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Birth/Rebirth

2023 · 99 min

A cold, clinical descent into grief and obsession that unsettles through quiet body horror and moral unease.

Directed by
Lee Moss
Genres
Drama, Horror, Mystery
Starring
Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, A.J. Lister
Tagline
Every body has potential.
Overview
A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead.

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Directed by
Lee Moss
Genres
Drama, Horror, Mystery
Starring
Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, A.J. Lister
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • parenthood
  • obsession
  • morality
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror7
Humour1
Realism7
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama, horror, mystery
Directed by
Lee Moss
Written by
Lee Moss, Brendan Jamieson O'Brien
Starring
Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, A.J. Lister, Breeda Wool, Monique Gabriela Curnen, LaChanze, Bryant Carroll, Rachel Zeiger-Haag
Music
Ariel Marx
Cinematography
Chananun Chotrungroj
Runtime
99 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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