The Rural Vietnam

A Vietnam veteran and his young wife fall prey to a malevolent rural cult comprised of murderous children in this adaptation of the terrifying short story by literary horror icon Stephen King. The year is 1975 : Burt (David Anders) and his wife Vicki (Kandyse McClure) are on a cross-country trip when they stumble into Gatlin, Nebraska. Unbeknownst to them, this idyllic farming community has been overtaken by an unspeakable evil. Under the wicked influence of adolescent evangelist Isaac and his sickle-wielding henchman Malachi, the children of Gatlin have sacrificed every adult in town to He Who Walks Behind the Rows. Now it's Burt and Vicki's turn.

In this acclaimed adaptation of the first novel by legendary Southern writer Flannery O’Connor, John Huston vividly brings to life her poetic world of American eccentricity. Brad Dourif, in an impassioned performance, is Hazel Motes, who, fresh out of the army, attempts to open the first Church Without Christ in the small town of Taulkinham. Populated with inspired performances that seem to spring right from O’Connor’s pages, Huston’s Wise Blood is an incisive portrait of spirituality and Evangelicalism, and a faithful, loving evocation of a writer’s vision.