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Antibirth (2016)

Antibirth poster
Directed by
Danny Perez
Genre
horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, body horror film, psychedelic film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 122 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman with a drug habit in a small Michigan town gets pregnant after using a mysterious substance. She begins to experience strange physical and psychological changes as she unravels what is happening to her.

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What happens

Antibirth is a 2016 psychedelic body horror film written and directed by Danny Perez, produced by Cole Payne, David Anselmo, Rob Weston and Jeff Rice. It stars Natasha Lyonne, Chloë Sevigny, Meg Tilly, Mark Webber, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos and Emmanuel Kabongo. The film follows a drug-addled woman in a remote Michigan town who becomes pregnant after taking a strange drug. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2016. The film was released in the United States on September 2, 2016, by IFC Midnight. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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