Messiah of Evil. 1973.
A young woman goes searching for her missing artist father, she arrives at a small Californian town that harbours a dark curse.
This was a bit creepy and very dark atmospheric movie that seemed to be forgotten about, from start to finish the film didn't start off slowly and went for a steady pace that almost had me on the edge of the sofa and I didn't want to look away. Marianna Hill plays Arletty who is looking for her father and finds Thom (Michael Greer) who seems like the perfect stranger but is he hiding something. Royal Dano and Elisha Cook Jr have some minor roles but they bring their acting upto perfect standards and bring their own creepiness to their roles. Worth a watch and best watched in the dark.
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