Cannon
Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Shout! Factory)
A strange woman appears in a meadow to a family out for a walk. They take her home where she has a baby then promptly disappears. They raise the child as their own, however a series of tragedies results in the deaths of two of their other children. The father eventually figures out that their adopted daughter is responsible and tries to stop her. Derivative of "The Omen" but without the religious or supernatural overtones, it is a sometimes painful melodrama of a family being torn apart from the inside. Well-acted, especially for this genre, except for the kid, whose scowling and squinting become annoying after awhile. Beautifully shot by cinematographer Norman Warwick on English locations.
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