Messiah of Evil (1973)

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Wikidata Q6821972, film, IMDb tt0071396, TMDB 24923: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title.

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Who talked about it

The Big Picture

Came from

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Led to

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No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

American Graffiti: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (influence 80s horror): Messiah of Evil → American Graffiti. Messiah of Evil is described as hugely influential on 80s horror that followed.
    “clearly hugely influential on the 80s films that were going to come after it.”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:08:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Howard the Duck: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (same writers): Messiah of Evil → Howard the Duck. Messiah of Evil's writers-directors are best known for Howard the Duck, which it has nothing to do with.
    “They are probably best known for working on Howard the Duck”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:07:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Miami Blues: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (same label): Messiah of Evil → Miami Blues. Radiance put out Messiah of Evil; the speaker first got hip to the label buying Miami Blues at Fopp.
    “But I bought Miami blues there, which is a really, really good Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Lee movie.”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:09:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Thieves Like Us: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (same label): Messiah of Evil → Thieves Like Us. Radiance also issued a great edition of the Altman film Thieves Like Us.
    “they put out a great edition of Thieves Like Us, the Altman movie”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:09:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (influence 80s horror): Messiah of Evil → American Graffiti. Messiah of Evil is described as hugely influential on 80s horror that followed.
    “clearly hugely influential on the 80s films that were going to come after it.”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:08:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (same writers): Messiah of Evil → Howard the Duck. Messiah of Evil's writers-directors are best known for Howard the Duck, which it has nothing to do with.
    “They are probably best known for working on Howard the Duck”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:07:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (same label): Messiah of Evil → Miami Blues. Radiance put out Messiah of Evil; the speaker first got hip to the label buying Miami Blues at Fopp.
    “But I bought Miami blues there, which is a really, really good Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Lee movie.”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:09:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (same label): Messiah of Evil → Thieves Like Us. Radiance also issued a great edition of the Altman film Thieves Like Us.
    “they put out a great edition of Thieves Like Us, the Altman movie”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:09:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Messiah of Evil: Radiance's 4K hard box of Messiah of Evil is called one of the coolest purchases ever, a hard-to-see 1974 cult horror.
    “But the Messiah of Evil one, is like one of the coolest purchases I've ever made.”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:09:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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