The Manitou

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The Manitou
Directed by	William Girdler
Produced by	Melvin Simon William Girdler
Written by	G. Masterson (novel) Thomas Pope William Girdler
Starring	Tony Curtis Susan Strasberg
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Release date(s)	1978
Running time	104 min.
Country	Canada / U.S.A.
Language	English
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The Manitou is an American horror-movie from 1978 with Tony Curtis and Susan Strasberg based on a 1975 book by Graham Masterton.

Karen enters a hospital in San Francisco suffering from a growing tumor on her neck. The doctors think it's a living creature, a fetus is being born inside the tumor.

The movie is based on an old native legend about Manitou (Gitche Manitou) which is some kind of spirit

Tagline from the movie: "Evil does not die... it waits... to be reborn"