tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post6950034091636813249..comments2024-03-13T10:29:38.310+11:00Comments on Cult Movie Reviews: The Manitou (1978)dfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-4669420312158355072010-03-20T04:31:43.060+11:002010-03-20T04:31:43.060+11:00I thought this was truly awful!, a terrible mess o...I thought this was truly awful!, a terrible mess of a movie that doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. Nice connection with Cronenberg's The Brood though. Both films were the product of Canada I think as well.Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-90816562362247709312010-03-19T04:26:15.630+11:002010-03-19T04:26:15.630+11:00d., your last line sums it up. This is a definitiv...d., your last line sums it up. This is a definitive Seventies horror fantasy. Don't expect a remake anytime soon.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-25247397637659081732010-03-19T03:10:50.496+11:002010-03-19T03:10:50.496+11:00I read the book as a kid, loved it. Then watched ...I read the book as a kid, loved it. Then watched the film and was a bit disappointed. It is funny how horror novels could play on a childs imagination- there was no way a movie could live up to that when my Manitou was bigger than Star Wars.Nigel Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928346913206094978noreply@blogger.com