Manhattan Baby

Manhattan Baby

Credits
Title:	Manhattan Baby
Directed by:	Lucio Fulci
Written by:	Elisa Livia Briganti Dardano Sacchetti
Produced by:	Fabrizio De Angelis
Music by:	Fabio Frizzi
Cinematography:	Guglielmo Mancori
Edited by:	Vincenzo Tomassi
Production
Production:	Fulvia Film
Released:	August 12th, 1982
Rating:	Unrated
Running time:	89 min.
Country:	Italy
Language:	English dubbed
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Manhattan Baby is an Italian horror film of the supernatural thriller subgenre of horror. It was directed by Lucio Fulci with a screenplay written by Elisa Livia Briganti and Dardano Sacchetti. It was produced by Fulvia Film and premiered in Italy on August 12th, 1982. The film stars Brigitta Boccoli as Susie Hacker with Christopher Connelly as her father Professor George Hacker. While on vacation in Egypt, George Hacker is struck blind, and Susie Hacker is given a mysterious talisman that she brings back home with her to New York City. And that's when her troubles REALLY begin!

Cast[]

Actor

Role

Christopher Connelly

Professor George Hacker

Emily Hacker

Susie Hacker

Tommy Hacker

Jamie Lee

Adrian Mercato

Optician

Luke

Wiler

Tennant

Doctor Forrester

Orderly

Notes & Trivia[]

The tagline to this film is "Little Susie is very young, very pretty, and very very evil!"
Elisa Briganti and Dardano Sacchetti original script treatment for the movie used the title of The Evil Eye.
This film is also known by the title Eye of the Evil Dead, which redirects to this page. The U.S. title was intentionally derived from Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead.
Production on Manhattan Baby began on March 22nd, 1982. Principal shooting concluded on April 22nd, 1982.
The movie was filmed in New York City, New York, with some scenes being shot in Cairo, Egypt. Interior shots were filmed at Incir De Paolis Studios in Rome, Italy.
This film had a production budget of roughly $300,000 (US). In Italian currency, it be at 800 million lire, but was cut to 400 million.
Upon its initial release in Italy, Manhattan Baby grossed 409,424,657 lire.
Manhattan Baby was released on Blu-ray as a three-disc limited edition by Blue Underground on October 25th, 2016. The collection includes a DVD and CD copy of the film.
Screenwriter Elisa Briganti is the wife of fellow screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti.
Actress Laura Lenzi, who plays Emily Hacker, is credited as Martha Taylor in this film.
Actor Cosimo Cinieri, who plays Adrian Mercato, is credited as Laurence Welles in this film.
Actor Enzo Marino Bellanich, who plays Wiler, is credited as Vincenzo Bellanich in this film.
Actor Tonino Pulci, who plays an orderly, is credited as Antonie Pulci in this film.
Director Lucio Fulci makes a cameo appearance in this film as Doctor Forrester.
This is Lucio Fulci's ninth feature film in the horror genre as a director. He previously directed the slasher film The New York Ripper, also released in 1981.

Recommendations[]

House by the Cemetery, The
New York Ripper
Rat Man
Zombi 2
Zombie Holocaust

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