Manhattan Baby
Manhattan Baby is a 1982 Italian horror film directed by Lucio Fulci, and starring Christopher Connelly and Carlo De Mejo. The film begins in Egypt, where Susie, the daughter of archaeologist George Hacker, is given a mysterious talisman by an old woman. Meanwhile, her father investigates a tomb, and is blinded by a blue light. George and Susie return to New York, where George gradually recovers his vision. Strange deaths begin to occur around the Hackers, seemingly caused by the amulet.
Plot
On holiday in Egypt with her archaeologist father George and journalist mother Emily, nine-year-old Susie Hacker is approached by a mysterious blind woman who gives her an amulet. Soon after, George becomes blind when he enters a previously unexplored tomb. His vision returns, however, upon returning to New York City. Susie, her younger brother Tommy, and their au pair, Jamie Lee, are affected by the amulet, gaining supernatural access to dimensional doorways. When George's eyesight returns, he describes the design on the wall of the tomb he'd entered to a colleague named Wiler.
More details
author | Dardano Sacchetti Elisa Briganti |
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contentLocation | New York City United States |
director | Lucio Fulci |
editor | Vincenzo Tomassi |
events | supernatural |
genre | horror |
keywords | amulet ancient egypt archaeologist archeology au pair bleed blind woman central park cobra coma crying for help dehydration east river even fit foaming at the mouth force inner voice instant film kill locked in morning nothing polaroid practical joke seizure track down worry young girl |
musicBy | Fabio Frizzi |
producer | Fabrizio De Angelis |
productionCompany | Fulvia Film |
publisher | Fulvia Films |