The Fiend
1972 · 1h 32m · Horror · United Kingdom · Rated R (US)
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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Robert Hartford-DavisWritten by
Brian Comport5.8Smart score
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cultdrowninglesbianmaniacmurderreligion and supernaturalreligious cultreligious fanaticismreligious leaderserial killersexual repressionslasherstrangulationsupernatural power
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