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Messiah of Evil
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Willard Huyck
Gloria Katz
Written by
Willard Huyck
Gloria Katz
Produced by
Willard Huyck
Gloria Katz
Starring
Marianna Hill
Michael Greer
Anitra Ford
Royal Dano
Elisha Cook Jr.
Cinematography
Stephen Katz
Edited by
Scott Conrad
Music by
Phillan Bishop
Production company
V/M Productions
Distributed by
International Cine Film Corp.
Release dates
December 11, 1974 (1974-12-11) (Paris, Texas)
Running time
90 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
< $1 million[1]
Messiah of Evil (later also shown under the title Dead People) 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]
Directors Huyck and Katz are the husband-and-wife team who would subsequently direct Howard the Duck as well as produce screenplays for American Graffiti and 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.
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