Good concept, poorly executed.

Expected more

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Here's an interesting concept;; Alien like pregnancy with a woman instead of the John Hurt character in that overrated bore fest. The unfortunate baby host is Yanka(Emmanuelle Escourrou). A reptile sort of creature wanders into her uterus and has a thirst for blood. The good mother travels from village to village, killing anyone available to feed her growing fetus's voracious need for plasma in order to grow into a really large and dangerous monster.The little one is very verbose, having funny conversations with its' host. Yanka is sexy and often naked, which adds to the entertainment value this atmospheric thriller. Baby blood provides buckets of the red stuff, as expected, and I thought that the acting and script were pretty good for this genre.The director, Alain Roback, has an eye for detail and a sense of humor. The talking baby is a different twist, and it works in Baby Blood.

Yeah, I found this movie better than expected. It really has a bizarre twist to it. Its "gross out" science fiction premise: ugly worms crawling inside of people, is really a front for a slasher movie. I thought, perhaps, I might not even be able to watch it. And again, the "gross out" images were minimal. And perhaps a later anthologist will put it an offshoot "vampire" film category. With the films female protagonist, Escourrou, drinking so much blood. (By the way, to some other reviewers: Escourrou is incredibly beautiful and hot) So the movie is really overlapping several genres. It, of course, has its origins in "Alien", and "It's Alive", and other films as well. And watching the dubbed version, really harks back to the seventies horror films. Primarily, Italian.

Seeking 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-

I 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.