Movie

The Baby

1973 · 84 min

A queasy, slow-burning cult horror that unsettles through psychological cruelty and a deeply twisted family dynamic.

Tagline: What goes on in this nursery isn't for kids!
Overview: A social worker who recently lost her husband investigates the strange Wadsworth family. The Wadsworths might not seem too unusual to hear about them at first - consisting of the mother, two grown daughters and the diaper-clad, bottle-sucking baby. The problem is, the baby is twenty-one years old.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, tense and campy. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, obsession, family, guilt
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
obsession
family
guilt
madness
Places: suburbs
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild