A woman in an abusive relationship becomes the host mother to a creature not of our world. Or so I think, because it's not quite clear what the thing is, or where it's from. We only know it starts to grow in the woman's womb, and she has to drink fresh blood in order to keep it alive until its birth. Worse, she has to kill to get the blood, which keeps her on the run from the police. Worse still, the fetus talks to the woman.
This is the premise of a movie I didn't have much hope for, but ended up being pretty surprised by how good it is. BABY BLOOD is a French release from 1990, and I got wind of it after watching a somewhat similiar movie GRACE. But actually the two movies are quite different. And even though BABY BLOOD is over 20 years old, the entire film feels very 21st century.
The gore is over the top. There is a lot of frontal nudity. And it is dubbed (quite well, actually). In the version I got from Netflix, there were additional scenes "re-inserted" that had been missing from the theatrical version. Those scenes are in the original French with English subtitles.
The gore is over the top. There is a lot of frontal nudity. And it is dubbed (quite well, actually). In the version I got from Netflix, there were additional scenes "re-inserted" that had been missing from the theatrical version. Those scenes are in the original French with English subtitles.
All in all, it ranks high for me, along with such classics as HIGH TENSION and MARTYRS.
My big recommendation:
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