A newly hired house-keeper in a secluded area is alarmed to discover that her boss's eleven-year-old daughter is using her supernatural powers to take revenge on the people she holds ...
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Cast
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Laurel Barnett | ... | Alicianne Del Mar |
| Rosalie Cole | ... | Rosalie Nordon | |
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Frank Janson | ... | Nordon |
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Richard Hanners | ... | Len Nordon |
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Ruth Ballan | ... | Mrs. Whitfield (as Ruth Ballen) |
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Slosson Bing Jong | ... | Gardener |
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Rod Medigovich | ... | Priest / Creature |
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Wendell Hudiburg | ... | Pall Bearer |
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Chris Tieken | ... | Jefferson |
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Ralph Lucas | ... | Creature |
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Jim Dickson | ... | Creature |
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Chick Cavanaugh | ... | Creature |
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Anoosh Avan | ... | Creature |
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A newly hired house-keeper in a secluded area is alarmed to discover that her boss's eleven-year-old daughter is using her supernatural powers to take revenge on the people she holds responsible for her mother's death, with the aid of her flesh-eating zombie 'friends'. Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
Plot Keywords:
revenge | child villain | little girl | female villain | psychokinesis |Taglines:
Let's play hide and go kill...! See more »Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
March 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Children of the Night See more »Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USAEdit
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Budget:
$30,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Runtime:
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MonoColor:
Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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All the dialogue for this movie was dubbed in post-production. See more »Goofs
Len's hairstyle and clothing do not match the film's 1930s setting. See more »Alternate Versions
The German DVD released by Best Entertainment in 2004 is listed as and has a running time of 85 mins. However the longer running time is due to a time expansion (meaning the film print was slowed down). It has nothing extra and the content is exactly the same as the US VHS tape with the following two exceptions- The opening title sequence is a little different in the way the credits appear and that it has some added wind sound effect playing in the background (which you can hear was from the film print and not something added as a new sound effect). Also towards the end when the zombies attack, our two main characters are fighting one by a saw mill type building where the zombie gets stabbed with a wooden stake. The US version then shows a far away shot of our two heroes running around to the front of the saw mill building before her leg breaks through a floorboard in the front. The German dvd omits this long shot, so after the zombie is stabbed it cuts to them already in the front of the building a second before her leg goes through the floorboard. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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When I say the "bread and butter" of 70s drive-in horror, I mean movies like this one came and went, forgotten and/or never seen by the majority. But it was films like this that kept drive-ins and smaller movie houses in business. I am so
thankful for the age of the DVD. With the DVD era, companies such as Anchor
Bay, Something Weird Video (Image), Blue Underground, Shriek Show, and
many others have brought back lost cult classics (and not so cult classics) so that new generations can discover them, and the older generations can
rediscover them.
"The Child" has all the right ingredients for a b-horror movie. A little bit of homemade special effect gore, a soundtrack that gives you the creeps, zombies, and it set in the countryside. It may have it's slow parts, but the final 20 minutes or so deliver the goods in fine 70s b-grade fashion. You will be getting startled one minute, then laughing the next (unintentionally of course).