The Evil
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
The Evil (1978, USA) is a Horror film directed by Gus Trikonis
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Main Details
- Released in 1978
- Color
- Production Co: Rangoon Productions
- Distribution Co: New World Pictures (1978) (USA) (theatrical) | New World Pictures (1978) (World-wide) (theatrical) | New World-Mutual (1978) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Directed by Gus Trikonis
- Written by Galen Thompson, David Sheldon, Gus Trikonis
- Starring Richard Crenna, Joanna Pettet, Andrew Prine
- Produced by Ed Carlin, Roger Corman, Paul Joseph, Malcolm Levinthal
- Music by Johnny Harris
- Cinematography by Mario DiLeo
- Film Editing by Jack Kirschner
Plot Summary
- A doctor buys a Civil War era dilapidated mansion, and hires a few friends to fix it up, but the mansion hides a deadly secret.
Taglines
- Escape is just a nerve-shredding scream for salvation!
- Witness Its Awakening.
- An ancient horror slept beneath the old haunted mansion... nothing could stop its escape!
