The final film of director William Girdler (Grizzly, Abby, Day of the Animals), The Manitou (based on the Graham Masterton novel of the same name) will make its Blu-ray debut this April courtesy of Scream Factory.

On Facebook, Scream Factory announced that they'll release The Manitou on Blu-ray on April 16th. Special features have yet to be revealed, but we'll keep Daily Dead readers updated as more details are announced. In the meantime, be sure to check out Scott Drebit's Drive-In Dust Offs column on The Manitou.

And if you're keeping track of upcoming releases, Scream Factory recently announced April Blu-ray releases of The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires and Superstition.

From Scream Factory: "We have yet another horror hocus-pocus offering to set loose this year. The 1978 infamous shocker THE MANITOU arrives on Blu-ray for the first time with a planned date of April 16th! Producer and directed by William Girdler (Grizzly, Day of the Animals) from the best-selling novel by Graham Masterton.

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.

Extras are in progress and will be announced on a later date.

Reverse cover sleeve will feature alternative art.

Pre-order THE MANITOU now @ https://www.shoutfactory.com/product/the-manitou…"

Cover art from Facebook:

Theatrical trailer:

Source: Facebook
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