Nightwing (1979, U.S.A.)

At the rock hovel home of Abner Tasupi (George Clutes), a 92 year old high priest of the Masakai, tribal deputy Youngman Duran (Nick Mancuso) finds the old man trying to bring the world to an end by summoning Yewah, the monster god of the Masakai who guards the gates of life and death. Called to the Mamoa ranch, Duran is puzzling over the strange razor sharp wounds and smell of ammonia coming from a dead horse when a helicopter soon arrives bearing Walker Chee (Stephen Macht), a wheeler dealer politician from the neighbouring Pahana tribe, accompanied by a veterinarian who underscores Duran’s observations as he takes samples to determine what killed the animal. After going to see Anne Dillon (Kathryn Harrold), a health service nurse with whom he’s romantically involved, Duran returns to Abner’s shack to find the old man dead, his flesh stripped raw like that of the Mamoa ranch horse.  

16mm film print has very slight fade, but generally great colour and in good condition for it’s age.