The Calling

THE CALLING is an updated ROSEMARY'S BABY / THE OMEN hybrid that's actually pretty good.

Laura Harris is believable as Kristie St. Clair, the increasingly suspicious mum of young Dylan (Alex Roe). She faces what she sees as a satanic conspiracy of historic, global proportions. Not surprisingly, no one believes her, except for those who are already involved in the whole thing.

The magnificent Alice Krige co-stars as the wicked Elizabeth Plummer. Unfortunately, Ms. Krige is underused here. The rest of the cast is serviceable, with Francis Magee's enigmatic cabby, Carmac being the standout. The story is engaging and suspenseful, with a building sense of doom. There are some cool twists, and the finale is a grabber!

Yes, a boom mic is clearly visible during the church scene, but it doesn't ruin the entire movie. Worth a watch...

I give a 7, and thats being conservative! You have to pay attention mid-movie to stay with plot. Solid acting as far as I could judge! Few plotholes, making the movie smooth in laying everything out. Great ending. I give this an over-all B+! Thanks!😀

In this film there is a very young pretty gal who gets married to a handsome guy who has the large home and everything to go with a prosperous person. After the large celebration and all the people have left for the evening, usually romance starts in the bedroom. However, in this picture it encounters a walk through the woods on a moon-lite night and then a stroll to a high cliff area overlooking the ocean below. The couple embrace and make love on the hard rock surface, instead of a nice warm cozy bed; it is from this point on in the picture that things start to change for the worst. The young bride is pregnant immediately after the hard rock love making and a sweet lovely child is conceived for the entire world to enjoy. If you like this type of film and especially,"Rosemary's Baby", you will enjoy this film.

Let there be no mistake: The Calling is not a very good movie. But then again, how many really good movies are there in this genre? Off hand I can only think of a few...The Omen, The Exorcist (the best of them all), The Shining, Poltergeist, The Blair Witch Project and The Changeling amongst a few others perhaps (I also liked The Ninth Gate). I can think of a lot more titles that REALLY stinks, and this is my favorite genre! As for The Calling I think it is an OK movie for the genre, and well worth seeing for those who enjoy this type of movie. It is nowhere near as good as any of the above, but it's still not all that bad. And even though we've all "seen this story before" I find the ending quite original. Helge Iversen

"There can be only one, there can be only one"...which seem to be the running theme in the supposed, alleged, minds of the users here I guess. Well this is the real life movie industry, not Highlander...lol

This Omen/Rosemary's baby clone enters the genre (Along with movies like Bless he Child) like any other, constantly compared to those 2 movies and seemingly attacked for NOT being them. Thank goodness there is an intelligent segment of cinema buffs who can accept and enjoy the existence of more than one Shark movie besides Jaws and more than one Slasher besides Halloween, ect,ect. This devil's child movie is a fine addition to it's particular genre, with a similar story to Rosemary's Baby it manages to present it's own variation on the story well. Good cinematography, decent acting, and thankfully a child actor with acting chops to play the Little Devil with conviction and menace. It's not The Omen, nothing could be, but it is one bloody good time and fun little variation of the themes. It manages to fit well into my genre collections (Killer Kids, Supernatural and Demonic) and I'm glad to have bought it. If you can handle more than 2 or 3 entries into a particular genre, you probably will too..