Grace (2009)

After losing her unborn child, Madeline Matheson insists on carrying the baby to term. Following the delivery, the child miraculously returns to life with an appetite for human blood. Madeline is faced with a mother's ultimate decision.

Director:

Paul Solet

Writer:

Paul Solet (screenplay)

Stars:

Jordan Ladd, Samantha Ferris, Gabrielle Rose

2 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jordan Ladd	...	Madeline Matheson
Stephen Park	...	Michael Matheson
Gabrielle Rose	...	Vivian Matheson
Serge Houde	...	Henry Matheson
Samantha Ferris	...	Patricia Lang
Kate Herriot	...	Shelly
Troy Skog	...	ER Doctor
Malcolm Stewart	...	Dr. Richard Sohn
Jeff Stone	...	ER Nurse
Jamie Stephenson	...	Skinny Clerk
Tenai Cam Measmer	...	Grace as an Infant
Annabel Kathlynn Bast	...	Grace as an Infant
Chris Cunningham	...	Lab Technician
Karen Von Staden	...	Dr. Sohn's Secretary (as Karen von Staden)
Mark D. Claxton	...	Veterinarian (as Mark Claxton)

Storyline

Madeline Matheson is eight months pregnant and determined to deliver her unborn child, Grace, naturally. When an accident leaves Grace dead inside her, Madeline insists on carrying the baby's corpse to term. Weeks later, when Madeline delivers, the baby miraculously returns to life... With an appetite.

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Plot Keywords:

anemia | female led relationship | baby | stillbirth | pregnancy | 

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Taglines:

Love... Undying.

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody images, violence and some sexual content

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 November 2009 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Grace - Love. Undying.

Filming Locations:

Saskatchewan, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,174, 16 August 2009, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$6,174, 16 August 2009

Company Credits

Production Co:

ArieScope Pictures, Dark Eye Entertainment, Leomax Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Gabrielle Rose won the 2009 Fright Meter Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.

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Goofs

When Madeline is brewing her tea in the strainer and suddenly drops it, you hear the sound then in the next shot (a second later) she drops the chain.

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Quotes

Meat Clerk: Kinder kills, cleaner cuts. Carl's cows have no antibiotics and no synthetic growth hormones.

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Connections

Referenced in Beating the Mountain: Surviving 'Frozen' (2010)

User Reviews

What did we learn from this movie?

After looking into the director of "Grace" I found that this movie is obviously based on a short movie he did 3 years before. And that is more explanation than I needed because basically this movie has nothing but the premise you already get in the synopsis. Woman tries to get pregnant, then loses her child in a car-crash, still brings it to birth and miraculously the baby lives. Of course the baby was dead and so its now a kind of undead baby that needs blood instead of breast milk.

The whole movie is sloooow paced and tries to be edgy and have a kind of black humor (for example the woman is a vegan and pretty obsessed with healthy food etc.) but it leads nowhere. For a horror movie this is damn boring, for a psychological movie I miss any depth. It looks like the director just has the two odd ideas of the undead baby attracting a lot of flies and chewing on its mothers bloodied breasts. Apart from that I don't see much here. At first the strange calm atmosphere of the movie really captures you but about half through the movie you realize that "Grace" indeed is nothing but a short-story stretched to feature length. After all a real big disappointment.