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The Devil's Child

1997 · 90 min

A slow-building supernatural thriller that mixes religious dread with personal paranoia, feeling like a tense TV movie with a dark, ominous atmosphere.

Directed by: Bobby Roth
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Tv movie
Starring: Kim Delaney, Colleen Flynn, Matthew Lillard

Tagline: A deal with the devil...
Overview: A woman's mother makes a last-minute deal with the Devil to save her daughter's life, not realizing that her daughter's life is her stake. The daughter lives but with no chance of children. 20 years later, she mysteriously becomes pregnant after meeting a dashing stranger. Yet people are dying around her...

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Directed by: Bobby Roth
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Tv movie
Starring: Kim Delaney, Colleen Flynn, Matthew Lillard

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: faith
fate
parenthood
betrayal
isolation
Places: big city
home
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	6
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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