1973 - MESSIAH OF EVIL, surprisingly good horror film

A young woman searching for her father, ends up in a small northern California town full of ghouls.

Incredibly this film was made by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz the screenwriters frequently associated with George Lucas.  After writing American Graffiti, it was all sharply downhill for them with French Postcards, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Howard the Duck, Lucky Lady and Secrets of a Hollywood Nurse.

Messiah of Evil is a low budget horror film with some very effective scenes shot in a small seaside California town.  The film has a very eerie atmosphere and some decent performances.  At times Messiah of Evil has a poetic quality to it much like a Dreyer or Bergman film.

So what happened to the careers of Huyck and Katz?

85 minutes