''Demented'' is a 1980 American
rape and revenge horror film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes.
Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoca ...
directed by Arthur Jeffreys and starring Sallee Young and
Harry Reems
Herbert John Streicher (August 27, 1947 – March 19, 2013), better known by his professional pseudonym Harry Reems, was an American pornographic actor and later a successful real estate agent. His most famous roles were as Doctor Young in ...
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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
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Harry Reems
Herbert John Streicher (August 27, 1947 – March 19, 2013), better known by his professional pseudonym Harry Reems, was an American pornographic actor and later a successful real estate agent. His most famous roles were as Doctor Young in ...
(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
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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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1980 films
1980 horror films
1980s exploitation films
1980 independent films
1980 thriller films
American independent films
American horror thriller films
American rape and revenge films
1980s English-language films
1980s American films
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