SGM Month of Halloween Horror Movie Double Feature for October 22, part II

"The Manitou" (1978)/ "National Lampoon's Class Reunion" (1982)

"The Manitou"

From the back of the box: “What surgeons thought to be a tumor growing on the neck of patient Karen Tandy is actually a fetus growing at an abnormally accelerated rate. But when Karen reaches out to former lover and phony psychic Harry Erskine, he discovers that she is possessed by the reincarnation of a 400-year old Native American demon. Now with the help of a modern-day medicine man, Erskine must survive this ancient evil’s rampage of shocking violence, and forever destroy the enraged beast known as the Manitou.”

The haiku review
That tumor you have?
It might be a dwarf fetus.
Get a curettage.

Watch for: Well, it’s hard to know whether the birthing scene or the evil spirit laser battle is the hallmark of this film. It’s all incredibly strange … terribly, terribly low-budgety strange.

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"National Lampoon’s Class Reunion"

From the back of the box: “It’s been 10 years since Lizzie Borden High School’s Class of ’72 graduated, and everyone – the preppies, the hippies, and the in-crowd – has returned to reminisce over good times past. But classmate Walter Baylor has returned too … with a vengeance! While the rest of the gang is misbehaving at their alma mater, Walter, who was a misunderstood freak then and a certified psychopath now, is still not over a prank played on him a decade ago and out to wreak havoc of a different sort!"

The haiku review
A great slasher spoof;
Its major drawback is that
It’s badly dated.

Wordz of Wisdom: “My father didn’t keep me out of Vietnam so that I could die in my old high school.”

Star of the film: Michael Lerner, who bears a striking resemblance to John Belushi. He was nominated for an Academy Award, you know. Oh, not for this shitty spoof film; for his role in “Barton Fink.”