The Baby in the Basket

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The Baby in the Basket

2025

1h 40m

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Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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When a baby is left on the steps of an isolated monastery, on a remote Scottish island during WWII, the nuns take it in, planning to care for it until a storm passes. Soon though, strange and unexplained events begin to happen at the convent.

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

Feb 11

2/5

This cheap-as-chips British horror concerning demented nuns is risible in the extreme, but there’s something about its willingness to commit to the bit that’s sort of admirable.

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Samantha McLaren

MovieJawn

Aug 1

It’s a great premise for a slice of spooky nunsploitation hysteria, but, despite the ambitious attempt, directors Andy Crane and Nathan Shepka’s The Baby in the Basket can’t quite deliver on this promise.

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Tyler Doupe

Dread Central

Jul 23

2/5

‘The Baby in the Basket’ moves at such a deliberate pace that sticking around until the end feels like a chore.

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Terry Sherwood

Film Threat

Mar 5

8/10

The Baby in the Basket is gothic dread at its best if one can overlook the derivative story and the occasional stiffness from the acting.

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Nathaniel Muir

AIPT

Feb 18

It quickly becomes apparent that this is going to be more character driven than most nun horror movies. While the sisters follow the familiar tropes ranging from very devout to questioning their faith, the plot never feels derivative.

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Iamwhoi M

Jun 8

Nuns gone wild....and still boring. I found myself wishing I was watching FULL MONTY instead, every time the actor who played Horse was on screen. Nasty, crappy movie.

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Robin B

May 30

Surely a spoof. Awful script, terrible direction, execrable acting. Even much of the speech was hard to make out. 18 cert presumably given to save as many people as possible from this nonsense as the only frightening thing is how this rubbish gets in front of a camera in the first place.

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tm11999 M

Apr 26

yep, evil wins again. the faith isn't strong enough and the devil takes over, meh.

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Joel P

Apr 9

Woof! The Nun evil/good sub genre just took a nosedive! Within the first minute to two I knew this was going to be bad. It had that "direct to video/made for TV" vibe going strong, which is generally not a good thing. But I stayed to the bitter end and was rewarded with extreme dissatisfaction. SPOILER: The 2025 Rancid Raspberry Award for Worst Special Effect goes to the plastic baby doll toy made to look like Satan's spawn.

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B P

Mar 6

A Nunsploitation Throwback. ‘The Baby in the Basket’ moves at such a deliberate pace that sticking around until the end feels like a chore.

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Synopsis

When a baby is left on the steps of an isolated monastery, on a remote Scottish island during WWII, the nuns take it in, planning to care for it until a storm passes. Soon though, strange and unexplained events begin to happen at the convent.

Director: Andy Crane, Nathan Shepka
Producer: Gary Collinson, Nathan Shepka, Tom Jolliffe
Screenwriter: Tom Jolliffe, Nathan Shepka, Tom Jolliffe
Distributor: Alarm Pictures
Production Co: Flickering Myth, Shepka Productions, Hidden Ridge Productions
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 17, 2025
Runtime: 1h 40m

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