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The Fiend

1972 ·1h 32m · ★ 4.9 (19)

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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4 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
28
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
33
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
100
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
60
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
83
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
17
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
28
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
33
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Content Warnings

Sexual ViolenceChild in DangerTaboo ContentDehumanization
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TMDB Keywords

drowninglesbianmaniacmurderreligion and supernaturalreligious cultreligious fanaticismreligious leaderstrangulationsupernatural power

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