i really hate say this about 70 brit horror but this be a very and very bad film . everything that could possibly go wrong actually feature here in this lame horror vehicle . a really bad basic idea and for starter and handle about joan collins give birth to an ( unusually big ) baby possess by evil and control by a dwarf collins once spurn . this film borrow style and script element from rosemary baby and the exorcist and don not look now and it alive and even tiny detail from hammer and amicus success . the screenplay be extremely poorly write and peter sasdy directing be the bad of all disaster . what happen to this guy . he be responsible for an endless amount of great tv movie and a few downright classic hammer title ( like countess dracula and hand of the ripper ) but and ever since doomwatch and he just seem to make crap . this production be very banal and not the least bit scary or atmospheric and the bloodshed be keep to a minimum . it look like this film be bless with a terrific all star cast and but everybody be perform far below their normal acting skill . donald pleasance look dead long before his character be actually slaughter and ralph bates character be far too fake . eileen atkins triumph a the bad cast member though . she star a an italian nun ( . ) and speak with the most atrocious accent i ever heard . the only one that get a little sympathy be the beautiful caroline munro a the sexy cabaret dancer . i do not want to be bear be a giant disappointment in every respect and good left unmentioned . avoid .