The Manitou

Apr 28, 1978

1h 44m

★ 5.4

Evil does not die… It waits to be re-born!

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.

Genres

Horror

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Melvin Simon Productions

Mid-America Pictures

Simon Productions

Manitou Productions Ltd.

The Manitou Trailers

Cast

Harry Erskine

Tony Curtis

John Singing Rock

Michael Ansara

Karen Tandy

Susan Strasberg

Amelia Crusoe

Stella Stevens

Dr. Jack Hughes

Jon Cedar

Mrs. Karmann

Ann Sothern

Dr. Snow

Burgess Meredith

Dr. McEvoy

Paul Mantee

Mrs. Winconis

Jeanette Nolan

Mrs. Herz

Lurene Tuttle

MacArthur

Hugh Corcoran

10th-Floor Nurse

Anne Newman Bacal

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