UW Cinematheque - Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair
Messiah of Evil | USA | 1974 | 35mm | 90 min. Director: Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz
Event Details
Date
Saturday, June 27, 2026
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Marianna Hill, Michael Greer, Elisha Cook, Jr.
Best known as co-screenwriters for George Lucas’ American Graffiti (1973) and Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck also directed this creepy and distinctly alluring high point of 1970s horror cinema. Searching for her father in the beachfront town of Point Dume, Arletty (Hill) gets more than she bargained for when she encounters unusual happenings in this remote California community.
Best known as co-screenwriters for George Lucas’ American Graffiti (1973) and Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck also directed this creepy and distinctly alluring high point of 1970s horror cinema. Searching for her father in the beachfront town of Point Dume, Arletty (Hill) gets more than she bargained for when she encounters unusual happenings in this remote California community.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email jehealy@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Saturday, June 13, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.