First Born (2007)

Director:

Isaac Webb

Writer (WGA):

Isaac Webb (written by)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Laura's expecting. Her husband, Steven's a loving guy but has little time for her. Her mom lives thousands of miles away...

Plot Keywords:

Number In Title

Cast

Elisabeth Shue	...	Laura
Steven Mackintosh	...	Steven
Kathleen Chalfant	...	Mrs. Kasperian
Khandi Alexander	...	Dierdre
Anne Wolf	...	Samantha Lee
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Blair Brown	...	Laura's Mother
Phillip V. Caruso	...	Dr.Caputo, Anesthesiologist
Matt Dickinson	...	Party Guest #1
Mia Dillon	...	Party Guest #2
Julian Gamble	...	Exterminator
Carolyn Gilroy	...	Jenny (voice)
Jared Grimes	...	Stock Boy
Marilyn Harris	...	Party Goer #3
Tim Hopper	...	Officer White
Lisby Larson	...	Party Guest #4
David Little	...	Officer Gray
Alyxx Morgen	...	IV Patient
Emma Myles	...	Katelyn
Dennis Parlato	...	Tom
Pippa Pearthree	...	Gale
Cynthia Quinn	...	Elizabeth
Barbara Rhoades	...	Nancy
Henry Strozier	...	Dr. Switzer
Pauline Tully	...	Dr. Carter
Rema D. Webb	...	Birthing Nurse
Brenda Wehle	...	Nurse Brenda

Also Known As:

The Unborn 2 (Philippines: English title) (bootleg title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence/terror.

Runtime:

USA:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Blueprint Films

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When she is in the subway car, it is not moving. We hear sounds and see light flash in the background. The subway car in an old non-air conditioned car. The last of these cars were retired several years ago. This car is most likely located at the Brooklyn Transit Museum.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Steven: [as he comes into the bedroom] Morning sweetheart.
Laura: Good morning.
Steven: Where's Jessica?
Laura: [a beat] Who's Jessica?
Steven: [he laughs, thinking she is joking] Where's the baby?
Laura: [another beat]
[she looks confused]
Laura: What baby?
Steven: [realizes the truth and bolts from the room] Jessica? Jessica? JESSICA?
[...]

Hitchcock would've loved it

No idea what the negative commentary is based upon--this movie scared heck out of my husband & me b/c it could've happened to anyone. Post partum psychosis is a real, terrifying condition which is little understood in the US. In the UK (where my husband's mother is from), there are special clinics & much awareness about this debilitating condition. It's obvious that the wife is going through this & her husband, who is busily trying to make enough $$ to support his small family & large house, misses clues. Steven MackIntosh is such a brilliant actor, he makes it look almost too easy in this role. See him in Prime Suspect, as the Moriarity figure to Jane Tennison's Sherlock. Then compare that role ("The Street") to this. You will be suitably impressed. Shue does a fantastic job of spiraling downward from together, gorgeous, bright dancer to the end, which I won't give away. And of COURSE her hair looked like S*** that was part of the spiral downward. AUGH! I hate when people just don't GET IT. The cinematography was brilliant. My husband & I (and friends) watch 3-5 movies a week, most recently this & Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train."