Equinox poster

Equinox( 1970)

TV-MAAdventureHorror
51%
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Occult Barrier Between Good and Evil

Overview

Due to their possession of an ancient mystic book, four friends are attacked by a demon while on a picnic and find themselves pitched into a world of evil that overlaps their own. The film was originally made in 1967 by Dennis Muren as The Equinox: Journey into the Supernatural. Jack Woods was hired to shoot additional footage and expand on Muren's work.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Edward Connell

      David Fielding (as Skip Shimer)

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      Barbara Hewitt

      Susan Turner

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      Jack Woods

      Asmodeus

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      Frank Bonner

      Jim Hudson (as Frank Boers Jr.)

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      Robin Christopher

      Vicki (as Robin Snider)

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      James Phillips

      Reporter Sloan (as Jim Phillips)

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      Fritz Leiber Jr.

      Dr. Arthur Watermann (as Fritz Leiber)

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      Patrick Burke

      Doctor Branson

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      Sharon Gray

      Nurse

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      Louis Clayton

      Old man in cave

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      Norvelle Brooks

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      Irving L. Lichtenstein

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      James Dwion

      The Orderly

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      Forrest J. Ackerman

      Doctor on Tape Recorder (voice) (uncredited)

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      Jack H. Harris

      Detective Harrison (uncredited)

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      Chuck Niles

      Reporter Sloan (voice) (uncredited)

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      Jim Duron

      The Green Giant

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Wuchak

    5
    Written by Wuchak on Tue Sep 24 2024
    **_The beginning of cabin-in-the-woods horror, sort of_** Four college-aged youths go out to the woods north of Los Angeles to visit their professor’s cabin and have a picnic, but they stumble upon a grimoire and several malevolent creatures are inadvertently unleashed. “Equinox” mixes “Mysterious Island” (1961) with HP Lovecraft and the low-budget weirdness of, say, The Twilight Zone. It was originally made as “The Equinox... A Journey Into the Supernatural,” a 71-minute flick made for $6500 by Dennis Muren and Mark Thomas McGee in 1967. However, after impressing a producer, a director ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    8000.00

    Revenue

    850000.00

    Keywords

    • monster
    • necronomicon