Messiah of Evil
International Cine Film Corporation | Release Date: December 11, 1974 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
0
Negative:
1
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88
Slant MagazineBudd Wilkins
Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz’s eerily brooding Messiah of Evil remains an undervalued gem of American gothic filmmaking. Read full review
83
ColliderJay Liu
Given its troubled production history, Messiah of Evil is far from perfect. Mood can only get you so far when not much happens for a good hour of the film. But it flows with the blood of New Hollywood in its veins, defining the wave as more than just gritty dramas and excessive blockbusters. Read full review
83
IndieWireJamie Righetti
Messiah of Evil is an underseen gem that manages to creep under the skin despite its very low budget. Read full review
70
Little White LiesAnton Bitel
Co-writers/co-directors Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz confound life and art, reality and dreams, sanity and madness in their surreal vision of conservative America succumbing to – or biting back against – the encroaching counterculture. Read full review
70
The New York TimesErik Piepenburg
The film melds a “California Girls” sensibility (the Beach Boys song, to be clear) with boho fashion and depraved supernatural horror in a way that’s feminine, mesmerizing and lurid. There’s no other horror film quite like it. Read full review
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