31 Days of Horror: Baby Blues

Posted by Robert Fure (robert@filmschoolrejects.com) on October 21, 2009

Baby Blues (2008)

Synopsis: A mother of four intends to become a mother of none after she suffers a psychotic break related to her post-partum depression.  Triggered by the suspicion that her truck-driver husband is off cheating, her mind snaps sending her into a rage against her young children.  Inspired by true events. (Or so they say)

Killer Scene: When it comes to kids in films, all too often they get a free pass, which is why the first time the mother kills one of her children, it’s shocking and unsuspecting.  Sure, you knew she was trying to do it.  But actually talking your child back to you only to beat and kill them?  Killer and cold, indeed.

KillSheet

Violence: Much of the violence is just off-screen, but as its directed towards young children (infants, four year olds, nine year old) it’s rather off-putting.  There’s child slapping, stabbings, pitch forks, knife slashes and cruelty towards animals.

Sex: “Mom” walks around in a nightgown the whole time, but there is nothing sexy in this movie.  Except for the drawing of a naked lady on a match book, but getting a boner during this makes you a horrible person who will go to hell.

Scares: Not so much in the make you jump out of your seat kind of way, but in that “I’m dreading whats going to happen next” and “this could totally happen and maybe did” kind of way.  You won’t be peeing yourself from fright, but you might just lose faith in humanity.

Final Thoughts: Baby Blue came highly recommended to me and it’s a pretty decent film . It’s well made and looks great, though the resolution to the battle at the end is “meh” and the final conversation between dad and son is so utterly unbelievable you can’t help but think this moron will get what he deserves later.  But the film has a very serious tone and is down right disturbing.  Cheering for children to be killed in a slasher flick is one thing, but watching it happen with the utmost seriousness and the utmost realism can be down right disturbing.  Granted, as a hardened veteran of film (and someone who knows movies aren’t real) the film didn’t tear me up inside, but it has definitely created a stir in some people (like those who think anyone who watches it is a sick bastard) and can surely affect those not accustomed to this type of movie.  In the end, there is a lack of gore but a proper amount of uncomfortable violence in a tense thriller that hits more than it misses.

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