Deadly Blessing - Collectors E [Blu-ray]

ONE of Craven's earlier chillers which I thought was pretty good. Mara Jensen and her husband live on a farm and her husband is accidentally killed. (not a spoiler it happens in the first ten minutes!) Her friends Sharon Stone and Susan Buckley(patty from grease) come to stay with her. Besides them, Mara's only other friends are Lois Nettleton and her shy daughter who live nearby. Soon more accidents are happening ,obviously a killer is on the loose! You get a snake in the tub(just try to watch!), Mara Jensen in two catfights, and sharon stone freaking out in a barn and falling down stairs. i don't know why this is so hard to find. they should re-release it. luckily i have a copy i bought used a few years back. if you can find it get it.

This is a creepy little movie that I am surprised is not on DVD. It should be! That snake in the tub scene freaked me out when I first saw it years ago,

as well as the spider scene. Maybe it has something to do with my natural fear of snakes and spiders! Waiting for a smart company to bring this out of print Craven flick back so it will get the attention I think it deserves.

This blu ray is an improvement on the previous region 2 dvd which I had, not only in the extras department but also visually. The movie is in widescreen- the scenes of the Texas farmlands are beautiful, and many of the night shots (during which certain murders occur) are just the right balance of light and dark so that you feel it's really night and the action is clear enough to make out. One problem is that the high quality of the blu ray image shows-up the limited quality of a couple of effects shots. The audio commentary by Wes Craven has interesting antecdotes about filming and setting-up some of the creepy built-up set pieces as well as dealing with certain actors and the ending which he did not choose but was forced to use. The sound is good- James Horner's eerie and sometimes overblown score is louder than ever, and dialogue and sound effects shocks are sharp and clear. The interviews explain almost too much about the film, taking away the mystery of a film of which little was told of over the years except for the segment about a certain creature effect in the film (hardly anything is shone clearly). The interviews with both screenwriters are the most revealing of the story and filmmaking process. This was also the first time I had seen the interesting-looking actor Michael Berryman interviewed. The TV spots are interesting- I had not seen them since I watched these advertisements on network TV back in 1981. Thanks to Shout! Factory for releasing yet another cool 80's rarity.