The Afflicted | |
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Directed by | Jason Stoddard |
Written by | Jason Stoddard |
Produced by | Leslie Easterbrook Jason Stoddard |
Starring | Leslie Easterbrook Kane Hodder |
Narrated by | Randi Jones |
Cinematography | Lee Dashiell |
Edited by | Robert Galloway |
Music by | Dege Legg |
Production company | Afflicted Picturehouse |
Distributed by | Nocturnal Features |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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]