A film that has some eerie moments but on the whole is dull. The acting is ineffective though Laurel Barnett can do a good scream. The titular sinister child just comes across as slightly peevish. Continuity between night and day is a muddle and the film score is enthusiastically excessive to the point of hilarity. It ends with a 'Night of the Living Dead' vibe that is too late to liven proceedings. Ostensibly set in the 1930's but it makes nothing of that. It could just have had a contemporary setting. The only thing that spooked me was the conversation about oleanders when the father and daughter began to laugh. That was creepy. And the zombie make-up wasn't too bad.

Alicianne is hired to look after creepy 11-year-old Rosalie in her family's remote and gloomy house.It soon becomes clear that Rosalie has psychic powers and can make things move just by thinking about it-and she can also use those same powers to raise the dead,reanimating corpses in a nearby cemetery to take revenge after her mentally ill mother dies...A spooky and atmospheric opening scene gives way to a sluggish and wholly predictable zombie movie that has little new to add to an already over-crowded sub-genre.Technically,it's a mess and the acting is as dire as you'd expect,yet it does occasionally manage to display flashes of that creepiness that informed the opening scene."The Child" was released by exploitation king Harry Novak("Axe"),so fans of low-budget 70's horror should be pleased.This film has its share of flaws,but give it a chance.7 out of 10.