tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post5184020441147235020..comments2024-01-25T05:48:13.938-06:00Comments on Mad Mad Mad Mad Movies: The Manitou (1978): or, Native-American Exorcist is a Pain the NeckThe Vicar of VHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-56119048177208644182012-06-15T22:12:26.304-05:002012-06-15T22:12:26.304-05:00I bet that nurse gave good head, hehe!I bet that nurse gave good head, hehe!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-64300621126502174692011-01-30T21:09:26.950-06:002011-01-30T21:09:26.950-06:00Brilliance. I sometimes think there truly must be ...Brilliance. I sometimes think there truly must be some higher power designing the universe, for how else could such glory as a movie like this be delivered unto my Netflix Instant Queue?deadlydollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061028044836745499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-85207890653213562642010-01-22T22:08:39.770-06:002010-01-22T22:08:39.770-06:00A fabulously insane movie - I remember reading abo...A fabulously insane movie - I remember reading about it in a movie magazine when I was a kid; I think it was Starlog.<br /><br />I so wanted to see this film, and years later I got to see it on VHS, and I wasn't disappointed!<br /><br />A great blog - fangs for the memories!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951708918122289319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-76972638507518664422010-01-21T18:53:06.578-06:002010-01-21T18:53:06.578-06:00>Do you ever get tired of being right all the t...>Do you ever get tired of being right all the time?<br /><br />I just calls 'em as I sees 'em.Mr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-54636397281350675622010-01-21T08:30:05.365-06:002010-01-21T08:30:05.365-06:00@Jay--Thanks for the award! I think I'll get t...@Jay--Thanks for the award! I think I'll get that one tattooed on my back! :)<br /><br />@Al Bruno III--You say the sweetest things! Flattery will get you everywhere! ;) As to the novels, I think I'm definitely going to have to track down a copy of both now. After I read the novelization of THE FUNHOUSE that I've got on my shelf, that is...<br /><br />@Mark--thanks for the comment! I'm glad the audience appreciated the wackiness of the ending; as the Duke and I like to say, if a movie brings you joy in whatever form, it's a good movie. Girdler really did seem to be hitting his own unique stride, and it's a tragedy he didn't get to do more.The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-66693066122910971312010-01-21T04:00:27.951-06:002010-01-21T04:00:27.951-06:00I saw this in the cinema (been saying that a lot r...I saw this in the cinema (been saying that a lot recently) and the audience was delighted with the mad finale. Laughter, but in a good way. I was looking forwards to many more films from Mr Girdler, but it was not to be...Mark Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08744056312268440003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-77399223390159678212010-01-20T20:50:19.254-06:002010-01-20T20:50:19.254-06:00As always great stuff, even if I stopped watching ...As always great stuff, even if I stopped watching movies I would still enjoy reading your work!<br /><br />I know there was a sequel to THE MANITOU novel written but I doubt they could ever make a sequel film...https://www.blogger.com/profile/09492062472206579391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-31727388388367086562010-01-20T14:14:22.131-06:002010-01-20T14:14:22.131-06:00Great work as always. Just wanted to let you know ...Great work as always. Just wanted to let you know I nominated you for a "Fantastically Frightening Award". Check it out here,<br /><br />http://www.thehorrorsection.com/2010/01/i-be-frightening.htmlJay Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00943870346156273403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-80044712831389784962010-01-20T14:01:11.070-06:002010-01-20T14:01:11.070-06:00@Karswell--you were 100% correct, as always. Do yo...@Karswell--you were 100% correct, as always. Do you ever get tired of being right all the time? :DThe Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-58203566533215292262010-01-20T13:29:30.442-06:002010-01-20T13:29:30.442-06:00Told ya.Told ya.Mr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-15778142092049627552010-01-20T08:36:49.623-06:002010-01-20T08:36:49.623-06:00@Samuel Wilson--Since Misquamacus is your fave evi...@Samuel Wilson--Since Misquamacus is your fave evil dwarf, it may interest you to know he was portrayed by Felix Silla, veteran of Little People film roles from <i>Under the Rainbow</i> to <i>Return of the Jedi</i>, but most famous for his 17-episode run on <i>The Addams Family</i> as Cousin Itt! <br /><br />@Nicole--I would kind of like to read Masterton's novel now, just to see if it's as wild as the film version. Also, you've got me wondering whether there's a chapter on manitous in the dermatology textbooks. If not, there clearly should be!<br /><br />@db--I haven't seen <i>Zebra Killer</i>, but the 3 movies I have seen from Girdler's filmography have definitely interested me in his outsider-exploitation work. You can spend a lot of time learning about him on Patty Breen's excellent site linked above, and it's fascinating stuff to folks of a certain stripe--which is to say, the kind of folks who frequent this blog. I'll have to check out GRIZZLY and possibly your friend's expanded version (which I'm so glad exists, even if I'm unfamiliar with its source of inspiration. Viva la Weird!).<br /><br />@dfordoom--thanks! And if you do check out THE MANITOU (I got my viewing thru Netflix) I can almost guarantee you will be entertained!The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-30469037752145244562010-01-20T02:41:03.898-06:002010-01-20T02:41:03.898-06:00If the movie is half as entertaining as your revie...If the movie is half as entertaining as your review I want to see it right now.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-76141989512852264662010-01-20T00:44:50.996-06:002010-01-20T00:44:50.996-06:00As ususal, excellent post -- a definite classic of...As ususal, excellent post -- a definite classic of WTF cinema given the attention it deserves. I remember seeing the commercials for this when I was a little kid so often that my brother and I would occasionally say "The MANITOU!" for no good reason just to crack each other up. I didn't actually see it until high school, when I found a VHS copy at the back of one of those video rental places run out of some guy's basement and it totally lived up to my expectations -- Girdler is a great example of a director who takes what he needs and runs with it as far as he can go without caring whether or not it makes any sense, so long as it gets a reaction (imagine someone trying to make a movie like The Zebra Killer today), and as a shitstorm of hallucinatory gibberish it's totally effective -- I always get the feeling Girdler made exactly the kind of movie he wanted to make, and given the chance he wouldn't change anything. I now find myself saying "You're going to play king of the mountain with that mixmaaster?" for no good reason, and any film I quote from on a regular basis is a good film in my book. Which reminds me, my associate Damon Packard did a very odd expanded version of <a href="http://www.brutallo.com/packard.html" rel="nofollow">Grizzly</a> which is worth a look if the original wasn't confusing enough for you.dbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08610914455757359201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-88442141178754607812010-01-19T19:37:54.383-06:002010-01-19T19:37:54.383-06:00Oh I am so glad someone else knows of this movie! ...Oh I am so glad someone else knows of this movie! I remember my mom even had the book (or books, I believe there was a sequel)! Even now whenever one of us gets some kind of skin bump we always say to each other, "Hope it's not a Manitou!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-55004380660301635152010-01-19T15:22:19.629-06:002010-01-19T15:22:19.629-06:00Vicar, this is a towering achievement -- your revi...Vicar, this is a towering achievement -- your review as well as the film -- that could only be enhanced by the restoration of the Curtis-Strasberg love scene, preferably not with Anthony Hopkins doing Strasberg's voice. Though I shouldn't sell the great man short. The evil shaman is my favorite evil dwarf in movies since the pygmies in the original Tarzan the Ape Man. There's just something charmingly horrendous about him and an appealingly appalling naivete to Girdler's presentation of him that lifts The Manitou into the realm of the truly fantastic -- for good or ill.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.com