“Evil does not die… It waits to be re-born!”
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.
Tony Curtis
Harry Erskine
Michael Ansara
John Singing Rock
Susan Strasberg
Karen Tandy
Stella Stevens
Amelia Crusoe
Jon Cedar
Dr. Jack Hughes
Ann Sothern
Mrs. Karmann
Burgess Meredith
Dr. Snow
Paul Mantee
Dr. McEvoy
Jeanette Nolan
Mrs. Winconis
Lurene Tuttle
Mrs. Herz
The Manitou is a horror, science fiction film released in 1978 exploring themes of based on novel or book, tarot cards, possession, reincarnation, native american, tumor. Directed by William Girdler, it stars Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara, Susan Strasberg. 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.
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