Deadly Blessing is a 1981 American horror film directed by Wes Craven. It was released onAugust 1981. The film tells the story of a strange figure committing murder in a contemporary community that is not far from another community that believes in ancient evil and curses. It stars Ernest Borgnine, Maren Jensen in her last screen appearance and Sharon Stone in an early screen appearance. AllMovie comments that the film finds director Wes Craven in a transitional phase between his hardhitting early work and his later commercial successes.
Friends Lana Marcus Sharon Stone and Vicky Anderson Susan Buckner visit Martha after Jims funeral. When William Gluntz Michael Berryman goes to the house at night to search for his shoe he accidentally left earlier when sneaking around, he is stabbed through the back by an unseen figure.The following day, Williams father and Jims father and the leader of the Hittites, Isaiah Schmidt Ernest Borgnine come to the farm looking for William after he does not return home after being sent by his father to retrieve a lost shoe. Martha tells the men she has no idea where William is and they start to leave, Isaiah goes back to the door and offers to buy back the farm from Martha but Martha refuses, after Isaiah insults her and calls her the incubus, she asks him if he would like his answer immediately, and answers by slamming the door in his face.Martha is now being accused of being the incubus. Lana enters the barn the next day to look for something in the barn, inside a toolbox for the tractor but all the doors and windows suddenly close, trapping her inside. In a panic, she searches for a way out but encounters a figure dressed in black. When escaping out the now open barn door, Williams corpse swoops down at her, hanging from a rope. The police clean up the mess as the sheriff Kevin Cooney advises the three friends to leave town, as someone may be after them. However, Martha decides to stay where she is and buys a gun for protection. Multiple events follow, such as a snake being put into Marthas bathroom while shes taking a bath by an unseen figure who creeps in her house. She manages to get out of the bath tub and kill the snake with a fireplace poker. ........
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