Reviews for James Franco's latest movie 'Child of God' are almost diametrically opposed, however I get the feeling the bad ones are from people who couldn't like a movie this raw, shot in this style, with this kind of subject, no matter what, so I'm inclined to give the positive write-ups more weight.

Most agree Scott Haze (the psycho killer, Lester Ballard) gives a must-see performance. That's certainly what I get watching this trailer. He delivers one of the most un-actorly, non-techique-y portrayals I've seen. It creeps me out, and not in the polite way Javier Bardem's Anton Chigurh did in 'No Country For Old Men'. Whereas Chigurh acted according to a program, in line with a strict set of motives, Haze's Ballard is a unthinking viper, and that makes him more dangerous -- as if such a thing could be possible.

Well, I haven't read Cormac McCarthy's novel, but that's the impression I get of this backwoods predator.

Reviews aside, this looks can't-miss.