The Monster

Joan Collins stars in this British horror from the 1970s. When strip club dancer Lucy (Collins) spurns the advances of her sideshow partner Hercules (George Claydon) he places a curse on her first-born child. Years later, Lucy has settled down with her partner Gino (Ralph Bates) and is expecting their first child.

However, following a difficult birth the new parents sense that something evil lurks within the newborn baby. The cast also features Donald Pleasence and Eileen Atkins.