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The Child

  • 1977
  • R
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
1.3K
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The Child (1977)
A newly hired housekeeper arrives to her employer's house in the countryside. She slowly discovers that the only child in the house, an eleven-year-old girl, hides a deadly secret.
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A newly hired housekeeper arrives to her employer's house in the countryside. She slowly discovers that the only child in the house, an eleven-year-old girl, hides a deadly secret.A newly hired housekeeper arrives to her employer's house in the countryside. She slowly discovers that the only child in the house, an eleven-year-old girl, hides a deadly secret.A newly hired housekeeper arrives to her employer's house in the countryside. She slowly discovers that the only child in the house, an eleven-year-old girl, hides a deadly secret.

  • Director
    • Robert Voskanian
  • Writer
    • Ralph Lucas
  • Stars
    • Laurel Barnett
    • Rosalie Cole
    • Frank Janson
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.9/10
    1.3K
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    • Director
      • Robert Voskanian
    • Writer
      • Ralph Lucas
    • Stars
      • Laurel Barnett
      • Rosalie Cole
      • Frank Janson
    • 43User reviews
    • 47Critic reviews
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    Laurel Barnett
    • Alicianne Del Mar
    Rosalie Cole
    Rosalie Cole
    • Rosalie Nordon
    Frank Janson
    • Nordon
    Richard Hanners
    • Len Nordon
    Ruth Ballan
    • Mrs. Whitfield
    • (as Ruth Ballen)
    Slosson Bing Jong
    • Gardener
    Rod Medigovich
    • Priest…
    Wendell Hudiburg
    • Pall Bearer
    Chris Tieken
    • Jefferson
    Ralph Lucas
    • Creature
    Jim Dickson
    • Creature
    Chick Cavanaugh
    • Creature
    Anoosh Avan
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    • Director
      • Robert Voskanian
    • Writer
      • Ralph Lucas
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    • Trivia
      All the dialogue for this movie was dubbed in post-production.
    • Goofs
      Len's hairstyle and clothing do not match the film's 1930s setting.
    • Quotes

      Rosalie Nordon: My friends are going to come and hurt you both! Hurt you bad!

    • 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.
    • Connections
      Featured in Elvira's Movie Macabre: Kill and Go Hide (1986)

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    7/10
    Delightfully kitschy
    The filmmakers were not aiming to win major awards, and they succeeded. What they intended to make was a fun and sometimes genuinely frightening drive-in horror movie, and they succeeded in that, as well.

    Legitimately terrifying monsters, beautiful actresses, a tween villainess, cheesy special effects and some eerie on-location settings make this a true classic of its genre.

    The filmmakers admirably sought to set the film in the 1930s yet sprinkled with familiar items from the 1970s: clothing, a spiral phone cord, eye shadow, power lines, a plastic chair. Still, you appreciate the effort to take you to another time. This film is low-budget in all the right ways. The gender stereotypes are dated, but the female villain does help balance that relic of its time.
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    • Release date
      • March 1977 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Children of the Night
    • Filming locations
      • Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, USA(filming location)
    • Production company
      • Panorama Films
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    • Budget
      • $30,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 22 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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