The Manitou
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| The Manitou | |
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| Directed by | William Girdler |
| Produced by | Melvin Simon William Girdler |
| Written by | G. Masterson (novel) Thomas Pope William Girdler |
| Starring | Tony Curtis Susan Strasberg |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
| Release date(s) | 1978 |
| Running time | 104 min. |
| Country | Canada / U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
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The Manitou is an American horror-movie from 1978 with Tony Curtis and Susan Strasberg based on a 1975 book by Graham Masterton.
Karen enters a hospital in San Francisco suffering from a growing tumor on her neck. The doctors think it's a living creature, a fetus is being born inside the tumor.
The movie is based on an old native legend about Manitou (Gitche Manitou) which is some kind of spirit
Tagline from the movie: "Evil does not die... it waits... to be reborn"