Product Details

• Actors: Ann Todd, Patrick Magee, Tony Beckley, Madeleine Hinde, Suzanna Leigh
• Directors: Robert Hartford-Davis
• Writers: Brian Comport
• Producers: Robert Hartford-Davis, John Lightfoot, Robert Shearer
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Monterey Home Video
• VHS Release Date: February 23, 1989
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300198596
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #444,956 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Where's the CEMENT lady ?, April 3, 2005

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Martin Montag (INTERZONE) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Fiend (DVD)

This is a fantastic piece of British sleaze, but this dvd is CUT ! My favorite scene from this film is missing, the naked lady who slides out of a cement mixer into a gloriously sleazey pool of gloop. What a shame, thankfully I still have my Broadcast of this slice of demented sleaze, which the BBC kindly aired late one evening fully UNCUT.

Shame about this dvd as this little gem of a movie deserves to be seen uncut. Includes an incredible performance from Patrick (CLOCKWORK ORANGE) Magee.

five stars for the movie / one star for the cut dvd

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars So bad...it's kind of good, December 20, 2000

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Heather Glacken (New Jersey , USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fiend [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have only seen this film once, many years ago. I was so impressed with Tony Beckley's performance in When a Stranger Calls that I decided to seek out his earlier roles. I stumbled across this British horror fim, and watched it a few times after that. It was so bad... it had me laughing out loud. I repeat, this was a long time ago... so my mind may be playing tricks on me. It concerned the story of a young man (Tony Beckley) and his overtly religious, massively psychotic, domineering mother. It explores how his longing to do good? drives him to kill young women so that he can "save" them. The corny music and funky clothes only add to the hilarity! Patrick Magee (of A Clockwork Orange fame) is once again over the top... & too cool for words as a mad priest. I only hope that I described this flick correctly. If you have a large supply of alcohol...& this film...you are in for a night of fun. Or it could just be my fading memory.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Well-Done British Thriller, November 8, 2003

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Brian G. Ehlert (Coushatta, LA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fiend [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Personally, I disagree with the other reviewer; I found the film to be quite suspensful, with the typically excellent British acting. It certainly shows the dangers of religious fanaticism, which is going on all too frequently in THIS country. Monterrey did a fine job on the video release; HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.