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The Manitou
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Evil does not die...it waits to be re-born!

Karen Tandy possesses a growing tumour on her back, and is admitted to San Fran Cisco hospital. The doctors believe that it's a living creature, and that a foetus is being born inside the growth! What lays in wait for Karen is far more terrifying than she can possibly imagine: the growth is actually a demonic, 3-foot tall, 400-year-old Native American, who has somehow managed to get inside Karen's upper body! A heroic medicine man must find a way to exorcise the unwanted guest, before it's too late.

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Customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars Superb shlock shocker

Darklord1899 | 23/09/2007 | See all Darklord1899's reviews (30) »

This movie is based on Graham Masterton's classic horror novel of the same name. While the movie is not as good as GM's orginal novel it is well worth watching if you are into novel ways of looking at the horror genre. Intrigued? Read on.
The Manitou is the tale of a two hundred year old medicine man (the protagonist), Karen Tandy (the victim of the tale) and Harry Erskine (the hero)(who is played by Tony Curtis (he says he does not remember making this movie) ). Karen gets a lump on her shoulder and goes to hospital, they tell her it is like a foetus. She goes to Harry for help and that is when it becomes apparant that this is no ordinary tumour. The medicine man from the past is seeking a way to get to the future and Karen is his portal. Will Harry be able to stop the native American magic from coming into the 20th century? Watch the movie and find out.
It is a well made horror movie from the seventies from cult director William Girdler who also made Grizzly and day of the animals.

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Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara, Susan Strasberg, Stella Stevens, Jon Cedar, Ann Sothern & Burgess Meredith

William Girdler

15 years and over

1978

Widescreen 2.35:1 Anamorphic

English - Dolby Digital (2.0) Mono

English

1 hour and 40 minutes (approx)

Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.

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