Review

Bless the Child is an inferior occult thriller that borrows a little from Rosemary's Baby, The Omen and a host of other scare 'em-ups, but fails to make a mark of its own as either original or scary. Basinger plays a nurse who raises her drug-addicted sister's daughter. Soon the aunt and child (who seems to possess heavenly powers) are the target of a satanic sect, who are out to harvest the girl's power. Basinger and cast sleepwalk through this silly film, whose few good scenes are offset by slow pacing and loopy plot developments.