In recent years, mainstream horror movies like “Hereditary” and “It Follows” have embraced a seemingly more sophisticated form that unites social and psychological drama with a sleek visual sensibility.
After two years of attempting to conceive, Lucy , a debonair fertility doctor with a menacing glint in his eyes.
To prevent future complications, however, she is forced to undergo “selective reduction” that will either destroy her male twins or her single girl.
That women continue to lack autonomy over their own bodies is indeed a horrifying reality.
And despite its vaguely unsettling clinical ambience, very little about the film as it makes its way to an ultimately flat and predictable final twist, manages to feel tense or thrilling.