Masters of Horror: The Fair Haired Child (2006)
Season 1, Episode 9
8/10
Horror With Happy Ending
20 April 2018
Warning: Spoilers
"The Fair Haired Child" is more morbid drama than horror. Here, gore and shockers are put aside to make way to parental love and madness caused by the loss of a child, social anxiety and loneliness, an inner struggle between the urge for survival and love for the other, and romance that is often found where we least expect it. All packed in a sick story about the bloody pact that a married couple makes with a demon in order to revive the dead son. Under the baton of the "weakest" director of the first season, one of the better episodes was created and probably his best film. I especially like the unusual choice of the ending, because it is essentially happy ending, which is very unusual for this genre.

8/10.
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