Messiah of Evil

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Messiah of Evil
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Willard Huyck Gloria Katz
Written by	Willard Huyck Gloria Katz
Produced by	Willard Huyck Gloria Katz
Starring	Marianna Hill Michael Greer Anitra Ford Royal Dano Elisha Cook Jr.
Cinematography	Stephen Katz
Edited by	Scott Conrad
Music by	Phillan Bishop
Production company	V/M Productions
Distributed by	International Cine Film Corp.
Release dates	December 11, 1974 (1974-12-11) (Paris, Texas)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	< $1 million[1]

Messiah of Evil (later also shown under the title Dead People) is a 1973 American supernatural horror film co-written, co-produced, and co-directed by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, and starring Marianna Hill, Michael Greer, Anitra Ford, Royal Dano, and Elisha Cook Jr. Its plot follows a woman who travels to a remote coastal town in California to find her missing artist father; upon arrival, she finds herself in the midst of a series of bizarre incidents.

Released theatrically in late 1974, it would later be re-released under a number of alternate titles, including Dead People, Night of the Damned, Return of the Living Dead, and Revenge of the Screaming Dead.^[2]

Husband-and-wife team Huyck and Katz would go on to direct and write Howard the Duck, and write for American Graffiti and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.^[3][4]