A 15 year old girl gets impregnated by the devil when he comes up from underground one lazy summer night and pulls her down into hell for some rough sex. One morning while running in the woods she is nearly hit by a car whose two occupants happen to be on their way to work at the local women's clinic. They take her in to see if she is okay from the accident and then find out that she is with child. Soon the clinic is invaded by her father a God fearing, gun loving, and abortion hating madman played by Ron Perlman. He is not the only problem as they soon find out that the child's father may in fact be the devil himself. The staff and other patients at the hospital are caught in the middle of a deadly war between the two dads. The violence and special effects in this movie are very gross and very graphic. The spider baby is especially gross to look at and when the devil finally appears his scaly body and horns are a bit much. Either way this film sucks it doesn't look or have any of the fun you expect from a Carpenter film. To say that Ron Perlman gives the best performance isn't saying much as the actress playing his daughter is terrible and the doctors barely keep a straight face saying their lines. Carpenter says in the making of that he considers the Perlman character a hero I certainly would not go that far. He tries to legitimize this film by telling the tale of a deeply religious man who has brainwashed his kids into blindly following him on a mission to save his daughter their sister by killing innocent people and then at the end after so many people have lost their lives raising the question if it was as God had wished it or if he had been listening to the wrong God. God or not nothing can save this film.
November 24, 2008I was satisfied with the product and the time it took to get to me. :)
November 2, 2008 |  | Should be 0 out of 5 stars |  |
This movie is awful in so many ways. The only good acting was by Pearlman, up until he get into the clinic gates, then the writing turn his character into something that no matter how good the actor, it just came off juvenile. People who gave this 4 and 5 stars are either delusional or have not seen his earlier work. Carpenter has graduated to making con art with his films. Im guessing he wrote this is 30 mins for a quick buck. the plot isnt evening worth being described as B movie-esque or mocking or a throw back to. If you have netflix it might be worth watching for a good laugh. The general concept was a good idea but the poor writing and acting made it a lame attempt.
November 1, 2008...and cliched. Another Hollywood picture depicting pro-lifers as murderous whackjobs, and the abortionists as, well, saints. There really isn't much thinking going on among the filmmakers.
Girl gets knocked up by Satan while she's on her swing. Flees to abortion center (apparently in the middle of a forest) to have fetus terminated. Pro-life Dad and brothers show up and shoot people; blood sprays, brains splatter. Girl's water breaks while she's on exam table, feet in stirrups, spraying white caustic slime all over the room. And so on. This is just a lame-brain gross-out movie. It wouldn't entertain a monkey. Skip it.
I like Ron Perlman, and it grieves me to see him in a piece of dreck like this one.
Oh, and Satan's baby has king crab legs.
July 10, 2008 | | Not horrible, and not as great as it could have been | |
Legendary horror maestro John Carpenter returns to Masters of Horror, and re-unites with his Cigarette Burns writers Drew McWeeny and Scott Swan for Pro-Life. The story involves the teen daughter (Caitlin Wachs) of an anti-abortion activist (Ron "Hellboy" Perlman) who seeks refuge at a secluded abortion clinic, claiming the baby she's carrying is that of the devil himself. As her father and his three sons attack the clinic guns blazing, two doctors (Mark Feurstein and Emmanuelle Vaugier) are caught in the middle, and soon come to realize that the girl's pregnancy is not of this world. What could have been a rousing, satiric play on religious fanatiscism instead becomes an almost schlocky shock fest, and by the time of the "birthing" scene, Pro-Life gets to the point of being more funny than anything else. That being said, Pro-Life is still a decent Masters of Horror episode that doesn't live up to its potential, particularly the lame closing scene. Flaws aside though, KNB once again offer up some great makeup effects work, Carpenter manages to weave some very creepy scenes (such as the revenge on the doctor), and Ron Perlman and the rest of the cast are actually pretty good. All in all, Pro-Life fails to live up to its potential, but it's still a decent episode, as long as you don't take it too seriously.
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