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Deadly Blessing

Play trailer Poster for Deadly Blessing R,  1981,  1h 42m,  Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 44% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 28% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
44% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 28% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Friends visit a recent widow (Maren Jensen) who is frightened by the leader (Ernest Borgnine) of a neo-Hittite sect.

Critics Reviews

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 21, 2025
2/4
Ernest Borgnine delivers a typically hammy, Razzie Award-nominated performance as a fire-and-brimstone sort prone to making declarations like "You are a stench in the nostrils of God!" Go to Full Review
Sharai Bohannon A Nightmare On Fierce Street Podcast Aug 15, 2025
3/5
A questionable Wes Craven film is still more fun than many filmmakers at their best. This chaotic movie is unforgettable due to some big swings that (for the most part) work. Go to Full Review
Phil Edwards Starburst Jul 28, 2022
Deadly Blessing is no masterpiece to be sure, but it does make for an entertaining old fashioned horror movie, and amidst the welter of slash and stalk gore, this is welcome indeed. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Mar 3, 2022
3/5
this is lurid stuff, and probably all the better for the fetid, no-holds-barred atmosphere. Go to Full Review
Charles Webb MTV Jul 3, 2018
On paper, a slasher-thriller with supernatural overtones, Deadly Blessing is instead a series of loosely connected parts. Go to Full Review
Andreas Samuelson Slasherpool Jul 11, 2005
4/5
One of Wes Craven's best films, an oddball but often scary thriller mixing elements from religious, slasher, snake, spider and monster flicks Go to Full Review
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Kylo P Jul 10, 2017 One of Wes Craven's weaker entries in his filmography, yet Deadly Blessing still has a charm that makes almost essential slasher horror viewing. See more
Kylo P Jan 2, 2017 Great early work from Wes Craven. Sharon Stone, Ernest Borgnine and Mauren Jensen do a great job with this sexy thriller about an Amish "cult". See more
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Deadly Blessing

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Cast & Crew

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Wes Craven

Director

Maren Jensen

Martha Schmidt

Ernest Borgnine

Isaiah Schmidt

Susan Buckner

Vicky Anderson

Sharon Stone

Lana Marcus

Jeff East

John Schmidt

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Deadly Blessing

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Movie Info

Synopsis Friends visit a recent widow (Maren Jensen) who is frightened by the leader (Ernest Borgnine) of a neo-Hittite sect.
Director
Wes Craven
Producer
Micheline H. Keller, Max A. Keller, Patricia Herskovic
Screenwriter
Glenn M. Benest, Matthew Barr, Wes Craven
Production Co
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Inter Planetary
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 14, 1981, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 9, 2016
Runtime
1h 42m
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