Figure 1.-- Chris was effectively played by Harley Cross. We do not know much about Harley, but he did well in this otherwise morose film. Noticde tge denim jacket, a popukar item with both boys and girls. |
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A strange voodoo New York cult practicing Santeria, has as one of its tenants, the ritualistic killing of first born children. Police psychiatrist Cal Jamison moves to New York with his son Chris after the death of his wife. He becomes involved in the investigation of the murder of two youths. The question of them being immolated during a cult ritual. Jamison suspects Voodoo. Sespite warnings from his housekeeper, he investigates by entering the Santeria cult. He soon comes under their influence. They try to get him to sacrifice his son. Reviewers complained that the film moved to slow. Some fans thought that was all part of building suspense. John Schlesinger directed Mark Frost's screenplay which was based based on Nicholas Conde's book--The Religion. The film has lots of voodoo images of rituals using fresh chicken blood, decapitated cats, etc. Then the film finally gets to little boys. Horror film buffs may like the film. It was not to my taste. With all tge chicken blood one might think that Martin Sheen who plays Cal Jamison might not be able to come across as pompous as he usually does, but he manages to do so. Chris was more effectively played by Harley Cross. We do not know much about Harley, but he did well in this otherwise morose film. The film is set in the present time and thus representative of the 1980s.
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