The Suckling
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The Suckling, also known as Sewage Baby, is a 1989
horror film
from director
Francis Teri, starring Frank Reeves, Marie Michaels, and Michael Logan.
relates the tale of a teenage couple seeking an abortion
at a Brooklyn
brothel. Following the operation, toxic waste transforms the discarded foetus into a mutant beast, complete with prehensile umbilical cord and hooked talons for hands. Hunting the customers and employees of the house of ill repute, the mutant envelops the house in an enormous placenta and slaughters the inhabitants one by one.
for its claustrophobic intensity and Die Hard
for its non-stop action." Given the film's low budget and technical flaws, discerning filmgoers may disagree.
1989 in film
-Events:* Batman is released on June 23, and goes on to gross over $410 million worldwide.* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million...
horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
from director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
Francis Teri, starring Frank Reeves, Marie Michaels, and Michael Logan.
Story
The filmFilm
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
relates the tale of a teenage couple seeking an abortion
Abortion
Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. An abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is usually called a miscarriage, or it can be purposely induced...
at a Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
brothel. Following the operation, toxic waste transforms the discarded foetus into a mutant beast, complete with prehensile umbilical cord and hooked talons for hands. Hunting the customers and employees of the house of ill repute, the mutant envelops the house in an enormous placenta and slaughters the inhabitants one by one.
Plot summary
As stated in the copy of one release of this film, "THE SUCKLING has been compared to AlienAlien (film)
Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers to its primary antagonist: a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature which...
for its claustrophobic intensity and Die Hard
Die Hard
Die Hard is a 1988 American action film and the first in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. It is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp titled Nothing Lasts Forever, itself a sequel to the book The Detective, which...
for its non-stop action." Given the film's low budget and technical flaws, discerning filmgoers may disagree.
Cast
- Frank Rivera as Frank Reeves
- Allen Lieb as Doctor
- Bobby Shapiro as Doctor
- Caesar Monroy as Attendant
- Antoinette Greene as Bertha
- Brian Muirhill as Customer
- Jeff Burchfield as Policeman
- Hector Collazo as Creature
- Michael Gingold as The Suckling
- Ella Aralovich as Mary
- Alley Ninestein as Nurse