...a bewildering extension rather than a retread of this played-out subgenre.

As horror flicks go this is both smart and suspenseful.

The nerve-shattering ending will have you hugging your children when you get home - but only if there are witnesses present.

And while the Damien Thorns and Rosemary’s babies make many adults nervous, there is something profoundly more upsetting about children like Joshua, whose malevolence has no ready explanation or unnatural origin.