Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

The Surrogate (1984)

The Surrogate poster
Directed by
Don Carmody
Genre
erotic film, thriller film
Country
United States, Canada
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
R
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman is hired as a surrogate to help a troubled couple conceive a child. As she becomes more involved with them, hidden tensions and dangerous secrets come to the surface.

tensesuspensefuleroticstylishunsettlingslow-burnmoodydark

What happens

The Surrogate is a 1984 Canadian erotic thriller film directed by Don Carmody and starring Art Hindle, Carole Laure, Shannon Tweed, and Jackie Burroughs. The film was written by Don Carmody and Robert Geoffrion, produced by Don Carmody and John Dunning, and executively produced by André Fleury and André Link. The film also features Jim Bailey, Michael Ironside, Marilyn Lightstone, Jonathan Welsh, Mark Burns and Vlasta Vrána. The music was composed by Daniel Lanois, the cinematography was done by François Protat, and the editing was done by Rit Wallis. The film was released 2 November 1984 through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?