Review of Deadly Blessing (1981) by Ferdi A — 14 Sep 2015

There's no corn, but might as well call this Amish of the Corn. It's actually a pretty good (for it's time) thriller. Full of suspense, a couple of twists, some misdirection; It works well.

The 15 seconds at the end (shortest paranormal addition to a film maybe ever - which is kind of thrown in for who knows why) are quite effective and surprising. Think Craven's Nightmare on Elm Street final scene; it's similar.

In fact, there are so many parallels between this movie and his successful horror inception of NOES (bath scenes are almost interchangeable). Plus you get Ernest Borgnine leading the creepy, cult-like Amish (or hitite) group, a very young (teenage?) Sharon Stone, and a lead character that strikes a very uncanny resemblance to Rachel McAdams in Maren Jensen.

Thumbs up for this early Wes Craven piece.