The Lullaby (2017)

Directed by

Darrell Roodt

Genre

horror film

Country

South Africa

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 69 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 19-year-old mother struggles with her critical mother and falls into paranoia and depression. The film follows her descent into a dark mental state.

tenseparanoiddarkoppressiveclaustrophobicmelancholicunsettlingslow-burn

What happens

The Lullaby (also known as Siembamba) is a 2017 South African horror film directed by Darrell Roodt and co-produced by Samuel Frauenstein and Andre Frauenstein Snr. The film stars Reine Swart with Thandi Puren, Brandon Auret, Deànré Reiners, and Dorothy Ann Gould in supporting roles. The film tells the story of 19-year-old mom, Chloe van Heerden, who struggled to dealing with her super critical mother, Ruby, where she finally ends in a paranoia that sends Chloe into a dark depression. This is the first purely South African film production to release theatrically in the USA. Rotten Tomatoes ranked the film as the 17th Best Horror Movie for 2018. The film was shot in and around Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. It premiered at the 2017 South African Horrorfest Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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