Editing Deadly Blessing (section)

{{Short description|1981 film by Wes Craven}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Deadly Blessing
| image          = Deadlyblessing.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Wes Craven]]
| producer       = Patricia Herskovic<br />Max A. Keller<br />Micheline H. Keller
| screenplay     = Glenn M. Benest<br />Matthew Barr<br />Wes Craven
| story          = Glenn M. Benest<br />Matthew Barr
| starring       = [[Maren Jensen]]<br />[[Lisa Hartman]]<br />[[Sharon Stone]]<br />[[Susan Buckner]]<br />[[Jeff East]]<br />[[Lois Nettleton]]<br />[[Ernest Borgnine]]
| music          = [[James Horner]]
| cinematography = Robert Jessup
| editing        = Robert Bracken
| studio         = [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment|PolyGram Pictures]]<br />Inter Planetary
| distributor    = [[United Artists]]
| released       = {{Film date|1981|08|14}}
| runtime        = 100 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $2.5–3 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/56579|title=AFI&#124;Catalog|website=Catalog.afi.com|access-date=7 February 2022}}</ref>
| gross          = $8.3 million <small>(USA)<ref>{{Mojo title|deadlyblessing}}</ref></small>
}}
'''''Deadly Blessing''''' is a 1981 American [[slasher film]] directed by [[Wes Craven]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmlinc.org/films/deadly-blessing/|publisher=[[Film Society of Lincoln Center]]|access-date=December 29, 2016|title=Deadly Blessing}}</ref> 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]], [[Susan Buckner]] (both women making their last feature film screen appearances), and [[Sharon Stone]] in an early role. [[AllMovie]] comments that the film "finds director Wes Craven in a transitional phase between his hard-hitting early work and his later commercial successes."<ref name="AllMovie review">{{cite web |url=https://allmovie.com/movie/deadly-blessing-v12752/review |title=Deadly Blessing (1981) |last=Guarisco |first=Donald |work=[[AllMovie]] |publisher=[[RhythmOne]] |access-date=August 8, 2012}}</ref>