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The Baby (1973)

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Reviews Counted:4

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Rotten:1

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Runtime: 86 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: A man known only as "Baby" is kept in a crib well after he is full-grown. When his sick mommy is unable to maintain her complete control over him, he's soon on a diaper-clad killing spree.

Starring: Ruth Roman, Anjanette Comer, Marianna Hill, David Manzy

Starring: Ruth Roman, Anjanette Comer, Marianna Hill, David Manzy

Director: Ted Post

Director: Ted Post

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Jan 25, 2000

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  • What goes on in this nursery isn't for kids! Pray you don't learn the secret of..."The Baby!" Social worker Ann Gentry (Anjanette Comer) is assigned to a new case: the Wadsworth family, which consists of an abusive, alcoholic mother (Ruth Roman), two demented and over-sexed daughters (Suzanne Zenor and Mariana Hill) and "Baby"--a grown son who lives in a crib, gurgles incoherently and is treated like an infant! As Ann slowly learns the dark secrets behind the family, she sets her sights on liberating Baby until a bizarre revelation about her own past leads to a shocking and twisted denouement. Spend some time with one of cinema's sickest families ever and rediscover a little-seen thriller that ranks as one of the most perverse and unique films of the 1970s.
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    Emanuel Levy
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    ... the film has the look and feel of a TV cop drama, and a politically incorrect, outlandish storyline that couldn't be filmed today.

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    You may find yourself giggling with disbelief or maybe just embarrassment

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