Child: Bless The

: The film was a critical and box-office disappointment, currently holding a 3-4% rating on Rotten Tomatoes . Critics often compared it unfavorably to The Omen . Notable Differences

: Maggie O’Connor, a 42-year-old grandmother, raises her granddaughter Cody after her drug-addicted daughter Jenna abandons the child. Bless the Child

: Filmed in Toronto, it was released on August 11, 2000. Cast : Kim Basinger : Maggie O'Connor Holliston Coleman : Cody O'Connor (the gifted child) Rufus Sewell : Eric Stark (the cult leader) Christina Ricci : Cheri Post (a cult member who aids Maggie) : The film was a critical and box-office

Directed by Chuck Russell, the movie stars Kim Basinger as Maggie and Jimmy Smits as an FBI agent specializing in occult crimes. : Filmed in Toronto, it was released on August 11, 2000

Written by Cathy Cash Spellman, the novel is a 600-page "alchemical mix" of mystery and Biblical lore .