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{{Infobox film
| name = Thirteenth Child
| image = 13th Child film poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Thomas Ashley <br />Steven Stockage
| producer = <!---Michael T. Murphy <br />Patricia M. Reider--->
| writer = Michael Maryk <br />[[Cliff Robertson]]
| starring = {{Plain list |
* [[Cliff Robertson]] 
* [[Lesley-Anne Down]]
* [[Christopher Atkins]]
* [[Robert Guillaume]]
}}
| cinematography = Howard Krupa
| music = [[Peter Calandra]]
| editing = <!--Thomas Ashley--->
| distributor = Unipix Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|2002|10|25}}
| budget = $5,000,000
| runtime = 99 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
'''''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]].<ref name=":1" /> The screenplay was written by Michael Maryk and [[Cliff Robertson]], the latter also starring in the film.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Nash |first=Margo |title=The Devil You Think You Know |newspaper=The New York Times |pages=11 |date=October 13, 2002 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/13/nyregion/the-devil-you-think-you-know.html |access-date=July 27, 2018 |archive-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625021634/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/13/nyregion/the-devil-you-think-you-know.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The story is based on ''The Jersey Devil'' by James F. McCloy and Ray Miller Jr.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosen |first=Judith |title=Jersey Devil takes the screen |newspaper=Publishers Weekly |pages=22 |date=November 18, 2002 |url= https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20021118/32197-jersey-devil-takes-the-screen.html }}</ref> The film was shot in New Jersey at [[Wharton State Forest]], [[Batsto Village]], and [[Hammonton, New Jersey|Hammonton]] in the [[Pine Barrens (New Jersey)|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 (actor)|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title= 13th Child |url= https://rottentomatoes.com/m/13th_child/ |website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher= [[Fandango Media]] |access-date= 2018-12-15 |archive-date= 2019-05-23 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190523214840/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/13th_child/ |url-status= live }}</ref> David N. Butterworth panned the film, as he felt that "Anyone who quickly denounced Madonna's "''[[Swept Away (2002 film)|Swept Away]]''" as being the worst film of 2002 clearly hadn't seen "''13th Child''.""<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150321172410/https://www.imdb.com/reviews/332/33227.html Review for 13th Child (2002)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Charles Tatum from eFilmCritic.com panned the film's script, and character development.<ref>{{cite web |date= 2004-01-14 |last1= Tatum |first1= Charles |title= Movie Review – 13th Child |url= http://www.efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=8565 |website= eFilmCritic.com |publisher= Charles Tatum |access-date= 2018-12-15 |archive-date= 2016-03-04 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070235/http://www.efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=8565 |url-status= live }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0273041}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|13th_child_legend_of_the_jersey_devil}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121020234620/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/535275/13th-Child-Legend-of-the-Jersey-Devil-Volume-1/ 13th Child] at [[Turner Classic Movies]]

[[Category:2002 films]]
[[Category:2002 direct-to-video films]]
[[Category:2002 horror films]]
[[Category:2000s monster movies]]
[[Category:Direct-to-video horror films]]
[[Category:Films shot in New Jersey]]
[[Category:Films set in New Jersey]]
[[Category:American monster movies]]
[[Category:2002 English-language films]]
[[Category:2002 American films]]
[[Category:English-language science fiction horror films]]
[[Category:Films about the Jersey Devil]]

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