{"id":100,"date":"2006-03-29T12:37:10","date_gmt":"2006-03-29T19:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=100"},"modified":"2021-02-14T21:16:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T04:16:44","slug":"deadly-blessing-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=100","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Blessing (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;In the rolling hills of a sinful farm community, untouched by time, a gruesome secret has been protected for generations.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-28975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Poster-671x1024.jpg 671w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA recently widowed farm owner (Maren Jensen) is considered an &#8220;incubus&#8221; by the local Hittite religious community, which resents her for having married one of their own. When her city friends (Sharon Stone and Susan Buckner) come to console her, they are all at risk of being murdered.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christianity<\/li>\n<li>Ernest Borgnine Films<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Murder Mystery<\/li>\n<li>Wes Craven Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis &#8220;odd little horror film&#8221; by Wes Craven &#8212; in which &#8220;the peaceful setting belies the fact that someone or something is murdering people&#8221; &#8212; neatly exploits the placement of a sympathetic protagonist in a hostile, alien environment. There are many moments of genuine terror and suspense (Stone in the barn, Jensen in the bathtub), and it&#8217;s never clear who will be targeted next by the mysterious murderer. Unfortunately, this otherwise entertaining thriller is ruined by a tacked-on supernatural ending, which effectively discounts the psychological horror that has buoyed the rest of the film.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ernest Borgnine, cast against type as Martha&#8217;s stern Hittite father-in-law<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Borgnine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Borgnine-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Borgnine-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Borgnine-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Borgnine-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Borgnine-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Borgnine-1536x865.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Borgnine.png 1725w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A beautiful, deceptively &#8220;peaceful&#8221; setting<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Setting2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Setting2-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Setting2-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Setting2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Setting2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Setting2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Setting2-1536x865.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Blessing-Setting2.png 1721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See?<\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended up until its incongruous final scene.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0082245\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/campblood.org\/Reviews\/Review%20-%20Deadly%20Blessing.htm\">CampBlood.org Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In the rolling hills of a sinful farm community, untouched by time, a gruesome secret has been protected for generations.&#8221; Synopsis: A recently widowed farm owner (Maren Jensen) is considered an &#8220;incubus&#8221; by the local Hittite religious community, which resents her for having married one of their own. When her city friends (Sharon Stone and Susan Buckner) come to console her, they are all at risk of being murdered. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Christianity Ernest Borgnine Films Horror Murder&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=100\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69480,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions\/69480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}