Jim Schmidt, a former member of the Hittites - a religious community who reject all ways of modern life - has married an outsider and left the community. As a result, he is murdered when someone starts his tractor and runs him over.

His grieving widow, Martha, hated by the Hittites for seducing one of their brethren, is joined by two old girlfriends from college who come to console her, but it's not long before someone or something starts trying to kill them too.

When a former member of a religious cult dies in a mysterious accident, his wife Martha (Maren Jensen, Battlestar Galactica), who now lives alone and close to the cult's church, begins to fear for her life and the lives of her visiting friends (Susan Buckner, Sharon Stone). Strange and deadly events begin to happen... Could she be the target of the evil cult and its fanatical leader Isaiah (Ernest Borgnine)?

Directed by Wes Craven (Scream, A Nightmare On Elm Street) and starring Jeff East (Pumpkinhead), Lisa Hartman (The 17th Bride) and Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes), this consistently terrifying film delivers "unpredictable plot twists" (Time Out) and visual shocks galore.

Product details

Director	Wes Craven
Actor	Sharon Stone, Maren Jensen, Susan Buckner, Jess East, Ernest Borgnine, Michael Berryman, Kevin Cooney
Label	SHOUT! FACTORY

Genre	Horror
Content	DVD
FSK / age rating	from age 16
Publication date	22.01.2013
Region code	1
Edition	Collector's Edition
Version	US Version
Original title	Deadly Blessing
Year of production	1981
Length	100 Minutes
Audio	English

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Horror

Customer reviews

unterhaltsam, ruhig und geheimnisvoll

Written on 03. December 2021 by GameMoviePortal.ch.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

TÖDLICHER SEGEN von Horrormeister Wes Craven (SCREAM) ist unterhaltsam und geheimnisvoll, aber auch fantasievoll und kitschig. Es mangelt an Spannung und Tempo, die Bild- und Tonqualität ist aufgrund des Filmalters schlecht, und zum Schluss bleiben viele Fragen ungeklärt (Stichwort Geist/Inkubus). Hier hätten die Macher eine bessere Auflösung bieten sollen. Der Film ist aber nicht komplett versaut, da die drei Frauen (u.a. Sharon Stone) überzeugen, Ernest Borgnine als bekannter Nebendarsteller zu sehen ist und auch die Filmmusik von James Horner stimmungsvoll ist. Richtig gruselig, beängstigend oder nervenzerfetzend wird es aber nie. Daher nur durchschnittlich.

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