Messiah of Evil
“Terror you won't want to remember—in a film you won’t be able to forget.”
A young woman searching for her missing artist father finds herself in the strange seaside town of Point Dune, which seems to be under the influence of a mysterious undead cult.
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Cast
19 people
Marianna Hill
Arletty Lang
Known for
High Plains Drifter
The Godfather Part II
Michael Greer
Thom
Known for
The Rose
Joy Bang
Toni
Known for
Play It Again, Sam
Anitra Ford
Laura
Known for
The Big Bird Cage
Invasion of the Bee Girls
Royal Dano
Joseph Lang
Known for
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
House II: The Second Story
Elisha Cook Jr.
Charlie
Known for
Salem's Lot
Rosemary's Baby
Charles Dierkop
Gas Attendant
Known for
Silent Night, Deadly Night
The Sting
Bennie Robinson
Albino Trucker
No other roles listed
Morgan Fisher
Townsperson
Also in
Standard Gauge
On the Marriage Broker Joke as Cited by Sigmund Freud in Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious, or Can the Avant-Garde Artist Be Wholed?
Emma Truckman
Townsperson
No other roles listed
Dyanne Asimow
Townsperson
Also in
Dyanne
Herb Margolis
Townsperson
Willard Huyck Director · Gloria Katz Screenplay Phillan Bishop Composer
United States release April 23, 1975 · Produced in United States · Production International Cine Film Corp.
Production
V/M Productions
Production
International Cine Film Corp.
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 11, 1974
Premiere · Paris, Texas
United States · April 23, 1975
Limited theatrical
United States
September 21, 2023 · Premiere · Austin Fantastic Fest
October 13, 2023 · Premiere · Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
Australia
August 28, 2007 · Physical
France
June 13, 1979 · Premiere · Alsace
Germany
May 31, 2013 · Physical
United Arab Emirates
August 25, 2015 · Physical
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