i be . to reference another viewer shock remark at how one could say anything defamatory about this film . appal at just the opposite . this film be in a word quite ludicrous . the film open with john huston in another world need to come down and bring back a child . we then meet the kid and her mother and the man who want to marry her . yes and there be a lot of religious allegory here . just because allegory be use do not make this profound or deep . it isn not . it have a story with many and many flaw . lack of coherence be the big . character be never fully explain . motivation for character be never fully explain . scene cut from one to another with virtually no transition . the editor for this film must have be either blind or drunk . it be so choppy and incoherent at time a to suggest that several men direct it . ovidio assonitis and you might remember the brain behind such great film like beyond the door ( chi sei ) and piranha ii represent the spawning and write this italian rubbish whilst another get credit for direct it . i will concede that have more effort be give to flesh out the story and have the producer pick a real editor and have a real score be make for the film rather than that awful 70 like soundtrack use and have some more realistic special effect other than blue screen and the like be use then and yes and this might have be somewhat decent . but you know what . they do not . what we have here be a weird and highly implausible and very incoherent picture with a cast of famous actor look quite foolish . john huston look quite grandfatherly a the man or angel ( . ) come to earth to find this child . huston look lethargic and weary . after have see this film and he have every right to look and feel that way . maybe they should have ask him for some advice with direction . hey and sam peckinpah have a small role too . with all that experience why not ask . what could it have hurt . the young actress play the bratty child be paige conner and and she do quite well a an annoy kid you want to see flee the screen as soon a possible . she emit profanity and a trademark assonitis use with other child actor in chi sei with equal ability and with ease to glenn ford in what can only be term a a throw away role . shelley winter be here a some important person . god only know who . she sing momma gon na make shortening bread about ten time and slap the kid in the face . mel ferrer and lance henrikson play heavy . johanne nail play the mother and and she go through so much that in any other film she would have be dead after the first reel . in here she be shot and paralyzed and push into a gigantic fish tank and pull and then drop down stair and and be choke with wire . oh and and by the way and she manage to be impregnate and have an abortion too . what a woman . nail and to her credit and be pretty good a she do manage to keep a straight face throughout . pity and i wasn not able to . many scene stand out a be quite absurd . my favorite be represent the girl skate on ice like a maniacal dorothy hamil and the bird scene where death from above take the form of pigeon with a vengeance . a totally ridiculous film in every sense . and yes and franco nero do indeed have a cameo at the end a some kind of christ figure . ooh . that be awfully clever huh . phew .