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John Rice (written by) &
Rudy Gaines (written by)
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Release Date:
21 December 2000 (Germany) more
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Tagline:
Das Böse ist tot. Am 3. Tag wird es wieder auferstehen. (Evil is dead. On 3rd day it shall rise again.)
Plot:
A woman is used as a pawn to bring to fruition the rule of the Antichrist. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Laura Harris ... Kristie St. Clair

Richard Lintern ... Marc St. Clair
Francis Magee ... Carmac
Alex Roe ... Dylan St. Clair (as Alex Roe-Brown)
Alice Krige ... Elizabeth Plummer
John Standing ... Jack Plummer
Peter Waddington ... Father Mullin

Nick Brimble ... Police Inspector Oliver Morton

Rachel Shelley ... Shelly Woodcock
Camilla Power ... Lynette Peterson
Deborah Baxter ... Receptionist
Jack MacKenzie ... Norman
Christine Moore ... Little Girl's Mother
Danielle Green ... Little Girl
Roger Brierley ... Reverend
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89 min
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Boom mic visible: When Kristie St. Clair carries her son into the church the mike moves along the top of the screen. more
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References Eyes Wide Shut (1999) more

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Mediocre at best, 3 March 2006
5/10

A young American woman gets married with a famous British newscaster, and apparently lives a perfect life in the Isle of Man until she discovers that his husband is part of a satanic cult trying to start the Antichritst's reign over Earth.

Sounds familiar? This movie gives more than a nod to horror classics "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Omen"; as its plot is like a mixture of both story lines with not even a quarter of the magnificence of those movies.

Richard Caesar's debut is a low-budget movie that puts Laura Harris in Mia Farrow's role as Kristie, the woman trapped in a blasphemous conspiracy by her husband Marc St. Claire (Richard Lintern). Betrayed by everyone, it is up to her to save the soul of her son Dylan (Alex Roe) who plays the role of hateful evil kid perfectly.

The movie's main problem is the lack of originality and poor development of the script, nothing really outstanding happens and it is quite formulaic; the characters' actions are unrealistic, and the dialogs are uninspired. However, the ending is particularly good, and it is a shame that one has to endure more than 70 boring and tedious minutes to arrive to the only good part of the movie.

The acting is nothing special and while Laura Harris makes a good lead, her character has some of the worst lines in the movie. It is a shame to see her waste her talent like that. On the other hand, Francis Magee has the best part in the movie as the mysterious taxi driver Carmac, and he easily steals every scene he is in.

The movie has a nice photography considering the low-budget, and the Isle of Man serves as a beautiful and different location. Caesar's direction is quite typical for modern day suspense thrillers but it works and the movie flows at good pace.

It is definitely not a bad movie, as even with its flaws it still manages to entertain and has a few good things to offer (specially the ending); however, there are similar movies that are far superior than "The Calling" as it stays in a mediocre level. 5/10

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