When it wasn't sick or dying, that is? It was really quite adorable! But more as a pet. I wouldn't want that to come out of my girlfriend's vagina!
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It was really cute, I thought that to. Glad I'm not the only one
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not at all. i sincerely doubt it was actually the offspring of Mary and Henry. We never saw her pregnant, and her own mother stated that it was "premature" and that the doctors weren't sure that it was even human. I think it was something demonic sent to torture them, as it was able to manipulate Henry by crying whenever he tried to escape the apartment, and only became sick when he was dead-set on going out.
I think that when Henry cut open the swaddling bandages, he was punished by being engulfed by the mutant.
It's funny since when I first saw the baby I was incredibly repulsed. Especially when she started feeding it and it kept throwing it back up.
But then after a while, maybe twenty minutes in, I started thinking, "He's kind of.....cute...."
It made me remember that saying, only a mother would love something like that...even though, well, his mother didn't.
I felt incredibly sorry for it. His cries were so sad...
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I did feel sorry for it for most of the film, but the way it was laughing at henry near the end seems to show it was a malevolent force, not the helpless creature we'd been made to believe. but even then, I felt bad for it when henry was cutting it up.
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shareThere was something quite cute about the baby. I thought it's crying sounded cute :P But I'm sure if I saw it in person, I would be grossed out. Not gonna lie, I did almost tear up when he killed it. :(
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I hardly cry during movies....that's why I mainly rent horror in the first place. But something just got to me, when that baby was crying. The poor thing had no limbs, not a normal face.... would be internally tortured/frustrated/depressed.. plus humiliated by society for its entire life (if it lived), so I was kind of relieved when Henry killed it in the end, but should have gone about it in a more humane way, like, just slicing the neck.
I kept on saying... how did the nurses and doctors just not "euthanize" it after it was born? They do the same to Accutane babies afterall...
Interesting about the baby's resemblance to Admiral Ackbar since Lucas originally wanted Lynch to direct "Return of the Jedi". Maybe the design of Ackbar was a nod to this film.
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I never got the impression that Henry intended to kill the baby. It seemed more like he was curious to see what was behind its body wrap. The scissors appear to only be cutting through the white cloth, and when he's done and the cloth opens, its body opens up with it. *shrug* Who knows...
And maybe he also had that perverse urge to see "what´s inside" of that peculiar source of his discomfort. Just as we all do.
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I too, thought the baby was cute. It was so pitiful, destined for a very short life. I was disturbed by the indifference the parents had for the baby. The baby looked to be severely dehydrated at times, and all Henry did was to take its temperature.
It's kind of odd that I felt compassion for the baby, but NONE whatsoever for all the other freaks in this movie.
Well, the baby was helpless (like you mentioned regarding its dehydration, and how Henry only took its temperature). At least the other freaks can cater to their own needs and wants, lol.
The baby was apparently cruel though, laughing at the dismay it brought Henry regarding the lost affair with his neighbor.
I agree! I also thought it was cute, in a hippopotamus kind of way...
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