Bless the Child

This article is about the 2000 film. For the 2003 Hong Kong film, see Bless the Child (2003 film). For the Nightwish song, see Bless the Child (song).

Bless the Child
Theatrical release poster
Directed byChuck Russell[1][2]
Screenplay by
Based onBless the Child
by Cathy Cash Spellman[4]
Produced byMace Neufeld
Starring
CinematographyPeter Menzies Jr.
Edited byAlan Heim
Music byChristopher Young[5][6][7][8]
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • August 11, 2000 (2000-08-11)
Running time
107 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Germany[10]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$65 million[11]
Box office$40 million[11]
Bless the Child
AuthorCathy Cash Spellman
IllustratorCathy Cash Spellman
LanguageEnglish
GenreHorror
PublisherCathy Cash Spellman
Publication date
1993
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeWild Harp & Company Inc
Pages536
ISBN9780615517254

Bless the Child is a 2000 supernatural horror film directed by Chuck Russell and starring Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Angela Bettis, Rufus Sewell, Christina Ricci, and Holliston Coleman. It follows a woman who discovers that her niece, whom she has adopted, is being sought by a Satanic cult seeking to use her supernatural abilities. It is based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Cathy Cash Spellman. The film is a co-production between the United States, Canada and Germany.

Filmed in Toronto in late 1999, Bless the Child was released theatrically in North America on August 11, 2000 to overwhelmingly negative critical reviews,[12] and was a box-office bomb.[13]

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  3. ^ "Bless the Child Movie Script". Scripts.com.
  4. ^ "BLESS THE CHILD". Kirkus Reviews. April 21, 1993. Archived from the original on November 11, 2022.
  5. ^ Broxton, Jonathan (August 11, 2000). "BLESS THE CHILD – Christopher Young". Movie Music UK.
  6. ^ Glorieux, Thomas. "" Bless you Christopher Young "". maintitles.net.
  7. ^ Goldwasser, Dan (July 20, 2000). "Review: Bless The Child". Soundtrack.net.
  8. ^ Southall, James. "BLESS THE CHILD". Movie Wave.
  9. ^ "Advanced Medien, UIP pact for dist'n". Variety. July 28, 2000. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  10. ^ "Bless the Child". British Film Institute. London. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  11. ^ a b Bless the Child at Box Office Mojo
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference rotten was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ "Bless the Child". Bomb Report. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022.