The Lullaby

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The Lullaby

2017

2h 5m

Horror

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A 19-year-old woman falls into a deep depression after the birth of her first son. In her paranoia, she begins to hear voices and comes to believe that a strange entity is haunting her child.

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

Crudely effective, although you've seen it all before.

Mar 5, 2018

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

The veteran director has more than enough chops to keep a doggedly generic premise lively.

Mar 1, 2018

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Craig D. Lindsey

Village Voice

The filmmakers do an effective job at making a clever horror show out of postpartum depression. So it's a shame the movie goes off the deep end in the final act ...

Feb 28, 2018

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Dan Scully

Cinema76

But all things considered this chiller is a worthwhile curiosity, chock full of unsettling imagery, that will certainly shake up those willing to tap into its groove.

Mar 23, 2020

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

An enjoyable freak-out.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 1, 2018

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Andrew Marshall

Starburst

While the haunting apparition is certainly compellingly sinister enough, in terms of ghost action the film doesn't really offer much more than any B-class J-horror from fifteen years ago.

Rated: 6/10

May 15, 2018

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The storyline had sooo much potential and was exicuted very poorly. There are so many unanswered questions. Some scenes are added with no real context to the story line. It's filmed in all the same dull lighting you can't tell day from night as it's filmed mostly inside a boring looking house that lacks that the creepy feeling needed in a good horror movie. One of the main characters comes and goes from the house with out real explanation which becomes confusing at times as there are scenes when they are not really there but imagined to be by the other main character. They make weird creepy horror scenes for no real reason to add unnecessary scare factor in which makes no sense to the plot. This movie plot would make a great thriller and has made a terrible horror. It's ment to touch on postpartum depression and looks like the person directing it has no real clue what that is except what they googled it to be. Very disappointing watch.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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What a tedious movie. Incessant histeria, screaming and ridiculous hallucinations by the lead, over the top crying by the baby and a most irritatingly critical grandmother. All the characters are annoying and you really hope they all die. A complete waste of time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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it's fine, but i wouldn't recommend it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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The actors were really good in this movie which is the only reason i gave it 3 stars. Honestly the whole rape storyline felt very outdated, and I mean that in the sense that it was how movies portrayed rape in the 1980s. Felt a bit to me like r/menwritingwomen. The thing that really pissed me off is before her friend rapes her (rape #2) there's a shot of him putting down a bottle of beer, and they close up on the beer, like he's a good guy usually but he's drunk so he rapes his childhood friend.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Low quality, slow, plotless... enough says

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/20

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pretty boring........

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Synopsis

A 19-year-old woman falls into a deep depression after the birth of her first son. In her paranoia, she begins to hear voices and comes to believe that a strange entity is haunting her child.

Director: Darrell James Roodt
Producer: Samuel Frauenstein
Screenwriter: Tarryn-Tanille Prinsloo
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 27, 2018
Runtime: 2h 5m

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