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Beware My Brethren

Original title: The Fiend
  • 19721972
  • RR
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
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Patrick Magee in Beware My Brethren (1972)
A religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy Wemys, sending her unstable son, Kenny, into a spiraling descent into madness.
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A religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy Wemys, sending her unstable son, Kenny, into a spiraling descent into madness. No woman is safe when Kenny's religious m... Read allA religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy Wemys, sending her unstable son, Kenny, into a spiraling descent into madness. No woman is safe when Kenny's religious mania overpowers him and leads to murder and chaos.A religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy Wemys, sending her unstable son, Kenny, into a spiraling descent into madness. No woman is safe when Kenny's religious mania overpowers him and leads to murder and chaos.
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
576
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Robert Hartford-Davis
  • Writer
    • Brian Comport(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ann Todd
    • Patrick Magee
    • Tony Beckley
  • Director
    • Robert Hartford-Davis
  • Writer
    • Brian Comport(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ann Todd
    • Patrick Magee
    • Tony Beckley
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 16User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    Ann Todd and Suzanna Leigh in Beware My Brethren (1972)
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    Ann Todd and Patrick Magee in Beware My Brethren (1972)
    Tony Beckley in Beware My Brethren (1972)
    Suzanna Leigh in Beware My Brethren (1972)
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    Ann Todd and Tony Beckley in Beware My Brethren (1972)
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    Ann Todd
    Ann Todd
    • Birdy Wemys
    Patrick Magee
    Patrick Magee
    • Minister
    Tony Beckley
    Tony Beckley
    • Kenny Wemys
    Madeleine Hinde
    • Brigitte Lynch
    Suzanna Leigh
    Suzanna Leigh
    • Paddy Lynch
    Percy Herbert
    Percy Herbert
    • Commissionaire
    David Lodge
    David Lodge
    • C.I.D. Inspector
    Ronald Allen
    Ronald Allen
    • Paul
    Maxine Barrie
    • Singer
    Jeannette Wild
    • Prostitute
    Diana Chappell
    • Poolside Girl
    Susanna East
    Susanna East
    • Teenage Girl
    Hani Borelle
    • Riverside Girl
    Ian Kiddy
    • Baptised Boy
    Dee Shenderey
    Dee Shenderey
    • Congregation
    • (as Dee Shenderry)
    Brenda Kempner
    • Congregation
    Irving Lycett
    • Congregation
    James Watts
    • Congregation
    • Director
      • Robert Hartford-Davis
    • Writer
      • Brian Comport(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Maxine Barrie, who sings at the start of the film, was the first winner of the UK TV show Stars In Their Eyes (as Shirley Bassey)
    • Goofs
      At the beginning of the movie when the young boy is baptized, the boy is placed inside the baptismal pool. However during one shot of the congregation shouting, he is shown completely dry, back on his pew and seconds again later he is sat in the baptismal pool.
    • Alternate versions
      For its original UK cinema release the film was heavily cut by the BBFC with edits to the murder scenes (the torch murder and the strangling/stripping), shots of a girl's body on a meat hook, and the sequence where Kenny listens to the taped pleadings of his victims. The uncut version was once shown on BBC1 though later showings used an edited print. The 2010 Odeon DVD features the fully uncut version.
    • Connections
      Featured in Trailer Trauma 2: Drive-in Monsterama (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      We Are One
      Music by Richard Kerr

      Lyrics by Joan Maitland

      Sung by Richard Kerr & Maxine Barrie

    User reviews16

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    8/10
    Unusual and thrilling
    What a splendid film that could be even better than Robert Hartford-Davis's, Corruption (1968) that starred Peter Cushing. This time maybe too much of the religious sect but we have in the leading part the great Patrick Magee and he is so good that it is all really fine. There are moments that maybe are a little amateurish but then the killings are incredible that like with the later film it is also so nasty. Clearly the UK cuts were considerable and almost like another film, known as The Fiend. The horrible church and their hint of child corruption with Magee are very good also Ann Todd just as worrying and their little sect. Unusual and thrilling.
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    • christopher-underwood
    • Aug 6, 2022

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    • Release date
      • May 1972 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Beware of the Brethren
    • Filming locations
      • Twickenham Film Studios, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Production company
      • World Arts Media
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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