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| ACTORS: | Tony Curtis, Susan Strasberg |
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | William Girdler |
| MANUFACTURER: | Nelson Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Color, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Horror |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 082589005430 |
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Customer Reviews of Manitou
Hilarious I remember watching this on HBO when I was a teen. At the time it seemed pretty scary. When I saw it again years later, I found it absolutely hilarious. Especially hearing Tony Curtis pronounce those spirit names. I think the movie is pure fun. It should come out on DVD.
Somebody please release this on DVD!!
I saw this when I was about 9 or 10 years old, and it scared (...) me. It was the only movie I can ever remember watching that made me move down the couch closer to my dad. And that's saying something.
Pana Witchi Salatu!
Normally I wait for three risings of the sun before writing a review like this...
I was about eight years old when I saw this... My mom had no problem taking me to horror films since she loved 'em too... We saw this one on a double-bill with "The Swarm."
"The Manitou" should be released on DVD, no doubt about it, but then most of William Girdler's films should be, if nothing more than for the funtime feeling of pure camp they give off. Sometimes nothing beats a good bad film, and "The Manitou" succeeds on almost every level! San Francisco new age liberalism is parodied here (well, maybe on consciously) as is disco culture, and the cast features wonderfully rich acting by Tony Curtis and Susan Strasberg (all Method here). The rest of the cast Stella Stevens and Burgess Meredith all ham it up spectacularly, and Michael Ansara gives the film a wonderful turn as John Singing Rock, who normally waits three risings of the sun before taking on ANY job. The effects are pretty cool for what is considered a B-movie, and the demon spirit, Misquamacus (who's Manitou-spirit is growing like a fetus on Strasberg's neck) is amazingly revolting. Just when you think the movie cannot go far enough in dazzling set pieces (the old lady who floats to the staircase while chanting "mana witchi salatu," the ebony Indian (not Native American in 1978) head rising from the seance table, the growing tumor, the ice storm in the hospital (complete with a fridgid beheading) the movie ends with a psychic war (with cheesy laser beams ripping from fingertips) between good and evil in the nude!
Classic cinema, not to be passed up! Makes a great rainy Saturday movie, and someone (Anchor Bay, or hey! Even Criterion (ha ha)) really oughta release it on DVD with plenty of extras.