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Midnight's Child
USA 1992
produced by Kimberly Myers, Victoria Principal (executive), Judith A. Polone (executive) for the Polone Company/Lifetime Network
directed by Colin Bucksey
starring Marcy Walker, Cotter Smith, Olivia D'Abo, Elisabeth Moss, Jim Norton, Judy Parfitt, Roxann Biggs (= Roxann Dawson), Mary Larkin, Gregory James, Pierrette Grace, Nicole Prochnik, Jake Jacobs, Matt Corey, Stephanie Shroyer, Beth Bjork
story by Jeff Myrow, David N.Gottlieb, David Chaskin, screenplay by David Chaskin, music by Richard Hartley
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Kate (Marcy Walker) and Nick (Cotter Smith) are so caught up in their
work that they hire an au pair from Sweden, Anna (Olivia D'Abo) to take
care of their daughter Chrissy (Elisabeth Moss) - and after a somewhat
messed-up start, Anna becomes the perfect addition to the household,
winning not only Chrissy's heart but also helping Nick in his work, and so
on and so forth. Only Kate more and more dislikes Anna, but everybody thinks that is
just out of jealousy, and they don't take her too seriously when she
becomes more and more paranoid about the girl. Eventually, Kate herself
thinks she has gone over the top - when she meets Anna's father, who tells
her Anna is a bride of Satan, has killed another girl to get the position
in Kate and Nick's household, and now she wants to marry Chrissy to Satan.
And when Anna's father is killed shortly after telling all this, Kate is
convinced it is true, and she comes home just in time for the wedding
ceremony. Like sheep, Nick seems to have actually willed in to give his
own daughter away to Satan, but when Anna tries to burn Kate during the
ceremony, he remembers where his allegiances lie and helps Kate burn Anna
instead, and the two and Chrissy become a happy family once more. A
typical made-for-television horror flick: Based on a clichéd, pointless
and uninspired script, carried by an impersonal directorial effort and an
at best mediocre cast, and brought to life on a modest budget, this is
nothing but a boring genre piece which you really needn't see and which
you will have forgotten soon afterwards anyways.
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