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Deadly Blessing

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ONE of Craven's earlier chillers which I thought was pretty good. Mara Jensen and her husband live on a farm and her husband is accidentally killed. (not a spoiler it happens in the first ten minutes!) Her friends Sharon Stone and Susan Buckley(patty from grease) come to stay with her. Besides them, Mara's only other friends are Lois Nettleton and her shy daughter who live nearby. Soon more accidents are happening ,obviously a killer is on the loose! You get a snake in the tub(just try to watch!), Mara Jensen in two catfights, and sharon stone freaking out in a barn and falling down stairs. i don't know why this is so hard to find. they should re-release it. luckily i have a copy i bought used a few years back. if you can find it get it.

This is a creepy little movie that I am surprised is not on DVD. It should be! That snake in the tub scene freaked me out when I first saw it years ago,
as well as the spider scene. Maybe it has something to do with my natural fear of snakes and spiders! Waiting for a smart company to bring this out of print Craven flick back so it will get the attention I think it deserves.

Please release the "Deadly Blessing" on dvd. I think it is fun to see Sharon Stone as she was 26 years ago.

I still think this is one of Wes Craven's best movies. I know it goes completely crazy at the end and doesn't make a lot of sense but it has great atmosphere, great scares, and a young Sharon Stone looking hotter than any woman has a right to. Why this isn't out on DVD is beyond me.

This add says this is an all region DVD. That is not true. This is A region 2 DVD. Needs to be a true all region or a region 1 DVD. That said, it is too bad for this is a Good 3 star film. Received A copy sent it back & received the same thing again. Getting a refund this time. Amazon should put region 2 on their add.

i almost ordered this dvd til i read that it wasnt a region 1 dvd they shouldnt say its an all region dvd if its not

thanks for the feedback

leslie fuller

"Deadly Blessing" is a surprisingly good horror movie from Wes Craven. It has Ernest Borgnine (Marty (1954)), Maren Jensen, otherwise known as Athena on Battlestar Galactica - The Complete Epic Series), and a young Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct - Director's Cut (Ultimate Edition)). The Hittites (loosely based on the Hutterites/Amish) are an enclosed community, shunning modern technology. One of their own has left the fold to marry Maren. He suffers deadly consequences.

As a widow, Maren is comforted by her friends. There's plenty of craziness, a questioning of societal mores. The Hittites somehow to manage to blend Eastern Orthodox sacred music with Catholic practices all the while being good Bible-quoting Protestants. The ending fight scenes are all between women, and the proper young lady Faith (Lisa Hartman) turns out to be androgynous. For some in the audience, Maren's frequent nudity is satisfying in its own way. The climactic scene... well, it makes no sense.

"Deadly Blessing" has a nightmarish, foreboding atmosphere. James Horner contributes a chilling score. In a sense, it foreshadows The Village (Widescreen Vista Series) about the clash between modern and ancient ways. "Deadly Blessing" is horrifically good!

I had wanted to see Deadly Blessing for a while now and it has never got a DVD release here in the U.S. and so I finally ordered this copy of the movie on DVD. I was happy to see that it played in my Blu-Ray player!!
The movie itself was awesome the first time seeing it and still is now watching it. I love everything about the film even with some of the cheesy endings. But "cheese" is good in these type of horror films. I actually really enjoy the twists towards the end though. Also, you have Sharon Stone in the film and she was hot in this film. Overall, I love this film and it should get noticed more because it is has to be in my top 5 favourite Wes Craven films. I hope it gets a U.S. DVD release in the future.

I beleive this was one of the first movies for Shannon Stone, she's hot in this movie and its early Wes Craven work. Its a good movie, with suspense flayed out in all the right places. He did a fine job with the incandescence of the picture. It's a must see for Wes craven fans.

If there is a bigger Wes Craven fan than myself, I haven't met them. From his early work, the incomparable "Last House on the Left", to his latest work, the hugely entertaining "Scream franchise", there are very few movies of his that I don't enjoy on at least some level. Of course, all of this comes into play while reviewing the slasher gem of the night, the little known and unappreciated "Deadly Blessing." How people have never heard of such an elegant and supremely suspense film is a mystery to me. Yes, dear reader, it really is that good.

"Deadly Blessing" begins with young couple Martha (Maren Jensen) and Tom Schmidt (Jonathon Gulla) living in an isolated farm named `Our Blessing', where most of it's population are of the Hittite religion. Jim used to be a Hittite himsef but left the community when he got married. Martha tells matron Louisa Stohler (Lois Nettleton), who is the mother of Faith (Lisa Hartman)that she is pregnant. That night, Tom searches in the barn after hearing strange noises from inside, but is murdered when a mysterious figure runs him over with his tractor. This is seen as a mechanical accident.

Friends Lana Marcus (Sharon Stone) and Vicky Anderson (Susan Buckner) visit Martha after Tom's funeral. Some time after Martha refuses to sell the farm to Isaiah Schmidt (Ernest Borgnine), the leader of the Hittites, and slams the door in his face. When William Gluntz (Michael Berryman) goes to the house at night to search for his shoe he accidentally left earlier when sneaking around, he is stabbed through the back by an unseen figure.

Martha is now being accused of being the incubas. Lana enters the barn the next day to look for something in the haystack but all the doors and windows suddenly close, trapping her inside. In a panic, she searches for a way out but encounters a figure dressed in black. When escaping out the now open barn door William's corpse swoops down at her, hanging from a rope. The police clears up the mess as the sheriff (Kevin Cooney) advises the three friends to move out of town, as someone may be after them. However, Martha descides to stay where she is and buy a gun for protection. Multiple events follow, such as a snake being put into Martha's bathroom while she's taking a bath by an unseen figure who creeps in her house. She manages to get out of the bath and kill it. Little do the friends know that the trouble has only began.

I cannot possibly oversell "Deadly Blessing". The cinematography is pitch perfect, the deaths are extremely suspenseful, and the ending, while a bit out there, stays completely true to the story. It is with this film that Craven showed the film world that he could make a horror movie that relied on actual intelligent filmmaking as opposed to cheap scares. While it is true that the film is a bit slow and meanders a bit in its middle act, it is still a fine horror movie that deserves a re-release. If you haven't seen it yet, check it out immediately. Sadly, however, it is only available in region 2 release so unless you have a VCR or a multiregion dvd plyer, you may be out of luck.