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The Suckling (1990)

Rating: 1 Star (out of 4)

Be My Baby?

By Jeffrey M. Anderson

Buy The Suckling on DVD.

This poorly acted horror film has a few inspired, loony moments here and there but it's mostly a trying, fairly stupid attempt. A teenage boy drags his pregnant girlfriend to a local brothel where a globular madam called "Big Mama" performs back alley abortions. The fetus is flushed down the toilet, where nuclear waste helps bring it back to life as a horrible, mutated creature. Somehow the creature manages to lock the couple, the madam, some hookers and a few other annoying people in the house, where they all stay until the end of the film. Even more horribly, the creature keeps most of these arguing idiots alive for most of the film; for such a gory film it has a very low body count. A guy in a suit plays the fully-grown creature, but the baby creature is an inspired, moving model. Other scenes include some strange S&M games, but very little nudity.

DVD Details: Elite has released The Suckling on DVD. The quality is poor, mostly due to the quality of the original film. The DVD comes only with a trailer.

Starring: Frank Reeves, Lisa Patruno, Marie Michaels, Michael Gingold
Written by: Francis Teri
Directed by: Francis Teri
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 89 minutes
Date: June 24, 2005