Lionel, an old ‘village ram’, reflects on his youth and his romance with Matilda, a powerful Mayaro soucouyant. He coaxes her and her friend Loretta to take part in a flying competition to see which of them could fly to England and steal a gold spoon from Queen Victoria’s Royal cutlery. In doing so, he accidentally triggers Loretta’s death for she lands only in Tobago, sucks a cow and upon returning to Mayaro, suffers an epileptic attack which leaves her, at daybreak, exposed and without her skin, on the public water tank. Soucouyant beaters discover her at dawn and although she tries to escape by several transformations into animals, she is beaten to death when she changes into a snake and is tossed into a pot of boiling pitch.
Meanwhile, her more powerful soucouyant friend Matilda returns to Mayaro with the gold spoon that she claims to have stolen from Queen Victoria’s Royal cutlery. This diamond-studded gold spoon ignites Lionel’s greed and he plots to steal it from her. Using his charm and his wit, he wields the only weapon mastered by every ‘village ram’ - but with this final demonstration of his virility, he finds himself in even deeper trouble than he could have ever imagined! Hounded by his past and his guilt, death eludes a tormented Lionel who eagerly awaits it. He thinks his only salvation is to reveal his betrayal of his soucouyant lover.
Suck Meh Soucouyant Suck Meh is a rousing, Caribbean vampire movie narrated in the colloquial Trinidadian language and based on one of the Caribbean’s mythological creatures, intertwines calypsos with chants, juxtaposes live-action with smooth animation and restores folktales to folks in a modern palatable form that is compellingly visual and profoundly enlightening.
Meanwhile, her more powerful soucouyant friend Matilda returns to Mayaro with the gold spoon that she claims to have stolen from Queen Victoria’s Royal cutlery. This diamond-studded gold spoon ignites Lionel’s greed and he plots to steal it from her. Using his charm and his wit, he wields the only weapon mastered by every ‘village ram’ - but with this final demonstration of his virility, he finds himself in even deeper trouble than he could have ever imagined! Hounded by his past and his guilt, death eludes a tormented Lionel who eagerly awaits it. He thinks his only salvation is to reveal his betrayal of his soucouyant lover.
Suck Meh Soucouyant Suck Meh is a rousing, Caribbean vampire movie narrated in the colloquial Trinidadian language and based on one of the Caribbean’s mythological creatures, intertwines calypsos with chants, juxtaposes live-action with smooth animation and restores folktales to folks in a modern palatable form that is compellingly visual and profoundly enlightening.
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