Blessed (2004 film)

Blessed - Children of the Devil ( Alternative title: Blessed - Do not be afraid; Original Title: Blessed! ) Is a British thriller directed by Simon Fellows from 2004.

Action

Samantha and Craig Howard want to have children, but can not. Consult a health care professional who performs an artificial insemination. Samantha is pregnant with twins.

Craig, a writer gets from the religiously interested publisher Earl Sidney a large sum of money for his new novel. Craig's agent is concerned, it provides research on Sidney - which also includes the fertility clinic - at. She calls Craig, but dies before she can say anything.

Samantha feels persecuted by a man with a dark hood. She gets in a bar the priest know Father Carlo. Father Carlo tells her that her children were descendants of the devil. It was not the work of God, but that of science. Father Carlo wants Samantha to kill their unborn children. She flees and locks herself in the bathroom of the house. Father Carlo then put the house on fire and goes to the clinic runs over Earl Sydney and sets fire to the fertility clinic, thus killing the doctors and himself

Samantha is rescued in time. She gives birth shortly after the child in the ambulance. Craig and the emergency room doctor are shocked when they see the first baby; the baby is not shown.

Four years later, the daughters Samantha's celebrate together with other children. The angelic cute twins are annoyed by a boy. Then the two girls see him sharply - and he falls with no physical action on the ground. He is turned over, you can see his face suddenly disfiguring and empty eye sockets. Samantha looking scared on their uncanny daughters.

Reviews

The lexicon of international film wrote that the film was a " gentle horror movie" draws heavily on the film Rosemary's Baby. He laid the plot " with skill and convincing actors " in the present, however, include these add any new dimensions.

The magazine TV directly 10/2007 wrote that the film is a horror film of the " soft style ", his production was " solid".

Background

The movie was filmed in Bucharest and had its world premiere on 16 May 2004 to the International Film Festival in Cannes. The performer Earl Sidney, David Hemmings, died during the filming of a heart attack. A Dedication to the beginning of the film credits reminded of him.

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