I really enjoy Deadly Blessing's vibe. This mash up of religious and psychological horror and old fashioned 70s proto slasher, it's very atmospheric. Again, as a big Craven fan I dig to see the evolution of his style, and themes he enjoys to explore. The writing is messy though. Considering the fact the very ending (husband's ghost and the demon) was forced by the studio, do you guys think it was ment to be a super natural horror, or murder mystery? I am still bit confused. It looks like all the kills were done by Faith (out of love to Martha), and her (or rather his) mother. And the whole incubus prattle is simply Isaiah's delusional religious fanatism, and hate towards Martha, since she "stole" his son. On the other hand the vibe, the score, the dreams, it all suggested some super natural presence. I started to think that maybe Isaiah felt something's there, but it was not Martha but Faith? At the very beginning we see William harassing Faith, and calling her Incubus. Incubus is a male demon though, but later on we learn Faith is indeed a boy, forced to live as a girl by his mother. Maybe Faith is a demon? OR maybe I am just trying to hard to make sense of this messy script :D Anyway, I think it's a solid movie. Cheers guys! EDIT: okay, doesn't matter anymore, you've covered it saying William was right about Faith being Incubus' messengaer :)) I need to be more patient with my comments haha
James Horner will always be Star Trek to me! RIP JH. He did Titanic, but I loved his scores of the original Star Trek 2 and 3 and he had a lovely score on Deep Impact. I remember seeing this movie in the theaters as a young teen and I thought, meh, though I liked it okay (I was happy to see pretty much any horror/slasher in the early to mid-80s so it was fine!). Besides Nightmare 1, 3, and 7, I love Serpent and the Rainbow. People under the stairs is my guilty pleasure and Shocker too. Deadly Friend always makes me giggly (especially the exploding head with a basketball scene - Kari Swenson really threw mama off that train!). My least fave probably is They and the Scream movies. I really don't like them very much. I will watch parts on occasion but eh, I really find them derivative. I don't know why. Maybe it is Williamson.
I really enjoy Deadly Blessing's vibe.
This mash up of religious and psychological horror and old fashioned 70s proto slasher, it's very atmospheric.
Again, as a big Craven fan I dig to see the evolution of his style, and themes he enjoys to explore.
The writing is messy though.
Considering the fact the very ending (husband's ghost and the demon) was forced by the studio, do you guys think it was ment to be a super natural horror, or murder mystery?
I am still bit confused.
It looks like all the kills were done by Faith (out of love to Martha), and her (or rather his) mother.
And the whole incubus prattle is simply Isaiah's delusional religious fanatism, and hate towards Martha, since she "stole" his son.
On the other hand the vibe, the score, the dreams, it all suggested some super natural presence.
I started to think that maybe Isaiah felt something's there, but it was not Martha but Faith?
At the very beginning we see William harassing Faith, and calling her Incubus.
Incubus is a male demon though, but later on we learn Faith is indeed a boy, forced to live as a girl by his mother.
Maybe Faith is a demon?
OR maybe I am just trying to hard to make sense of this messy script :D
Anyway, I think it's a solid movie.
Cheers guys!
EDIT: okay, doesn't matter anymore, you've covered it saying William was right about Faith being Incubus' messengaer :))
I need to be more patient with my comments haha
Haha
The Hittites were a Biblical Middle Eastern people group. You can read about them much more in Old Testament.
I looked that up but on IMDb they said they are made up for the film
James Horner will always be Star Trek to me! RIP JH. He did Titanic, but I loved his scores of the original Star Trek 2 and 3 and he had a lovely score on Deep Impact. I remember seeing this movie in the theaters as a young teen and I thought, meh, though I liked it okay (I was happy to see pretty much any horror/slasher in the early to mid-80s so it was fine!). Besides Nightmare 1, 3, and 7, I love Serpent and the Rainbow. People under the stairs is my guilty pleasure and Shocker too. Deadly Friend always makes me giggly (especially the exploding head with a basketball scene - Kari Swenson really threw mama off that train!). My least fave probably is They and the Scream movies. I really don't like them very much. I will watch parts on occasion but eh, I really find them derivative. I don't know why. Maybe it is Williamson.
Saw this movie one time, it was a little slow and uneventful for me
I felt the same the first time