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Basic plot goes a lil' something like this...
A newly-hired housekeeper in a remote area is alarmed to discover that her boss's eleven-year-old daughter is using her supernatural powers to take revenge on the people she holds responsible for her mother's death, with the aid of her flesh-eating zombie 'friends'...
Zombie Child(aka: The Child /Kill & Go Hide)(1977) is a grainy, clunky scored gem of a stinkfest...
Alicianne Del Mar (played by the lovely Laurel Barnett) arrives in the heart of the forestry to look after the difficult child, Rosalie. She has broken down and she is now stranded. What are those creatures wandering around the grounds at night? Why does everybody act so strangely? It transpires that Rosalie's mother has recently died and ever since her departure, her only daughter has found comfort visiting the nearby graveyard at night. She admits that the things in the woods don't scare her because they are her friends. Alicia realizes realises that these friends are the murderous zombies who have killed everyone that have, in some way, annoyed the spoiled little girl. The climax involves boarding up every possible entry as the horde of ghouls gather around an old mill to get at Alicianne.
Zombie Child is so peculiar, not to mention obscure and hard to find, you end up liking the film. The eerie misty cemetery scenes and some of the murders are quite well executed for a film whose low budget is obvious in every shot. You even begin to appreciate the silly looking zombies who appear like they've wondered in off the set of Creature from the Black Lagoon.
If you manage to find this old gem, I recommend you check it out. Just wait until you see the mad acting skillz of the nosy neighbor. Especially in the scene preceding her death. Yowzah!
Even extras the extra's...
A featurette called "The Outsider", is a much applauded addition...about a misfit girl's tribulations...it is a 50's educational reel, complete with a questionnaire at the end of the feature.
The narrarator questions... "Susan...Susan Jane...why don't people like you...Is there something the matter with you? Why are you always the outsider...The outsider...the one nobody asks..."
Some girls play with dolls, Rosalie plays with zombies.
This film is an atmospheric cross between Night of the Living Dead and Carrie, by way of The Bad Seed. It is an unnerving creature feature that reminds us just what little monsters children can be.
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