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Baby Blues

2008 · 85 min

A relentless, grim home-invasion horror that turns a mother into a monster, leaving you tense and unsettled.

Directed by
Amardeep Kaleka, Lars Jacobson
Genres
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Starring
Colleen Porch, Aiden Kersh, Ridge Canipe
Tagline
The cradle will fall
Overview
On a secluded family farm, a mother suffers a psychotic break due to postpartum depression, forcing the eldest son to protect his sibling from the mother they have always known and loved.

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Directed by
Amardeep Kaleka, Lars Jacobson
Genres
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Starring
Colleen Porch, Aiden Kersh, Ridge Canipe
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • madness
  • survival
  • trauma
  • death
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror8
Humour0
Realism6
Romance0
Tension9
Darkness9
Complexity3
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, horror, thriller
Directed by
Amardeep Kaleka, Lars Jacobson
Written by
Lars Jacobson
Starring
Colleen Porch, Aiden Kersh, Ridge Canipe, Sean Johnson, Holden Thomas Maynard, Kali Majors, Joel Bryant, Gene Witham
Cinematography
Matthew MacCarthy
Runtime
85 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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