Après la mort de son mari dans des circonstances mystérieuses, une veuve devient de plus en plus paranoïaque à l'égard de la communauté religieuse voisine qui a peut-être des projets diaboli... Tout lireAprès la mort de son mari dans des circonstances mystérieuses, une veuve devient de plus en plus paranoïaque à l'égard de la communauté religieuse voisine qui a peut-être des projets diaboliques pour elle.Après la mort de son mari dans des circonstances mystérieuses, une veuve devient de plus en plus paranoïaque à l'égard de la communauté religieuse voisine qui a peut-être des projets diaboliques pour elle.
- Récompenses
- 3 nominations au total
- Melissa
- (as Coleen Riley)
- Jim Schmidt
- (as Doug Barr)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesWes Craven compared his work with actor Ernest Borgnine to John Carpenter's work with Donald Pleasance in the original La Nuit des masques (1978). He states that Borgnine was the first "big name actor" he had worked with and was at first intimidated by the actor.
- GaffesThe cult members only accuse female characters of being the Incubus. In folklore, however, an Incubus is an exclusively male demon, the counterpart to the exclusively female Succubus. **The "incubus" in this case actually was a man, who was living as a woman, so this isn't entirely a goof.**
- Citations
[in reference to Martha's land]
Vicky Anderson: If I owned a piece of property like this and I kicked the bucket, my parents would start building condos on it on the way home from the funeral!
- Crédits fousThe end credits start rolling before the narrator's dialogue is finshed.
- Versions alternativesIn the British version, to avoid what they might call confusion, they omitted the "finale" in which the incubus ascends from hell. This version runs 98 minutes.
- ConnexionsFeatured in The Directors: The Films of Wes Craven (1999)
Craven's lost treasure in his film collection just might be his curiously under-seen 1981 cult film "Deadly Blessing". Finally with its DVD release in Australia, I got the chance and really enjoyed this stylishly skin crawling and at times inspired psychological shocker. Everything about Wes Craven's well-mounted set pieces is genuinely haunting and visually striking with its spontaneously unexpected and innovative jolts. Tight, pressure-boiling suspense is atmospherically tailored to the dreamy, offbeat air and Craven's judgement is immensely on song. He paints the surreal mood with great use of tinted colouring, well-lit lighting and an eerily original and alienating rural location choice. Going a long way to making the whole set-up quite effective was James Horner's alarming music score, which ripples with ripe and tight thunderous cues. Glenn M. Benest and Mathew Barr's busily symbolic story builds upon the groundwork to only end up all over the shop with its supernatural and psychological elements that seem too uneven and illogical. Boy does it become out-of-control, and strange leading to the climax. It does throw one surprise after another! However the ambiguously outrageous and tacky shock ending, now that was a real eye opener that totally felt out-of-place within the subtle context. Listen to the amusing DVD commentary to understand the reasoning for its inclusion. Robert Jessup's elegantly scenic cinematography is well observed and swiftly handled. The three beautiful lead females were convincingly accessible; a headstrong Maren Jensen, joyful Susan Buckner and a drop dead gorgeous, but fragile-minded Sharon Stone. Ernest Borgnine's steadfast, godly turn as the sect leader is superbly prominent. Michael Berryman is unforgettable. Lisa Hartman and Lois Nettleton are enjoyably lively, and Jeff East and Kevin Cooney also appear. Also Craven manages to squeeze a neat little reference to his very good TV movie "Summer of Fear".
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- 13 oct. 2007
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Langue
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Deadly Blessing
- Lieux de tournage
- Waxahachie, Texas, États-Unis(Martha Schmidt's home)
- Sociétés de production
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Box-office
- Budget
- 2 500 000 $US (estimé)
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 8 279 042 $US
- Montant brut mondial
- 8 279 042 $US
- Durée1 heure 40 minutes
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 1.85 : 1