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Demented (1980 film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| image = Demented_1980_poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = Arthur Jeffreys
| producer = Arthur Jeffreys
Mike Smith
| writer =Alex Rebar
| starring = Sallee Young
Harry Reems
Deborah Alter
| music =Richard Tufo
| cinematography = James R. Tynes
| editing = William J. Waters
| distributor = Intercontinental Releasing Corporation
| released =
| runtime = 92 minutes
| language = English
| country = United States
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'Demented' is a 1980 American rape and revenge horror film directed by Arthur Jeffreys and starring Sallee Young and Harry Reems.
Plot
The plot involves a woman who, having been raped by a gang of men and institutionalized, suffers nightmares while under the care of her unfaithful husband, and takes a violent revenge when a group of teenage youths decide to play a prank on her.
Cast
*Sallee Young as Linda Rodgers
*Harry Reems (credited as Bruce Gilchrist) as Matt Rodgers
*Deborah Alter as Annie
*Kathryn Clayton as Carol
*Bryan Charles as Dr. Dillman
*Edward Talbot 'Chip' Matthews as Mark
*Mark Justin as Joker
*Robert Brooks Mendel as Joker/Rapist
*Douglas Price as Joker
*Stephen Blood as Joker
*Bosco Palazzolo as Manuel
Reception
TV Guide awarded the film two out of five stars, writing, "The film gets off to a slow start, but once Linda's mind snaps and she begins seducing the kids, then dispatching them in assorted grisly fashions, the film actually becomes a fairly funny black comedy."
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