''Demented'' is a 1980 American rape and revenge

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directed by Arthur Jeffreys and starring Sallee Young and

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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 *

(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

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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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