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Deadly Blessing

  • 1981
  • R
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
6.6K
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Sharon Stone in Deadly Blessing (1981)
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After her husband dies under mysterious circumstances, a widow becomes increasingly paranoid of the neighboring religious community that may have diabolical plans for her.After her husband dies under mysterious circumstances, a widow becomes increasingly paranoid of the neighboring religious community that may have diabolical plans for her.After her husband dies under mysterious circumstances, a widow becomes increasingly paranoid of the neighboring religious community that may have diabolical plans for her.

  • Director
    • Wes Craven
  • Writers
    • Glenn M. Benest
    • Matthew Barr
    • Wes Craven
  • Stars
    • Maren Jensen
    • Sharon Stone
    • Susan Buckner
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    6.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Wes Craven
    • Writers
      • Glenn M. Benest
      • Matthew Barr
      • Wes Craven
    • Stars
      • Maren Jensen
      • Sharon Stone
      • Susan Buckner
    • 89User reviews
    • 122Critic reviews
    • 56Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Maren Jensen in Deadly Blessing (1981)
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    Maren Jensen
    Maren Jensen
    • Martha Schmidt
    Sharon Stone
    Sharon Stone
    • Lana Marcus
    Susan Buckner
    Susan Buckner
    • Vicky Anderson
    Jeff East
    Jeff East
    • John Schmidt
    Colleen Riley
    • Melissa
    • (as Coleen Riley)
    Douglas Barr
    Douglas Barr
    • Jim Schmidt
    • (as Doug Barr)
    Lisa Hartman
    Lisa Hartman
    • Faith Stohler
    Lois Nettleton
    Lois Nettleton
    • Louisa Stohler
    Ernest Borgnine
    Ernest Borgnine
    • Isaiah Schmidt
    Michael Berryman
    Michael Berryman
    • William Gluntz
    Kevin Cooney
    Kevin Cooney
    • Sheriff
    Bobby Dark
    • Theatre Manager
    Kevin Farr
    • Fat Boy
    Neil Fletcher
    • Gravedigger
    Jonathon Gulla
    • Tom Schmidt
    Chester Kulas Jr.
    • Leopold
    Lawrence Montaigne
    Lawrence Montaigne
    • Matthew Gluntz
    Lucky Mosley
    • Sammy
    • Director
      • Wes Craven
    • Writers
      • Glenn M. Benest
      • Matthew Barr
      • Wes Craven
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Wes Craven compared his work with actor Ernest Borgnine to John Carpenter's work with Donald Pleasance in the original "Halloween". He states that Borgnine was the first "big name actor" he had worked with and was at first intimadated by the actor.
    • Goofs
      The cult members only accuse female characters of being the Incubus. In folklore however an Incubus is an exclusively male demon the gender opposite counterpart to the exclusively female Succubus.
    • Quotes

      [in reference to Martha's land]

      Vicky Anderson: If I owned a piece of property like this and I kicked the bucket, my parents would start building condos on it on the way home from the funeral!

    • Crazy credits
      The end credits start rolling before the narrator's dialogue is finshed.
    • Alternate versions
      In the British version, to avoid what they might call confusion, they omitted the "finale" in which the incubus ascends from hell. This version runs 98 minutes.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Directors: The Films of Wes Craven (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Maggie May
      Written by Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton

      Performed by Rod Stewart

    User reviews89

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    Featured review
    6/10
    Amish Paradise
    A solid shocker, ruined by a botched story and a ridicolous finale, but already demonstrating the greatness of his director, Wes Craven. A couple of scenes in the movie (like the dream spider sequence with a young and pretty Sharon Stone, and the almost heartstopping snake in the bath scene) are really good and even the movie is good for more than half is length. Alas, the botched explanation of the resolution of the story (really stupid and very similar to another movie of those years - Sleepaway Camp) and the really ridicolous demon apparition at the end of the movie soften the total impact of this otherwise more than watchable thriller with mildly supernatural tones.
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    5
    • pumaye
    • May 1, 2002

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 14, 1981 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dem Tode geweiht
    • Filming locations
      • Waxahachie, Texas, USA(Martha Schmidt's home)
    • Production companies
      • PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
      • Inter Planetary Productions Corporation
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $8,279,042
    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,279,042
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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