Product Details

• Actors: William Huyck, Marianna Hill, Anitra Ford, Joy Bang, Royal Dano
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Synergy Ent
• DVD Release Date: September 20, 2007
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000W92BTC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #266,730 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Messiah Of Evil (1973)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars dvd ?, October 22, 2007

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horror slave "demons322" (lawrencivelle ga) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Messiah Of Evil (1973) (DVD)

first of this review is not for the movie it self but the dvd. the dvd has no features no menus nothing, apart from that the movie's picture is terrible the dvd looks like dvd-r memorex or somthing which tells me that someone probaly made it in ther basement. normally i wouldn't make such a fuss over a ten dollar dvd but amazon also has the diamond ent. version of this movie which also comes double feature with the devil's nightmare for about 4 dollars. (i figured with all the bad reviews diamond dvd picture got i would try somthing new) instead i got BEEP! hopefully anchorbay will pick this up and finally do this movie justice.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "The moon turned blood red and the dark stranger returned", November 18, 2007

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Timothy Walker "Anarchist in the Rue Morgue" (Columbia, S.C., U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Messiah Of Evil (1973) (DVD)

MESSIAH OF EVIl is a real gem of a horror film from the early seventies. Arletty is headed to Pointe Dune, presumably in Northern California or Oregon, to search for her father, a somewhat famous artist who had been writing disturbing letters to her recently. People in town are pretty standoffish and the only people who will talk to her are Thom and his two "traveling companions". The film moves fairly slowly, dripping with an atmosphere of impending doom, leading to a chaotic climax. Most people who see the movie will like the three standout, almost Hitchcockian scenes: the gas station scene at the beginning, the grocery store scene and the movie theater (those plus the minimalist soundtrack leads me to believe the filmmakers must have studied THE BIRDS). As for myself I like the very well written narration & dialogue, the scenes on the beach and the beach house, Thom who reminds me of a Lovecraft or Poe character (a traveller searching out legends and making his own occult studies- sort of like the lead character in VAMPYR), the back story about the "dark stranger" (hence MESSIAH OF EVIL) and the almost palpable sense of isolation and the end of the world. You should give it a try, especially for the price (although I would love to have a nice widescreen version- it was in 2:35:1 aspect ratio originally). Also it very much improves with age (i.e. repeated viewings).

1.0 out of 5 stars Bootleg DVD-R, January 19, 2012

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quay84 (Dayton, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Messiah Of Evil (1973) (DVD)

This, like all Synergy releases are bootleg dvd-r from vhs sources. There is a officially released and remastered version available on dvd from Code Red entertainment.