A Name for Evil

1973 film by Bernard Girard

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A Name for Evil

Directed by| Bernard Girard
Written by| Bernard Girard
Produced by| Reed Sherman
Starring| Samantha Eggar
Robert Culp
Cinematography| Reginald Morris
Edited by| Maurice Wright
Music by| Dominic Frontiere

Production
company

Penthouse

Distributed by| Cinerama Releasing Corporation

Release date

* 1973 (1973)

Running time

| 74 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

A Name for Evil is a 1973 American horror film directed by Bernard Girard and starring Samantha Eggar and Robert Culp.

## Plot[edit]

Dissatisfied with the family architectural business, a man and his wife pack up and move out to his great-grandfather's old house in the country. While trying to patch it up, the house starts to make it clear to him that it doesn't want him there, but the local church (with some off-kilter practices of their own) seems to take a shine to him.

## Cast[edit]

* Samantha Eggar as Joanna Blake
* Robert Culp as John Blake
* Sheila Sullivan as Luanna Baxter
* Mike Lane as Fats
* Sue Hathaway as Mary
* Ted Greenhalgh as Hugh

## Release[edit]

The film was released theatrically in the United States by Cinerama Releasing Corporation in 1973.

The film was released on VHS in the U.S. by Paragon Video Productions in the 1984.

## See also[edit]

* List of American films of 1973

## References[edit]

* Horror and science fiction films II by Donald C. Willis
* A Name for Evil at IMDb

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