Disney +: Not recommended for children under 18, this horror movie will convince you not to have children

Motherhood is a delicate, sometimes taboo subject that has long inspired horror movies. The most notable example is Rosemary’s Baby, a genre classic directed by Roman Polanski in 1968. In this film, Mia Farrow plays a pregnant woman who fears that her unborn child is… the child of the devil.

With L’Horloge, written and directed by Alexis Jacknow, motherhood is again at the center of the story. Nevertheless, it is more about the reluctance of children.

Dianna Agron, an actress best known for the TV series Glee, plays Ella, a burgeoning celebrity interior designer. The only downside? She is 37 years old and everyone – from her friends to her family – criticizes her for not wanting children.

This decree leads the heroine to isolate herself in a clinic to seek a strange treatment that can solve her physiological problem. Because according to the facility’s director, Dr. Simmons (Melora Hardin), Ella doesn’t want a child because she’s going through “Chemical and mental imbalance“. The tone is set.

We can guess the rest. The treatment puts the patient in a hellish trap, between hallucinations and ghosts. The Hour is not a great film, it even has many flaws, but it still deserves some interest for its original handling of its theme.

Infertility is a great subject for horror. It still stands out today, and L’Horloge manages to transcribe that sense of anguish. Sensitive Souls Beware: Some series feature hidden images but are likely to disturb some viewers, such as a baby connected by an umbilical cord that swings like a pendulum between the heroine’s legs.

before there is a movie The hour – Clock in English – was a three-minute short film by the same director about a woman in a parking lot who is haunted by the sound of a biological clock. These two works are very different but share the same theme.

Discover the short film that inspired the film:

The Hour is available on Disney+.