Baron Samedi (007)



Baron Samedi is one of the main villains of the James Bond film Live and Let Die. He is the primary henchman of Dr. Kananga and a master of Voodoo who has the reputation of being "The man who cannot die". The character is first seen performing on a stage at the resort where the film takes place, and is also shown performing a ritual with tarot cards. Samedi wears an elaborate costume resembling a Grim Reaper–like figure and is frequently surrounded by special effects and props to enhance the notion that he is supernatural, though in a James Bond film the viewer assumes his powers are all fake.

When James Bond encounters Baron Samedi during his mission, he rises from a "grave" to attack him, and Bond shoots him, but this Baron Samedi was actually a fake. After that, the real Baron Samedi appears and rushes at him with a machete, but Bond forces him back and he falls into a coffin filled with live snakes, which seems to kill him. However, at the very end right before the credits appear, Baron Samedi is riding on the front of the train that Bond and Solitaire are leaving on, laughing as the camera zooms in to focus on him while the theme song by Paul McCartney starts playing.

Baron Samedi also appears in the bonus level, Egyptian, in the N64 game GoldenEye 007. He is fought and "killed" in the level three times, and even after that appears yet again while leaving.