The Manitou Page #3

Synopsis: Karen Tandy enters a San Franisco hospital suffering from a tumor growing in her neck. Her surprised doctors think it's a living creature, a fetus being born inside the tumor. Fortune-teller Harry Erskine dismisses it -- until one of his customers begins speaking in tongues and fatally throws herself down a flight of stairs, and Karen's surgeon attempts to cut off his own hand rather than excise her tumor. Erskine finally seeks help from another fortune teller, Amelia Crusoe, and her husband, to try to learn the cause of these supernatural events. When Karen's tumor gets larger, Dr. Snow speculates that within her tumor lives vengeful 400-year-old Indian spirit. Erskine travels to South Dakota to enlist the aid of Indian medicine man John Singing Rock to force the evil spirit out of Karen and back where it came. The Indian spirit is driven from Karen's tumor, but will it take over others before Singing Rock can send him back?
Genre: Horror
Director(s): William Girdler
Production: AVCO Embassy Pictures
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
38%
PG
Year:
1977
104 min
112 Views


out the front door.

I'm gonna be all right. - Right..

You told me so. - Mm-hmm.

Karen, what does... "pana...

witchy salatoo" mean?

I don't know. I never heard it before. Why?

You said it in your sleep last night.

Must be words of love.

In Swahili?

- Hindustani.

Oh. It's love.

- Yeah.

We're ready. You can go ahead.

Skin knife! - Try that.

[man] What are you doing

to yourself there?

Oh, my God, he's gonna cut himself.

Stop him! Get him out of here!

All personnel stand by.

[Harry] Coming!.

Oh, excuse me for taking so long, Mrs. Herz.

Please, won't you come in, my dear?

- oohhh... ohhh

- There you are.

I'm telling you, Mr. Erskine,

Yes?

- I can tell when the weather's

getting bad a week in advance.

oohhh... This arthritis will kill me yet.

Yes, well, don't you worry about it.

You'd think with all my money,

- Yes.

I could... buy a... new set of legs.

Vibrations are good today, believe me.

Here you are, my dear. Touch the cards.

Let them feel you and know you.

Beautiful, beautiful.

Now, tell me, Mrs. Herz, how are you?

Oh...

Shh!

How would you like to be

the Queen of Swords this time?

I don't blame you. Little harsh.

Ah, yes, the Queen of Cups?

No?

Queen of Wands.

Exquisite.

Excellent!.

Here we go, my dear.

Oh, so far, so good.

Excellent.

Yes, the signs are very, very nice.

Calm, consoling,wonderful.

The week so far is excellent. Perfect.

Oh, perhaps... a little cloudiness.

Nothing too serious.

Very nice. Look at that.

And for you personally,

I see some...

Well, actually, the week...

Mrs. Herz.

Mrs. Herz?

Oh, my God.

Mrs. Herz.

Oh, don't tell me.

Mrs. Herz, dear, are you all right?

Oh, you certainly are.

Let me get back to Tuesday.

We'll start again. Perhaps the...

Mrs. Herz, what's the matter?

Are you all right? You don't look too good.

What is it, my dear?

- Mani...

What?

- Mani...

Now, Mrs. Herz...

Now-Now stop, Mrs. Herz. Don't do that,

or I'll call an ambulance.

Mrs. Herz, I'm going to the phone

and going to call an ambulance.

Here is the operator, and I'm going to

ask for an ambulance.

I want an ambulance.

What? Where?

Yeah, but... hold on a minute, please.

Oh, Mrs. Herz, will you sit down?

You're having some kind of a seizure.

Just calm down.

Shh. You're gonna be all right. Shh.

Operator, I'm at 705 Hillside.

Yes, please. The name is Erskine.

You must send an ambulance.

I know you're an operator, but you call

the hospital. Would you hold a minute, please?

Mrs. Herz, please.

- Mani...! Mani...!

I need it in a hurry. Send it right away.

- Maniii... Wichiii... salatooo...

Yes, I need it... I don't know where...

I haven't got time to talk! Listen!

You call the hospital!

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William Girdler

William Girdler (October 22, 1947 – January 21, 1978) was an American filmmaker. In a span of six years, from 1972 to 1978, he directed nine feature films in such genres as horror and action. Girdler also wrote and produced three of his features, Abby, Sheba, Baby and The Manitou. more…

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