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The undead townspeople of Messiah of Evil

IfilimuOkunyeIsiqalekiso1968 kuya ku-1999

Messiah of Evil is a horror film about a town whose residents become zombie-like shells of themselves. Critics trace its undead to the trend started by Night of the Living Dead and note similar social criticism. Its makers disagreed afterwards about whether the shoot was ever completed.1

Lwa nayo
Kuvele kuqala
1974
Released 1974
Umsebenzi womthombo
Messiah of Evil (1974)
Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz
Yenziwe ku-
I-USA
Okuyibangela
Isiqalekiso
An unexplained affliction tied to a red moon and the return of a dark stranger, with roots in a cannibal cult.
Indlela oba ngayo yinye
The change is shown but never explained.
Ubuhlakani
Ubuhlakani obuthile
amanothi ensimini

Okushiwo yimithombo

1

Victims bleed from the eyes, stop feeling pain and eat any meat, including human flesh1

2

They gather at bonfires on the beach to wait for the dark stranger1

3

Once changed they are sent out to spread the condition across California1

4

Shot in 1971 and released in 1974; the makers disagreed about whether filming was ever finished1

5

One of its release titles, Return of the Living Dead, caused a legal dispute1

Imithombo

  1. Messiah of Evil - Wikipedia

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