Olivia Colman transforms into a fox, Rupert Grint’s baby is a monster, and Joko Anwar delivers a heartfelt yet violent ghost story set in an Indonesian prison.
If I had ever considered having children, the films at the 59th edition of the International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, held in the coastal town of Sitges south of Barcelona, would have quickly changed my mind. This year’s recurring themes included explosive births, chewed-up nipples, and offspring that turn out to be, at best, sociopathic, and at worst, inhuman.
The theme was highlighted in an evil-child exhibition at the Miramar Cultural Centre, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Narciso Ibáñez Serrador’s “fantaterror” classic Who Can Kill a Child?, parts of which were filmed in Sitges itself. The exhibit traced the subgenre from 1956’s The Bad Seed, through Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist, to this year’s Nightborn, where poor Rupert Grint, playing the hapless husband, is no match for the developing folk-horror bond between his depressed wife, their newborn “child,” and the eerie forest surrounding their home. Finnish director Hanna Bergholm, during her introduction, admitted the film was inspired by her own experiences of motherhood—only to a certain extent, one hopes. The festival also showcased AYX, a standout entry that blended dark humor with supernatural dread.
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