Cooper, Ian (2016). Frightmares: A History of British Horror Cinema. Studying British Cinema. Auteur Publishing. p.128. ISBN 978-0993071737. classic serial killer fashion, share a bit more mutual attraction than the average family bond. The picture doesn't develop it, but a dash of incest Films are releasing Beware My Brethren aka The Fiend on blu-ray later this month. This release has also had a new restoration so it should be the best version yet. Widow Birdy Wemys has become a devoted member of a fundamentalist fire-and-brimstone religious sect called "the Brethren", led by the charismatic Minister. Birdy has turned her sizeable home over to the Brethren for use as a church and a recruiting ground, and her son Kenny has also fallen under their spell. Kenny is a troubled individual, dominated by his overbearing mother, introverted and socially inept. He has taken the teachings of the Minister to heart, and feels repulsed by what he sees as sin, lust and temptation being openly flaunted by the young women he sees as he goes about his daily business. It's that old nutshell of the mother love plot mixed with religious extremism and a ton of symbolism with something to offend the few people who will probably see this film. we open with a church service and a very upbeat Christian song that sounds like it could make the pop charts, and then we see the son of the church's organist going out and killing women he considers unworthy of Christ's grace. Mom has a breakdown then confesses to the Reverend, Reverend punishes mom, and son pays for his sins.

For its original UK cinema release the film was heavily cut by the BBFC with edits to the murder scenes (the torch murder and the strangling/stripping), shots of a girl's body on a meat hook, and the sequence where Kenny listens to the taped pleadings of his victims. The uncut version was once shown on BBC1 though later showings used an edited print. The 2010 Odeon DVD features the fully uncut version. It's not the most polished of films, but the directing is pretty good and the acting pretty solid throughout - with a convincing enough ratio of ham, menace and believability - with the script and storyline excellent. Overall the results, particularly when taking the fairly small budget into consideration, really are very, very good indeed. Which is why I honestly think this film was years ahead of it's time. Is this one of the horror films you have been waiting for on blu-ray? Will you be buying this 88 Films release? of the churchgoers. While there's no choreography, Hartford-Davis stages the moment like a musical number, cutting between the performance in the church and a citywide sprint from Kenny's latest victim, generating some tension as death draws near. It's a weird opening, but sadly, it's the lastThe version broadcast on the BBC (22.09.01) is uncensored and thus different to the cut version that played British cinemas (in 1971) and the identical Derann tape release that appeared in 1981. Beware My Brethren Blu-ray delivers stunning video and great audio in this excellent Blu-ray release

This blu-ray has had a “2K Remaster from the Original Negative”. It also includes a booklet and a matte laminate slipcase. Die Atmosphäre des langsam dahinköchelnden klerikalen Wahnsinns, die Aussichtslosigkeit eines Entkommens, die sich brutal entladenen Morde und ein erbarmungslos kreuzigendes Ende finden (für die richtige Zielgruppe) auch heute noch ihre Wirkung.British production. Set decoration is open for study, moving from the Brethren church to more domestic surroundings, offering a look at home life and satisfaction, Dialogue exchanges have moments of harshness due to age, but intelligibility is never challenged, finding room for hushed exchanges and

The 1972 British horror feature, Beware My Brethren (The Fiend), directed by Robert Hartford-Davis (Corruption), unveils its strongest sequence right out of the starting gates by intercutting a ghastly strangling… Repressive English religious cult member kills sinners (or sexual active females), as he is combating the urge of sexual desire. Nothing new or groundbreaking but a very British and very early 70s, enjoyable gutter horror. Brian Orndorf of Blu-ray.com wrote that the film "begins with a blast, but soon settles into a series of tedious encounters and dull supporting characters", and that it "[comes] across as a television movie that's occasionally interrupted by scenes of violence and nudity." [2] Home media [ edit ] The AVC encoded image (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation offers a healthy amount of detail to help viewers immerse themselves in this distinctlyNow I did say that he stays away from the ladies, but that's not strictly true because he does have a bit of a mission to clear up the streets, you know the… Kenny descends into a frenzy of killing. One day at the pool, he is outraged when a young woman removes her bikini top and later follows her home to exact retribution for her Godless ways. While on his nocturnal beat he stumbles across a prostitute servicing a client, and she too is brutally despatched. Naked female bodies turn up across London in bizarre circumstances, dropping out of a cement mixer or dangling from a meat hook.

Religious fury is slowly unfurled in 1972's "Beware My Brethren" (aka "The Fiend"), a British production that's endeavoring to wind itself up withThe scene of the murder whilst dressed as a cop, I do imagine was a little controversial during the period. In some ways Brethren is a companion piece or extension to the bleak yet crude Corruption… The film is as equally interesting as any of Pete Walker’s kitchen sink horror and could have easily have been directed by him. In some ways it is a forerunner to Walker’s output such as The House of Mortal Sin…” cinematography reinforces the television ambiance of the effort, which doesn't favor dark twists and turns, but melodrama is periodically broken up by SPECIAL FEATURES
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