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Ep 7 - MESSIAH OF EVIL (1974) TURNS 50!!!
MESSIAH OF EVIL (1974) d. Willard Huyck (USA)
Clearly inspired by Night of the Living Dead and possessing the dreamlike, doom-laden tone of Let's Scare Jessica to Death, 1974's Messiah of Evil is a thoughtful, introspective, original and regrettably neglected low-budget horror effort.
Directed by Willard Huyck and co-written with Gloria Katz (later the screenwriters for American Graffiti and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – as well as Howard the Duck), Messiah creates its own unique blend of horror and political commentary. When a young woman arrives in a small California coastal town…
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