Antibirth (2016)

October 27, 2018 8:39 AM

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 date approaches with alarming swiftness, the fear, paranoia, and conspiracy theories begin to pile up.
posted by DirtyOldTown (5 comments total)

Thank you for reminding me of this. I watched it while ago and it's pretty hilarious and gross and generally fun.
posted by miss-lapin at 3:53 AM on October 28, 2018

I'm glad to hear it's fun. That summary sounds terrifying.
posted by tofu_crouton at 5:44 AM on October 28, 2018

I wouldn't have thought there would be a movie that would try to stitch together the disparate vibes of Cronenbergian body horror, Rosemary's Baby, the short stories of Denis Johnson, and maybe even a little bit of Repo Man, but here we are. I was interested and entertained throughout, but I am unclear on how much of that was the oddball story/direction and how much of that was the considerable charisma of Natasha Lyonne.

But I was never bored.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:19 AM on October 29, 2018 [2 favorites]

68% fresh on RT.

Streaming in the US on Netflix.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 12:09 PM on October 30, 2018

Misogynistic bullshit.
posted by DMelanogaster at 6:56 PM on March 2, 2019