HBO has released a trailer for their upcoming limited horror series, The Baby. The series comes from debut screenwriter Siân Robins-Grace, and it’s described as “a darkly funny, raw examination of motherhood, from the perspective of a woman who doesn’t want to be one.”
It stars Michelle De Swarte as “38-year-old Natasha, who is furious that her closest friends are all having babies. But when she is unexpectedly landed with a baby of her own, her life dramatically implodes. Controlling, manipulative, but incredibly cute, the baby twists Natasha’s life into a surreal horror show. As she discovers the true extent of the baby’s deadly nature, Natasha makes increasingly desperate attempts to get rid of it. She doesn’t want a baby. But the baby definitely wants her.”
This is obviously based on the real feelings we go through as mothers, feeling like we are wanted and needed and touched and sought after 24 hours a day. It doesn’t last forever, and it’s more intense for some than others, but at least we can rest on the fact that our babies aren’t murderers. Not so much in the case of this crazy limited series!
Check out the trailer below, and watch The Baby on HBO and HBO Max on April 24, 2022.