This is silly stuff, and the gooey special effects make it ever sillier. Director Girdler--who died in a helicopter crash before the film was released--does a respectable job of making it all look rather slick and professional, but the big budget and all-star cast only add to the overall absurdity.
The Manitou
Canada, United States · 1978
Rated PG · 1h 44m
Director William Girdler
Starring Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara, Susan Strasberg, Stella Stevens
Genre Horror
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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.
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Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
El sleazo profoundo trasho zilch.
While Manitou does have its slower sections, the climax is a thing of beauty to be enjoyed forever, with crummy special effects, bad lightning, a star field, an Evil One symbolized by a cataract, and Tony Curtis struggling to maintain his dignity.
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