The Afflicted (film)

The Afflicted
Film poster
Directed byJason Stoddard
Written byJason Stoddard
Produced byLeslie Easterbrook
Jason Stoddard
StarringLeslie Easterbrook
Kane Hodder
Narrated byRandi Jones
CinematographyLee Dashiell
Edited byRobert Galloway
Music byDege Legg
Production
company
Afflicted Picturehouse
Distributed byNocturnal Features
Release dates
  • 8 May 2011 (2011-05-08) (Dead by Dawn)
  • 21 October 2011 (2011-10-21) (United States)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$212,940[1]

The Afflicted (also known as Another American Crime) is a 2011 American horror thriller film written and directed by Jason Stoddard.[2] A limited theatrical release,[3] it is based on the crimes of Theresa Knorr, an American woman who killed her husband in 1964, and torture-murdered two of her children during the 1980s.[4][5] It stars Leslie Easterbrook as Maggie, a mentally disturbed mother of four who begins abusing her children based on her own twisted interpretations of the Bible. Kane Hodder co-stars as Maggie's husband, Hank.[6]

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  4. ^ Miska, Brad (16 June 2011). "Midnight Releasing Acquires Leslie Easterbrook/Kane Hodder Starrer The Afflicted". bloody-disgusting.com. Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  5. ^ Barton, Steve (16 June 2011). "Midnight Releasing Announces They Are Afflicted". dreadcentral.com. Dread Central. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  6. ^ Halen, Adrian (18 June 2011). "Kane Hodder's The Afflicted Slated for Release – New Stills!". horrornews.net. Horror News. Retrieved 31 March 2022.