Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

A Brilliant Conflict

The movie is surprisingly subdued in its pacing, its characterizations, and its go-for-broke sensibilities.

The Baby (1973) is a psychological horror/thriller directed by the late Ted "Magnum Force" Post and it stars Ruth Roman, Michael Pataki, Anjanette Comer and David Mooney as Baby. Ann Gentry is a social worker who is given a strange case dealing with a grown man named Baby whose overbearing mother Mrs. Wadsworth and two sister Germaine and Alba keep him in diapers and a giant crib. Getting a babysitter for Baby and trying to keep him happy can be a real trial for Mom and his hot-to-trot siblings. Will Miss Gentry be able to rescue the him from the wrath of his family or will she end up like the previous social worker?A weird movie that was the inspiration for MadTv's character Stuart and it's just as twisted and bizarre. The movie has many underlying themes that would give a film lover a field day in trying to resolve. Ted Post's direction was often overlooked because of the films he's worked on but know's how to keep his audience in checked. The Baby's ending not only comes out of left field but it's a bitter sweet finale.Fans of B-movies and psychological horror flicks will enjoy this one.

This is a headache of a film.It seems like some kind of high-concept perverted fantasy acted out with poor conviction and edited with the delicacy of a pickax.It tries to make a salient point dealing with the nature of mentally ill people, but falls flat. And falls hard.Only redeemable qualities being its campiness and preposterous plot. If viewed with an artistic eye, it becomes almost endearing.In my opinion I think this film falls into a very strange social genre... Not "bad" films per se, but "uncannily strange". Other titles in this genre might include "Troll II", or perhaps Tommy Weiseau's "The Room".Deserves to be riffed on by the Mystery Science Theater cast.

Social worker Ann (Anjanette Comer) checks out on the strange Wadsworth family--there's a mother (Ruth Roman), her two daughters (Marianna Hill and Susanne Zenor) and Baby (David Mooney). Problem is is that Baby is 21 but still wears diapers, can't walk or talk and makes noises and acts like real baby. Ann becomes obsessed by Baby...and his mother and sisters don't like it.Let's get the bad out of the way first. They (unwisely) dub the sounds of a real baby on to the soundtrack when Baby is around. I can see why but it sounds silly and doesn't work. It's slow (especially towards the end) and the film logically doesn't work. Still it's an unsettling and creepy little film. Comer and Hill are good in their roles but exceptional work is done by Roman and Mooney. She's a tower of strength and you can feel her "love" for Baby. Mooney has a VERY tough job of wearing a diaper 90% of the time and crawling around in all fours--but he pulls it off. There's also two VERY disturbing sequences of a babysitter "nursing" Baby and his sister getting into the crib with him nude! It's all leads up to a surprise ending that was great and sick at the same time! Somehow this got a PG rating back in 1973 but this is definitely not for kids. For horror fans and people looking for something different--in a disturbing way.

They just don't make them like this any more.And to be honest, I don't think they'd be allowed to. The Baby is one of the strangest most warped, politically incorrect movies ever made. But strangely its made like a TV movie, so it catches the viewer off guard. The plot concerns a social worker Anne Gentry played by Anjanette Corner and her encounter with the Wadsworth family and they're 21 year old Baby,with whom she become obsessed.Anne believes that Baby is being abused and plans to save baby from the Wadsworth clan. But in this film nothing is what it seems.The family consists Ma, Played with relish by Ruth Roman. She's a female version of George C Scott, big with a whiskey rasping voice. Her oldest daughter Germaine played by Marianna Hill in a very complex performance. You almost feel sorry for her sadly unhinged character. Then you have Alba, sadistically played by Susanne Zenor, blonde with crazed eyes. The last member of the family is Baby Played by David Mooney who puts in a very carefully measured performance that never becomes parody or comical.As I said earlier the movie starts out like your usual 1970s TV thriller, even the score by Gerald Fried is slightly sad and melancholy.But as the film progresses it becomes darker , more twisted even during the lighter moments. The subject matter is twisted, but because the cast plays it straight you find that the film gets under your skin, you have to see it though to the end, and what an end.There are lots of twists, the last of which is truly jaw dropping. I found myself watching this film many times over the years and I found that none of the twists were their for convenience sake. When the end credits roll you may find your these questions.1. Why don't they make movies like this anymore. 2. Why didn't the director writer and actors in this movie go on to bigger things instead of making dodgy 70s television shows. 3. I hope they never remake The Baby.And finally… 4. I wish they would bring out a re-mastered edition with special features on DVD. Because when it comes to 70s Thrillers. The Baby is in a class of its own.