When Lenore Harker learns that she's pregnant, she leaves graduate school to set up a home with her boyfriend Frank in the country. The happy new family's lives takes a gruesome turn when animals and people end up brutally dead – all with a mysterious connection to their newborn.
Practical Effects
The animatronic baby deserves an Oscar for commitment.
Acting
Bijou Phillips sells maternal terror like rent is due.
Director
Josef Rusnak
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is a remake of Larry Cohen's 1974 cult classic, which spawned two sequels and forever ruined bassinets for audiences.
The 2009 version arrived during the 'torture porn' era and got buried by its own release strategy — it premiered on Syfy before theatres, which basically killed it.
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