Some Girls Play With Dolls. Rosalie Plays With Zombies.

Because 11-year-old Rosalie has "always been strange," her ornery father hires lovely Alicianne to be Rosalie´s governess in their big, gloomy house. Of course, what no one understands is that darling little Rosalie possesses strange psychic powers which she uses to make objects move and a scarecrow come to life. Worse, she spends the nights in a nearby cemetery playing with her . . uh . . "friends."

Rosalie also blames daddy and the neighbors for the death of her mentally ill mommy, so she sends her cemetery pals out to kill, starting with the little old lady next door whose face they rip off. As Rosalie and her zombies escalate their attacks, Alicianne and Len, Rosalie´s older brother, flee for their lives and hole up in a claustrophobic shack as the graveyard ghouls stage a full-scale assault.

Released by exploitation king Harry Novak (Axe) and sprinkled with juicy gore, The Child is an atmospheric cross between Night of the Living Dead and Carrie by way of The Bad Seed and an unnerving creature feature that reminds us just what little monster kids can be.