Antibirth

Name: Antibirth
Genre: Horror
Released: September 2, 2016
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 56

2016

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IFC Midnight | Release Date: September 2, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: Hard-drinking, pill-popping, bong-ripping Lou (Natasha Lyonne) and her best friend Sadie (Chloë Sevigny) spend their days adrift in a druggy haze. But one wild night out becomes a bad trip that never ends when Lou wakes up with symptoms of an unexplained, highly abnormal pregnancy. Who—or what—is growing inside her? As her due dateHard-drinking, pill-popping, bong-ripping Lou (Natasha Lyonne) and her best friend Sadie (Chloë Sevigny) spend their days adrift in a druggy haze. But one wild night out becomes a bad trip that never ends when Lou wakes up with symptoms of an unexplained, highly abnormal pregnancy. Who—or what—is growing inside her? As her due date approaches with alarming swiftness, the fear, paranoia, and conspiracy theories begin to pile up. [IFC Midnight]… Expand

Director: Danny Perez

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 94 min

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RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Sep 2, 2016

Antibirth is novel, mysterious, and sometimes even dangerous enough to suck you in if you surrender to its confrontational, avant garde style. Read full review

Kim Newman

Aug 4, 2016

Antibirth is intentionally ramshackle and hallucinatory as storytelling, seen through the viewpoint of characters who are mostly too stoned to concentrate – but it’s also highly crafted and unsettling. Read full review

Noel Murray

Sep 8, 2016

Had the movie been just a little more thought through, it could have been a new classic. Antibirth is still quite good, though, with memorably surreal imagery and an abrasive texture that enhances Perez’s overall vision. As a portrait of a middle America full of forgotten people and ruined civilizations, this is one of the year’s scariest movies. Read full review

Justin Lowe

Aug 4, 2016

Although often narratively cryptic and stylistically uneven, Antibirth could serve to establish Perez’s reputation in low-budget horror. Read full review

Nate Fisher

Sep 1, 2016

It’s unfortunate that the only part of the film that works does so by taking the wind out of the rest of it. Read full review

The Film Stage John Fink

Aug 4, 2016

Despite being energetic even if it wears out its welcome and fascinating even as it frustrates, it never quite commits to a tone in true punk rock spirit. Read full review

Ken Jaworowski

Sep 1, 2016

In his director’s statement, Mr. Perez, who also wrote the script, says he sought to fashion a story “that would confuse and bludgeon the audience.” My comrade and I will sip, silently nod and, with a strange kind of awe, agree: This filmmaker succeeded. Read full review

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DirigiblePulp

May 20, 2017

A kind of delirious mess. There's some trippiness to this, mostly scenes involving these dancing children's furries (the one with them in the pizza place set to that song, is almost Lynchian). But not much matters in this, and most of it is forgettable been there done that. It also has niceA kind of delirious mess. There's some trippiness to this, mostly scenes involving these dancing children's furries (the one with them in the pizza place set to that song, is almost Lynchian). But not much matters in this, and most of it is forgettable been there done that. It also has nice main performances from Natasha Lyonne and Chloe Sevigny.… Expand

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