THE CHILD
dir. Robert Voskanian, 1977
US, 82 min
In English.

SATURDAY, MARCH 7 - MIDNIGHT
FRIDAY, MARCH 13 - MIDNIGHT
MONDAY, MARCH 30 - 7:30 PM

A 1930's widower hires a governess for his daughter, who can summon zombies.

Almost the polar opposite of The Pit despite very similar synopses, The Child is a distinctly moodier and more serious affair. Alicianne is en route to her new job as the governess to a recently widowed man and his 11 year old daughter, Rosalie, when her car breaks down, leaving her to walk the rest of the way through the woods. On the way, she meets an old woman who warns her of strange happenings since the girl's mother died, and it just gets weirder from there.

Manages to strike a tone somewhere between Bava and the dreamy weirdness of 'Tombs of the Blind Dead' - if woods, fog, and synth are your thing, look no further.