Manhattan Baby (1982)
Genre: Horror
Duration: 89 minuten
Alternative titles: Het Boze Slaat Toe / Eye of the Evil Dead / Evil Eye / Il Malocchio / Possessed
Country:
Italy
Directed by: Lucio Fulci
Stars: Christopher Connelly, Laura Lenzi and Brigitta Boccoli
IMDb score:
4,9 (3.673)
Releasedate: 12 August 1982
Manhattan Baby plot
"It's looking at you... from hell!"
An archaeologist opens an Egyptian tomb and releases an evil spirit. The man's daughter becomes possessed by the ghost and that means the beginning of a number of brutal massacres.
Actors and actresses
Professor George Hacker
Emily Hacker
Susie Hacker
Tommy Hacker
Jamie Lee
Adrian Mercato
Optician
Wiler
Tennant
Reviews & comments
wendyvortex
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- 5196 messages
- 7281 votes
Don't panic people, for the majority of humanity this is simply one of the failed Fulci projects that you can safely skip. Egyptian curse, you've seen it all before. Still, the film is messy, but it is full of insane scenes that only Fulci can imagine. The scene in the elevator for example, I mean Dick Maas really can't handle that. Everyone just disappears a bit and sometimes we forgot that somewhere in a plot hole, then suddenly there is a box of sand in the bedroom again. I have a soft spot for it, just like I do for bad English dubs, especially with those kids, my god that brother!!
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Noodless
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- 10057 messages
- 6188 votes
Disappointing Fulci film where the story is presented to the viewer quite chaotically. The story jumps from chapter to chapter. However, the opening in Egypt is attractively and beautifully depicted. The ending with the attack of the stuffed birds was also worth seeing in terms of gore. But unfortunately it remains with those few positive points. No tension at all and in terms of gore it is disappointing.
The story and the characters fail to fascinate. 4/10
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Bobbejaantje
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- 2323 messages
- 2101 votes
From minute 1 it is a series of supernatural things. You don't get time to get to know the characters, not in the beginning and not in the sequel. It's just an accumulation of scenes. However, without build-up, there is no tension. It is therefore difficult to judge the acting performances taking into account such a scenario that they are presented with. Then they didn't do so bad actually.
A film of its time and there are some references to bigger guns. The Exorcist is still lurking around the corner... it's also the time of Poltergeist... and the babysitter Jamie Lee is a heavy nod to Jamie Lee Curtis who played the babysitter in Halloween. And The Birds are also involved.
I thought Fabio Frizzi's score was very good. All in all it was an entertaining movie for once.
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