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A young woman goes searching for her missing artist father. Her journey takes her to a strange Californian seaside town governed by a mysterious undead cult.A young woman goes searching for her missing artist father. Her journey takes her to a strange Californian seaside town governed by a mysterious undead cult.A young woman goes searching for her missing artist father. Her journey takes her to a strange Californian seaside town governed by a mysterious undead cult.
Marianna Hill
- Arletty
- (as Mariana Hill)
Dyanne Asimow
- Unknown
- (as Dyanne Simon)
Willard Huyck
- Zombie in Car
- (uncredited)
Gloria Katz
- Ticket Booth Zombie
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Willard Huyck
- Gloria Katz(uncredited)
- Writers
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- TriviaMany of the extras in the film were unemployed NASA workers.
- GoofsBennie Robinson's character mispronounces the name Richard Wagner (see trivia).
- Alternate versionsThe recent DVD release (under the title Messiah of Evil) contains a version of the film that omits the song "Hold on to Love" that opens and closes some versions of the film.
- ConnectionsEdited into Cent une tueries de zombies (2012)
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Atmospheric but Messy and with Disappointing Conclusion
After losing contact with her artist father, Arletty (Marianna Hill) travels to the coastal town Point Dune. She does not find him and stumbles upon Thom (Michael Greer), a weird wealthy man that is travelling with two lovers, Toni (Joy Bang) and Laura (Anitra Ford), to meet her father. She reads his diary and soon she realizes that there is something strange with the residents of the Californian town.
"Messiah of Evil" is an atmospheric horror film with a messy screenplay and disappointing conclusion. There are several great scenes and creepy deaths with wonderful cinematography. However the character Thom never works and his arrival to the house of Arletty's father is ridiculous. The living sharing Point Dune with the dead is also absurd. Last but not the least, there is no satisfactory explanation for the transformation of the dwellers into zombies. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Zumbís do Mal" ("Zombies of Evil")
"Messiah of Evil" is an atmospheric horror film with a messy screenplay and disappointing conclusion. There are several great scenes and creepy deaths with wonderful cinematography. However the character Thom never works and his arrival to the house of Arletty's father is ridiculous. The living sharing Point Dune with the dead is also absurd. Last but not the least, there is no satisfactory explanation for the transformation of the dwellers into zombies. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Zumbís do Mal" ("Zombies of Evil")
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