Moria gives it 3.5 stars and calls it this director's finest moment, saying, "The Manitou contains a particularly strong building atmosphere of eldritch eeriness. The film could almost be an H.P. Lovecraft story". Horror News thinks it's fun. Roger Ebert gives it 1 star and calls it "easily the least plausible thriller since, oh, “Infra-Man.”"
Thursday, May 17, 2018
The Manitou
The Manitou is a 1978 horror film starring Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara, Susan Strasberg, Stella Stevens, Jon Cedar, Ann Sothern, and Burgess Meredith. This is the story of a woman who has a tumor in her neck that contains a human fetus that turns out to be an old Native American shaman being reborn to seek vengeance. The cast sounds wonderful, doesn't it? The music is dreadful and dreadfully intrusive.
Moria gives it 3.5 stars and calls it this director's finest moment, saying, "The Manitou contains a particularly strong building atmosphere of eldritch eeriness. The film could almost be an H.P. Lovecraft story". Horror News thinks it's fun. Roger Ebert gives it 1 star and calls it "easily the least plausible thriller since, oh, “Infra-Man.”"
Moria gives it 3.5 stars and calls it this director's finest moment, saying, "The Manitou contains a particularly strong building atmosphere of eldritch eeriness. The film could almost be an H.P. Lovecraft story". Horror News thinks it's fun. Roger Ebert gives it 1 star and calls it "easily the least plausible thriller since, oh, “Infra-Man.”"
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Yes, the cast sounded wonderful until I read the synopsis and the reviews. I think I'll pass on trying to watch this one.
ReplyDeleteIt's a bizarre piece, no question about it.
DeleteI might have given it a go but couldn't get the link to work for some reason. I have been having issues off and on. Doesn't sound like I will have missed much--LOL! ;)
ReplyDeleteI watched for the actors lol
DeleteThat is quite the cast. Too bad the reviews are so bad, because it makes me not want to watch it. Thanks for sharing. ANd have a great weekend. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteThe cast is worth watching, but I'm thinking we could watch them in another of their movies and skip this one ;)
DeleteI remember this coming out when I was a child and being terrified! how cool that you put it on here!!
ReplyDeleteI got married in '78 and we watched a lot of movies, yet somehow I had never heard of this one lol
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