End of the Wicked

End Of The Wicked
End Of The Wicked
	Original release poster
Directed by	Teco Benson
Written by	Helen Ukpabio
Produced by	Helen Ukpabio
Starring	Charles Okafor ; Charles Okafor ; Hilda Dokubo; Alex Usifo ; Helen Ukpabio ; Ramsey Nouah
Cinematography	Solomon Nwoko
Edited by	Iyke Okafor Nwoko
Music by	Stanley Okorie
Production; company	Liberty Films
Release date	1999;
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Nigeria
Language	English

Last updated February 21, 2025

End Of The Wicked is a 1999 Nigerian horror film directed by Teco Benson and written by Helen Ukpabio.^[1] The film was blamed for a rise in witchcraft accusations against children in the 1990s and early 2000s.^[2]

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

The movie was very controversial in Nigeria and abroad and was heavily criticized for "blurring the line between fact and fiction."^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

References

↑ "How Nigeria's fear of child 'witchcraft' ruins young lives".
↑ "Nigeria's Cinematic Witches Were Rooted in Horrifying Reality". 31 October 2021.
↑ Ellison, Marc. "How Nigeria's fear of child 'witchcraft' ruins young lives". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
↑ McVeigh, Tracy (13 April 2014). "This Christian preacher should not have been allowed to bring her 'witch hunt' into this country". the Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
↑ Oppenheimer, Mark (21 May 2010). "A Nigerian Witch-Hunter Defends Herself". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
↑ Izuzu, Chidumga (25 October 2017). "5 scariest Nollywood movie of all time" . Retrieved 24 November 2018.
↑ "I will never stop fighting witchcraft...........Helen Ukpabio". Nigerian Voice. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
↑ "Branded and beaten".
↑ "Child Witch-Branding and the Rise of Pentecostalism Across Nigeria". 16 February 2019.

External links

End of the Wicked at IMDb

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[1] "How Nigeria's fear of child 'witchcraft' ruins young lives".

[2] "Nigeria's Cinematic Witches Were Rooted in Horrifying Reality". 31 October 2021.

[3] Ellison, Marc. "How Nigeria's fear of child 'witchcraft' ruins young lives". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

[4] McVeigh, Tracy (13 April 2014). "This Christian preacher should not have been allowed to bring her 'witch hunt' into this country". the Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

[5] Oppenheimer, Mark (21 May 2010). "A Nigerian Witch-Hunter Defends Herself". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

[6] Izuzu, Chidumga (25 October 2017). "5 scariest Nollywood movie of all time" . Retrieved 24 November 2018.

[7] "I will never stop fighting witchcraft...........Helen Ukpabio". Nigerian Voice. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

[8] "Branded and beaten".

[9] "Child Witch-Branding and the Rise of Pentecostalism Across Nigeria". 16 February 2019.

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