Jordan Ladd, Gabrielle Rose, Samantha Ferris

After years of trying to conceive, Madeline (Jordan Ladd) and Michael Matheson (Stephen Park) are finally about to become parents. But with only weeks to go before delivery, an accident leaves both Mi...( read more  read more... )chael and the unborn child dead. Devastated, Madeline decides to carry the child to term and deliver naturally. What seemed like madness becomes a miracle when, after delivering a dead child, Madeline finds her baby is indeed alive…and hungry. She soon discovers that her baby – now named Grace – thirsts for something more than mother’s milk, and Madeline is determined to feed her child, no matter the consequences. With nowhere to turn, Madeline must make a mother’s ultimate decision: What will she sacrifice to keep her child alive?

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R, 1 hr. 25 min.

Directed by: Paul Solet

Release Date: August 14, 2009

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  • September 23, 2009
    Hardly as disturbing as everyone makes it out to be unless you consider the grandmother subplot which had several scenes making me squirm uncomfortably in my seat.
    The film breaks down into three parts: the set-up and introduction to "the problem" (this part moves along well eno...( read more)ugh); then there's the figuring out and coming to terms with "the problem" (which eats up way too much of its running time as the audience is way, way ahead of the mother); then the resolution--if the majority of the film had been as suspenseful and bloody as this part we'd have a winner.
    As it stands its a slow curiosity piece that is ultimately forgettable except for the final "shock" at the end that had me rolling on the floor.
  • September 21, 2009
    Well acted but not all that suspenseful, Grace is a decent little flick that works on the creep factor more than gore. If it were any longer it would likely be unwatchable, but thankfully it has the sense to stay short. No big surprises, but certainly worth a look for better th...( read more)e better than expected performances, especially from Ladd.

    I also should note that I have a friend whose wife will be giving birth soon and who has chosen a midwife. I realized while watching the film that this would likely freak him out far more than me, so give it an extra half-star if you're into natural childbirth or vegetarianism/veganism.
  • August 30, 2009
    Well now. Easily the most unsettling film I've seen in a while (Recent watches include Antichrist, Grotesque, The Hurt Locker, and The Brutal Hopelessness of Love). The film is astonishingly restrained in what it shows and how it shows it. It's very deliberate in its pacing which...( read more) will bore some folks. It doesn't fully succeed at being a pure psychological horror film and because of it's pace and restraint probably won't win over the gorehound crowd. It's very atmospheric and demonstrates talent and vision from its director. The script's got some heady ideas about feminism and healthy living too but it's not preachy in the least. Good stuff but don't watch it if you're a recent parent, pregnant, or thinking of being pregnant.
  • October 17, 2009
    Here's an interesting movie that is truly unsettling, but overly grotesque! Its story plot is abrupt, but one cannot help but watch it nonetheless. A movie that is every expectant woman's nightmare. Worthy!
  • November 21, 2009
    oh, wait, this was meant to be a horror movie?
  • November 16, 2009
    "Grace" tells more with the camera shots than with the script and that IS awesome. Even though it is a little messy and doesn't explain what is happening at all, I didn't find to be necessary.
  • November 14, 2009
    Recommended by NickCoalNoir.
  • November 9, 2009
    Strange film. At times horrifying, but overall, not a perfect film.
  • November 2, 2009
    This was a pretty bad film. For starters it was shot in HD or with the RED camera, so the picture quality was sh*t! I mean god awful, pixelation everywhere. The story itself was pretty dull and uninteresting. I felt no attachment to the character (the mother) whatsoever. We ...( read more)didn't really get to know her at all. A few more minutes of a 'portrayal into madness' for her in the character development section would have helped greatly. But there would still be issues. For example, the film wasn't horrifying, it was just gory and disgusting. And that does not put horror into a horror film. The director of this film should watch 'rosemary's baby' and learn a thing or two. AVOID!
  • November 2, 2009
    I didn't like this movie but it wasn't because it was a bad movie or anything of that sort. I didn't like this movie because... I can't believe I'm saying this... it was weird! It made me squirm and it put images in my head that I never want to see ever again. One example being t...( read more)he Grandmother. She has a disturbing obsession with motherhood so far advanced that she's having her husband feed from her breasts. That's just gross. Basically, Madaline, after trying many moons to have a child she becomes pregnant. She loses her husband in a car accident and also her unborn child. Madaline decides to have the baby anyway with the help of her enabling midwife. Madaline has the baby who all of a sudden is alive and is now named Grace. Her mother-in-law is hell bent on taking Grace away from Madaline but what only Madaline knows is that Grace only consumes blood which causes Madaline to do a number of regretable things to help her newborn baby survive. In my opinion there wasn't anything logical or believable in this film or maybe I was just sidetracked by it's overwhelming oddness. I think this movie is good for anyone with the acquired taste but not for me.

Critic Reviews


August 14, 2009
Kurt Loder, MTV

"Grace" isn't really a horror movie, but it's gruesome and unsettling. The story could easily have been turned into low-budget genre trash; but first-time feature director Paul Solet maintains iron co... full review

August 10, 2009
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

There's a pervasive and unintentional Raimian sensibility to Grace, writer-director Paul Solet's feature debut, that thoroughly undermines its Polanskian underpinnings. full review

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  • HeadlessChook16
    August 17, 2009
    Ok that was just really disturbing... I have never done this before but I actually lost my appeptite watching some of the scenes. Weird story line, it had me confused with what the baby is. And I don't think I would watch that one again. So good luck when you watch it

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