Messiah of Evil

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Messiah of Evil is a 1973 American horror film, co-written and directed by Willard Huyck, known for its surreal, atmospheric take on small-town terror and cult horror aesthetics.

All labels observed (2)

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Messiah of Evil canonical 5
The Antichrist 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dead People ⓘ
cinematographyBy Stephen Katz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
countryOfRelease United States ⓘ
coWriter Gloria Katz ⓘ
Willard Huyck ⓘ
criticalReception initially mixed ⓘ
later reappraised positively ⓘ
director Gloria Katz ⓘ
Willard Huyck ⓘ
distributor International Cine Film Corp. ⓘ
editingBy Michael Kahn ⓘ
featuresCharacter Arletty ⓘ
filmingTechnique location shooting in California ⓘ
genre cult film ⓘ
horror film ⓘ
supernatural horror film ⓘ
hasCastMember Anitra Ford ⓘ
Elisha Cook Jr. ⓘ
Joy Bang ⓘ
Marianna Hill ⓘ
Michael Greer ⓘ
Royal Dano ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasTheme apocalypse ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
madness ⓘ
occultism ⓘ
homeMedia released on Blu-ray ⓘ
released on DVD ⓘ
influencedBy European art-horror cinema ⓘ
musicBy Phil Ochs ⓘ
narrativeFocus mysterious seaside community ⓘ
notableFor cult horror aesthetics ⓘ
dreamlike imagery ⓘ
small-town terror theme ⓘ
surreal atmosphere ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
periodOfProduction early 1970s ⓘ
producer Jack H. Harris ⓘ
releaseYear 1973 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 90 ⓘ
settingLocation California ⓘ
small coastal town ⓘ
visualStyle painterly production design ⓘ
use of bold color and shadow ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Willard Huyck → notableWork → Messiah of Evil ⓘ
Willard Huyck → wroteScreenplayFor → Messiah of Evil ⓘ
Willard Huyck → directed → Messiah of Evil ⓘ
Willard Huyck → notableWork → Messiah of Evil ⓘ
subject linked to: Huyck
Willard Huyck → directedFilm → Messiah of Evil ⓘ
subject linked to: Huyck
Bruno Nicolai → workedOn → The Antichrist ⓘ
linked to: Messiah of Evil