Wise Blood (1979)

Based on the novel of the same name by Flannery O’Connor, war veteran Brad Dourif returns to the remains of his family home a changed man and decides to head for the city. There he runs into a blind street preacher Harry Dean Stanton and his young daughter Amy Wright. The latter immediately develops a crush on him while the former inspires him to create his own antireligion church. An absurd indictment on religion, I had been really interested in seeing Dourif leading a film since he generally stands out in any of the works I’ve seen him in. I was not disappointed at all with his portrayal. He often plays characters just on the line between unhinged and sane and that works to great effect here.