The Blue Man (also known as Eternal Evil) is a 1985 Canadian horror film directed by George Mihalka and starring Winston Rekert, Karen Black, John Novak, and Patty Talbot.[2]

The Blue Man
A poster bearing the film's most commonly used title: Eternal Evil
Directed by	George Mihalka
Written by	Robert Geoffrion[1]
Produced by	Buck Houghton Pieter Kroonenburg[1]
Starring	Winston Rekert Karen Black John Novak Patty Talbot
Cinematography	Paul Van der Linden[1]
Edited by	Yves Langlois Nick Rotundo[1]
Music by	Marvin Dolgay
Release date	1985
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Premise

A dissatisfied Montreal director of TV commercials is taught to astrally project himself by a mysterious woman. But soon he finds that he does it against his will when he sleeps, and while he does it, he commits savage acts against those in his life.

Cast

• Winston Rekert as Paul Sharpe
• Karen Black as Janus
• John Novak as Kauffman
• Patty Talbot as Jennifer Sharpe
• Vlasta Vrána as Scott
• Andrew Bednarski as Matthew Sharpe
• Bronwen Booth as Isis
• Tom Rack as Dr. Meister
• Joanne Côté as Helen
• Philip Spensley as Bill Pearson
• Ron Lea as Mick
• Len Watt as Dr. Morton
• Michael Sinelnikoff as William Duval
• Lois Maxwell as Monica Duval
• Anthony Sherwood as Jensen
• Walter Massey as John Westmore

Release

The Blue Man had a limited release during the 1986 holiday season.[3] The film won the Prix du public at the Avoriaz horror film festival in January 1987 and was nominated for two Genie Awards: Winston Rekert for Best Actor and Marvin Dolgay for Best Score.[4]

The film received a retrospective screening at the 2017 Fantasia Film Festival.[3]

References

External links

• The Blue Man at IMDb
• The Blue Man is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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