Review of Manhattan Baby (1982) by Rob R — 16 Mar 2011

Although it has been over a week since I saw this film, not a lot has stuck with me. The plot's logic is certainly lacking but I wouldn't go so far as to say it was intelligible, which is pretty much what the synopsis on the DVD case warns you of. Basically girl gets given an evil eye in Egypt and evil stuff happens when she gets back home. Kids dramatically disappear and then reappear a few scenes later without much explanation, eyesight is taken away and given back (without much explanation) and most of the time everyone's relatively cool about it.

Very light on gore and well, anything much of interest really. The main set piece comes at the end when a guy's stuffed birds come to life and attack him but by then it's too little, too late.