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The Fiend (1972)

R · 1972-04-30 · 1h 32m · EN
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It's a Sickness of the Soul!

Led by a sinister minister, a controlling religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy Wemys, sending her unstable son, Kenny, into a spiraling descent into madness and murder. No woman is safe when Kenny's religious mania overpowers him and leads to a rampage of carnage and chaos!

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Brian ComportWriterRobert Hartford-DavisDirector

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Ann ToddAnn ToddBirdy WemysPatrick MageePatrick MageeMinisterTony BeckleyTony BeckleyKenny WemysPercy HerbertPercy HerbertCommissionaire Jim HudsonSuzanna LeighSuzanna LeighPatricia 'Paddy' LynchDavid LodgeDavid LodgeCID InspectorRonald AllenRonald AllenPaulMadeleine HindeMadeleine HindeBrigitte LynchJeannette WildJeannette WildProstituteSusanna EastSusanna EastTeenage GirlBrenda KempnerBrenda KempnerCongregationHani BorelleHani BorelleRiverside Girl

Keywords

MurderSerial killerCultSupernatural powerSlasherManiacReligion and supernaturalReligious cultDrowningReligious fanaticismLesbianStrangulationSexual repressionReligious leader

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Genre affinityHorrorTheme affinityMurder · Serial Killer · CultDirector preference614537Actor preference327822 · 253588 · 218905Country preferenceGbDecade preference1970

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Led by a sinister minister, a controlling religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy Wemys, sending her unstable son, Kenny, into a spiraling descent into madness and murder. No woman is safe when Kenny's religious mania overpowers him and leads to a rampage of carnage and chaos!

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The Fiend has a runtime of 92 minutes.

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