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An archaeologist opens an Egyptian tomb and accidentally releases an evil spirit. His young daughter becomes possessed by the freed entity and, upon arrival back in New York, the gory murder... Read allAn archaeologist opens an Egyptian tomb and accidentally releases an evil spirit. His young daughter becomes possessed by the freed entity and, upon arrival back in New York, the gory murders begin.An archaeologist opens an Egyptian tomb and accidentally releases an evil spirit. His young daughter becomes possessed by the freed entity and, upon arrival back in New York, the gory murders begin.
Laura Lenzi
- Emily Hacker
- (as Martha Taylor)
Cosimo Cinieri
- Adrian Mercato
- (as Laurence Welles)
Enzo Marino Bellanich
- Wiler
- (as Vincenzo Bellanich)
Tonino Pulci
- Orderly
- (as Antonie Pulci)
Martin Sorrentino
- Caretaker
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe name of the character Adrian Marcato is borrowed from Rosemary's Baby (1968). The title "Manhattan Baby" was also derived from the title of the Polanski film, despite Director Lucio Fulci hating the title, and Screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti preferring his title "The Evil Eye". That version of the title was reworked in the US to " Eye of the Evil Dead", deriving from Sam Raimi's classic "The Evil Dead". Raimi was at first irritated, but learned Fulci's background with having no leverage over distribution decisions, and more or less felt bad for him and took no legal action.
- GoofsReflected in the archaeologist's big sunglasses when we see him in his office in New York near the beginning of the film.
- Alternate versionsThe Anchor Bay release under the original title "Manhattan Baby" is the complete, uncut version, containing all the gore and violence.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Beyond the Living Dead (2001)
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Enjoyable enough if you're a Fulci fan
While on assignment in Egypt, an archeologist suffers an accident which returns him and his family to the United States where it slowly dawns on him that his daughter's strange behavior is caused by the possession of an Egyptian priest and must find a way to get her free in order to save her.
This was a decidedly decent enough effort. Among the more enjoyable elements featured is the rather impressive and wholly engaging sense of Egyptian atmosphere present. The pyramid setting, which allows for the wide-ranging vistas in the desert, plenty of gorgeous shots among the tombs or being thrust into the various catacombs filled with statues, carvings and other wonderful decorations that provide this one with a great idea of the type of cultural flair. When it drops this locale for the urban settings in America, that changes the type of action and suspense into playing with the different scenarios present there into more traditional setups due to some enhanced action. These offer up quite a lot of fun, from the control she exerts over her brother while the blind father stumbles around the house calling out for the kids while looking for them, an interesting attack on a worker at a local plant where the floor breaks away from underneath and the creepiest sequence where a friend of the family disappears into thin air where only sand and scorpions are left behind. These are all wrapped together with the storyline about how they come to realize she's possessed, starting with the events inside the tomb where he succumbs to the accident to the premonition coming to fruition and the fabled picture which show something's wrong with her that's all rather fun here in telling that story. These here the film's best elements which hold it up over the main flaws. The biggest factor against this one is the sheer inability to understand anything going on in the story, which isn't that surprising yet still crops up here. The idea that the daughter is possessed is hinted at makes no sense as nothing has happened yet, and the series of explanations offered by the experts to supposedly make sense of it all doesn't clarify anything. It barely gives any kind of suggestion as to how she got possessed much less what her plans are or what her plans entail since it changes at whim to fit the story which is really puzzling. This even makes it hard to determine who's on what side here with the different allegiances not being resolved. As well as the lackluster finale, these are what hold it down.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Language.
This was a decidedly decent enough effort. Among the more enjoyable elements featured is the rather impressive and wholly engaging sense of Egyptian atmosphere present. The pyramid setting, which allows for the wide-ranging vistas in the desert, plenty of gorgeous shots among the tombs or being thrust into the various catacombs filled with statues, carvings and other wonderful decorations that provide this one with a great idea of the type of cultural flair. When it drops this locale for the urban settings in America, that changes the type of action and suspense into playing with the different scenarios present there into more traditional setups due to some enhanced action. These offer up quite a lot of fun, from the control she exerts over her brother while the blind father stumbles around the house calling out for the kids while looking for them, an interesting attack on a worker at a local plant where the floor breaks away from underneath and the creepiest sequence where a friend of the family disappears into thin air where only sand and scorpions are left behind. These are all wrapped together with the storyline about how they come to realize she's possessed, starting with the events inside the tomb where he succumbs to the accident to the premonition coming to fruition and the fabled picture which show something's wrong with her that's all rather fun here in telling that story. These here the film's best elements which hold it up over the main flaws. The biggest factor against this one is the sheer inability to understand anything going on in the story, which isn't that surprising yet still crops up here. The idea that the daughter is possessed is hinted at makes no sense as nothing has happened yet, and the series of explanations offered by the experts to supposedly make sense of it all doesn't clarify anything. It barely gives any kind of suggestion as to how she got possessed much less what her plans are or what her plans entail since it changes at whim to fit the story which is really puzzling. This even makes it hard to determine who's on what side here with the different allegiances not being resolved. As well as the lackluster finale, these are what hold it down.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Language.
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- Nov 19, 2019
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- Eye of the Evil Dead
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- $300,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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