‘Flushed away at birth…’
The Suckling, also known as Sewage Baby, is a 1990 American horror film written and directed by Francis Teri.
The film features Frank Rivera (Sasquatch Mountain), Marie Michaels, Gerald Preger, Lisa Petruno, Janet Sovey, Tim Martin Crouse, Susan Brodsky, Allen Lieb, Bobby Shapiro, Caesar Monroy, Antoinette Greene, Brian Muirhill, Jeff Burchfield, Hector Collazo, Fangoria editor Michael Gingold, Ella Aralovich.
Plot:
A teenage couple, Rebecca and Phil, seek an abortion at a Brooklyn brothel. Following the operation, toxic waste transforms the discarded foetus into a mutant beast, complete with prehensile umbilical cord and hooked talons for hands.
Hunting the customers and employees of the house of ill repute, the mutant envelops the house in an enormous placenta and slaughters the inhabitants one by one…
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Reviews:
“The Suckling is cheap and cheesy, ugly and sleazy. It is trashy, ridiculous and badly acted but bloody hell; it is a film about a giant killer toxic-waste-mutated aborted fetus … It definitely made me laugh and it certainly provides its share of what the fuck moments. I kind of appreciated their enthusiasm; they sure as hell include a lot of wacky shit into their plot.” Goregirl’s Dungeon
“The film starts off looking like it will be reasonably promising; the abortion scene is suitably distasteful and the ‘birth’ of the creature is accomplished using nicely effective foam latex and animatronics special effects. After that though, it goes downhill fast.” Daniel Benson, DVD Talk
” … there are some genuinely amusing moments in here from time to time (just not enough of them) and the filmmakers clearly tried to put on a good show within their limited budget (though they’re ultimately not quite successful). The best thing this has to offer is its creature design, which is truly excellent.” The Bloody Pit of Horror
“This poorly acted horror film has a few inspired, loony moments here and there but it’s mostly a trying, fairly stupid attempt … A guy in a suit plays the fully-grown creature, but the baby creature is an inspired, moving model. Other scenes include some strange S&M games, but very little nudity.” Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
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