Messiah Of Evil (1973) - Credits and Details

Messiah Of Evil Credits and Details

Directed by
	Willard Huyck	...	directed by
	Gloria Katz	...	uncredited
Written by
	Willard Huyck	...	screenplay
	Gloria Katz	...	screenplay
Cast
	Michael Greer	...	Thom
	Marianna Hill	...	Arletty (as Mariana Hill)
	Joy Bang	...	Toni
	Anitra Ford	...	Laura
	Royal Dano	...	Joseph Lang
	Elisha Cook Jr.	...	Charlie
	Charles Dierkop	...	Gas Attendant
	Bennie Robinson	...	Albino Trucker
	Morgan Fisher	...	Canrobert Galleries Art Dealer
	Emma Truckman	...	Unknown
	Dyanne Asimow	...	Unknown (as Dyanne Simon)
	Herb Margolis	...	Unknown
	Alex Michaels	...	Unknown
	Walter Hill	...	Stabbing Victim in Prologue
	Laurie Charlap-Hyman	...	Unknown
	Bill Norton	...	(as B.W.L. Norton)
Uncredited Cast
	Willard Huyck	...	Zombie in Car
	Gloria Katz	...	Ticket Booth Zombie
	Billy Weber	...	Supermarket Zombie
Produced by
	James P. Graham	...	administrative executive producer
	Alan R. Howard	...	associate producer
	Willard Huyck	...	producer
	Gloria Katz	...	producer
	Alan Riche	...	executive producer
Original Music by
	Phillan Bishop	...	electronic music by
Stunts
	Buddy Joe Hooker	...	stunts

Additional Info
Premiere:	May 02, 1973
DVD Release:	October 27, 2009
Blu-ray Release:	October 27, 2014
Country:
Distributor:	Code Red DVD
Websites:

Ratings
6.3 / 10	69 / 100

Alternate Titles
Blood Busters
Dead People
Deep Swamp
Messiah Of Evil: The Second Coming
Messiah Of The Evil Dead
Night Of The Damned
Return Of The Living Dead
Revenge Of The Screaming Dead

Production Companies
V/M Productions (A V/M Production)
International Cine Film Corp.

Distributors
International Cine Film Corporation (1973) (United States) (theatrical)
Bedford Entertainment (1983) (United States) (re-release) (theatrical)
Video Gems (1985) (United States) (VHS)
Edde Entertainment (1993) (United States) (VHS)
Woodhaven Entertainment (1999) (United States) (VHS)
BCI Eclipse I (2003) (United States) (DVD)
TGG Direct (2003) (United States) (double feature) (DVD)
Alpha Home Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD)
Synergy Entertainment (2007) (World-wide) (DVD)
Code Red DVD (2009) (United States) (restored) (director's cut) (DVD)
CFS Releasing (2012) (World-wide) (Walking Dead Origins) (DVD)
Code Red DVD (2014) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Code Red DVD (2014) (United States) (DVD)
Film Detective (2015) (United States) (DVD)
SGL Entertainment (2016) (World-wide)
American Genre Film Archive (2023) (World-wide) (restored version) (theatrical)
Checker Releasing (1978) (United States) (re-release) (theatrical)
S-K Films (1978) (United States) (re-release) (Midwest) (theatrical)
Diamond Entertainment Group (2001) (United States) (DVD)
Internet Archive (World-wide) (video-on-demand) (video)
Pave TV (2025) (United States)
Pave TV (2025) (World-wide)
Renaissance Content Group (2024) (World-wide) (TV)
Scorpion Releasing (2022) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Serpent Films (2016) (United States) (DVD)
The B Stream (2025) (World-wide) (video)
The Criterion Channel (2024) (United States) (streaming) (TV)
Tubi TV (2023) (United States) (streaming) (video)

Filming Locations
26652 Latigo Shore Drive, Malibu, California, USA (Exterior of Joseph Lang house)
620 Lincoln Blvd, Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA (Exterior theatre scenes, specifically the Fox Venice Theatre. Since closed.)
Anaheim, California, USA (Location)
Burbank, California, USA
Canrobert Galleries - 8424 Melrose Place, Los Angeles, California, USA (Arletty asks art dealers at a gallery that she came across whether they know her artist father)
Culver Center - 3851 Overland Avenue, Culver City, California, USA (Thom searches for Toni down empty streets, passing W.T. Grant store; Police ARE overwhelmed by the zombies.)
Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
Encore Theatre, 5308 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA (Interior theatre scenes only. Since demolished to make way for Raleigh and Paramount studio properties.)
Holiday Lodge Motel - 1631 West 3rd Street, Los Angeles, California, USA
Los Angeles County, California, USA (Location)
Los Angeles, California, USA (Location)
Malibu, California, USA (Location)
McMahan's Furniture - 10740 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California, USA (Thom searches for Toni down empty streets, passing location. Location is now an Ortho Mattress Center.)
Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (Location)
Reseda, Los Angeles, California, USA (Laura passes location during night strooll, specifically Kim Sing Kitchen at 7244 Reseda Blvd.)
Southern California, California, USA (Location)
Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA (Location)

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