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Bless the Child

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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })A 2000 horror/thriller film adapted from the novel by Cathy Cash Spellman, directed by Chuck Russell and starring Kim Basinger, about a mother and her adopted child — who just happens to be the messiah.Maggie O'Connor (Basinger) is a nurse who one night gets a brief visit from her drug-addicted sister Jenna (Angela Bettis), who drops off her newborn daughter Cody. Fast forward a number of years, and Cody (Holliston Coleman) is in a Catholic school for disabled children. She is believed to have a form of autism, but it is indicated that she has started to develop supernatural powers - making plates levitate, and more importantly resurrecting a dead bird. Things are going well.Then, one day, Jenna comes back to claim her child. Or rather, Jenna's new husband Eric (Rufus Sewell) has come to claim his new wife's child...Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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Affably Evil: The bad guy is really nice and polite about his murderous plans - even when he has a gun against his head.
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Black-and-White Morality
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Black-and-White Morality: As black and white as it gets, with the child being the messiah and the antagonists literally being agents of the Devil.
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Church of Happyology
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Church of Happyology: The New Dawn. Pretends to be a self-help organization, but is really a religion? Check. At the same time, it pretends to be an honest religion but is really an evil scam? Check. Is led by a celebrity? Check. Leader-worship? Check. The cult secretly hates Christianity? Check. The cult's propaganda and centers look exactly like Scientology's propaganda and centers? Check. Harasses defectors? Check. Has an army of lawyers? Check. People are actually possessed by countless thetans/demons? Check. The cult uses e-meters to count how many thetans are possessing your body? Actually not check, the line has to be drawn somewhere.
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Adaptation Name Change: Downplayed example. Eric Vanner becomes Eric Stark in the movie.
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Composite Character: John Travis is Detective Devin with Father Peter's backstory.
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