The Relic (1997)

110 min · Occult Horror, action film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film

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Directors

Peter Hyams

Cast

Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, Linda Hunt, James Whitmore, Clayton Rohner, Gene Davis, Tico Wells, Mike Bacarella, Constance Towers, Francis X. McCarthy, Thomas Ryan

The story

John Whitney, an anthropologist for the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, studies a tribe in South America and drinks a soup made by the tribesmen. Shortly after, Whitney accosts a merchant ship captain, asking him to remove the cargo he had intended to send to Chicago from the ship. Unwilling to delay the ship's departure, the captain refuses, and Whitney sneaks aboard.

Catalogue themes and tags

Chicago, Dead Body Without Brain, Indian, Occult, Pile of Dead Bodies, Wissenschaftlerin, Thriller, Japanese Movies, Horror, Creature Film, Film adaptation

Genres

Occult Horror, action film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film

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