Birth/Rebirth is about pregnancy, loss, hope, dread, and obsession. Two women's paths are crossed and conjoined. One woman is a socially awkward, yet brilliant pathologist looking to take medicine and human science to a whole, 'nother level. The other woman is a devoted maternity nurse, wrought with grief. The two work together to achieve the same goal, but with different motivations.
This seemed to me to be a more "realistic" take on the main theme of movies such as Frankenstein, Pet Sematary, or Re-Animator. Apart from some well placed humor, the mood is very dark and unsettling, and I imagine it would have a larger impact on women, and women who have had problems with pregnancies in the past. It's an interesting story that didn't go the way I thought it would.
It's a slow burn for sure, and the climax isn't wholly "shocking," but that might just be because I'm a male and can't experience the exact nature of the situations these women are in. The acting was good, cinematography a little sluggish, overall an entertaining and thought-provoking drama piece that overall misses the mark in the genre of horror. It's not a dramatic horror, but more of a horrifying drama.
To compare it to similar movies, it feels a lot like Possessor, just not nearly as graphic or trippy. It's also a lot like Mandy, in the way of artistic expression (without the vivid colors of course), mood, and soundtrack. I'd also compare it to A Wounded Fawn, Saint Maud, and Hellbender.
This seemed to me to be a more "realistic" take on the main theme of movies such as Frankenstein, Pet Sematary, or Re-Animator. Apart from some well placed humor, the mood is very dark and unsettling, and I imagine it would have a larger impact on women, and women who have had problems with pregnancies in the past. It's an interesting story that didn't go the way I thought it would.
It's a slow burn for sure, and the climax isn't wholly "shocking," but that might just be because I'm a male and can't experience the exact nature of the situations these women are in. The acting was good, cinematography a little sluggish, overall an entertaining and thought-provoking drama piece that overall misses the mark in the genre of horror. It's not a dramatic horror, but more of a horrifying drama.
To compare it to similar movies, it feels a lot like Possessor, just not nearly as graphic or trippy. It's also a lot like Mandy, in the way of artistic expression (without the vivid colors of course), mood, and soundtrack. I'd also compare it to A Wounded Fawn, Saint Maud, and Hellbender.
