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Lamberto Bava made a baby daddy horror film and it's absolutely unhinged.
TMDB
46
IMDb
44
Rotten Tomatoes
15
Google
75

Ghost Son (2007)

soap opera possessedEurotrash melodramapsychosexual nightmare

Overview

DramaHorrorThrillerMystery

A widowed newlywed stays on her deceased husband's South African farm, then bears a child who seems to be possessed by the dead man.

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Content warning
grief and denialcolonial uneasematernal body horrorunresolved attachment

Standout Aspects

Acting

Laura Harring commits to material that doesn't deserve her.

Production

South African locations outclass everything else happening.

Best for:Solo: So you can mutter 'why?' repeatedly without judgment.·Streaming: Pausing required to process the choices being made.·Rewatch: Only if you're studying how NOT to make possession films.
Heads up:Sexual Content: Implies a ghost impregnated someone. Yes, really.·Disturbing: Infant possession scenes that'll make you uncomfortable.
Lamberto Bava

Director

Lamberto Bava

ReleasedApr 5, 2007
Runtime1h 37m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Camarote Films
MoviWorld

Top Cast

Laura Harring

Laura Harring

Stacey

John Hannah

John Hannah

Mark

Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite

Doc

Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni

Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni

Beth

Mosa Kaiser

Mosa Kaiser

Thandi

Mary Twala

Mary Twala

Leleti

Vanessa Cooke

Vanessa Cooke

Gynecologist

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Lamberto Bava is Mario Bava's son, making this a second-generation Italian horror family affair—though dad would have staged the baby scenes with more restraint.

Cultural

The film awkwardly gestures at South African post-apartheid tensions through Thandi's character, then abandons her for white people problems.

YouTube

Ghost Son - Trailer

Ghost Son - Trailer

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