"Birth" is her attempt at a psychological horror movie, but the tedious kitchen-sink movie approach and barely disguised misandry of the final reel make the film anti-entertaining. (Note to Bree: if you want to make a fun genre movie in this vein, watch "I Don't Want to Be Born", ...
Birth Rite: Directed by Devin Hamilton. With Natalie Sutherland, Danny Wolske, Laura Nativo, Brinke Stevens. On her 18th birthday, Rebecca meets a mysterious man with magical powers. Roman, the warlock, shows her how her parents were murdered and bestows
But that’s less about how graphic they are and more about the scene’s weight. There’s violence, yet it’s handled tastefully. Director Laura Moss knows how much to show and never goes overboard. It’s hard not to be impressed with her visual acuity and the space she allows the ...
While this is a brilliantly blistering way to set up one of the most remarkable maternity horror films of the last decade, Moss takes this scene to an even darker place with a third-act reveal. Though this scene is the beginning of the movie, it's not the beginning of its story. SEE...
Like a nineteen-year-old Shelley penning her first novel and giving birth to a progeny that would go forth and prosper in unimaginable ways, Moss bursts onto the scene with an assured and authentically original voice that portends a lasting imprint on the genre....
Horror Queers Podcast Joe Lipsett A hypnotic mediation on grief, anchored by a stunning performance by Kidman and a scene-stealing Anne Heche. That the film was critiqued for its infamous bathtub scene proves folks missed the point. 1727269256000 FULL REVIEW InSession Film Dave Giannini One is ...
although no significant evidence in the film supports this theory beyond the boy’s sudden collapse in one scene or his knowledge of where the jogger died. That such a reading occurs after the boy’s grand lie is revealed remains a testament to people’s need for something more than the bi...
Am I to understand that Cameron Bright is to play only adults in children bodies from now on?! Helpful•4 6 siderite Sep 3, 2005 Permalink bad plot, unnecessary scene, NO script, ponderous, boring, waste of life. (Spoilers abound) ...
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and symmetrical compositions to the spanking scene, which is lifted, whole hog, from Barry Lyndon— but it’s their shared interest in the psychology of sex, death, and human subjectivity that links Glazer’s film most closely with that other Kidman-as-impossibly-wealthy-Manhattanite movie. ...