Lyle

I enjoyed this movie, but I found it drew inspiration from the Original Rosemary's baby, starring Mia Farrow. Not as good, but still interesting to watch. It does meander at times, but there is some excellent acting, and the final scene is gut wrenching. I'd recommend it.

Solidly made, engrossing, pleasantly short modern horror fable, updating Rosemary's Baby to our seemingly more enlightened times to show that evil doesn't change. The most chilling scenes take place online, which says a lot about the current state of humanity. Main actress is memorable, but the villains lack charisma.

Staying within its indie roots, this movie is well made (at that indie level) and decently acted. But, the concept becomes cornered within its own plot leaving the film without a fuller execution. Leah becomes unhinged after the death of her daughter Lyle while pregnant with her second. She descends into paranoia judging ever person and act as out to harm her, or her unborn baby, or caused the death of Lyle. . Gaby Hoffman plays Leah well even if at the end the role only demands her to be "crazy". The 60 or so run time feels warranted, not trying to extend a concept past its limits and at the same time it left me with some unfulfilled aspects.

Pretty good little flick, given its runtime of 1hr 2mins. I've seen movies where I wished the opening titles were the closing credits, not the case here.

Performances were a bit uneven, however the lead, Gaby Hoffman was quite good at playing her character Leah.

I can't give much praise for actor director. Ingrid Jungermann, her performance seemed 'stiff' but am curious to see her directorial debut, Women who Kill.

Not sure if this was meant to be psychological or supernatural or if that was the point of it. Being vague. I'm leaning psychological because pregnant women can get kinda kooky lol.

I don't want to make any comparisons or give anything away, but just say that I enjoyed my hour with this flick.

4 generous stars.

Leah (Gaby Hoffmann), June (Ingrid Jungermann), and their toddler Lyle move into a Brooklyn brownstone apartment. Leah is pregnant. The landlady lives downstairs and models live upstairs. Leah investigates the building on the internet and finds a series of mysterious deaths.

Of course, this is aiming for Rosemary's Baby. The best aspect is Gaby Hoffmann. She is fully capable in this role. On the other hand, this is very much an indie. It doesn't even have enough material for more than sixty minutes. Filmmaker Stewart Thorndike may have plans for a more expansive horror, but this feels incomplete or unfinished.