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CrapScore 72, Premium Crap

The Manitou

“Evil does not die… It waits to be re-born!”

Premium Crap. CrapScore 72, rated by 1 admin.

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Why it’s crap
A growth on a woman's back becomes the centre of a supernatural crisis that rapidly exceeds the expertise of ordinary medicine. Tony Curtis navigates the escalating occult spectacle as the story trades clinical concern for a finale with absolutely no modest ambitions.

Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones

The club’s verdict

Acting
7/10
Plot
10/10
Effects
5/10
Dialogue
7/10
Rewatchability
7/10
  • “The dermatology referral has reached the outer limits of the universe.”

    @flabbergasted_jones, scored it 72

Synopsis and movie facts

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.

Released
1978
Directed by
William Girdler
Running time
104 min

Starring

  • Tony Curtis as Harry Erskine
  • Michael Ansara as John Singing Rock
  • Susan Strasberg as Karen Tandy
  • Stella Stevens as Amelia Crusoe
  • Jon Cedar as Dr. Jack Hughes
  • Ann Sothern as Mrs. Karmann
  • Burgess Meredith as Dr. Snow
  • Paul Mantee as Dr. McEvoy

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