Messiah of Evil (1973)

A young woman travels to a small seaside town to search for her missing father, a local artist. There, she meets a curious *ménage a trois*: An effete researcher into ancient legends and his two female traveling companions. The uncooperative townspeople from whom they seek information resemble somnambulists, especially at night, when they gather on the beach and gaze longingly out to sea under a reddening moon. Other weird and terrifying portents soon appear: An old drunkard warns the heroine that, here, the corpses must be burned, not buried; a man offers a hitchhiker a mouse--when she refuses it, he eats it alive; tears of blood drip from the townspeople's eyes; live insects and vermin spew from their mouths. As the heroine and her companions delve deeper into the mystery, they find themselves engulfed in cataclysmic violence, and the secret of the messiah of evil, as well as the fate of the girl's father, transpires at last.

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[jthomson3rd]

these full movies are the best thing to happen to YouTube

[cmsasuke17]

this is awesome. todays generation of horror is just shit, either a remake of original or its not original and just plain not scary because of too much cg image. thats my opinion and i just hope the next century would atleast be good or better than the horror shit that comes out now.

[ThatHauntFreak2]

I don't get why people are saying that this movie has such great atmosphere. It doesn't. It's dull and I couldn't wait for it to be over. If you want a movie with great atmosphere, watch "Carnival of Souls," not this crap. The only good scene was the movie theater scene. Although, I did like how the art all over the walls in her father's gallery was used.

[JackFlanders]

16:25 Elisha Cook Jr. - He was in the Maltese Falcon (1941). He pops up every now and then in various movies.

[MassHumanicide]

Awesome. I bought this film years ago on video. It's one of my top favorites! :)

[ThePayola123]

This is awful.

[jojud]

@reaper060670 hear hear!

[jojud]

@familybc146 You're a moron...

[daiklaive]

during her last monologue that starts in the water she mentions her 'last escape.' I believe this movie is referenced that way in the video game resident evil nemesis in the opening monologue.

[familybc146]

Darn....I thought this was about Obama....

[mugwugthemagnificful]

Weird ,interesting ,very Lovecraftian ; remniscent of The Shadow Over Innsmouth. One of the few flicks that actually has achieved some sense of his atmosphere. Damned Deep Ones .