Those viewers conscious of the psychological phenomenon often known as the Capgras delusion (or anybody who’s seen Austrian horror gem Goodnight Mommy) will see right through director Sebastián Schindel’s recreation, at the same time as he breaks contemporary ground within the subgenre of parental horror. His idea evokes hope for the film, as a father-to-be grows involved that his pregnant wife could also be up to something, then that she’s changed their infant with an impostor after having given birth. But useless tripartite plotting gums up the works, a weak-tea twist dissolves immediately, and Schindel’s not doing something with the digital camera to argue for himself as a well-rounded expertise. The nerves of an expectant father — somebody who must place all the trust for his unborn child’s properly-being in the mom, who must settle for that there are limits to how a lot he can help — are such … Read More
Read More
