The Manitou (1978 film)
Summary
"Time could not stop him. Space could not hold him. Science could not destroy him. The MANITOU...it has awakened!" 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.
Details
- Release Date: 1978
- Country/Language: Canada/US, English
- Genres/Technical: Horror, Fantasy
- Runtime: 1 hr 44 min
- Starring: Tony Curtis, Susan Strasberg, Michael Ansara, Burgess Merideth, Paul Mantee
- Director: William Girdler
- Writer: Graham Masterton (novel), William Girdler (screenplay)
- Producer/Production Co: Mid-America Pictures, Simon Productions, Manitou Productions Ltd.
- View Trailer: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: R (for mild Violence and Adult Content, and brief Nudity)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)
An ancient Native American sorcerer reincarnates through a tumor on a woman's back. Apparently opens with an H.P. Lovecraft quote (apparently from the small amount of Lovecraft's actual contribution to the Derleth/Lovecraft "collaboration" "Lurker at the Threshold (fiction)", and a portal to the "Great Old Ones" is opened by characters in the film.
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
Reviews
Review Links:
- Jared at Head Injury Theater, (link) - "Suffice to say, words fail me... I still can't get over the actual plot of this movie. I've seen it 3 times and while it's a slow moving piece drama-horror from the 1970's... it still blows my mind."
Synopsis
Spoiler Section (Highlight to Read)
A psychic recruits a witch doctor to get a 400-year-old Indian medicine man off his girlfriend's back.
Notes
Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
- TO DO
- deity: Ossadagowah, "He Who Devours in the Pit"
- character: Misquamacus
- character: K'Malah, a lizard-demon (looks a bit like a rubber alligator)
- creature: the "star beast"
