hmservant Despite some bad acting and questionable editing, this certainly qualifies as a cult movie. As if the story, which turns the Christian religion on its head by updating it and tossing in an extraterrestrial angle for good measure, weren't enough to qualify it as an oddball treasure, it features the enigmatic Andy Kaufman in a small role as a police assassin. His scene is brief, but reminds me uncannily of the Joker/ mayoral assassination scene in "The Dark Knight." Anyway, not all of the story works, yet it needs to be seen in order to be appreciated for its "only in the seventies" allure. Check it out....

Michael_Elliott God Told Me To (1976) ** (out of 4) New York detective Peter Nicholas (Tony Lo Bianco) begins to investigate a strange string of mass homicides where the murderers claim that they are doing the crimes due to God telling them. Soon the detective learns of a woman who while still a virgin gave birth to a boy after an apparent alien abduction.GOD TOLD ME TO is a low-budget thriller from writer-director Larry Cohen who is best remembered for the string of pictures he made in the 70s including IT'S ALIVE. This film here has some interesting ideas behind it but for the most part it doesn't completely work, although there's still enough interesting stuff here to make it worth watching.I think one of the best things going for the film is the lead performance by Lo Bianco. The character actor certainly does a nice job in the role of the detective as he looks and sounds the part. He brings a certain authentic feel to the part. Deborah Raffin and Sandy Dennis are good as well and it was fun seeing Sylvia Sidney in her small role. Mike Kellin and that great voice are also on hand.The direction is good throughout and there's no doubt that Cohen handles his screenplay just fine. I think the lack of any real suspense is the biggest deal-breaker for the picture as well as the fact that it runs out of gas around the fifty minute mark and it takes a while to finish. There's no question that the first half of the film is much more entertaining than the second.

Wizard-8 I am writing this after watching "God Told Me To" for a second time. I rewatched it because I didn't remember much about it from the first time. And after seeing the movie again, I think I know why I forgot so much about it. That reason being that the movie is extremely confusing. It start off okay, but little by little it starts to get largely incoherent. I could understand the basic plot, but many essential details don't seem to be there or are delivered in a very murky fashion. I do give writer/director Larry Cohen credit for an interesting premise, one I don't think was done in a major motion picture before. And despite the low budget and independent nature of the movie, Cohen manages to give the movie a "big" feel like what you'd get with a major Hollywood studio production. All the same, it's a frustrating experience, one that you'll probably forget after a few weeks of watching it. I know I'll probably forget all about it again.

Boba_Fett1138 Let me tell you, that if this was a movie that got done with a bigger budget to spend and some more well known names in it, this movie would had been absolutely considered to be a classic one within its genre.You really probably beforehand don't expect much good to come from this movie. It's a '70's movie with the title "God Told Me To" and the main premise makes it sound as if this is your average typical exploitation flick about a killer on the loose. But you'll be surprised at what sudden turns this movie makes throughout. It actually starts to combine lots of different genre elements, such as horror, thriller but above all things also science-fiction. Here is mostly were the movie start to get interesting and surprising to watch. It's a real refreshingly original movie, that truly deserves some more attention and recognition.But also simple fact about this movie remains is that it's a quite cheaply done one and you can really tell that. It's the sort of cheap '70's movie that for instance used different camera's, none of which were the same, so the movie its look changes throughout the movie a few times. The interior and exterior shots especially differ. It's cheapness can been seen back in basically about everything, such as also in the directing and acting and this is what mostly harms the movie.But yet, once you really start to get into this movie, you'll start to forgive the movie for its cheap look and lesser moments. It simply has a great concept and a refreshing approach. This all should be good enough to still make you thoroughly enjoy watching this movie.The movie can get quite messy and confusing to watch at times but it's hard to say if you can really blame the writer or director for this, since lots of '70's movies were basically just being that way. It also sort of adds to the style and atmosphere of this movie its unlikely and refreshing story and approach.It's also fun to note that this movie features late comedian Andy Kaufman's first movie appearance. It's really about a 2 second part but it's fun to notice nevertheless.A surprisingly good and refreshingly original movie.8/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/