Odd


I only found out after watching the film that it was supposed to be set in the 1980s. I didn't get that feel while watching it. I thought it was contemporary. The lead's hair was more 70s than 80s though. Her clothes were more 70s too.

As far as the film itself, it was rather odd. It started out like a cheesy B movie with boring dialogue and a lengthy opening before the first big scare. As far as the plot goes, I don't want to state it openly as to not spoil it so I will have to use the spoiler function below....

It's a very cheap knock-off of Rosemary's babe, except the demon/antichrist baby is born minus sex with the Devil. Instead, it's conceived via ritual blood drinking. How very boring! It's a long while before you get to the first scare (it occurs in a car). Then after the first scare there is a long pause of the lead just dancing and flitting through the house, very boring. The end, as in the purpose, is rather swift when it appears and everything is really concluded without much of a build up. The actual ending is quite boring and stupid. She shoots herself in the head to avoid giving birth to the antichrist baby but there is no build up. There is no struggle we see of her trying to figure out what she needs to do or even trying to muster the courage. Instead, she is told that she was "chosen" and then she just puts the gun to her head and pulls the trigger. It was a let down for sure. The ending credits is her in the hospital, in a coma, with the nurse revealing she is pregnant. The end credits are very retro-70s.

All in all, it's an okay film. It would be good for someone new to the horror genre, like a younger person. However, adults will probably not enjoy it.

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1990s? it is supposed to take place in the early 1980s. the beginning of the movie states that.

in my experience, seasoned horror fans actually liked this movie a lot (my 60 year old horror hound uncle loved it), as well as adults who aren't really that much into horror. young people who were new to the genre didn't really care much for it and found it boring. but that's just what i have experienced so far regarding this movie.

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It was a typo, I fixed it. I'm a horror movie fanatic. I only thought the movie was okay.

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ah alright. i'm a horror fanatic, too, and it has become one of my favorite horror movies.

If you start sitting around the campfire, telling scary stories -- change our names!

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I'm young-ish and definitely not new to the genre. Found this to be as boring as it gets because nothing happens for an hour plus, then the remainder is just risible.

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How can you call this movie a "cheap knock-off of Rosemary's Baby" if they have nothing in common except the notion of a demon perpetuating itself through impregnating a woman? Do you think Rosemary's Baby invented that motif?

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