Tag Archives: Susan Lanier

SYNOPSIS: A family on vacation in a station wagon and trailer make a wrong turn into an off-limits territory that is inhabited by a family of cannibals who stake them out during the night.  REVIEW: As a teenager, my introduction to the cinema of Wes Craven came in the form of his 1981 rural Amish-like outing Deadly Blessing, which starred …

SYNOPSIS: On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack. REVIEW: Wes Craven was in his prime on this 1977 release. This 2nd Craven film digs right into the heart of brutality and the paranoia of encountering savage …