Rent The Baby (1973)
3.2 of 5 from 55 ratings
1h 24min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Still traumatised by the loss of her husband, well-meaning social worker Ann Gentry (Anjanette Comer) throws herself into her latest assignment: the case of "Baby", a 21-year-old man with the mind of an infant who crawls, cries and has yet to make it out of nappies. But Baby's family the tyrannical Mama Wadsworth (Ruth Roman) and her two demented daughters aren't the only ones with a warped conception of familial relations, and the full horror only begins when Ann sets her sights on liberating the drooling man-child...and in so doing unleashes the wrath of the Wadsworth women.
- Actors:
- Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman, Marianna Hill, Susanne Zenor, Tod Andrews, Michael Pataki, Beatrice Manley, Erin O'Reilly, Don Mallon, Joseph Bernard, Virginia Vincent, David Mooney, Ted Post
- Directors:
- Ted Post
- Producers:
- Abe Polsky, Milton Polsky
- Writers:
- Abe Polsky
- Genres:
- Horror, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/09/2018
- Run Time:
- 84 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Commentary by Travis Crawford
- A Family Affair: interview with actor Marianna Hill
- Nursery Crimes: retrospective with film professor Rebekah McKendry
- Tales from the Crib: archival audio interview with director Ted Post
- Baby Talk: archival audio interview with star David Mooney
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Reviews (1) of The Baby
Rock-a-Bye Bonkers - The Baby review by griggs
The Baby is entirely bonkers. It’s one of those films where you spend most of the runtime wondering if it’s meant to be a dark comedy, social commentary, or just a mad fever dream—and then the ending slaps you with something so horrifying and twisted, you just sit there gobsmacked.
It’s not good in any traditional sense, but it's truly bizarre. The fact that it plays it all straight adds to the weird, hilarious tension. Ruth Roman is terrific as Mrs Wadsworth—equal parts Joan Crawford glare and Joan Collins sass—and Anjanette Comer keeps a straight face like a champ.
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