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Thirteenth Child
Thirteenth Child
	Film poster
Directed by	Thomas Ashley ; Steven Stockage
Written by	Michael Maryk ; Cliff Robertson
Starring	Cliff Robertson; Lesley-Anne Down; Christopher Atkins; Robert Guillaume;
Cinematography	Howard Krupa
Music by	Peter Calandra
Distributed by	Unipix Entertainment
Release date	October 25, 2002;
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5,000,000

13th Child (or The 13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil) is a 2002 direct-to-video horror film directed by Thomas Ashley and Steven Stockage. It is inspired by the Jersey Devil.^[1] The screenplay was written by Michael Maryk and Cliff Robertson, the latter also starring in the film.^[1] The story is based on The Jersey Devil by James F. McCloy and Ray Miller Jr.^[2] The film was shot in New Jersey at Wharton State Forest, Batsto Village, and Hammonton in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.

Cast

Cliff Robertson as Mr. Shroud
Lesley-Anne Down as District-Attorney Murphy
Christopher Atkins as Ron
Robert Guillaume as Riley
John Wesley as Jones
Peter Jason as Coroner

Reception

Critical reception for the film has been negative. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a rating of 40% based on 5 reviews.^[3] David N. Butterworth panned the film, as he felt that "Anyone who quickly denounced Madonna's "Swept Away" as being the worst film of 2002 clearly hadn't seen "13th Child.""^[4] Charles Tatum from eFilmCritic.com panned the film's script, and character development.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Nash, Margo (October 13, 2002). "The Devil You Think You Know". The New York Times. p. 11. Archived from the original on June 25, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
^ Rosen, Judith (November 18, 2002). "Jersey Devil takes the screen". Publishers Weekly. p. 22.
^ "13th Child". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on 2019-05-23. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
^ Review for 13th Child (2002)
^ Tatum, Charles (2004-01-14). "Movie Review – 13th Child". eFilmCritic.com. Charles Tatum. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-12-15.