Based on a novel by Fay Weldon (1st ed. 1980).
A young architect is reforming the country cottage that her boyfriend gave her; they decide to live there. There has been a tragedy in that house a long time ago, involving a fire in which a boy was killed. That boy's mother still lives in the neighborhood, and has a middle-aged daughter who still has hopes of having a male child.
The first hour, featuring a devilish complicated succession of events, is probably irreproachable. I see it as a comedy. After that first hour, there is not much plot development, and the film shifts its tone to supernatural horror or thriller. Close to the end, there is an accumulation of suspenseful episodes having to do with the deliverance of the child. The unifying themes are pregnancy and childbirth, and the fears that surround them.
Rating: 52
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