The Calling

2000 "They Kill to Serve Satan's Child."
4.3| 1h29m| en| More Info
Released: 21 December 2000 Released
Producted By: Constantin Film
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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On her wedding night, a young woman conceives a child during an hallucinatory encounter. Several years later, as her friends and family begin to behave strangely, she pieces together clues that lead to one conclusion...her son is the Antichrist

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Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring
Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.
Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Donald Seymour This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
trepessa I have to say after reading most of the reviews, I don't agree. I'm not going to restate the whole of the plot here because enough have stated what the movie is essentially about. The only similarity to the Omen was the topic of the Antichrist. Yes there was the birth of a child but you know, even Rosemary's Baby had that which came long before the Omen movies. It is just a topic that has been handled in various ways in a number of films. I thought the acting was fine and these weren't washed up actors in any way. Miss Harris did an excellent job in her part as the Mother to the child. It had some unique twists and turns in the plot and the scenery was beautiful. If you find the topic of the Antichrist an interesting one, then you might give this one a watch. They did some things I haven't seen prior in a movie pertaining to this topic. What one has to remember is that the topic is in a way limiting in what one can do with it. This movie really wasn't cliché'. I enjoyed the input of the taxi driver that ended up something else altogether. I liked it and would watch it a second time.
Horrorible_Horror_Films If you made a B-Movie that was deritive of The Omen and Rosemary's Baby then this would be that movie. Do not see this movie, see The Omen and Rosemary's Baby instead, their way better. This really isn't that good. Now there are worse horror movies, but this is pretty crappy. And that one scene where the kids parents are giving him a bath and videotaping it - he's like 12 years old! Thats pretty disturbing, its like child porn. I suppose this actually could have been a really good film, but however that could have been done, the people that made this film made sure it was just crappy enough not to salvage. Crap, that really sums this movie up quite nicely.
José Luis Rivera Mendoza (jluis1984) A young American woman gets married with a famous British newscaster, and apparently lives a perfect life in the Isle of Man until she discovers that his husband is part of a satanic cult trying to start the Antichritst's reign over Earth.Sounds familiar? This movie gives more than a nod to horror classics "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Omen"; as its plot is like a mixture of both story lines with not even a quarter of the magnificence of those movies.Richard Caesar's debut is a low-budget movie that puts Laura Harris in Mia Farrow's role as Kristie, the woman trapped in a blasphemous conspiracy by her husband Marc St. Claire (Richard Lintern). Betrayed by everyone, it is up to her to save the soul of her son Dylan (Alex Roe) who plays the role of hateful evil kid perfectly.The movie's main problem is the lack of originality and poor development of the script, nothing really outstanding happens and it is quite formulaic; the characters' actions are unrealistic, and the dialogs are uninspired. However, the ending is particularly good, and it is a shame that one has to endure more than 70 boring and tedious minutes to arrive to the only good part of the movie.The acting is nothing special and while Laura Harris makes a good lead, her character has some of the worst lines in the movie. It is a shame to see her waste her talent like that. On the other hand, Francis Magee has the best part in the movie as the mysterious taxi driver Carmac, and he easily steals every scene he is in.The movie has a nice photography considering the low-budget, and the Isle of Man serves as a beautiful and different location. Caesar's direction is quite typical for modern day suspense thrillers but it works and the movie flows at good pace.It is definitely not a bad movie, as even with its flaws it still manages to entertain and has a few good things to offer (specially the ending); however, there are similar movies that are far superior than "The Calling" as it stays in a mediocre level. 5/10
HK Erickson This film was extremely low budget. At one point we noticed the boom (microphone) dip down onto the screen during a scene in the church. Laura Harris has proved herself a good actress in other films, but this one does not do her justice. Also, the story becomes sketchy at the end and is slightly underdeveloped. There were several moments in the movie where I found myself asking, why are they doing this? And thats not such a bad thing, if they're explained. But they never are. See it if you're into religious, cult type movies, but even then you really might not enjoy it much. As far as the editing and special effects go, this movie is also very lacking. But to be honest, I have seen worse low-budget films. So if you're into this type of movie, go ahead and give it a try. But consider yourself warned.

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