Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Admirable film.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

A ridiculous, flawed possession film dealing with a demonic baby who happily kills anyone around him. The main inspiration here comes from two films; THE EXORCIST and ROSEMARY'S BABY. Instead of slowly building an atmosphere of subtle suspense and terror, though, I DON'T WANT TO BE BORN opts for exploitation and cheap, shoddy, tepid thrills which aren't really worth the film they're imprinted upon. The material is stretched out over the ninety minutes running time, there are long shots of people walking around for no reason to make it last longer. Perhaps it if was shorter it would have been better but at this length it's tiring.With a good cast this film deserved to be better than it was, but director Peter Sasdy, who has done well in the past, just doesn't pull it off. The characters are all two dimensional, we don't feel anything for any of them. Ralph Bates has an Italian accent, but it keeps on slipping back to British in just one of the film's many flaws. Joan Collins adds some heavyweight power to the film but she isn't enough to make it any good. Donald Pleasance doesn't really have much to do while Caroline Munro is simply thrown in for some cheap glamour.In some ways the film is distasteful, too - the dwarf being the evil one behind it all (dwarves being a standard ploy to draw in the crowds. THE MUTATIONS, made in 1974, at least treated them sensibly). The box proclaims "Great horror with a high death rate." And four people get killed. Can we say hyperbole? For a much better killer baby film check out Larry Cohen's IT'S ALIVE. We do get to see a lot of the '70s though, meaning this film is badly dated, which can be a plus or a minus depending on whether you like that sort of thing. Also the sheer badness adds a sense of awe to things but any way you look at it, this film was dead on arrival.

Joan Collins and Ralph Bates (playing Italian ... with a thick accent) have a monstrously big baby that misbehaves violently ... biting Collins in the face when they are still in the hospital, throwing stuff around his nursery, etc. Collins, a former stripper, tells her stripper friend Caroline Munro (who sadly does not strip in this film), how a midget whose sexual advances she spurned cursed her to have a monster baby. The devil may also be involved somehow ... I don't know. With this crazy plot, a cast that also includes Donald Pleasence as Collins' doctor and John Steiner as a strip club owner, and a director who made a couple of smashing Hammer films, I really wanted to like this film. For a while I did, as I let the sleazy craziness wash over me and studiously ignored the shoddy awfulness of the whole thing. Sadly, I could not continue turning a blind eye to just how bloody awful this is. When the baby apparently jumps into a tree, ties a rope into a noose and hangs Bates to death ... no, just ... no. Hilary Mason, the blind sister from "Don't Look Now" is also present ... so much potential wasted.

A woman (Joan Collins) gives birth to a baby, but this is no ordinary little tyke. The child is seemingly possessed by the spirit of a freaky, sexual dwarf (George Claydon) whom the mother once spurned. From director Peter Sasdy, who made "Countess Dracula" (1971) and "Hands of the Ripper" (also 1971).First, let me absolutely say that I love this film being retitled "Sharon's Baby". The original title, "Devil Within Her", is so much better, and the new title just sounds like a cheesy knockoff of "Rosemary's Baby"... which, of course, is a film it could never live up to. Sounds like the sort of new title that would get it played at sleazy drive-ins or theaters on 42nd Street.The soundtrack is awesome. Not unlike Goblin's work in Italian films, it seems that the musicians here were going for the same style. The only problem is that this style of music only works in Italian films... and sounds completely silly in British or American works. I loved it, but I can imagine the average person wondering what the heck is going on.Horror fans will love seeing Donald Pleasence, who has far too small of a role as Dr. Finch. Maybe he did not read the script, or maybe it sounded better on paper than it turned out on film, but I am glad he signed on for this.At the time of release, Andrew Nickolds wrote that he film was "derivative and disastrous in every respect: a poor idea... an abominable screenplay by Stanley Price... ludicrous acting... and worst of all, Sasdy's direction. Almost every foot of film not concerned with the baby is travelogue at its most banal – extraneous shots of Westminster and Oxford Street, plugs for Fortnum & Mason and Holiday Inns. Completing this sorry tale of rip-off is borrowing from The Exorcist... and any number of details from Amicus, Hammer and Swinging London horrors. Give it a wide berth." Wow, Andrew, harsh! Luckily, the film has since enjoyed its place as a cult camp favorite, because really, who besides Nickolds was taking it that seriously?

A popular (or at least ubiquitous) title on home video, The Devil Within Her (also known as I Don't Want to Be Born and, less commonly, Sharon's Baby) stars Joan Collins as Lucy, a new mother who soon discovers that her sprog is…not normal. In fact, the little devil seems to have been possessed by the spirit of an evil dwarf who once tried to have his way with Mum, and swore vengeance after being spurned by her. Oh, those evil dwarfs. Considering the film was directed by Peter Sasdy (also responsible for superior Hammer chiller Hands of the Ripper, as well as sci-fi classic Doomwatch), this should be a better film than it actually is, but with Collins headlining and Ralph Bates, Caroline Munro, and Donald Pleasence co-starring, horror fans will still want to scope it out. That said, many scenes are unintentionally hilarious, especially when we're asked to believe the film's (shockingly uncredited!) headlining baby is a devious killer possessed by an evil spirit.