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Release, runtime and language
1996 · 93 mins · English
Directed by
Robert Michael Lewis
Starring
Mariel Hemingway, Finola Hughes, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Kin Shriner, Joshua Seth, Joe Inscoe

Haunted by the loss of their baby, a grieving couple retreats to an isolated island house. There, the wife begins hearing a persistent infant wail that compels her to confront her deepest terror. An enigmatic blind elderly woman appears, urging her to flee the home before the unseen horror consumes them.

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