If you blended The Exorcist with The Omen and added a healthy helping of camp (for flavor), you'd probably wind up with The Night Child. It isn't on par with the best of the 70s evil kid films, but it definitely has its own charms. I can see why its star, Nicoletta Elmi, was once a darling of Italian horror cinema.
It takes a while for The Night Child to get going, and it's wildly uneven even after it picks up, but there was still something I really liked about it. When we weren't seeing cheeseball special effects, it felt dreamlike in the most wonderful of ways, and I loved all the shots of the old village. A good editor and some more subtle special effects could have made this great, but even with its flaws, it's a pretty neat watch.
3 little redheaded girls puffing on cigarettes out of 5.
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