FilmPsychological Supernatural Demonic & Possession

The Lullaby2018

Name: The Lullaby
Genre: Psychological, Supernatural, Demonic & Possession
Released: 2018-01-27
Rating: 4.7

Directed by Darrell James Roodt

4.7

Crypt Score

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IMDb 3.9Rotten Tomatoes 73%Metacritic 48TMDB 5.8

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Year

2018

Runtime

86 min

Box Office

🏆 1 win & 16 nominations total

The premise

Returning to her home town, overwhelmed by the birth of her firstborn, nineteen-year-old Chloe van Heerden tries to come to terms with motherhood. Despite the support from her own mother, Chloe struggles with the demands of caring for a newborn child. The incessant crying of her baby, the growing sense of guilt and paranoia send her into a dark depression. With a heightened urge to protect her son, she sees danger everywhere.

Horror Vault's take

When nineteen-year-old Chloe returns to her hometown to raise her newborn son, the joy of new life quickly curdles into something far more sinister. Sleepless nights, relentless guilt, and creeping paranoia push her to the edge of sanity — and she begins to see threats lurking everywhere around her child. What starts as a portrait of a struggling young mother gradually descends into genuine horror, blurring the line between psychological breakdown and something altogether darker. South African genre filmmaking at its most intimate and disturbing.

Content: Depictions Of Postpartum Depression And Mental Illness, Threat To An Infant, Disturbing Imagery, Jump Scares