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Deadly Blessing (1981)

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Average Rating: 4.4/10
Reviews Counted: 5
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Release Date: Aug 14, 1981 Wide

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Deadly Blessing, a disappointing effort from famed horror-film director Wes Craven, tells the story of a woman's fight against a religious cult which will not stop at murder. Martha (Maren Jensen) lives alone near a conservative, repressive religious cult led by Isaiah (Ernest Borgnine). Martha's husband was murdered under mysterious circumstances after he left the cult. Martha and her two visiting friends Vicky (Susan Buckner) and Lana (Sharon Stone) find themselves being pressured to live in

R, 1 hr. 42 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Cult Movies

Directed By: Wes Craven

In Theaters: Aug 14, 1981 Wide

Cast

Maren Jensen
Martha
Susan Buckner
Vicky
Sharon Stone
Lana
Jeff East
John Schmidt
Lisa Hartman
Faith
Lois Nettleton
Louisa
Ernest Borgnine
Isaiah
Colleen Riley
Melissa
Douglas Barr
Jim Schmidt
Michael Berryman
William Gluntz
Kevin Cooney
Sheriff
Neil Fletcher
Gravedigger
Lawrence Montaigne
Matthew
Percy Rodrigues
Narrator
Annabelle Weenick
Ruth
Lucky Mosley
Sammy

Critic Reviews for Deadly Blessing

All Critics (8) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (4) | DVD (1)

One of Wes Craven's best films, an oddball but often scary thriller mixing elements from religious, slasher, snake, spider and monster flicks

July 11, 2005 Full Review Source: Slasherpool

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Andreas Samuelson

Slasherpool Source: Slasherpool

Craven misses the mark with this one.

March 19, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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A tame but fairly decent effort from Wes Craven. The film doesn't provide much of a body count or gory detail for splatter fans, but it does well building suspense and moments of creepiness and sets up a very good finale with an unexpected turn in the plot. It's not the most talked about Craven film but it's definitely worth a watch.

December 8, 2011

Lee ?

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Not bad, it was entertaining I must say.

December 11, 2009

Wahida K

Super Reviewer

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