- Summary: An expectant couple Jack (Rob Corddry) and Vanessa (Leslie Bibb) who move into a haunted house in New Orleans call upon the services of the Vatican's elite exorcism team to save them from a demonic baby.
- Director: Robert Ben Garant
- Genre(s): Horror, Comedy
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 15
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Mixed: 4 out of 15
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Negative: 6 out of 15
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70Its modest (if occasionally gross-out) stabs at genre parody rarely insult our intelligence and even allow for the kind of retro deadpan silliness Mel Brooks used to underline his louder punch lines.
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70It’s modest, scrappy, and resourceful, a low-budget comedy that makes the most of a central setting and a cast packed with gifted improvisers.
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70The movie is delightfully crude in places (including an instance of relay puking) and just plain silly-clever in others.
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50Given Garant and Lennon’s background on “The State” and “Reno 911,” their scattershot approach as filmmakers isn’t especially surprising; for every oddly specific Shakespeare reference or detour to the local po-boy joint, there’s an ongoing parade of puke and an awful rubber suit with which to contend.
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50Like bad houseguests, the creators of Hell Baby overstay their welcome.
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38Hell Baby is what happens when you try to parody a parody. The result is a film that's less than half as funny as its predecessor, and a sliver as clever as the original.
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Jun 28, 201310Tedious and tasteless in equal measure, the lazy horror parody Hell Baby gives grossout comedy a bad name.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 0 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 1 out of 1
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Sep 10, 20132
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