Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Slow
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- disturbing
- chilly
- claustrophobic
- late night horror
- halloween viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film graphic, disturbing, and artful in its exploration of twisted maternal instinct, while noting that its slow-moving conventional horror mechanics are less effective.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The narrative turns Madeline's pregnancy, stillbirth, delivery, and maternal body into the central horror mechanism.
Madeline insists on carrying her dead unborn child to term and continues protecting Grace after the baby's return to life.
The film confines its supernatural infant horror largely to intimate household and caregiving environments.
Grace is a mute, cradle-bound newborn whose appetite transforms maternal caregiving into danger.
Films like Grace, and why
Rosemary's Baby
maternal anxiety, supernatural infant horror, and intimate domestic dread
The Brood
disturbing pregnancy themes, body horror, and artful psychological unease
The Fly
graphic body horror, uncanny reproduction, and emotionally intense parent-child terror
The Babadook
slow-burn domestic horror centered on motherhood and an unnatural child
Movie Details
- Director
- Paul Solet
- Release Date
- 2009-08-14
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (179)
Cast
- Jordan Ladd
- Samantha Ferris
- Gabrielle Rose
- Stephen Park
- Serge Houde
- Kate Herriot
- Troy Skog
- Malcolm Stewart
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Grace about?
- A grieving pregnant woman defies death to protect her resurrected infant, whose hunger turns maternal devotion into intimate body horror.
- What is Grace like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Grace as slow, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Grace violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Grace as moderate.
- What did critics think of Grace?
- Critics broadly found the film graphic, disturbing, and artful in its exploration of twisted maternal instinct, while noting that its slow-moving conventional horror mechanics are less effective.
- Which films are like Grace?
- Films with a similar feel include Rosemary's Baby, The Brood, The Fly, and The Babadook.
- How long is Grace?
- Grace runs 84 minutes.
- Where can I watch Grace?
- In United States, Grace streams on Philo, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel.
