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The Child Remains

  • 2017
  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
1.1K
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The Child Remains (2017)
Official Trailer
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Folk HorrorHorrorMysteryThriller

An expectant couple's intimate weekend turns to terror as they discover their secluded country inn is a haunted maternity home where infants and mothers were murdered.An expectant couple's intimate weekend turns to terror as they discover their secluded country inn is a haunted maternity home where infants and mothers were murdered.An expectant couple's intimate weekend turns to terror as they discover their secluded country inn is a haunted maternity home where infants and mothers were murdered.

  • Director
    • Michael Melski
  • Writer
    • Michael Melski
  • Stars
    • Suzanne Clément
    • Allan Hawco
    • Shelley Thompson
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    4.5/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael Melski
    • Writer
      • Michael Melski
    • Stars
      • Suzanne Clément
      • Allan Hawco
      • Shelley Thompson
    • 27User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
    • 35Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Trailer 1:36
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    Suzanne Clément
    Suzanne Clément
    • Rae
    Allan Hawco
    Allan Hawco
    • Liam
    Shelley Thompson
    Shelley Thompson
    • Monica
    Géza Kovács
    Géza Kovács
    • Talbot
    Hans Boggild
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    Samantha Cade
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    Lee J. Campbell
    • Sgt. Grist
    Martha Irving
    Martha Irving
    • Eleanor
    Jackson James
    Rena Kossatz
    • Librarian
    Glenn Lefchak
    • Young Talbot
    Eva Marie Murphy
    Kennedy Pace
    • Background performer
    Annick Sheedy-Maclean
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    Lesley Smith
    Lesley Smith
    • Faith
    Ben Stone
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    Vanessa Thomas
    • Background performer
    Courtney Turner
    • Background performer
    • Director
      • Michael Melski
    • Writer
      • Michael Melski
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    1tm_83

    Music , Mumbled Lines

    Why do they ruin a movie with LOUD MUSIC and MUMBLING? LOUD MUSIC leading to a scare factor of zero. Have to turn the volume high just to hear the MUMBLING of lines and BAM comes the LOUD MUSIC.
    7lawrencehobart

    Pretty good

    Well acted, eerie, and a good combination of Amytiville Horror and The Shining type of movies. Very surprised to see such poor reviews, for an up and coming filmmaker as I suppose this was, it was a good movie, in the most difficult genre to make a good movie. I had decided not to see the reviews before watching it and I'm glad didn't.

    Good acting, perhaps the story was a little predictable, but good as well. Great photography. Not sure about the dual outcome at the end.
    6mardilouise

    Not bad at all

    Whilst the character development failed to make me feel sympathetic towards the protagonist, the story is intriguing enough to hold one's attention to the end. Some of the horror motifs were a bit laboured, but is that not what all horror movies are like? There were some silly plot holes which were clumsily plugged - but overall not a bad way to spend 90 minutes of leasure time.
    6jimmyb-03299

    Actually not that bad

    Pretty good movie with a nice creepy storyline.. worse part of it is the background music is so dam loud its hard to hear what their saying especially during the parts where their explaining everything..
    5RandomTard

    Decent little horror

    This movie has pretty good story, acting and production. What it doesn't have is a good ending. The build up was done well but once it gathers some speed and things start to happen it goes downhill. In the end you'll just be scratching your head and wondering how was all that supposed to work.

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    Related interests

    Florence Pugh in Midsommar (2019)
    Folk Horror
    Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)
    Horror
    Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974)
    Mystery
    Cho Yeo-jeong in Parasite (2019)
    Thriller

    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Loosely based on The Ideal Maternity Home (IMH), located in Chester, Nova Scotia. The IMH, which was a maternity home, for unwed mothers, operated from 1928 until 1947 by William Peach Young, a chiropractor and unordained minister of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and his wife Lila Gladys Young, a midwife, although she advertised herself as an obstetrician. The business was eventually shut down by the government.
    • Goofs
      When the female star was walking up the stairs picking up coins, the microphone transmission pack outline can clearly be seen under her shirt.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Horror Hotel: The Ape at Horror Hotel (2018)

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    • Release date
      • June 7, 2019 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Official sites
      • Official website
      • Official website
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Vahşet Oteli
    • Filming locations
      • The Clockmaker's Inn, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada(filming-location)
    • Production company
      • Malefic Films
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    • Budget
      • CA$1,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $25,464
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 47m(107 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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