The Manitou
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Movie Reviews of The Manitou
Movie Review: Machine Manitous - hear me!
Summary: 5 Stars
Hilarious! This movie throws in all kitchen sinks... then adds the bathroom sink... then returns to the kitchen to throw in more kitchen sinks!!
Here's kind of what happens:
Some lady has a tumor growing on her neck... naturally it turns out to be the fetus of a reincarnated evil indian medicine man.
An old lady becomes possessed and floats down the hallway... and then is thrown out the window by unseen Manitou. A seance occurs, a head rises up out of a table... then sinks back into the table.
Finally good medicine man and Tony Curtis (!) battle evil Manitou in the hospital room after it's born/ripped out of the woman's back.
Supernatural battles occur... Manitou is winning. Tony Curtis and Medicine Man are about to give up... that's when an earthquake hits the hospital. Naturally evil Manitou has summoned "The Great Old One" - aka Satan. I guess since evil Manitou was already winning he needed help from The Great Old One??
Tony Curtis and Medicine Man return for another round against evil Manitou...
It goes without saying that everyone and everything has it's own Manitou -- including typewriters. Medicine Man summons the Manitous of all the machines (!) in the building and focuses their energy against evil Manitou.
"Machine Manitous -- hear me, send evil Manitou back to the time of times!"
By the way... at this point Evil Manitou has turned the hospital room into OUTER SPACE!! But you probably guessed that since it only follows.
Medicine Man isn't having that much success focusing the machine manitous. So naturally what happens is the dead woman comes to life, is topless and zaps evil Manitou out of existence.
That's when Satan gets into a laser battle with dead topless women. Also, Satan throws meteors at her. Finally dead topless woman zaps Satan into nothingness.
Pure genious! I'd say go out and immediately rent it... but instead this movie must be bought so it can be carefully studied over and over again!
Movie Review: One of my favorite movies
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember watching this film many, many years ago. I've always enjoyed it. I had read the book first, by Graham Masterton. "The Manitou" was based off of a factual story about a boy in Japan who had a growth on his arm the size of a basketball (seriously). But Masterton never said what had actually been in the growth.
The movie doesn't stray TOO far from the book. It was entertaining. Ansara was terrific as Singing Rock. And Jamie Lee Curtis' dad as Harry Erskine was great.
I loved the concept of an ages old Medicine Man - Misquamacas - being reborn through Karen. This was an all-around fun movie. No unnecessary gore, no stupid teens running around half-naked, screaming their heads off, and no back-wood hicks wanting to slaughter people for rituals.
If you want something WORTH the viewing, you have to see "The Manitou". You also should really read the books - The Manitou, The Return of the Manitou, and The Burial. They are out of print, but you can find them in used bookstores, and possibly on Amazon.
Movie Review: LOTS OF FUN!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This grabbed huge raiting when it aired as a Sunday Night Movie in July of 1981.
Two different TV versions exist. With slightly different editing near the end, but of course
this is the original theatrical version.
Susan Strasburg (Very hot brunette, great body and topless during the final exorcism) has a disgusting giant fetus growing on her neck. Doctors try to remove it with a laser beam, but the laser goes berserk and starts slicing up the surgeons. It turns out the fetus is the reincarnation of an evil American Indian warrior !?! Wild Stuff folks!! This was made in the wake of The Exorcist, The Omen, Beyond The Door, etc. Does for American Indianswhat Exorcist did for Catholics. But this is closer to EXORCIST 2, but with wild optical and make up effects.
The final incarnation of the evil spirit comes bursting forth from Strasburgs back. The plot is corney, but the
monster is extremely scary (I'm warning you, very, very scary) and there are a lot of really disturbing sequences.
Worth the price.
Movie Review: EXCELLENT
Summary: 5 Stars
IF YOU LOVE CLASSIC HORROR MOVIES FROM BACK IN THE DAY OR THE HORROR OF SUCH TV SHOWS AS CHILLER THEATRE, OUTER LIMITS AND CREATURE FEATURE ALL WRAPPED IN ONE PACK THIS MOVIE IS DEFINITELY FOR YOU.IT'S SCARY,SUSPENSEFUL AND WILL KEEP YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT!
ENJOY!
FROM: FRANK
Movie Review: the manitou w/tony curtis
Summary: 5 Stars
i loved this movie when it came out in the 70's mainly because i'm a tony curtis fan, but there are alot of great actors in this film. i was only in grade school at the time, but i remember also having the paperback book also. This was a very good addition to my film collection.