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Finally caught this on repeat. I liked alot about it, including the Goblin-esq synth part of the score, lush 70's horror photography, and some of the deaths (the death in the basement is particularly effective). Other scenes are handled sloppily in editing and framing, such as the death in the bathtub (suspence-less) and the initial death of the daughter at the beginning (either they had to cut out alot of gore, or it was fillmed illogically). The film it reminded me the most of was The Changling with George C Scott, but it's not quite that good.... still worth watching, and I'd like to see it uncut for television at some point.

SPOILER THOUGHTS:
I think there must be a translation problem in the film going from the Peter Straub novel to motion picture. Primarily, it doesn't make sense of the emotional state of Julia in the film. I think that Mia is trying to portray something, but that "something" never quite jells in a way to make a meaningul interpretation to the film. She could be making it all up in her head (but if so, there is much evidence that the evil child did exist). She could be seeing the ghosts, and so wants a daughter back in her life she's willing to let the "bad seed" kill her (but if that is the case,it's not fully explored). It may be with proof of life after death, she wants to die to be reunited with her child and thus is committing suicide at the end by confronting the kid. I'm sure the novel makes it more clear, and that the film's aim was to have Mia Farrow create a knockout performance that would explain her actions, but it was never clear to me.