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Grace (2009)

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Reviews Counted:25

Fresh:17

Rotten:8

Average Rating:6.5/10

Consensus: Though not entirely effective as a conventional horror flick, Grace is still a graphic, disturbing, and artful exploration of twisted maternal instinct.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for bloody images, violence and some sexual content.

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Aug 14, 2009 Limited

Synopsis: The evil child motif is a fixture in horror cinema, but this film adds another dimension to the trope. In GRACE, an expectant mother (Jordan Ladd, CABIN FEVER) discovers that her unborn baby has... The evil child motif is a fixture in horror cinema, but this film adds another dimension to the trope. In GRACE, an expectant mother (Jordan Ladd, CABIN FEVER) discovers that her unborn baby has died. But she makes the unexpected decision to carry the child to term, with even more unexpected results: the baby is born alive…sort of. This unsettling film played at Sundance in 2009 to shocked and horrified audiences. [More]

Starring: Jordan Ladd, Samantha Ferris, Gabrielle Rose

Starring: Jordan Ladd, Samantha Ferris, Gabrielle Rose

Director: Paul Solet

Director: Paul Solet
Screenwriter: Paul Solet
Producer: Ingo Vollkammer, Kevin DeWalt, Cory Neal, Adam Green
Composer: Austin Wintory
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment

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Sep 15, 2009

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DVD Features:

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  • Widescreen - 2.35

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Grace is just a stretched thin short film, as the mother-in-law with the unsettling maternal issues, the corrupt doctor, and the lesbian midwife material don't fit in.

Full Review Source: Examiner.com | comment Comment
11/09/09
Adam Lippe
Adam Lippe
Examiner.com

It focuses on characters rather than the color red, which is why it manages to surpass many of its more prominent cinematic competitors and qualify as one of the few true must-see horror movies of 2009.

Full Review Source: Sci Fi Wire | comment Comment
09/26/09
Todd Gilchrist
Todd Gilchrist
Sci Fi Wire

you may never look at a baby sound monitor the same way.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
09/21/09
Norm Schrager
Norm Schrager
Filmcritic.com

...a love-it-or-hate-it proposition...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
09/05/09
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

It's hard to say who's the real monster here: Sure, the ghoulish Grace is some kind of vampire-zombie something ... but in Solet's movie (s)mother love comes in all shades of crazy.

Full Review Source: Horror Hacker | comment Comment
08/27/09
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
Horror Hacker

"Grace" isn't really a horror movie, but it's gruesome and unsettling. The story could easily have been turned into low-budget genre trash; but first-time feature director Paul Solet maintains iron control of the wild material. Clearly, this is a guy to k

Full Review Source: MTV | comment Comment
08/14/09
Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder
MTV

It's a horrifying meditation on the unbreakable union of mother and child.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
08/14/09
Michael Ordoņa
Michael Ordoņa
Los Angeles Times
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The sickest and most disturbing movie you'll see this year, extremely effective on every level without cowtowing to the overused formulas that have become standard in modern horror.

Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | comment Comment
08/14/09
Edward Douglas
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net

Keeps you on the edge of your seat, or perhaps the edge of fleeing the theater.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
08/14/09
Mike Hale
Mike Hale
New York Times
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Introduces Grace writer/director Paul Solet as a new master of horror.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
08/14/09
Steve Ramos
Steve Ramos
Boxoffice Magazine

A combination splatter flick and demon child extravaganza that succeeds in bloody special effects but fails to become an actual movie.

Full Review Source: Monsters and Critics | comment 3 Comments
08/14/09
Ron Wilkinson
Ron Wilkinson
Monsters and Critics

Grimaces its way through 85 long, low-key minutes just to marvel again and again that, gosh, mommies really love their babies.

Full Review Source: Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus | comment Comment
08/13/09
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

Lame horror entry about a woman who gives birth to a literal little monster won't scare up the bucks, in spite of post-fest hype.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment 1 Comment
08/13/09
Doris Toumarkine
Doris Toumarkine
Film Journal International

Deeply unsettling stuff ... [but] sharp, witty and ambitiously artful too, like some lost gem from the highbrow spectrum of '70s exploitation cinema

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
08/13/09
Geoff Berkshire
Geoff Berkshire
Metromix.com

Solet proves himself adept both as a visual storyteller and as a guy who can make you crap your pants.

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
08/12/09
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
Cinematical

Grace is a truly horrifying movie.

Full Review Source: CHUD | comment Comment
08/12/09
Devin Faraci
Devin Faraci
CHUD

Paul Solet’s gyno-horror flick is certainly twisted but only slightly unnerving; the movie is about as gripping as one might expect given that its infant monster is both mute and cradle-bound.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
08/12/09
S. James Snyder
S. James Snyder
Time Out New York

Creepy, yes, but what's the point of all of this bratty, poignance-free bloodletting?

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
08/11/09
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Village Voice
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The story a mother who must supply her vampire baby with appropriate nourishment is unemotional, unscary, and overly clinical.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment 3 Comments
08/06/09
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

Grace is very much the antidote to what plagues most of the horror genre today. It will restore your faith that there is still an artistic vision within the horror genre.

Full Review Source: Dread Central | comment Comment
07/08/09
Uncle Creepy
Uncle Creepy
Dread Central
 
 
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