Review of Manhattan Baby (1982) by Shaun B — 07 May 2012

Little Susie is very young, very pretty, and very very evil!

One of Lucio Fulci's more obscure films...and for a good reason-it just isn't that good. The gore is minimal at best and it can't fall into the giallo genre proper though there are some moments where it does delve into such Italian tastes. Unfortunately, Lucio Fulci perhaps set out for good but it's nothing more than a Eurotrash movie filmed in NYC and Egypt. What does Egypt have to do with it? You've heard of The Exorcist right? Right. The atmosphere presented here is a direct rip-off (concerning Egypt and evil things) of the vastly superior Friedkin movie; otherwise it's nothing more than one of Fulci's worst films that are available on DVD...and to be honest I don't understand why this is available at all.