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Deadly Blessing
When a former member of a religious cult dies in a mysterious accident, Martha, who now lives alone and close to the cult's church, begins to fear for her life and the lives of her visiting friends.
Release : | 1981 |
Rating : | 5.5 |
Studio : | United Artists, Polygram Pictures, Interplanetary Pictures Productions, |
Crew : | Assistant Property Master, Construction Coordinator, |
Cast : | Maren Jensen Sharon Stone Susan Buckner Jeff East Colleen Riley |
Genre : | Fantasy Horror Thriller |
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The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
The acting in this movie is really good.
Wes Craven's 1981 horror film tells about a widow who becomes haunted in an Amish community after her late, husband mysteriously dies. Her 2 friends are also targeted and the religious, townsfolk may be the ones plotting their demise. Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct) is featured in one of her earliest films and Ernest Borgnine (Escape from New York) and Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes) also appear. This isn't bad, Craven sort of provides similar scares that "A Nightmare on Elm Street," "Scream" & "Serpent and the Rainbow" inherit featuring a decent cast and great score. I'd give this a view at least once if you're into horror.
This movie is about a woman whose husband dies of some mysterious circumstance and as a widow she becomes all paranoid about her neighbors.The plot of this movie was perfect with good characters; good scares from time to time and extremely mysterious and suspenseful. Nothing was dragged in this movie went on with a perfect flow with a great BGM. All the actors did a wonderful job everyone was notable. The ending of this was unpredictable but it could have been made with a better ending story.YES I would recommend people to watch this movie.My Rating 8/10
After her husband gets killed in a mysterious farming accident, Martha (a solid and sympathetic performance by the striking Maren Jensen) begins to fear for her life as well as the well being of her visiting friends Vicky (Susan Buckner, very perky and appealing) and Lana (a positively ravishing Sharon Stone right before she hit it big) due to the fact that her husband was a former member of a strict religious cult led by the fanatical Isaiah Schmidt (Ernest Borgnine in fine forceful'n'fearsome form).Acclaimed horror maven Wes Craven, who also co-wrote the offbeat and intriguing script with Matthew Barr and Glenn M. Benest, ably crafts a genuinely tense and creepy atmosphere, provides a flavorsome evocation of the peaceful rural region setting, offers an interesting exploration of the danger and damage wrought by both long kept secrets and deep-seated repression, and expertly stages a few bravura shock set pieces (Lana gets terrorized in a barn, a spider drops in Lana's mouth, a snake in Martha's bathtub that's unnervingly phallic and Freudian in its implications). The sturdy cast helps a lot: Jeff East as amiable farmboy John, Colleen Riley as the neurotic Melissa, Lois Nettleton as the flaky and overprotective Louisa Stohler, Michael Berryman as loopy man-child William Gluntz, and Lisa Hartman as Louisa's peculiar daughter Faith. Both Robert C. Jessup's sharp cinematography and James Horner's supremely spooky score are on the money effective and impressive.However, the story really falls apart with an unfortunate array of gross lapses in logic and glaring implausibilities in the last third, with an annoyingly abrupt and absurd "Carrie"-inspired stinger surprise appearance by an incubus tossing in an from out of left field supernatural element that's seriously at odds with the more reality-based events that occur before it. Moreover, said ending feels cheap and tacked-on, which reportedly it was. Close, but no cigar.
Early work by horror specialist Wes Craven; his fourth film and first into the 1980's. Also one of Sharon Stone's earliest screen appearances. Unfortunately it stinks. IMDb reviews seem to be biased Craven lovers because this most certainly is not a gem. It's boring. The religious sect next door is supposed to have a deep secret. They don't. They're just ridiculous. Almost no chills in this except for a scene or two and they're very brief. A twist at the end doesn't do much to excite. Very bored with this.4.6 / 10 stars--Zoooma, a Kat Pirate Screener