Tony Curtis looked so out of place in this, but then, who didn’t?
Surprisingly, this wasn’t the only “out there” role for Curtis. I really thought I’d look at his filmography and see this as the outlier. That he had played this part, ad libbed his way through it and said “I won’t make THAT mistake again.”, but no… the next 20 years is speckled with even more outlandish roles… *sigh*.
I was amazed at how insane this whole thing was, and nothing prepared me for that ending! What the hell was that?! LMAO
The Manitou
Evil does not die… It waits to be re-born!
Rating
2.5 (1)
Release Date
4/28/1978Runtime
104 minsGenres
Overview
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.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
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How It Feels
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A gloriously weird possession-horror film that treats its B-movie premise, a demon growing out of a woman's back, with deadpan seriousness, lurching between existential dread and unintentional comedy.
Mood
UnsettlingDread-soakedAbsurdTense
Themes
RevengeSurvivalIdentityMortality
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Steady
Look
NaturalisticPractical effects
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violenceBody horror
Tony Curtis
Harry Erskine
Michael Ansara
John Singing Rock
Susan Strasberg
Karen Tandy
Stella Stevens
Amelia Crusoe
Jon Cedar
Dr. Jack Hughes
Ann Sothern
Mrs. Karmann
Burgess Meredith
Dr. Snow
Paul Mantee
Dr. McEvoy
Jeanette Nolan
Mrs. Winconis
Lurene Tuttle
Mrs. Herz
Hugh Corcoran
MacArthur
Anne Newman Bacal
10th-Floor Nurse
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