The Manitou
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
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The Manitou (1978, USA/Canada) is a Horror film directed by William Girdler.
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- Featured on: TCM Underground
Main Details
- Released in 1978
- Color
- Running Time: 104 Min.
- Production Co: Mid-America Pictures | Simon Productions | Manitou Productions Ltd.
- Distribution Co: AVCO Embassy Pictures (1978) (USA) (theatrical)
- Directed by William Girdler
- Written by Jon Cedar, William Girdler, Thomas Pope
- Starring Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara, Susan Strasberg
- Produced by Jon Cedar, William Girdler, Melvin G. Gordy, John R. Woodward, Melvin Simon, Herman Weist
- Original Music by Lalo Schifrin
- Cinematography by Michel Hugo
- Film Editing by Bub Asman, Gene Riggurro
Plot Summary
- A psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400-year-old demonic Native American spirit.
Taglines
- Evil does not die... It waits to be re-born!
- Possession marked The Exorcist. Demonic Pregnancy erupted Rosemary's Baby. Warnings followed The Omen. And The Manitou has it all combined!
- In The Grisly Tradition of 'ALIEN'
