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5.5/10
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After her husband dies under mysterious circumstances, a widow becomes increasingly paranoid of the neighboring religious community that may have diabolical plans for her.After her husband dies under mysterious circumstances, a widow becomes increasingly paranoid of the neighboring religious community that may have diabolical plans for her.After her husband dies under mysterious circumstances, a widow becomes increasingly paranoid of the neighboring religious community that may have diabolical plans for her.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Colleen Riley
- Melissa
- (as Coleen Riley)
Douglas Barr
- Jim Schmidt
- (as Doug Barr)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWes Craven compared his work with actor Ernest Borgnine to John Carpenter's work with Donald Pleasance in the original Halloween (1978). He states that Borgnine was the first "big name actor" he had worked with and was at first intimidated by the actor.
- GoofsThe 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.**
- Quotes
[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!
- Crazy creditsThe end credits start rolling before the narrator's dialogue is finshed.
- Alternate versionsIn 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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Directors: The Films of Wes Craven (1999)
Featured review
I have a soft spot for this movie since I saw it years ago. The plot goes haywire in all kinds of directions and nothing much actually happens (it is a little too slow-moving for it's own good). But it is imaginatively directed I think, with nice touches (the bath, the dream with the spider, the barnsequence) and an overall creepy atmosphere. Of course, the acting has it's weak spots with some overacting and some none-acting, but the women are all gorgeus and Maren Jensens husband isn't a badlooking fella' himself but he doesn't get much screentime. The ending, as so many have pointed out, is just a little bit silly/weak and I suspect that there was an alternative one (it seems so much like a tacked-on scene). But I don't understand that so many people really dislike this film. It's not the best from Mr Craven (he has done far worse. "Deadly Friend", "Swamp thing" and "The Hills have eyes 2" are truly embarassing). If it shows up as a late-night movie, give it a try!
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Dem Tode geweiht
- Filming locations
- Waxahachie, Texas, USA(Martha Schmidt's home)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $2,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,279,042
- Gross worldwide
- $8,279,042
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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