Take a sharp turn into the unknown with our “Detour” series featuring genre faves, cult classics, unsung gems and more.
After receiving a string of unsettling letters from her father, Arletty arrives in a sleepy California coastal town called Point Dune. Dad is nowhere to be seen. Instead, Arletty finds a town full of drugged-out burnouts, barren shopping centres, and…something else!
“Messiah of Evil” is a swirling vortex of Lovecraftian terror, analog synth attacks, and grisly bloodshed from the team who’d later go on to make “Howard The Duck!”