Action Cult Classic

A desert settlement becomes ground zero for hostage terror and explosive retribution.

BLACK TERRORIST

1976 · 1h 12m · NR · Action / Drama · IMDB TMDB

A marauding band of black terrorists hold the inhabitants of a tiny desert settlement hostage. They murder most of the settlers, but spare a beautiful white woman and her young son. She escapes in a hale of gunfire, then enlists the aid of a machine gun toting soldier of fortune to free her child.

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What is Black Terrorist about?

Black Terrorist is a 1976 South African action drama film directed by Neil Hetherington about a desert settlement held hostage by a marauding band, with a woman escaping to fight back for her child.

Programmer's Pick

If you're looking for a 1970s action drama that doesn't shy away from controversial territory, Black Terrorist delivers with guns blazing. The blend of hostage suspense, machine-gun heroics, and unmistakably campy music puts this one in the cult oddity hall of fame.

— SassyFlix Programmer

Overview

Black Terrorist sets its sights on a remote desert outpost suddenly besieged by a violent band of black terrorists. After most of the settler population is brutally dispatched, only a white woman and her young son are left alive. Her desperate escape under a hail of gunfire adds urgency to the film’s action-driven pace, and she soon teams up with a machine gun-wielding mercenary to rescue her child. The film is steeped in campy music choices that flavor its tense, racially charged premise. Loosely based on a true story, Black Terrorist blends the raw edge of 1970s blaxploitation with the high stakes of hostage drama, making for a gritty, confrontational watch.