Baby Blues (2008 film)
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Baby Blues is a 2008 American horror film
co-directed by Lars Jacobson and Amardeep Kaleka, based on the 2001 killings of five children by their mother Andrea Yates
. The entire film was filmed in Savannah, Georgia
USA by the company Neverending Light Productions.
and her family, the five children being drowned in the family bathroom by their mother.
In the film itself, which is set in a secluded family farm, the Mother (Colleen Porch) suffers a psychotic break down due to postpartum depression
and after her husband, a truck driver, hits the road again after only being home a day. It’s all too much for her and she snaps, begins to break things in the middle of dinner. She then calmly walks away with the baby to the upstairs bedroom.
Jimmy(Ridge Canipe
), the eldest son, trying to keep his younger brother and sister calm, starts cleaning up, but soon he decides to check on his mother and discovers the horrible truth. His baby brother is dead, and she’s preparing to take care of the rest of her kids. Now hope for the family's survival rests on the shoulder of Jimmy, the eldest son and surrogate man of the house. After his mother tries to drown his sister and he knocks her out, Jimmy gets his brother onto a bike and tells him to ride for help while trying to get his sister to safety.
Using his wits and intricate knowledge of the farm, Jimmy must try to protect his siblings while fending off the woman he has always known and loved as his mother. Only one of the children survives as the mother stalks a further two of them down and kills them in typical slasher
style. Jimmy manages to survive up until his father arrives back after hearing him on a radio transmission. The film then cuts to a hospital and Jimmy is set to come home. His father then tells Jimmy that his mother is also coming home much to Jimmy's surprise. We are then shown the mother, stood pregnant and singing rock-a-bye baby.
but praising the acting
.
On August 9, 2008 "Baby Blues" was released straight to DVD
under the name "Cradle Will Fall" in the U.K.
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
co-directed by Lars Jacobson and Amardeep Kaleka, based on the 2001 killings of five children by their mother Andrea Yates
Andrea Yates
Andrea Yates is a former Houston, Texas resident who killed her five children on June 20, 2001 by drowning them in the bathtub in her house. She had been suffering for some time with very severe postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis...
. The entire film was filmed in Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...
USA by the company Neverending Light Productions.
Plot
Based on Andrea YatesAndrea Yates
Andrea Yates is a former Houston, Texas resident who killed her five children on June 20, 2001 by drowning them in the bathtub in her house. She had been suffering for some time with very severe postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis...
and her family, the five children being drowned in the family bathroom by their mother.
In the film itself, which is set in a secluded family farm, the Mother (Colleen Porch) suffers a psychotic break down due to postpartum depression
Postpartum depression
Postpartum depression , also called postnatal depression, is a form of clinical depression which can affect women, and less frequently men, typically after childbirth. Studies report prevalence rates among women from 5% to 25%, but methodological differences among the studies make the actual...
and after her husband, a truck driver, hits the road again after only being home a day. It’s all too much for her and she snaps, begins to break things in the middle of dinner. She then calmly walks away with the baby to the upstairs bedroom.
Jimmy(Ridge Canipe
Ridge Canipe
Ridge Canipe is an American teen actor. Ridge is best known for his roles in Walk the Line , in a thriller Baby Blues in 2008 and the 2005 version of Bad News Bears...
), the eldest son, trying to keep his younger brother and sister calm, starts cleaning up, but soon he decides to check on his mother and discovers the horrible truth. His baby brother is dead, and she’s preparing to take care of the rest of her kids. Now hope for the family's survival rests on the shoulder of Jimmy, the eldest son and surrogate man of the house. After his mother tries to drown his sister and he knocks her out, Jimmy gets his brother onto a bike and tells him to ride for help while trying to get his sister to safety.
Using his wits and intricate knowledge of the farm, Jimmy must try to protect his siblings while fending off the woman he has always known and loved as his mother. Only one of the children survives as the mother stalks a further two of them down and kills them in typical slasher
Slasher film
A slasher film is a type of horror film typically involving a psychopathic killer stalking and killing a sequence of victims in a graphically violent manner, often with a cutting tool such as a knife or axe...
style. Jimmy manages to survive up until his father arrives back after hearing him on a radio transmission. The film then cuts to a hospital and Jimmy is set to come home. His father then tells Jimmy that his mother is also coming home much to Jimmy's surprise. We are then shown the mother, stood pregnant and singing rock-a-bye baby.
Cast
- Colleen Porch as Mom
- Ridge CanipeRidge CanipeRidge Canipe is an American teen actor. Ridge is best known for his roles in Walk the Line , in a thriller Baby Blues in 2008 and the 2005 version of Bad News Bears...
as Jimmy - Joel Bryant as Dad
- Kali MajorsKali MajorsKali Majors is the sister of young actor Austin Majors. Her first role was as Young Bettie Liva in the American soap opera Passions. She has also appeared on the series NCIS, Days of our Lives, and Strong Medicine, among others. She has also appeared in the 2008 film Baby Blues.-External links:...
as Cathy - Holden Thomas Maynard as Sammy
Release
The film was released on August 5, 2008 in the USA and was subject to mediocre reviews, often criticising the mothers dialogueDialogue
Dialogue is a literary and theatrical form consisting of a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people....
but praising the acting
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
.
On August 9, 2008 "Baby Blues" was released straight to DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
under the name "Cradle Will Fall" in the U.K.