The Fiend

The Fiend

It's a Sickness of the Soul!

R 1972 · 92 min · ★ 5.0 · Horror

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!

Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis · Written by Brian Comport

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