A strange film also known as THE NIGHT HAIR CHILD, made jointly in Spain and the United Kingdom. Starring Mark Lester as a confused but malicious but coming to terms with the death of his mother by driving mad his father's new wife played by Britt Eckland. He is evil beyond his years and determined to drive his father and stepmother apart, a fairly ordinary scenario hieghtened by the salacious glee of Mark Lester.
The film is a psychological horror thriller that plays games between the characters before leading to three key shocks at the end. The film denounces itself three times by changing in fundamental ways at the end. Just when you feel the film will end with a delightful twist along comes another until a blunt, deliberately pointless ending. The ending is fairly numbing and annoying after the clever work in the last twenty minutes of the film. There is a seedy feel to the film with dark hints of voyeurism, cruelty from children, almost incest and patricide. Mark Lester is fantastic as the young boy with maturity, full of inventive spite. The film seems fairly empty and doesn't build very well but it's fairly interesting and the odd moment will leave you quietly gasping. 7/10.
Special Thanks to Mark Coyle for this Movie Review.