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"Some women would kill for a baby"

Director: Miguel Ángel Vivas Year: 2016 Runtime: 85 min IMDb: ⭐ 5.0
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Synopsis

Completely on her own, Sarah spends her time at home, waiting for the approaching birth of her child. But one night, a stranger breaks into her home, ready to snatch her still unborn baby from her.

In suburban Chicago, Sarah Clarke suffers a car accident during the third trimester of her pregnancy, which leaves her husband dead, and her partially deaf. On Christmas Eve, she prepares for her child's birth which is due Christmas Day. That morning, her neighbor and friend, Isaac, visits, and the two exchange gifts. Sarah phones her mother, who is traveling to stay with Sarah that night. After falling asleep that evening, Sarah awakens to a knock at the door from a woman claiming her car has broken down. Speaking through the closed door, Sarah tells the woman her husband is asleep, to which the stranger responds that her husband is dead, and addresses Sarah by name. Sarah phones the police, who come and investigate, but the woman has fled. She phones Isaac, but he does not answer, and she leaves him a message about the incident. Sarah goes back to sleep, but the woman infiltrates the house and drugs her with chloroform before injecting her with oxytocin. Sarah awakens as the woman prepares to abduct her unborn child. The two fight, and Sarah flees down the hall, locking herself in the bathroom. The woman retrieves Sarah's ringing cellphone from the kitchen, which is receiving a call from Isaac. Sarah breaks the bathroom mirror, arming herself with a glass shard. Isaac enters the house and is met by the woman, who introduces herself as Sarah's mother. After assuaging Isaac's worries, the woman attempts to usher him out of the house, but they are met by Sarah's mother who has just arrived by taxi. Her mother rushes upstairs, but Sarah, mistaking her for the woman, stabs her in the throat with the glass, killing her. Isaac rushes upstairs and witnesses the scene, but the woman stabs him in the back with a butcher knife. Sarah again locks herself in the bathroom, and begins experiencing extreme labor pains, as the woman stabs at the door repeatedly. She is deterred when Isaac's cellphone rings, receiving a call from his partner, Brian. The woman blocks the bathroom door with a chest of drawers before breaking into Isaac's house and slitting Brian's throat. Sarah begins smashing through the bathroom door with the toilet tank lid, making a hole large enough to see through. The woman returns and tries to reach her arm through the door, but Sarah cuts her with glass. Moments later, police officers Mike and Alice return to the house to do a wellness check, and the woman poses as Sarah. Mike returns to his car, but realizes the woman was not Sarah after Alice mentions that Sarah is pregnant. Mike returns to the door, but the woman stabs him in the face as Sarah begins descending the stairs. Sarah flees to an upstairs bedroom, and Mike attempts to strangle the woman, but she stabs him to death. Noticing the door is ajar, Alice enters the house and finds Mike's body, while the woman accosts Sarah, who is hiding under a bed. Sarah beats her across the head with the toilet tank lid. The woman subsequently shoots Alice dead with Mike's gun moments after Sarah's water breaks. A violent struggle ensues between Sarah and the woman. Sarah manages to flee outside, and attempts to drive away in the police car, but is intercepted by the woman, who causes Sarah to crash into a tree. Sarah stumbles into an adjacent house. She quickly realizes it is the home of her attacker, and finds evidence that the woman has been stalking her for months. The woman enters and the two resume fighting. They face off outside, where Sarah stumbles onto a covered swimming pool, and the woman reveals her motive: She lost her baby in the car accident that took Sarah's husband's life, and is seeking revenge. Sarah cuts through the pool cover with a scalpel, and the women fall under and struggle. When Sarah begins drowning, the woman, panicked over losing the child, cuts the pool cover and frees her, but drowns in the process. On the partly-submerged pool cover, Sarah has a water birth as police descend on the scene.

Summary adapted from TMDb and Wikipedia sources.

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⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

a dog dies
spoiler The dog is killed off screen. It's quick and barely audible. Lasts less than 2 seconds.
an animal dies
Yes
the abused forgives their abuser
Yes
There's audio gore
Yes

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