In a dying 1950s town, a mysterious traveler propositions a young farmhand, Donnie, to help take down the town's tyrannical leader in exchange for the release of Donnie's mother from a primitive mind-rehabilitation center.
Cinematography
Sickly sweet Technicolor rot that decays before your eyes
Production
Microbudget worldbuilding that punches way above its weight
Director
Kyle McConaghy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot for under $100K in rural Oregon, the directors built the mind-rehab center set in an actual abandoned dairy processing plant.
The title 'Bab' deliberately echoes 'The Stepford Wives' but inverts it — here the automation is communal conformity, not robotic replacement.
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