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starring: Tony Curtis, Susan Strasberg, Michael Ansara, Stella Stevens, Jon Cedar
directed by: William Girdler

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: STARZ HOME ENTERTAINMENT
EAN: 0013131332292
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
MPN: DV13322
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 06, 2007
Running Time: 104 minutes
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: 1978

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
What surgeons thought to be a tumor growing on the neck of patient Karen Tandy (Susan Strasberg of PSYCH-OUT) is actually a fetus growing at an abnormally accelerated rate. But when Karen reaches out to former lover and phony psychic Harry Erskine (Academy Award® nominee Tony Curtis) he discovers that she is possessed by the reincarnation of a 400-year old Native American demon. Now with the help of a modern-day medicine man (Michael Ansara) Erskine must survive this ancient evil s rampage of shocking violence and forever destroy the enraged beast known as THE MANITOU. Stella Stevens Ann Southern and Burgess Meredith co-star in this infamous horror shocker produced and directed by William Girdler (GRIZZLY DAY OF THE ANIMALS) from the best-selling novel by Graham MastertonFeatures:Theatrical TrailerTV SpotFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: NR UPC: 013131332292 Manufacturer No: DV13322

Amazon.com:
Lurid, ludicrous, and laughable (and those are the good parts), The Manitou is one of those movies that asks more questions that it answers. For instance, were respectable actors like Tony Curtis and Burgess Meredith so in need of a payday that they agreed to take part in this nonsense? Does the film fall into the so-bad-it's-good category, or is this horror story just plain horrid? Viewers will draw their own conclusions, assuming they can get through this 1978 tale about a centuries-old, evil Indian medicine man who returns to wreak all sorts of vengeful havoc on an unsuspecting populace. The setting is San Francisco (a place you'd think would be more tolerant of such alternative lifestyles), where Karen Tandy (Susan Strasberg) seems to have been chosen at random as the host for the manitou's latest regeneration. When she goes to the hospital complaining about a tumor growing on her back (it starts out grapefruit-sized but enlarges at an alarming rate), doctors determine that the thing is in fact a living fetus. But their decision to bombard it with x-rays may not be the wisest course of treatment. When they then fail to cut it out (manitous apparently don't like scalpels), bogus psychic Harry Erskine (Curtis), Karen's love interest and a fellow who spends most of his time duping gullible old ladies, starts investigating alternative methods of extermination, seeking out a fortune teller (Stella Stevens) for a séance that goes very, very wrong, consulting a doddering old professor (Meredith, camping it up), and finally bringing in a contemporary medicine man (Michael Ansara) to try to keep the malevolent Misquamacus at bay. There are a few scary moments and a couple of nice set pieces, but horror fans will find The Manitou extremely tame by new millennium standards; and the climactic battle between good and evil is so silly as to beggar description. "If only we had some authority!" worries the Curtis character when he realizes what they're up against. A good script and better acting, direction, effects work, and all the other elements of a decent movie would have helped, too. --Sam Graham




Rating: - Midget that'll put you to sleep............
This is one boring movie. Even with the decent acting it's still boring. Once the little Indian guy hatch from her back. He don't do munch, but stay in the circle. I read the book it's far more better then the movie. It's a shame that the movie wasn't as good. Pass this one up, save your money.

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Rating: - Schlock horror
How can you not love a film where the invitations to the South African premiere were printed on barf bags? Especially when it has a pitch as insane as The Manitou, which sees Susan Strasberg growing the foetus of a 400-year-old reincarnated Native American medicine man in her neck and calling on Tony Curtis' psychic for help. Of course, Curtis being a phoney he seeks help himself, first from Stella Stevens' gypsy and then, deciding to fight fire with fire, Michael Ansara's medicine man. Ansara gives ... Read More

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Rating: - Gouda Cheese.
The Manitou is an unbelievable film experience, in that it astounds me that a film as cockamamy as this one even exists. To truly grasp the level of absurdity to The Manitou's film plot, try doing this experiment. Next time you are hanging out with your friends, have them think of the silliest ideas they can come up with for a horror film, then when they have submitted their ludicrous offerings, tell them the story of The Manitou. Once you have finished telling the story, have everyone vote on which ... Read More

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Rating: - worst movie ever
I had heard this movie was awful from Rue Morgue radio... it is worse than awful if that is at all possible. please do me andmore importantly, yourself a huge favor and do not watch this. the whole premise is so awful. i think i would rather watch a chick flick marathon than another minute of this movie (it is on tv right now and i can't change the channel).

do not buy this for yourself, buy this for your worst enemy and force them to watch it in a very clockwork orange sort of way.

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Rating: - Welcome The Devourer...
"Manitou: a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power." - American Heritage Dictionary.

When a fetus grows on the back of his girlfriend's neck, it is up to Harry Erskine, a psychic scheisster, to find help for her. Seems he began to meddle in certain occult practices that he could not handle, and so his problems surmount, amusingly displayed when an elderly client is possessed and floats out the door and tumbles down the stairs. ... Read More

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