Before Wes Craven went on to become one of the supreme auteurs of the horror genre with films like Nightmare on Elm Street and the
Scream series, the filmmaker grabbed enough cult status to keep his name
relevant with Last House on the Left and The Hills Have Eyes. These were great
films - visceral, nasty and both as unrelenting as anything produced in the
1970's.
In 1981, Craven's approach for the Amish themed thriller
Deadly Blessing takes a more restrained but still includes many of his classic
touches fans have been able to see in his work over the past 40 years. Scream
Factory has just released the Collector's Edition of Deadly Blessing, and
folks, it's pretty special because this is the first time it's ever been
released on Blu-ray and DVD in the US.