This is something of a strange one. Julie loves her daddy and wants him all to herself so when she witnesses a delivery guy attempting to sexually assault her mother she does nothing to help which ends in her mothers death. Now Julie has daddy all to herself and everything is perfect until her fathers mistress turns up with her son in tow. Julie doesn't want the competition so she goes about trying to get rid of the two usurpers.
I went into this hoping it was going to be a killer kid film along the lines of 'Bloody birthday' or 'Mikey' but it's not it's more of a thriller. I found it quite dull and with the exception of a disturbing incestuous daydream on Julies part I'd seen it all before. Some of the dialogue between Julie's father (Anthony Franciosa) and his lady friend (Sybil Danning) is pure cheese. At times I thought I'd started watching a Danielle Steele TV movie. The acting isn't that great even from the stars of the movie add to that some truly ridiculous plot developments and you end up with a film thats quite hard to take seriously.
For me the most disappointing thing was that Julie didn't do enough evil stuff. She wasn't a particularly likable character So I never found myself rooting for her. What the film does do well is maintain a creepy unsettling feeling around the father daughter relationship through out the movie. This was the only thing that kept me watching.
Julie Darling promises much at the beginning but fails to deliver.
I went into this hoping it was going to be a killer kid film along the lines of 'Bloody birthday' or 'Mikey' but it's not it's more of a thriller. I found it quite dull and with the exception of a disturbing incestuous daydream on Julies part I'd seen it all before. Some of the dialogue between Julie's father (Anthony Franciosa) and his lady friend (Sybil Danning) is pure cheese. At times I thought I'd started watching a Danielle Steele TV movie. The acting isn't that great even from the stars of the movie add to that some truly ridiculous plot developments and you end up with a film thats quite hard to take seriously.
For me the most disappointing thing was that Julie didn't do enough evil stuff. She wasn't a particularly likable character So I never found myself rooting for her. What the film does do well is maintain a creepy unsettling feeling around the father daughter relationship through out the movie. This was the only thing that kept me watching.
Julie Darling promises much at the beginning but fails to deliver.