At the time of this recording, it is the final week of October. It's the perfect time of the year to watch a horror film and reflect on being scared. This week we're discussing "The Manitou" with guest, Coleman Stevenson (artist, writer, tarot practitioner and designer of The Dark Exact). She's here to break down the tarot aspects of this film and provide insight into tarot and it's design. So lower the lights, put on your fake mustache, and channel the fun!
What surgeons thought to be a tumor growing on the neck of patient Karen Tandy (Susan Strasberg) is actually a fetus growing at an abnormally accelerated rate. But when Karen reaches out to former lover and phony psychic Harry Erskine (Tony Curtis), she 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 (Michael Ansara), Erskine must survive this ancient evil’s rampage of shocking violence and forever destroy the enraged beast known as The Manitou.
Stella Stevens, Ann Sothern and Burgess Meredith co-star in this infamous shocker produced and directed by William Girdler (Grizzly, Day of the Animals) from the best-selling novel by Graham Masterton – Shout Factory
This week's guest:
Coleman Stevenson is a writer and artist originally from Birmingham, AL. She now lives in Portland, OR, where she teaches art, writing, literature, and tarot. Her current work focuses on the intersection of text, image, object, and ritual. Visit her Etsy shop: The Dark Exact