He and his "half breed" partner Half Moon (Joy Houck Jr.) team up with a geologist Amos (Ted Neeley) to find some "stones" buried in a cursed mountain in Arkansas by a dying rebel (Slim Pickens). After coming upon the remains of an Indian massacre they pick up Drusilla (Sondra Locke), a rape victim left for dead. On their way, they seem to be followed. Half Moon thinks it's evil spirits. They have an encounter with three bushwhackers Posey (Dennis Fimple), Rafe (John Chandler) & Dancer (Grady Wyatt)) who they bury in a landslide. When they get to the mountain Half Moon says it's cursed by an eagle killed by an Indian chief. They lose all their horses and Half Moon is killed. After Drusiella is rescued from falling off a mountain, the trio find the diamonds. Amos is killed by an arrow through his neck.
This is the only directorial effort by Earl E. Smith who wrote THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK and THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN.
CURSE OF DEMON MOUNTAIN is also known as THE SHADOW OF CHIKARA and was distributed by Howco Int., the company founded by Joy Houck Sr.
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