God Told Me To

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

The people of this city are being terrorized. The crimes have no motives. The killers have only one explanation...

Devout Catholic detective Peter Nicholas investigates a series of murders around New York City, perpetrated by men who claim that God told them to do it. After the police department denies any religious underpinnings to the murders and suspends him, Nicholas begins to connect the murders to a messianic cult figure in town.

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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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