A Name for Evil

1973 film by Bernard Girard
  • 1973 (1973)
Running time
74 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

A Name for Evil is a 1973 American horror film directed by Bernard Girard and starring Samantha Eggar and Robert Culp.

Plot

Dissatisfied with the family architectural business, a man and his wife pack up and move out to his great-grandfather's old house in the country. While trying to patch it up, the house starts to make it clear to him that it doesn't want him there, but the local church (with some off-kilter practices of their own) seems to take a shine to him.

Cast

  • Samantha Eggar as Joanna Blake
  • Robert Culp as John Blake
  • Sheila Sullivan as Luanna Baxter
  • Mike Lane as Fats
  • Sue Hathaway as Mary
  • Ted Greenhalgh as Hugh

Release

The film was released theatrically in the United States by Cinerama Releasing Corporation in 1973.

The film was released on VHS in the U.S. by Paragon Video Productions in the 1984.

See also

References

  • Horror and science fiction films II by Donald C. Willis
  • A Name for Evil at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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