Meet Bonnie Dearest, an evil young Christina Crawford lookalike who is allegedly murdering the older children of her adoptive parents (Malcolm Stoddard and Cyd Hayman) who took her in after the real mother (Angela Pleasance) abandons them. The parents barely even grieve their other children and it takes forever for them to suspect that Bonnie would curse Scotland as she turns into a dragon let alone be responsible for killing off her adopted siblings.
A British horror film that suffers from lack of a cast of familiar actors, that does actually benefited because at least you're not distracted by star quality and get to see seemingly real people in a horrific situation. But these seemingly ordinary people are dumber than a field of lavender, which Bonnie has turned into poppies, and that makes this movie both frustrating and slow because the horror going on is barely insinuated even though it's obviously there.
Some great location shots, particularly the site of a crumbling castle, aids this film in seeming better than it really is. Yes, we do see the parents in shock after the first few horrific situations, but then again they are gallivanting around minutes later as if nothing happened. There really isn't any suspense, and while the performances are decent, they are affected by the very slow pacing and poor script. Occult films like this are a dime of dozen from this era, and this is one of the weakest even if it isn't terrible.
A British horror film that suffers from lack of a cast of familiar actors, that does actually benefited because at least you're not distracted by star quality and get to see seemingly real people in a horrific situation. But these seemingly ordinary people are dumber than a field of lavender, which Bonnie has turned into poppies, and that makes this movie both frustrating and slow because the horror going on is barely insinuated even though it's obviously there.
Some great location shots, particularly the site of a crumbling castle, aids this film in seeming better than it really is. Yes, we do see the parents in shock after the first few horrific situations, but then again they are gallivanting around minutes later as if nothing happened. There really isn't any suspense, and while the performances are decent, they are affected by the very slow pacing and poor script. Occult films like this are a dime of dozen from this era, and this is one of the weakest even if it isn't terrible.