Although there have been advancements in technology, a bit switch in storylines, use of characters, etc, the Nollywood industry has done well in past productions.
Taking you back to the days of canoe shoes, days of cassette recorders when rewinders or biros were used to rewind the tapes to your desired point.
Back in those days, there are some epic movies you can’t but wish to watch over and over, probably because of their storylines or characters.
The film was directed by Tade Ogidan and featured comedian, Teju Babyface, veteran actors, Liz Benson Richard Mofe-Damijo and Bukky Ajayi.
Diamond Ring talks the story of a young man Chidi (Teju Babyface) who was convinced to join a cult group, thereafter asked to rob from a corpse who had a diamond ring on. The 1998 movie was shot across Nigeria and London.
This very comedy movie was produced in 2003 and tells the story of a hunter, Osuofia (Nkem Owoh) who travelled from Nigeria to London, just to inherit his late brother’s wealth after he was made the sole beneficiary.
On arriving London, Osuofia finds his late brother’s fiancée Samantha who accompanied him back to Nigeria, but somewhat had difficulty coping with African tradition and aggression from the hunter’s wife.
The men are protected by charm to enable them avoid injury from criminals’ bullet and to detect innocence or guilt through the magic use of their machetes.
The movie is full of action, horror and drama.
The 105 minutes film in English, Igbo and Yoruba language talks the story of a young Igbo lady and Yinka, a young Yoruba man, who fell in love during their National Youth Service scheme.
Their marital life faces issues of alleged extra-marital affairs which destroys trust between a devoted Ngozi and a jealous Yinka.
Ngozi is laced with “Magun”, the mysterious and fatal chastity control (Magun) which will make her sexual victim die instantly after sexual intercourse.
This movie was arguably the most talked about in 1996. Karishika, a horror film is the story of a girl "Karishika" sent by Lucifer to the world to come and kill, destroy and tempt people in order to increase the population in hell. It features acts like Bob Manuel Udokwu, Becky Okorie, Sandra Achums, Obi Mmadubugo, Amaechi Muonagor, Sunny Mc-Don, among others.
It tells the story of Regina Askia who used supernatural powers to lock RMD in a bottle all in the name of love. She also turned into a dog at the end.
The film was produced in 1997 and directed by Chico Ejiro.
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