Shudder is not only one of the most essential streaming platforms for horror content, but they sometimes choose a few projects to produce from the early stages of film creation. And the horror and thriller Birth/Rebirth (2023) is one of those projects that they housed, took to festivals run, and now it’s finally seeing the light on streaming.
The movie tells the story of Rose, a pathologist, who prefers her work to engaging in social interactions and has a profound fixation on bringing the dead back to life. Celie, a maternity nurse, has centered her life around her lively and talkative six-year-old daughter, Lila. However, their lives collide tragically one night when Lila unexpectedly dies. Together, they must confront their deepest fears and grapple with the lengths they are willing to go to in order to protect their loved ones.
Laura Moss, an awards-winner filmmaker responsible for the Ted Bundy-oriented crime drama short film Fry Day (2017), which received prizes at the Tribeca Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, and SXSW Film Festival amongst others, debuts as the director and co-writer of a feature film with Birth/Rebirth (2023). His frequent collaborator Brendan Jamieson O’Brien, who’s had experience in the sound department in hit films like I Am Legend (2007), Black Swan (2010), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), or Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), is the co-writer and producer.
The main cast in Birth/Rebirth (2023) is formed by Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Breeda Wool, LaChanze, Bryant Carroll, A.J. Lister, and Rachel Zeiger-Haag.
The movie won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Independent Film Festival of Boston and has also taken part in the Sundance Film Festival, Phoenix Film Festival, PFF SpringFest, Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, Dallas International Film Festival, Fantasia Film Festival, and Melbourne International Film Festival.
Birth/Rebirth (2023) is Rated R for disturbing material and gore, some sexual content, language, and nudity. The movie is having a limited theatrical release on August 18, 2023, by IFC Films, and open on Shudder will later in 2023. Watch its official trailer.
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