question: The Evil is an American horror film, released in which year, and directed by Gus Trikonis and includes Victor Charles Buono, an American actor and comic and briefly a recording artist?
answer: 1978
context: Title: Jeepers Creepers 2
  Passage: Jeepers Creepers 2 is a 2003 American horror film written and directed by Victor Salva, produced by American Zoetrope, Capitol Films, Myriad Pictures and distributed by United Artists, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer division.  The film is a sequel to the 2001 horror film "Jeepers Creepers".  Francis Ford Coppola executive produced the film.
  Title: Castle of Evil
  Passage: Castle of Evil is a 1966 American horror film directed by Francis D. Lyon and written by Charles A. Wallace.  The film stars Scott Brady, Virginia Mayo, David Brian, Lisa Gaye, Hugh Marlowe and William Thourlby.  The film was released by World Entertainment Corp. in November 1966.
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  Title: Take This Job and Shove It (film)
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  Title: Miss All-American Beauty
  Passage: Miss All-American Beauty is a 1982 American television film directed by Gus Trikonis and starring Diane Lane.
  Title: Gus Trikonis
  Passage: Gus Trikonis (born November 21, 1937) is an American actor, dancer and director.
  Title: Dobaara: See Your Evil
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  Title: Victor Buono
  Passage: Victor Charles Buono (February 3, 1938January 1, 1982) was an American actor and comic and briefly a recording artist.  He was most famous for playing the villain King Tut on the television series "Batman" (1966-1968) and musician Edwin Flagg in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? " (1962), the latter of which earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations.  He was a busy actor from his late teens until his death at age 43, and with his large size and sonorous voice, he made a career of playing men much older than himself.
  Title: The Evil (1978 film)
  Passage: The Evil is a 1978 American horror film directed by Gus Trikonis and starring Richard Crenna, Joanna Pettet, Andrew Prine and Victor Buono.  It is also known as "House of Evil".
  Title: Evil Dead II
  Passage: Evil Dead II (also known in publicity materials as Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn) is a 1987 American horror comedy film directed by Sam Raimi and a parody sequel to the 1981 horror film "The Evil Dead".  The film was written by Raimi and Scott Spiegel, produced by Robert Tapert, and stars Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams.
citations: Victor Buono The Evil (1978 film)