Demented is an American independent feature film of the psychological thriller subgenre of horror with an emphasis on the "female revenge" film trope. It was directed by Arthur Jeffreys with a script written by Alex Rebar. It was produced by Four Features Partners and premiered in the United States on June 1st, 1980. The film stars Sallee Elyse as Linda Rodgers - a rape victim who is traumatized by her experience, but ultimately takes revenge against her attackers.
The tagline for this film is "Revenge is sweet... and deadly".
One of the alternative working titles for this film was Slay the Joker. [1]
There are a total of sixteen credited cast members in this film.
This movie does not have a Tomatometer rating on Rotten Tomatoes. However it has an audience score of 8% based on more than fifty posted ratings, with an average score of 1.9 out of 5.
This is the first, and to date, only known film work for Arthur Jeffreys as both a producer and a director.
This is Alex Rebar's third feature film as a writer or contributing writer, and his second work in the horror genre. His first film was the 1974 Satanic thriller Beyond the Door.
Actor Harry Reems was primarily an adult film star with over 150 pornographic movies in his filmography, including Deep Throat. He's the original "Porn Stache". Because of his connection to the adult film industry, 20th Century Fox passed on becoming a distributor for this film.
Cast Credits[]
Associate producer Sharyon Reis Cobe is credited as Sharyon Cobe in this film.
Director of photography James R. Tynes is credited as Jim Tynes in this film.
