(299) BABY SHOWER (2011) X-Treme Horror! Pablo Illanes directs
4911DVD
Don't be misled
by the innocent 'feel-good' title of this film.
There's a major XTREME Horror Shocker about to attack!
original
Chilean title BABY SHOWER
also known as BLOOD SHOWER
director:
Pablo Illanes
starring: Ingrid Isensee ˇ Patricia Lopez ˇ Claudia Burr
ˇ Kiki Rojo ˇ Francisca Merino
A group of old friends gather together at Angela's remote home in
the wilderness to celebrate the upcoming birth of her twins. But it's
been awhile since these school chums have seen each other and tensions
run high, further complicated by a community of religious rednecks that
don't approve of Angela's wild friends from the city and plan a horrific
party of their own.
Pablo Illanes had achieved pop-culture notoriety in
Chile for writing, creating and directing the hit primetime crime|soap
opera TV series Donde Esta Elisa? [What Happened to Elisa?]
(2008/11, 111 episodes). He then began production on this, his
debut film, amid a high level of Media anticipation. It is impossible
to downplay the movie's impact. Critics wrote: "La violencia sudamericana
X-Treme comienza con esta primera entrada al género SERBIAN FILM
de Chile" [South American XTreme violence gets a kick start from
this first entry into the SERBIAN
FILM genre from Chile.] For the record, filmmaker Patricio Valladares
had already introduced the genre to Chile with his DIRTY
LOVE and TORO
LOCO, but admittedlyBABY SHOWER was the
first ultra-violent movie to reach a mainstream audience. The brutal genre
would then crescendo into Lucio Rojas' SENDERO
(Path) and TRAUMA.
Interestingly, some Internet Critics have inexplicably
compared this film to Rosemary's Baby. Actually, nothing
could be further from the truth [making us wonder if those writers have
ever seen Rosemary's Baby]. Yes, this film does feature a cult
attempting to steal Angela's baby, but their mission isn't to give birth
to the anti-Christ, but rather to worship their own Christian God.
A
Chilean/Spanish
Film with English subtitles;
widescreen format, uncut (92 min.), in DVD format, encoded for ALL REGIONS,
playable on any American DVD machine. Extras include original theatrical
trailer.
Male
and Female Nudity/Gore/Torture/Rape/
Graphic Violence/Drugs/Sexual Brutality
Recommended For Adult Audiences
A group of old friends gather together at Angela's remote home in
the wilderness to celebrate the upcoming birth of her twins. But it's
been awhile since these school chums have seen each other and tensions
run high, further complicated by a community of religious rednecks that
don't approve of Angela's wild friends from the city and plan a horrific
party of their own.
