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| Messiah of Evil | |
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| Cinematography | Stephen Katz |
| Edited by | Scott Conrad |
| Music by | Phillan Bishop |
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| Distributed by | International Cine Film Corp. |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | < $1 million[1] |
Messiah of Evil is a 1973 American supernatural horror film co-written, co-produced, and co-directed by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, and starring Marianna Hill, Michael Greer, Anitra Ford, Royal Dano, and Elisha Cook Jr. Its plot follows a woman who travels to a remote coastal town in California to find her missing artist father; upon arrival, she finds herself in the midst of a series of bizarre incidents.
Released theatrically in late 1974, it would later be re-released under a number of alternate titles, including Dead People, Night of the Damned, Return of the Living Dead, and Revenge of the Screaming Dead.[2]
Husband-and-wife team Huyck and Katz would go on to direct and write Howard the Duck. The duo had previously co-written American Graffiti and would later go on to write Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.[3][4]
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- ^ "Messiah of Evil (1973) – Obscure Horror". Obscure Horror. Archived from the original on July 13, 2007.
- ^ Bouzereau 1997, p. 22.