouah
| cinematography = Solomon Nwoko
| editing = Iyke Okafor Nwoko
| music = Stanley Okorie
| studio = Liberty Films
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1999}}
| runtime = 94 minutes
| country = Nigeria
| language = English
}}
End Of The Wicked is a 1999 Nigerian horror film directed by Teco Benson and written by Helen Ukpabio.{{cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2018/11/14/how-nigerias-fear-of-child-witchcraft-ruins-young-lives/ | title=How Nigeria's fear of child 'witchcraft' ruins young lives }} The film was blamed for a rise in witchcraft accusations against children in the 1990s and early 2000s.{{cite web | url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/10/31/nigeria-witches-nollywood-horror-cinema-yoruba/ | title=Nigeria's Cinematic Witches Were Rooted in Horrifying Reality | date=31 October 2021 }}
Plot
Cast
- Charles Okafor as Chris
- Hilda Dokubo as Stella
- Alex Usifo Omiagbo as Beelzebub
- Patience Oseni as Mama Chris
- Larry Okon as Morgan
- Mary Ushie as Stephanie
- Helen Ukpabio as Pastor
- Elizabeth Akpabio as Tina
- Iniobong Ukpabio as Mercy
- Kanu Unoaba as Tempest
- Abasiofon as Junior
- Ramsey Nouah as Emeka
- Mfonido Ukpabio
- Chukwudi Onu
Reception
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The movie was very controversial in Nigeria and abroad and was heavily criticized for "blurring the line between fact and fiction."{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/nigeria-fear-child-witchcraft-ruins-young-lives-181112055349338.html|title=How Nigeria's fear of child 'witchcraft' ruins young lives|first=Marc|last=Ellison|website=www.aljazeera.com|accessdate=24 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/she-said/2014/apr/13/this-christian-preacher-should-not-have-been-allowed-to-bring-her-witch-hunt-into-this-country|title=This Christian preacher should not have been allowed to bring her 'witch hunt' into this country|first=Tracy|last=McVeigh|date=13 April 2014|website=the Guardian|accessdate=24 November 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/22/us/22beliefs.html|title=A Nigerian Witch-Hunter Defends Herself|first=Mark|last=Oppenheimer|newspaper=The New York Times |date=21 May 2010 |publisher=|accessdate=24 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/5-scariest-nollywood-movie-of-all-time-id7506738.html|title=5 scariest Nollywood movie of all time|first=Chidumga|last=Izuzu|date=25 October 2017 |publisher=|accessdate=24 November 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/5612/i-will-never-stop-fighting-witchcrafthelen-ukpabi.html|title=I will never stop fighting witchcraft...........Helen Ukpabio.|newspaper=Nigerian Voice |publisher=|accessdate=24 November 2018}}{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/nigeria_children_witchcraft | title=Branded and beaten }}{{cite web | url=https://theowp.org/reports/child-witch-branding-and-the-rise-of-pentecostalism-across-nigeria/ | title=Child Witch-Branding and the Rise of Pentecostalism Across Nigeria | date=16 February 2019 }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0906000}}
Category:1990s dark fantasy films
Category:1990s English-language films
Category:1990s supernatural films
Category:1990s supernatural horror films
Category:English-language Nigerian films
Category:Films about witchcraft
Category:Nigerian fantasy films
Category:Religious controversies in film
Category:Supernatural fantasy films
Category:English-language fantasy films
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