Bless the Child

2000 film by Chuck Russell
Movie film Q727893
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Bless the Child

Summary

Bless the Child is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,126 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bless the Child's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Bless the Child was directed by Chuck Russell[4].
  • Clifford Scott Green wrote the screenplay for Bless the Child[5].
  • Thomas Rickman wrote the screenplay for Bless the Child[6].
  • Bless the Child's composer is recorded as Christopher Young[7].
  • Bless the Child's genre is horror film[8].
  • Bless the Child's genre is psychological thriller[9].
  • Bless the Child's genre is thriller film[10].
  • A cast member of Bless the Child was Kim Basinger[11].
  • A cast member of Bless the Child was Jimmy Smits[12].
  • A cast member of Bless the Child was Angela Bettis[13].
  • A cast member of Bless the Child was Rufus Sewell[14].
  • A cast member of Bless the Child was Christina Ricci[15].
  • A cast member of Bless the Child was Holliston Coleman[16].
  • A cast member of Bless the Child was Eugene Lipinski[17].
  • A cast member of Bless the Child was Ian Holm[18].
  • A cast member of Bless the Child was Lumi Cavazos[19].
  • A cast member of Bless the Child was Helen Stenborg[20].
  • A cast member of Bless the Child was Vince Corazza[21].
  • A cast member of Bless the Child was Dimitra Arliss[22].
  • A cast member of Bless the Child was Nicole Lyn[23].
  • A cast member of Bless the Child was Gary Hudson[24].
  • A cast member of Bless the Child was Marcia Bennett[25].
  • A cast member of Bless the Child was Christopher Redman[26].
  • A cast member of Bless the Child was Peter Mensah[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Bless the Child was produced by Mace Neufeld[28]. It was directed by Chuck Russell[4]. Screenwriters include Clifford Scott Green[5] and Thomas Rickman[6]. Cast members include Kim Basinger[11], Jimmy Smits[12], Angela Bettis[13], Rufus Sewell[14], Christina Ricci[15], and Holliston Coleman[16].

Publication

Publication dates include August 11, 2000[29], November 9, 2000[30], and January 26, 2001[31]. The original language of Bless the Child was English[32]. Genres include horror film[8], psychological thriller[9], and thriller film[10]. It was distributed by video on demand[33].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include serial killer[34], supernatural[35], and autism[36].

Reception

Reviews include 3.2/10[37], 17/100[38], and 4%[39].

Why It Matters

Bless the Child ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,126 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [37] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . kinokalender.com. Retrieved . kinokalender.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Mullanur · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'hu', 'id', 'it', 'ja', '
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  3. 6w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 27373
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  4. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2000-08-11T00:00:00Z, +2000-11-09T00:00:00Z, +2001-01-26T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Clifford Scott Green, Thomas Rickman
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+107'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
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