God Told Me To

  • Crime
  • Horror
  • Science Fiction
10/22/1976
90
R

It will give you nightmares forever!

A repressed Catholic NYPD detective uncovers a netherworld of deranged faith, alien insemination and his own unholy connection to a homicidal messiah with a perverse plan for the soul of mankind.

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  • Wuchak

    Its, um creative

    A detective in Manhattan (Tony Lo Bianco) is puzzled by a string of murders committed by unconnected people who, curiously, claim God told them to do it. Caught between his girlfriend (Deborah Raffin) and ex-wife (Sandy Dennis), he traces the crimes to a mysterious long-haired man (Richard Lynch).

    Proficiently made by Larry Cohen, God Told Me To (1976) starts out like a brooding detective mystery/thriller with Clint Eastwood, but adds an eerie psychological/religious component and, finally, high concept sci-fi. Its sort of a 70s version of Five Million Years to Earth with the artsy pretentiousness of the soon-to-come Wolfen. The Brood is another good comparison, as is the 1978 version of Invasion of the Body ...

    December 22, 2023

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