Eric Stark

"If you believe? Jump! If not, you come to me."

- Eric Stark to Cody O'Conner. "After you."

- Cody O'Conner to Eric Stark.

Eric Stark is the main antagonist of the 2000 supernatural horror/thriller film Bless the Child which is based on the novel of the same name by Cathy Cash Spellman. He is the founder of a crooked charity organization called "The New Dawn" and the leader of a Satanic cult who is after his brainwashed new wife Jenna's beloved 6-year old daughter Cody O'Conner as he sought to control her in order to manipulate her hidden special powers.

He was portrayed by Rufus Sewell.