Penda's Fen

1974-03-21 • 1h 29m •

TV Movie Drama Fantasy Horror

7.6

User Score

45 votes

"I'm Nothing Pure"

Overview

Through a series of real and imagined encounters with angels, demons, and England's pagan past, a pastor's son begins to question his religion and politics, and comes to terms with his sexuality.

Alan Clarke

Director

David Rudkin

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Spencer Banks

Stephen Franklin

John Atkinson

Reverend J. Franklin

Georgine Anderson

Mrs. Franklin

Ron Smerczak

Joel

Ian Hogg

Arne

Jennie Heslewood

Mrs. Arne

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$N/A

Revenue

$N/A

Runtime

1h 29m

Release Date

1974-03-21

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Reviews

Wiccaburr

2020-09-28T20:33:31.935Z

This tv movie/play definitely hit on topics among religion and politics with a sprinkling of "becoming a man" mixed in there. Definitely sets the date of this movie quite a bit but some of the talk of religion is still out there. Then we get to King Penda, he is a creepy little thing. I love it. Just giving you that night terror realness in that one scene. This can be a bit of a slow pace in this very British horror (psychological horror maybe?) which many might not find entertaining or interesting. I dig the tone and camera work in this film.