Fair Haired Child by William Malone [2006]

Title: Fair Haired Child
Director: William Malone
Starring: Lori Petty, Lindsay Pulsipher, Jesse Haddock, William Samples
Runtime: 55 minutes
Year: 2006
Source: Zip.ca

I'm trying to make an honest attempt to finish off the Masters of Horror series. So with that, here's Fair Haired Child.

This little number is directed by the same guy who brought us House on Haunted Hill and Feardotcom. I know, I know... I didn't wanna watch this either as a result. I also was just as puzzled as most of you to see him listed among as the other Masters of Horror.

Now, with that out of the way, this isn't all that terrible.

The film opens up with Tara [Pulsipher] being the outsider at school , despite the fact that she's a above average looking blonde. On her way home she rides her bike into the woods as a shortcut and what follows in quite the neat little scene. A van comes out of nowhere and hits her sending her flying, this was filmed well and looks rad. I was expecting her to sit up with a bone poking out somewhere, but no dice, not so lucky.

She's then stuffed into the back of the van and later wakes up in a hospital room of sorts. After a string of bizarre questions from her nurse [Petty] she comes to realize she's not in a hospital afterall, instead she's in a secluded mansion. Before long her kidnappers have tossed her into the basement where she finds a young boy hanging from a noose.

This is where the film starts to take a turn for the worse. After letting the boy down they sort of bond together over their current situation. He's unable to speak, but the two of them feel out their surroundings to find some clear warnings that the shit is about to hit the fan.

Not to spoil anything but that little monster of sorts [that's on the DVD cover] is pretty neat looking but we don't get too much screen time with him. The flashbacks are more silly than scary, but do provide some background with whats going on.

It's good for it's for an hour long episode, but I wouldn't watch it twice. There's nothing all that memorable about it.

Half-assed recommended.

j.