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3 out of 3 people found the following review useful: Delivers on what its supposed to..., 6 April 2004 Author: abepaulx from Malaysia
I like this movie because it didn't need to be anything more than the story it was trying to tell. It has it's suspense and a plot twist at the end and the stars do their job adequately well. Personally, I like Sela Ward. She's pretty and looks good out of her nun's habit. Bottom line, when you have something of value... trust no one.You'll only find this dull and bland if you think this is going to be like the Omen or the Exorcist. Not a bloated vehicle for overblown special effects and 'the world will end by midnight' mumbo-jumbo. I see one viewer was even FORCED to watch this, so he could share his comments with us. The poor poor thing.
3 out of 3 people found the following review useful: Eh, not so great, 1 December 2001 Author: Karen Schmidt (klschmidt) from Virginia
This movie is about the apocolyptic birth of two babies to two virgins. Very big on religious themes. It's far from a great movie, but it is based on the book VIRGIN by James Patterson. I had read the book years ago, so had more of an interest in seeing the movie. It follows what I remember fairly accurately. This movie can be considered "horror" because of the sinister aspects of the visions and occurrences that the girls experience.
Satan will have a Son!, 9 February 2009 Author: sol from Brooklyn NY USA
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
***SPOILERS*** One of the score of movies released since "Rosemary's Baby" about Satan coming back to earth to create havoc there and thus, by having himself and his minions destroyed, usher in the Apocalypse. That makes a lot of sense on Satan's part doesn't it!We get in "Child of Darkness, Child of Light" an extra feature with not only Satan expected to make his appearance on earth but his eternal arch-enemy Jesus as well. Both Satan and Jesus are to come to earth via a virgin birth in the last decade of the Twentieth Century. This was all foretold some 70 years ago in a letter left by the surviving member of the world famous miracle of the Villa Fontaine! And now, in 1991, that time has finally come.The film has two virgins, one in Boston Ma. and one in Briscayne Falls Pa., who are about to give birth but who's the one carrying Satan's child or Jesus is anyone guess! It's up to Father Justin, Anthony John Denison, to determine just who's who, Satan or Jesus, and then report his findings back to the Vatican for farther study. The film keeps the audience, as well as Father Justin, guessing which of the two virgin births will be divine or damned. While were trying to make heads or tales of all this the earth is struck by a series of deadly pestilences that are of Biblical proportions. One of them Polio/Venice, a cross between Polio and AIDS, looks like it will wipe out the entire human race!Almost impossible to follow the film has so many sub-plots in it that you get lost within the first half hour of screen time. We also have a number of wild eyed religious fanatics as well as hysterical Satan worshipers that by the time the film is over you just don't seem to care who ends up on the winning side. There is somewhat of a surprise ending that exposes just who's behind this attempt to bring Satan back on earth and those involved, besides being nutty as fruitcakes, unfortunately have the best scenes and lines in the movie. ****SPOILERS**** We do get to see Jesus, disguised as a angelic-looking blond Catholic school girl at the very end of the film. The girl stymies the Devil's spawn in her saving a Mother Superior whom the evil Satan had walk into traffic and get run down by a speeding car. What this minor event, compared to what we expected to see in the film, had to do with the final battle between good and evil is anyone's guess.P.S Look out for the late Brad Davis as Dr. Tuchner who's one of the two pregnant girl's, Margaret Gallagher, church appointed physician.
0 out of 1 people found the following review useful: Not a horror movie a HORRIBLE movie, 7 July 2000 Author: scolbert-2
This movie was pretty bad and took alot of effort to sit through. It's based on the book Virgin by James Patterson but only very loosely (the book is much better). As i understand it, this was originally a made for cable (USA network) movie..which explains alot. Not only was the plot pretty ridiculous, but i..being Catholic..found many of the scenes offensive. The premise sounds great (sort of a combination of Rosemary's Baby and The Omen) but the acting and the story were laughable. The only reason i sat through until the end was because i had read the book and wanted to see how far the movie deviated from the book. It deviated alot...and not in a good way.
0 out of 2 people found the following review useful: * out of 4., 8 October 2003 Author: Brandon L. Sites (brandonsites1981@yahoo.com) from USA
Two women get pregent at the same time. Problem is both of them are virgins. One will give birth to the child of God. The other one will give birth to the child of Satan. A made for TV movie that is exactly like every other TV movie. It's dull, bland and of course features a familiar face or two in the cast. It isn't really all that bad, but it isn't much of anything either. Pity.Rated PG-13; Violence.
0 out of 2 people found the following review useful: My child is the son of Satan?, 21 October 2002 Author: Rainbow2003 from Montgomery, Alabama
Claudette Nevins is special as Lenore in this horrifying horror movie. The following cast is fabulous. The costumes are glamorous. One of the good films in the genre, Child Of Darkness, Child Of Light will strike damnation in the viewer's soul. 7 out of 10.
2 out of 6 people found the following review useful: Contrived story. Suspenseful it isn't, weird it is., 15 November 2003 Author: acearms from San Antonio, Texas
I guess if you are into the sci-fi and horror stuff it might be interesting. The acting was okay but not great. The two pregnant girls are supposed to be fifteen but are played by obviously older actresses who turned out to be twenty and twenty-one at the time. The plot is okay, but the story does jump around a bit, leaving one guessing whether you're in Boston or Pennsylvania. The priest seems to use warp speed between the two. The catholic church is portrayed as having a secretive sect for investigating events which only happen to those of that faith. What if the two girls had been protestant? Would the catholics of cared? Therefore some what contrived. Who knows, some day the catholic church might even learn what the Bible teaches. If you miss this one, don't feel you've lost anything.
2 out of 8 people found the following review useful: A Horror Movie airs on Sci-Fi Channel, 29 June 2000 Author: lucky-16 from USA
Actually, the movie is neither horror nor Sci-Fi. With a very strong Christian religious theme, this movie delivers minimal content and no suspense. Second-tier actors do half-decent jobs of reading their boring roles. The only good performance is by Sydney Penny who plays a role of a mother of ... I won't spoil the movie, it's either Christ or Anti-Christ. Avoid watching this movie unless you a Christian religious fanatic obsessed with apocalypse.Being a non-Christian, I had to force myself to watch this movie just because I wanted to write this review. It's a pity that Sci-Fi channel had to air this movie at the peak evening time.
1 out of 7 people found the following review useful: * out of 4., 17 September 2002 Author: Brandon L. Sites (brandonsites1981@yahoo.com) from Click on my name for over 500 horror movie reviews!
Two women who are both virgins become pregnant under mysterious circumstances. One of the women will give birth to the child of god, while the other woman will give birth to the child of satan. Made for USA television movie is a poor Omen / Rosemary's Baby rip off that happens to be pretty pointless, uninvolving, slow moving, and dull.Rated PG-13; Violence and Adult Themes.
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