The Monster (aka I Dont Want To Be Born)

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.