IMDb RATING
5.3/10
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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.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.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.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Anne Newman Bacal
- 10th-Floor Nurse
- (as Ann Newman-Mantee)
Tenaya Torres
- Mrs. Singing Rock
- (as Tenaya)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaShortly before the film's release, director William Girdler was killed in a helicopter crash in the Philippines while scouting locations for a future film.
- Quotes
John Singing Rock: Gitche Manitou? Harry, you don't call Gitche Manitou. He...
Harry Erskine: Oh yeah, well, he's going to get a person-to-person call from me... collect!
- Crazy creditsThe soundtrack during the film's end titles consists of a poorly edited 25-second cue from one of Lalo Schifrin's themes being looped over and over again until reaching the last credit.
- Alternate versionsSome versions of the film include scenes featuring an anesthesiologist (Charles Kissinger); other versions of it do not.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-in Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 2 (1996)
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I found The Manitou to be quite an interesting, if not cheesy film. It starts off quite well and the pace moves along nicely as the story draws you in. The first half is dedicated to the story and what happens before the demon is born. The second half deals with what occurs after he is born and climaxes with a cheesy sci-fi ending. The acting is very solid throughout and the characters believable. The highlight of the film is supposedly when the demon is born, as he breaks out of the "fetus" attached to the woman's back. I didn't find it particularly impressive though. I did however enjoy the story about the Indian spirit and how this would be his fourth or fifth incarnation. I've always had a soft spot for mythology and "demon births", probably from watching too many Xena: Warrior Princess episodes.
The film is spoilt mainly by the ultra cheesy ending, that looks like something out of an old Star Trek episode. Up until that point I thought the story worked well as a serious film, but the ending brought it into cheese territory and ruined it for me. It's not that I don't like cheese, but you can't just introduce it in the last 10 minutes of a film and get away with it!
The film is spoilt mainly by the ultra cheesy ending, that looks like something out of an old Star Trek episode. Up until that point I thought the story worked well as a serious film, but the ending brought it into cheese territory and ruined it for me. It's not that I don't like cheese, but you can't just introduce it in the last 10 minutes of a film and get away with it!
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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