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The Manitou (1978)

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Average Rating: 4.5/10
Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 4

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1978 Wide

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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.

PG, 1 hr. 44 min.

Horror

Directed By: William Girdler

Written By: Jon Cedar, William Girdler

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1978 Wide

On DVD: Mar 6, 2007

AVCO Embassy Pictures

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Tony Curtis
Harry Erskine
Michael Ansara
Singing Rock
Susan Strasberg
Karen Tandy
Stella Stevens
Amelia Crusoe
Jon Cedar
Dr. Jack Hughes
Burgess Meredith
Dr. Ernest Snow
Paul Mantee
Dr. Robert McEvoy
Hugh Corcoran
MacArthur
Jeanette Nolan
Mrs. Winconis
Ann Sothern
Mrs. Karmann
Lurene Tuttle
Mrs. Hertz
Joe Gieb
Misquamacas
Carole Hemingway
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Critic Reviews for The Manitou

All Critics (10) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (4) | DVD (5)

Visually inventive.

November 16, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Even if the story becomes totally absurd, it has more in the way of creativity than most modern horror remakes.

April 19, 2007 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Avoid unless you want to hear Tony Curtis yell , "In her neck" as only he can!

April 22, 2005 Comment

Michael A. Smith

Nolan's Pop Culture Review Source: Nolan's Pop Culture Review

So bad, it's one of the great bad horror flicks.

February 12, 2003 Comment (1)

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Ack! There's an evil Indian demon growing on my neck!

July 26, 2002 Comment

Scott Weinberg

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A woman goes into the hospital to have a tumor on her neck looked at, it turns out that the growth is in fact a 400-year-old Indian Shaman. Tony Curtis, Burgess Meredith and a Medicine Man team up to prevent it from from taking over the world.Strange hokiness ensues...

March 16, 2011

Ken Stachnik

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A 400-year old Indian shaman reincarnates himself as a tumor in a woman's back, and a fortune telling charlatan (Tony Curtis) must harness the power of ancient Indian medicine and the modern electric typewriter to stop him from bringing Satan into the world. The movie-star cast mostly plays the ridiculous premise

November 25, 2008