This was originally known as "I Don't Want To Be Born" but distributor AIP changed the title to associate the film with "Rosemary's Baby".
Joan Collins and Ralph Bates are a young couple whose child, when born, is apparently very violent and possessed by something demonic.
Collins' character of Lucy cannot seem to handle the baby, who seems to get more and more violent. The child kills his nanny and attacks anyone who comes too close to the crib. Bates, as her husband Gino wants to take her away for a while, but the child will have none of that, so one night he lures Gino outside and hangs him then disposes of the body in an underground garbage dump bin!
It turns out the the baby is possessed because Lucy refused the advances of a sinister dwarf working in the same strip joint as she did before she got married and out of the business. Yes, it sounds weird and it is.
However, it makes for great movie viewing and I love this film. First you have Joan Collins who is simply gorgeous in this movie, and you have Ralph Bates is always a welcome face in English horror, then you have a stunningly beautiful Caroline Munro as Mandy, the best friend of Lucy. What more could a horror fan want?
The rest of the cast includes Eileen Atkins as Sister Albana, who tries to get the demon out of the baby, Donald Pleasence as the doctor whose death is the most gruesome and John Steiner as the strip club owner.
The Blu-ray includes interviews with Steiner and Munro, who is ALWAYS a pleasure to see and listen to. This movie is hosted and introduced by Katarina Leigh Waters who gives you some interesting facts about the film, and yes, I find her incredibly sexy as well.
I highly recommend this DVD. A top release of the year!
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