Ased on the James Patterson novel Virgin (which has been retitled Cradle and All), Child of Darkness, Child of Light was directed by Marina Sargenti, who made one of my favorite early 90s movies, Mirror, Mirror. It was written for TV by Brian Taggert, who had some solid credits of his own in The Spell, Visiting Hours, Of Unknown Origin, the two V mini-series, The New Kids, Wanted Dead or Alive, Poltergeist III, Deadly Family Secrets and Omen III and IV.
Father Rosetti (Paxton Whitehead) is sent by the Vatican to a small city in Pennsylvania - it's shot in Portland, so no luck having any Pittsburgh actors in the cast - to investigate a report of an impending virgin birth. He's injured by bikers and left in a coma, so the Vatican also sends Father Justin O'Carroll (Tony Denison) without telling him that this virgin birth was prophesized by a vision of the Virgin Mary.
O'Carroll meets pregnant 15-year-old teen Margaret Gallagher (Sydney Penne) who is constantly being attacked by people when she claims that she's having a virgin birth. She's also able to transfer her visions to people who attack her, giving them mysterious wounds. And oh yeah, polio is back. Locusts show up. You know how that end of the world stuff gets.
The priest also goes ot Boston to meet Kathleen Beavier (Kristin Dattilo), who is also a virgin expecting a baby. Her child? Well, it just might be the Antichrist. And wow! Viveca Lindfors plays her maid. This also has small roles for Brad Davis, Eric Christmas (Principal Carter from Porky's!), Richard McKenzie (Archie Bunker's brother Fred), Sela Ward (as a nun, so you know how I felt about this movie) and Brendan Fraser.
It's a USA TV movie, so let that guide your watching.
Father Rosetti (Paxton Whitehead) is sent by the Vatican to a small city in Pennsylvania - it's shot in Portland, so no luck having any Pittsburgh actors in the cast - to investigate a report of an impending virgin birth. He's injured by bikers and left in a coma, so the Vatican also sends Father Justin O'Carroll (Tony Denison) without telling him that this virgin birth was prophesized by a vision of the Virgin Mary.
O'Carroll meets pregnant 15-year-old teen Margaret Gallagher (Sydney Penne) who is constantly being attacked by people when she claims that she's having a virgin birth. She's also able to transfer her visions to people who attack her, giving them mysterious wounds. And oh yeah, polio is back. Locusts show up. You know how that end of the world stuff gets.
The priest also goes ot Boston to meet Kathleen Beavier (Kristin Dattilo), who is also a virgin expecting a baby. Her child? Well, it just might be the Antichrist. And wow! Viveca Lindfors plays her maid. This also has small roles for Brad Davis, Eric Christmas (Principal Carter from Porky's!), Richard McKenzie (Archie Bunker's brother Fred), Sela Ward (as a nun, so you know how I felt about this movie) and Brendan Fraser.
It's a USA TV movie, so let that guide your watching.