Deadly Blessing

Deadly Blessing (1981) — watch online on iFILM: a horror thriller from director Wes Craven, made before A Nightmare on Elm Street turned him into a household name. Martha moves onto a rural farm that borders a tight-knit religious sect called the Hittites, and the neighbors are not welcoming.

Her husband dies in a suspicious accident. Two friends come to stay. The nights bring snakes in the bathtub and suffocating dreams, while the sect's patriarch Isaiah — played by Ernest Borgnine — makes one demand clear: leave. A young Sharon Stone appears in one of her earliest screen roles, caught between a grieving friend and something she can't quite name.

Craven builds dread the slow way here — less blood, more wrong air. It's a formative film for anyone tracing how the director learned to make space feel unsafe. Stream Deadly Blessing (1981) online on iFILM.