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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
When a farmer is killed in his barn, his wife, Martha (Maren Jensen) finds herself up against a local Amish-like group, known as the Hittites. When Martha's friends, Lana and Vicky (Sharon Stone and Susan Buckner) arrive for a visit, horror ensues. It seems that someone is bumping off believers and non-believers alike, making an already bad situation much worse!
Ernest Borgnine is perfectly glum as the stolid Isaiah, leader of the Hittites. This is easily his best role since THE DEVIL'S RAIN.
Director Wes Craven pulls out all the stops here, using spiders, snakes, chickens, religious madness, Sharon Stone in awesome nightwear, and Ernest Borgnine in a beard to incite terror! Sort of a wacky giallo, complete with black-gloved killer, there's much enjoyment to be had!
P.S.- The final conflict in the farmhouse, and the hellish epilogue must be witnessed to be believed!...
Ernest Borgnine is perfectly glum as the stolid Isaiah, leader of the Hittites. This is easily his best role since THE DEVIL'S RAIN.
Director Wes Craven pulls out all the stops here, using spiders, snakes, chickens, religious madness, Sharon Stone in awesome nightwear, and Ernest Borgnine in a beard to incite terror! Sort of a wacky giallo, complete with black-gloved killer, there's much enjoyment to be had!
P.S.- The final conflict in the farmhouse, and the hellish epilogue must be witnessed to be believed!...
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- Nov 4, 2018
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Dem Tode geweiht
- Filming locations
- Waxahachie, Texas, USA(Martha Schmidt's home)
- Production companies
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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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