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The Manitou

Play trailer Poster for The Manitou PG,  1978,  1h 45m,  Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 45% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 35% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
45% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 35% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
A psychic (Tony Curtis) recruits a witch doctor (Michael Ansara) to get a 400-year-old Indian medicine man off his girlfriend's (Susan Strasberg) back.

Critics Reviews

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jun 16, 2018
1/4
El sleazo profoundo trasho zilch. Go to Full Review
Stefan Birgir Stefans sbs.is Jul 28, 2023
2.5/5
If you want to see an old woman floating through the air before she violently breaks every bone in her body while tumbling down a staircase while distraught Tony Curtis, dressed like a wizard, watches, then The Manitou is the film for you. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Mar 4, 2021
3/5
…sets up one strange scene after another to deliver a battered package of horror goods…The Manitou is fondly remembered by those who saw it in ’78, and the camp value has only increased over the years… Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Apr 21, 2019
2/4
The Manitou is absurd, insane, and, yeah, kind of awful, but there's nevertheless a high watchability factor. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Nov 16, 2007
B+
Visually inventive. Go to Full Review
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Apr 19, 2007
Even if the story becomes totally absurd, it has more in the way of creativity than most modern horror remakes. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Poe G Nov 23, 2018 I need tit pics to harness a hospital's worth of Manitous so I can use them to banish Lucifer himself who's taken the form of an ancient Indian medicine man named Tomacus who recently regrew himself in the back tumor of a woman named Karen after being dead for 400 years. See more
Hagrid S Nov 16, 2018 what a crummy movie... this stinks
Leia S Jan 24, 2018 It's trash, but really great trash.
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The Manitou

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Cast & Crew

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William Girdler

Director

Tony Curtis

Harry Erskine

Susan Strasberg

Karen Tandy

Michael Ansara

John Singing Rock

Stella Stevens

Amelia Crusoe

Jon Cedar

Dr. Jack Hughes

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The Manitou

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Movie Info

Synopsis A psychic (Tony Curtis) recruits a witch doctor (Michael Ansara) to get a 400-year-old Indian medicine man off his girlfriend's (Susan Strasberg) back.
Director
William Girdler
Producer
William Girdler
Screenwriter
William Girdler, Jon Cedar, Thomas Pope
Production Co
Simon Productions, Mid-America Pictures, Hollywood West Entertainment, Melvin Simon Productions, Manitou Productions Ltd.
Rating
PG
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2019
Runtime
1h 45m
Sound Mix
Surround
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