Bless the Child

About Bless the Child

When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody.

Bless the Child is a 2000 crime horror film directed by Chuck Russell. Its themes are autism, satanism, substitute, and sibling relationship.

Kim Basinger appears as Maggie O'Connor, Jimmy Smits as Agent John Travis, Rufus Sewell as Eric Stark, and Ian Holm as Reverend Grissom. Released in August 2000, it runs 107 minutes.

The screenplay is by Clifford Green and Ellen Green.

Evil Dead Rise, The Ninth Gate, and Little Nicky make useful companions to Bless the Child, all filed under demon. TMDB voters put it at 5.4 out of 10 across 326 votes and it carries a R rating.