Baby Blood Movie
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A cruel circus owner beats and abuses his pregnant wife. One day the circus receives a leopard newly captured in Africa, but the animal soon dies. However, an evil creature that was inside the leopard bursts out of the animal's body, burrows into the wife's body and takes over her fetus. It soon starts demanding blood, and the woman goes searching for victims for her new "baby."
| Emmanuelle Escourrou | Yanka |
| Christian Sinniger | Lohman |
| Jean-François Gallotte | Richard |
| Roselyne Geslot | Rosette, la caissière du self |
| François Frappier | Le premier camionneur, Leopard Deliveryman |
| Thierry Le Portier | Le dompteur |
| Rémy Roubakha | Le chauve du taxi, Passenger in Taxi |
| Eric Averlant | Le chauffeur du car, Driver of Car |
| Alain Robak | Voix du monstre |
| Alain Chabat | Le passant égorgé, Passer by |
| Jacques Audiard | Le décapité |
| Alain Robak |
5.30 out of 10 (428 votes)
Visitor Reviews
I liked it....something different is always good.
posted on 20 Apr 2009The film is not that bad as the raiting says. If your are expecting to see something in the vein of "Friday the13th part10" or something like that you'll be disappointed. This film carries the nuances of European horror cinema: not as much gore but more psycho assault. Watch it and I am sure you won't forget some parts.
Certainly lived up to it's title!
posted on 24 Nov 2008I saw this film under the title THE EVIL WITHIN quiet a few years ago & the story of the film went like this, a creature slithers out of the body of an animal & impregnates a woman whom does not take to kindly to this & at first tries to do away with herself, when all else fails, she finds that she must slaughter any guy that will crawl in the sack with her & from there on in she travels around with this thing who just happens to like talking to her & offer suggestions to her in ways that she can kill her victims, then the killings get messy, extremely messy! Gorefest of a horror movie has some moments to remember & hideous, bloody special effects, but was not a film that I could really recommend to you unless you like you're horror films super gory & have tired of the recent trend of glossy Hollywood type horror movies filled with an overabundance of CGI effects & a "Let's play it safe & stick with a PG or PG-13 rating as not to offend somebody" horror films, well if it's nice & bloody you want, then find a copy of this & enjoy! the film (At least where I live) never got a release until 1994 & was an extremely tough film to get ahold of, since all the video stores that carried a copy or copies of it, had them all rented out, I spent a couple weeks trying to get my hands on it but could never secure a copy it rented like crazy! (No joke!) eventually I saw it, but wasn't all that impressed with it, the directing was fine & the acting was not to bad from what I can remember, I just wasn't to struck on it, since it relied to heavily on the gore effects & not much on the somewhat neat story. The box art claims, "From the people who brought you "THE CROW", "GUNMEN" & HELLRAISER 3" but don't be fooled folks, none of the people who made those movies were involved in this, the only connection this film had with them, is it's distributor who put those films out either ALLIANCE or CFP, I can't remember. The creature or baby or whatever it was or whatever it was called, was actually voiced by GARY OLDMAN (No joke!) Like I said only rent if you like you're films really bloody & are disappointed with the recent crop of Hollywood horror movies, or if you're a die hard horror aficionado, otherwise stay away! **1/2 stars
What an adorably little monster-baby!
posted on 25 May 2008French cinema isn't exactly known for its many horror masterpieces (the exceptions that prove this rule are "Les Yeux Sans Visage" and the more recent "Haute Tension") but, as much as in every other country, there are always some gore-loving genre fanatics that sooner or later direct their own independent cult gem. Alain Robak clearly is such an enthusiast filmmaker and his "Baby Blood" is a hugely entertaining and cheerful splatterfest, despite the poor and inept screenplay. The relatively unknown but impressively voluptuous Emmanuelle Escourrou (what's in a name) stars as the unhappy fiancée of a circus artist who gets impregnated by a parasite that burst out a newly imported cheetah. The fetus growing inside Yanka is pure evil and demands her to kill men so that it can feed on their blood. This results in some of the most over-the-top bloody and sadistic massacres ever shot on film, with cut off heads, slit throats and many outrageous knife-attacks. Of course, this exaggerated amount of bloodshed makes it all blackly comical and "Baby Blood" therefore shouldn't be taken too seriously. This isn't the fist horror film handling about ferocious fetuses/infants (there's also "It's Alive", "I don't want to be Born" and even the premise of "Rosemary's Baby" is remotely similar) but "Baby Blood" is much more creative and tongue-in-cheek than anything you've ever seen before. The camera-work is quite nifty and there are several cameos of eminent Frenchmen, like Jacques Audiard (director of "Read My Lips") and Alain Chabat (who played Caesar in "Asterix"). The script is very man-unfriendly, which is quite a new approach for exploitation! Nearly every male is presented as a weak and imbecile creature whereas Yanka gets stronger with every murder she commits. "Baby Blood" is ingenious, somewhat bizarre horror fun.
Alain Robak's The Evil Within
posted on 16 Apr 2008This French film is more disturbing than silly American killer babyflicks like "The Unborn" series. Emmaunelle Escourrou is Yanka,a voluptuous young thing working at a circus. A mysterious leopardis brought in, and something escapes from it, and slips into Yanka(if you know what I mean). She begins feeling like she is pregnant,but with a couple of differences. She can communicate with herbrood telepathically, and it answers her in a grown male's voice,and she has a pregnancy craving for something worse than icecream and pickles- human blood. Yanka finds out from her "child"that her expected is a new life form that will be born, return to thesea, and eventually take over the planet from mankind.What follows is a semi-road movie, as Yanka loves and kills herway through France. She comes to hate her "child," but can notseem to kill it or herself. There are plenty of gory moments here, allencapsulated into scenes. The ambulance scene and the
apartment scene stand out. The finale involves a near rape on abus full of football players, with the newly born creaturesomewhere on board.While some of the scenes drag, and the ending is a littletelegraphed, the gore is thrown all over the screen. I have not seenthis kind of bloodshed since "Killer Tongue." Escourrou is good,and definitely likes to show her lovely bod, and is really hot whennot covered in blood or beheading a pedestrian while waddling inher third trimester.Robak's direction is also quick and good. His shots surprised me,as he goes in the complete opposite direction that some hack Bmovie American director would have taken. Also known as "BabyBlood," "The Evil Within" suffers from a generic title but a fullassault on the senses, and the sensitive. I recommend it.This is French dubbed into English, and is rated (R) for strongphysical violence, some sexual violence, strong gore, profanity,female nudity, brief male nudity, sexual content, and sexualreferences.
Very Impressive French "Splatter" Film
posted on 12 Jun 2007I was expecting absolutely nothing from BABY BLOOD, so I have to admit I was VERY pleasantly surprised upon my initial viewing. I haven't seen too much in the way of horror films come from France, but this film does show that they have some potential, too...This one starts out with a big-jugged, gap-toothed circus worker who is impregnated when a tiger (or leopard, jaguar...whatever...) explodes and some sort of evil evolutionary parasite is released, which decides to crawl into bed with, and up into her. From there our "anti-heroine" runs away from the circus and spends her days in squalor trying to satisfy the evil "fetus's" thirst for blood. The "thing" talks to her and basically guides her on her day to day routine, sometimes going so far as to crack jokes about the losers that he's trying to get his host to murder. Sometimes the "baby" is compassionate, other times mean and spiteful. Basically it's a lose-lose situation for both "mother" and "child"...as mom doesn't want some evil spawn inside of her, and "baby" wants to be reborn to continue it's evolutionary process but has to wait until it's strong enough to be "born"...BABY BLOOD works on a lot of different levels. The gore comes quick and thick but never quite gets too campy. There are a few "dark-comedy" elements, but those that classify this as more comedy than horror must not have been watching the same film that I saw. I found BABY BLOOD to be pretty bleak and may even prove to be a little too much for the "average" horror film-goer. The atmosphere of the film really reminded me of a Henenlotter film, a la BASKET CASE or maybe more closely related, BRAIN DAMAGE - without the funny parts. The performances are all strong, especially from the lead actress, who although may be a little hard on the eyes (the few reviewers who thought she was hot must also have not seen the same film I did...) was superb as the "mother" torn between her repulsion of what is growing inside of her, and her natural motherly instincts. The basic concept of a parasitic or evil fetus may not be an especially original one, but BABY BLOOD does more with the concept than any film I've seen since ROSEMARY'S BABY. The only real gripe I had with the film was that it would sometimes switch from English to French dialog mid-scene for no reason - but this only happened a few times and didn't ruin the overall feel of the film. I HIGHLY recommend picking this one up if you dig more "extreme" horror fare. 8.5/10
pretty cool movie
posted on 22 May 2007This film is a bit different, especially how the woman ( Yanka ) is impregnated. Like the other comments, the English version is a bit sliced, but a cool aspect of this version, is that the voice of the unborn baby's telepathic messages is none other than Gary Oldman ( un-accredited, of course).
Baby Blood
posted on 19 May 2007I used to live in Southwest Florida where Sarasota used to (maybe still does)have a French Film Festival. Probably in 1990 or 1991 Baby Blood was one of the featured movies and I saw it on the big screen which was quite an experience. It is a good movie and definitely with a French style. My recollection is also that the director was there at the festival and screening and took questions afterwards. This was before the explosion of film festivals all over the world and so was pretty unique. They had a nice mix of films and some great viewing venues. This one sticks out in my mind because it was surprisingly good and I wasn't expecting much based on the title and description. Sometimes it's a lot different seeing one on the big screen than on TV. Those were some fun times. I haven't seen this on DVD.
Would You Like Boobs With Your Blood?
posted on 10 Jan 2007Hot chick with big boobs? Check. Lots of blood and gore? Check. Pretty unique story and creature? Check. Good production value? Check. Great addition to any horror lover's movie collection? Hell yes.Baby Blood or Evil Within, whatever you wanna call it, starts with the incredibly sexy and voluptuous Emmanuelle something or other getting impregnated by this alien type worm thing. Due to hating her boss/boyfriend and possibly knowing somethings up she leaves her job as a carny and hits the road. Not long after, this evil worm thing is talking to her from within her belly. I've heard the evil baby thing is actually voiced by Gary Oldman...which is pretty damn cool of Gary. Anyways, the worm/baby/thing demands death and blood so that it can grow, and the hot chick has to put out or else. What follows is a real cool flick that held my attention firmly but softly for about an hour and a half. If you're looking for a pretty unique film with gore and a hot ass chick, check out Cemetery Man, but you can also check out Baby Blood cause it's just as good, and it has a weird alien/worm/baby/thing supposedly voiced by Gary Oldman. 8 outta 10
A pseudo-feminist, horror comedy!
posted on 04 Aug 2006This French horror movie is more comedy than horror. Even though it starts out sorta seriously, the story quickly turns into a gruesome horror comedy as the pregnant woman with the monster inside her keeps on killing (mostly stupid) men in a series of vignettes strung together haphazardly. The style of filmmaking is typically French. If you seen French commercials or other French dark comedies, you'll recognize the ever present kooky camera angles and the sometimes fast-forward bits. There's nothing very serious about the film, including the somewhat feminist angle (a woman killing a lot of ugly, violent and stupid men). I say somewhat because even though most of the victims are men, the film concentrates mainly on the love/hate relationship between the monster and the woman, which causes her a lot of pain and suffering, and if there's one thing French cinema is known for, it's gleefully showing young women suffering in the name of art. So, the director's attempt at a feminist statement is ridiculous because the script enjoys putting the woman (who's often naked) through a series of degrading events that belie its feminist intentions. Emmanuelle Escourrou is not really hot or beautiful and this is probably the only "feminist" thing about the movie but I doubt the producers intentionally chose an ordinary looking woman. Something tells me a lot of actresses refused to play the unattractive part and the producers were limited in their choice of actresses willing to go through all the sanguine action.I'm surprise Troma didn't pick this movie up for release. The ending, which turns into full gory comedy, is very Troma-like. Like when the woman walks around with her face covered in blood and all the men around her don't notice this, or the scene when the new born baby pulls the man inside the car, his legs dangling wildly out of the window. Or the scene when the woman enters a bus full of drunken sports fan who try to gang rape her. Over-the-top silly.Was it worth watching THE EVIL WITHIN? Well, sorta. I can say it was okay but no one will confuse it with great filmmaking. It's a very grubby-looking schlocky, sometimes funny, more often tedious, horror comedy.
creme de la creme of killer baby movies
posted on 12 Jan 2006Baby Blood was made some time in the nineties and was directed by a frog and stars a gap-toothed, big-boobed hoochie who frequently gets naked. That being said, it's also a thought-provoking film on the relationships between men and women and deals with evolution as well. Speaking of, does anybody who's seen this know if the way evolution is portrayed is accurate? If so, that's really neat. That almost makes me want to believe in God.If you're not confused and/or are still reading this I'll cut to the details. So Gap-Tooth Big-Rack plays an abused circus performer who unknowingly gets knocked up by the thing that Khan put in Chekov's ear in Star Trek II. So Gap-Tooth has to run away. The thing inside her talks to her, makes her do things...Bad things. It starts when her controlling pig ex-boyfriend from the circus comes a-knockin' on the door of the hovel she's squatting in. He wants her back but Baby's got bigger plans in store for our chesty heroine. Baby talks to her, ya see, tells her to kill the jerk. And she does. Baby needs blood to survive until he makes his appearance. From there on in, the film turns into Harry and Tonto with a French(?) broad and her monster subbing for Art Carney and his cat.On their many adventures, Gap-Tooth kills a bunch of people--mostly scuzzy horndog men. Her interactions with these men is a main part of the storytelling in the film. She goes from a f'ed over weakling to an empowered feminist murderer with the help of Baby. Baby, by the way, is sometimes nice and sometimes mean and Gap-Tooth is pretty conflicted for the run of this film. Their little talks are pretty cute sometimes.So that's all I'm gonna write. I will say this: buy this movie. Get it. Kill somebody for it if you have to. It's got plenty of splattery kills and full-frontal nudity, plus all the nonessential elements like acting and whatnot are pretty well-done. What are you waiting for? Go! Get it! 9/10
A terrifically twisted, original and outrageously gory French horror black comedy treat
posted on 11 May 2005An ancient evil parasitic creature impregnates sexy circus performer Yanka (an incredibly wild and fearless performance by the strikingly gorgeous and voluptuous brunette knockout Emmanuelle Escourrou) and forces the poor tormented young lass to embark on a cross country killing spree in which the lovely lady drinks the blood of her victims in order to feed the foul and wicked fetus growing inside of her. Better still, the nasty little nipper even talks (an uncredited Gary Oldman does the baby's monstrous voice in the dubbed American version!). Director/co-screenwriter Alain Robak gleefully pours on the ghastly graphic gore by the gloriously disgusting and excessive bucketful: throats are slashed open, heads get bashed in, one dude messily explodes and the red stuff spurts all over the place with joyously appalling abandon. Moreover, Robak relates the exceptionally insane and tasteless premise with a hilariously sick sense of hysterically grotesque black-as-midnight humor (the single funniest moment occurs when the baby admonishes Yanka for trying to smoke while pregnant!). Since the guys in the film are a bunch of hateful and repulsive leering lecherous creeps, the movie takes on a singularly warped and surprising psycho feminist slant. Why, we even got a shockingly substantial amount of genuinely touching pathos to be relished in the peculiar love/hate relationship that develops between Yanka and the bestial bloodthirsty baby. Carlos Acciari's funky, throbbing, percussive score, Bernard Dechet's bright, slick, agile cinematography, and the comely Escourrou's occasional eye-popping nude scenes further enhance the delectably deranged and depraved fun. A splendidly strange and startling one-of-a-kind stunner.
Now *here's* something to watch on Mother's Day.
posted on 13 Feb 2004Unhappy circus performer Yanka (Emmanuelle Escourrou) finds herself in a complete quandary as a chatty creature from the beginning of time, who yearns more than anything to experience being born, makes a home in her womb, forcing her to kill various men so the creature can feast on their blood.While this French product (also known as "The Evil Within") has stretches that are a little bit on the dull side, it redeems itself with sheer audacity. It's a sleazy, sordid little movie with a level of splatter that could rival that of any North American genre effort. Escourrou is rather engaging in the lead (and it doesn't hurt that she has some choice nude scenes). The movie also has an offbeat, humorous quality; some moments made me laugh out loud. For example, her "child" takes exception to her having a cigarette.The evolving relationship between Yanka and her monstrous fetus ultimately becomes the core of the film. While understandably distraught and repelled for a while (even contemplating suicide more than once), Yanka comes to understand and even care for this thing, and vice versa. It's a nice, twisted little spin on mother-offspring relationships, and, aside from the impressively high level of gore and nudity, this is the main selling point of the film. Yeah, it's sleazy, but kind of thoughtful at the same time, too.I liked it, and think that it's worth a look for horror buffs looking for something a little different.Filled with cameos by French celebrities (including one dog!), with an uncredited Gary Oldman providing the voice of the fetus in the English-language version.7/10
Perhaps the greatest killer baby film ever made, awesome stuff
posted on 03 Dec 2003I had a great time watching this one, it had pretty much everything I expected from it and more. The film sees a gypsy lady impregnated with some kind of weird spawn that wishes her to kill and get blood to feed it, so she travels across the country alternately grappling with its desire and committing brutal murder. Its a simple story, but it proceeds with considerable verve, some tar black humour and vaguely feminist slanted carnage. The leading lady is played by the unconventional but pretty freakin' fine Emmaneulle Escourrou and happily she is naked once or twice. Sadly the film was dubbed so I cant tell what the acting was really like but the dubbing was pretty decent so it wasn't too bad. Apparently Gary Oldman voiced the baby, which is pretty funny and the baby certainly sounds pretty imposing. Things are pretty simple and there are no real characters beyond the heroine, but a few of the various males who abuse or impose on her have enough spark to them to make them more affecting casualties than the random victims of a lot of these films. There is a good deal of bloodshed and some of the violence is impressively mean and occasionally darkly hilarious. The film is perhaps slightly lax in the pacing at times with the first hour relatively gentle and then a more frenzied finale. Towards the end things become a shade less dark and more conventionally mad and splattery which is a shame and the finale could definitely have been better in my opinion. Still, this is an immensely entertaining, gory and sometimes amusing ride that fans of splatter and very dark humour should have a fine time with. Highly recommended.
I Thought It Was Great
posted on 27 Jul 2003Well, The Evil Within (Baby Blood) is definitely a different sort of movie. It isn't just the loads of blood that make this movie a fun choice, it has good atmosphere and a great horror storyline that keep things interesting throughout.The story circles around a young woman named Yonka. Yonka is a very unfortunate woman as she is impregnated by an alien being. Not from outer space, I might add. Anyway, poor Yonka, the baby inside of her can communicate with her telepathically and forces her to kill people and suck there blood to feed the creature inside. The whole story takes place over nine months and has one misadventure after the next, until the very bloody end.I first saw this movie under the title of The Evil Within many years ago. It is better now then I remember it being when I first viewed it. The movie is incredibly bloody. Not so much during the first hour of the movie, but the last thirty minutes is something else. Of course, I have seen far more bloody, but, if you are not used to this type of thing, it can be quite disturbing.The storyline in itself is quite original and simple at the same time. What makes it so cool to watch is the relationship Yonka is forced to have with this evil being inside of her. It can be quite horrific and humorous all at the same time.If you like horror I don't see how you couldn't like this film. If you like Frank Henenlotter's work, movies like Brain Damage or Basket Case, I think this is right up your alley. 9/10
An Interesting Spin on the Vampire Sub-Genre
posted on 15 Jun 2003*Minor Spoilers Ahead*What I liked the most about this movie was just the basic concept: A pregnant woman killing people and drinking their blood, as per the telepathic instructions of her unborn baby. How could you go wrong?Although the version I saw ("The Evil Within") was heavily sliced and diced before its American release, the gore actually wasn't half bad. The uncut version is much more graphic, but all the dialogue is in French (with no subtitles) and plus it has to be special ordered. The easy-to-find edited version is well worth your time, but I'm sure the French import is much better.
Gory, but could have been shorter
posted on 31 Aug 2002Baby Blood is a French film that I think tries to be a cult horror comedy. I say tries to be because it doesn't really succeed. Mainly cause the parts that are played for laughs really aren't that funny. As far as the horror goes, well it does manage to be gory thanks to the titular creature. Emmanuelle Escourrou is a young woman who finds that a creature that her carnival owner boyfriend recently purchased has crawled up inside her. Now she's playing pregnant mother to the monster as it begins to grow and prepares to be reborn. The only twist is that it needs blood to grow. Thankfully for the girl, there are a lot of stupid men in France who have no problem falling victim to this femme fatale. I'm not sure whether it means anything or not, but the woman is a rather plain woman so her ability to lure in and kill so many men is an interesting point. Is it the sexual appeal of a pregnant woman? That men are just horndogs? Or another reason altogether. I'm not sure. What I do know is that the story is just too disjointed to make any real sense and that ruins the film. i think that this might have done really well as a short feature, but drawn out to theatrical length it is poor at best.
Angel above, baby below
posted on 09 Jan 2002Oh yes, this one made me think of Angel Above The Devil Below, were an vagina is possessed by the devil and starts talking to the girl. Here we gave a fetus talking to the girl. The storyline is a bit weak but the gore is really intact, the red stuff is almost at all times on screen. The movie surely is a low budget one, the clothes are terrible and the non gore effects are a big laugh like the carcrash and the bus exploding. Anyway, it's a french one and almost better than the overacted German gore. The acting is also terrible except for Emmanuelle Escourrou. She makes the movie. Alain Robak, the director gives his voice to the fetus. The monster himself is also well done, so it's sure that they didn't spend money except on the gore. And for the creeps out there, yes there is frontal nudity. It's an easy one to catch but be sure to buy the French version, that's the only uncut version, a bid bad is that the dubbing in English is not that clear. Anyway, enjoyable flick, second part is coming in 2009 called Lady Blood.
A curiously strange and fascinating splatter flick
posted on 19 Dec 2001Seeking a human host, a murderous parasite that is obsessed with humanity attaches itself to a leopard to enter the human world and be birthed by a human female. When the leopard is brought to Le Cirque de Lohman, the parasite kills the cougar and infests the curvaceous acrobat Yanka - or Bianca - (Emmanuelle Escourrou), who was impregnated earlier by her abusive ass of a husband. After finally reaching her limit of abuse, Yanka gathers her belongings and leaves the circus. A month after she flees her abused life, she begins to hear her 'foetus' talking to her, telling her to kill in its name and feed it the blood of the victims.Over a decade-and-a-half before 'À l'intérieur,' France brought us another pregnancy horror: 'Baby Blood'. This is a strange film to say the least. Not just the crazy subject matter, but the overall feel and style of the film, mostly due to the collapsing seriousness of the film. It starts out rather seriously and I thought I was being set up for a cool, violent, and intense horror flick. However, the mood progresses into a rather strange, almost 'Peter Jackson'-esquire, horror comedy. The direction is nothing all that new or original, but it's enough to get the job done. The story progresses smoothly and only lags a couple times. There's gore and violence galore, almost all performed by the lovably psychotic Yanka. And the gore is done very well. Not too ridiculously over-the-top, but still enough to keep our bloodlust satisfied. Also, on the other half of horror fan's needs. . . Yanka shows off her curves more than a few times. In the infamous words of Ulla Inga Hansen-Bensen-Yanson-Tallen-Hallen-Svaden-Swanson: "When you've got it, flaunt it. Show your assets, let them know you're proud." In its own odd way, 'Baby Blood' is rather charming. . . quirky and strange, in that 'psycho parasite posing as an unborn baby' kinda way.Final verdict: 7/10. It's very enjoyable, and I recommend it solely as a spectacle, if nothing else.Note: The sequel, entitled 'Lady Blood,' is due out this year.-AP3-
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Great French splatter comedy.
posted on 09 Aug 2009A circus-bound tentacle incubating in a lion escapes into the womb of a pregnant woman named Yanka.The alien womb turns the woman into a ravenous,voracious male killer reminiscent of the Marilyn Chambers character in Cronenberg's "Rabid".This bizarre and gore-drenched horror comedy is filled with enough gross moments to put a smile on the face of any self-respecting gorehound.There is also a nice amount of full-frontal nudity provided by Emmanuelle Escourrou.While the action drags sometimes,the gore is splashed all over the screen.The direction by Alain Robak is solid and some scenes are slightly disturbing.Overall,"Baby Blood" is an extremely gory film which manages to be both darkly-humorous and entertaining.Give it a look.