A non-gory B horror flick.

Rating: Null/10 (21 May 2001)

They have flipped the Jesus Christ birth story. This time the devil selects a earthly woman to impregnate with HIS baby so that the kid can go on to fight for HIS cause. They brought the controversial idea into the modern day (1968) which increases the scare by half and used an underground society of aged pagans to set the situation up. Given this obvious 'Stephen King' type reversal the creativity ends.
The Husband as audiences see half way through or earlier chooses a successfull career in the movies with the assistance of the group over a love for his wife a first born of his own, not to mention the ethics involved in knowingly bringing about the son of the hadies lord. When the idea was first conceived by the author of the book they knew they would get praise from the people who would not pan the daring concept. This flick was nominated for it's writing adaptation and the sour life-offputting performance of the head pagan lady won for her Supporting Role.
This is maximum negative mind candy, the base idea for which is an obvious concept, neither profound nor moving and if you are willing to play along with it, it can be a little scary, the ending also is just anti-pleasant, I can see little justification for it. For a non-gory B flick I give it 7/10.