Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

The Suckling

Play trailer Poster for The Suckling 1990 1h 29m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 0 Reviews 31% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
After a woman goes to a back-alley abortion clinic, her aborted fetus attacks her, her boyfriend, and everyone else at the place.

Audience Reviews

View All (15) audience reviews
Audience Member Oof! While it does feature a cool premise, this is a total turkey. With porno-level acting and a goofy looking monster. This is one that's totally deserving of a rifftrax. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/24/21 Full Review Audience Member Amazingly bad, but so much fun to laugh at. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Horrible one of the worst films i saw in my life! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member The title says it all: This movie sucks. I wanted so-bad-it's-good, but this (like Dolly Dearest the day before) was mostly just bad. The Suckling has little spurts of fun (like when they throw a dummy face first into a toilet) and the ending where the main character is in the institution seemed like a really interesting concept. If this movie were more like the ending (where a woman has a killer fetus inside her and she goes around murdering people in an insane asylum) would be awesome. But The Suckling is like 2% fun, with 98% people sitting in a living room. It's boring and dreadful. The acting is awful (which is to be expected), but they seem to be taking this all too seriously. And that only contrasts with when they stop taking it seriously when the goofy moments happen. It has absurd moments, a neat-looking monster suit, stop-motion animation, puppets, and bad SFX (the gunshots that couldn't pierce wooden doors was hilarious), but the entire thing just felt off. There was no charm, and some parts were a bit too disturbing for something like this (like the fetus jumping back in...). It should be avoided except for the most curious (and you know who you are). Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member so bad that is great Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Beyond fucked up to say the least! Its horribly twisted and the subject matter is squeamish at best. That being said the effects and the acting aren't bad for a no budget movie. Three stars for the last 30 minute run of creature effects. What a creepy weird lookin monster for a shoe string budget direct to video late 80's vhs treasure. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
The Suckling

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

Movie Info

Synopsis After a woman goes to a back-alley abortion clinic, her aborted fetus attacks her, her boyfriend, and everyone else at the place.
Director
Francis Teri
Producer
Michael Helman
Screenwriter
Francis Teri
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 21, 2017
Runtime
1h 29m