Case 39 (2009) turned out to be a slightly above average booga-booga demonic child shockfest, raised up by the presence of Rene Zellweger, Bradley Cooper and Ian McShane.
Obviously, this movie's way beneath their talents, but there's always guilty-pleasure fun watching above-the-line actors wallow a little in B-movie sludge.........
Rene's a sweetly caring social worker who takes on the unenviable task of fostering a solemn little girl (Jodelle Ferland, effectively creepy) whose parents tried to go all Hansel-And-Gretel on her......popping her into the oven. Yowza!
Turns out, Mom and Pop had the right idea, since Jodelle's an Omen straight from hell and enjoys arranging spectacular deaths for those who, for some reason or another, piss her off.
Great grisly death by hornets scene......and to its everlasting credit, the movie avoids the standard, cliche ending for a movie like this (although they did film that usual corny scene and it turns up on the DVD extras.) 3 stars (***)
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