this film be a blatant rip off of both rosemary baby and the omen and if thats not bad enough and it deadly dull . story be about a woman name lucy carlesi ( joan collins ) who have a difficult birth to a boy and even dr. finch ( donald pleasence ) exclaim that this baby doesn not want to be bear . the baby doesn not waste any time scratch his mother and instantly she realize that he not a normal child . her husband gino ( ralph bates ) talk to dr. finch and he assure him that the baby be fine and that they can go home . at home the baby cry weirdly and when he be check they notice that his room be tore up . after all these thing start happen lucy remembers her day a an exotic dancer and a dwarf name hercules ( george claydon ) who work with her and one day he put some sexual move on her that she instantly spurn . hercules yell at lucy scream that her first bear will be curse . now when she look at her child sometimes she see the face of him and she keep tell dr. finch that something be wrong . gino sister be a nun name sister albana ( eileen atkins ) and she have a suspicion that her nephew be possess by the devil but she keep it quiet until it too late . this film be direct by peter sasdy who direct some pretty good hammer film and make an impact a a reliable television director a well . but this film be a lose cause right from the start and it obviously be an uninspired effort to cash in on the evil child premise that be fairly popular in the 1970 . one of the thing in this story that i never figure out be who be the dwarf . be he evil . i guess . be he the devil . who know . where do he get the ability to curse people . be he a devil worshiper . this be never explain and we also never see the baby commit any of the evil deed so there be many scene where the character creep slowly along look around and never figure out what the heck be go on . sexy caroline munro be in the film and serve no purpose what so ever and donald pleasence have a very easy role where he mumble thing about everything be okay and in one scene he appear to flirt with sister albana . this be the type of low budget junk that collins have to make in the 70 if she want to earn a living a an actress . not only do she have to act in this slop she even have to appear nude . this be not the only bad film that she have to get naked in during those year and everyday she should kneel to the ground and scream thank you god for the show dynasty . that television show save her career from become just another b movie actress . this film be unconvincing in every detail and never scary . don not waste your time unless your desperate to see collins nude .