After a few short films, on the extreme low budget side, such as Corridor (which is included on the French special edition of baby blood), director Alain Robak had finally found the means to make his first full length feature film.  Luckily for us gore fans he made this movie (originally not intended to be a full length film).  With its guts, gore and glorious nudity, that is if you consider this hideous woman to be hot, I know you gore whores will all enjoy this 1989 French blood Fest.

 

 

Baby Blood

(AKA: The Evil Within)

 

     If you are out for a bizarre story of mother and invading child (un-voluntary Invasion), with almost as much blood shed as the finaly of Peter Jackson’s classic Dead Alive, welcome this blood drenched gore fest with open arms!

 

     In the beginning, the earth was inhabited by creatures, gargoyles and other nasty things (according to the story).  Reproduction was the way and is in fact the way to keep the inhabitants of earth thriving.  When the earth made its changes and all was wiped out by mother nature, all the creatures perished but one, roaming the earth waiting for the right time and the right host in order to finally get what it needs to begin its life in its true form, to be born is the only way.

 

     In the shitty confines of a carnival and having an abusive boss/boyfriend, Yanka is unhappy with her life, but is she prepared for the misery she is about to endure?  Well let’s just see.

 

     One night some of the carnies have gathered around a new cheetah they had received earlier that day.  The cheetah seemed to have been completely split open.  During her sleep Yanka feels something slip into her, kinda like a nice big meat injection.  Being fast asleep she pays no mind to this feeling and continues on with her un-beauty rest.

 

     After a few days Yanka starts to realize what is happening to her, as she begins to gain weight and starts to become pregnant.  When she finally decides to leave the carnival and her abuser behind, the voices begin the voice of her unborn.  It begins to explain to her who and what it is, and why she is its chosen host.  When it explains to her what it needs in order to grow and be born, Yanka does not appear to be pleased at all, the need for human blood.   From this point in the film the murders and blood ingestion begins!  If she does not do as told by the unborn he causes her unbearable pain, almost forcing her to kill… what am I saying, he does force her to kill.

 

     The blood flow is enormous, a river of beautiful red artery filler!  This brings us to a funny point (or many points) in the movie.  After the killings begin, Yanka roams the streets, town to town, drenched in blood and not one person seems to notice, all they ever notice is that she is pregnant.  I found all of this quite comical, but enjoyable nonetheless.

 

     When the child is finally birthed, the blood shed continues with even more intensity.  When the seemingly normal looking child kills for its last bit of blood to become itself, its true form, it sheds its human skin.  At this point Yanka realizes she can now attempt to stop the insanity and death count, as it is no longer on her womb.  Can She stop her un-wanted child, the now born from killing more and making its way back to its rightful home (the sea)?  Only you will know after viewing this insane flick, which you will buy after reading this review.

 

Ratings:

 

     For direction and screenplay I give a 7.  After doing a few shorts and intending on making this a short as well, for his first time making a full length film on a low budget and making a short story into a full length story (which is probably hard for someone who was not looking to do so), a big merit goes out to Robak.

 

     For cinematography I give a 7.  The grain and grit that us old school horror and gore fans love is delivered.  The camera work in general was done very well for the film.  No annoying in and out zooms, not too many stand stills, just very fluent and fabu!

 

     For Acting I give a 7.  Not the best, although enjoyable and well done regardless.  All the actors and actresses in the film had the same quality to their acting.  All in all, they are a pleasure to view, though I’m sure watching the film in its native language, rather than dubbed in English is probably much more of a viewing pleasure, if you can understand it!

 

     For FX I give a 9.  From brutal killings a cool looking creature and blood shed upon blood shed, Baby Blood delivers hardcore on the gore.  Can I get a Hoorah!

 

     Overall Baby Blood gets my rating of a 7.  Much fun and enjoyment for all gore fiends.  The delivery of all that is great about a good, vile horror film is mixed in to this recipe of gory, gooey, goodness!

 

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