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RUNTIME
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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Grace
"Love. Undying."
2009 1h 24m EN
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5.4
MID
★5.4TMDB · 179
HorrorThriller
Synopsis
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In the wake of a horrific car accident that kills her husband, Michael, expectant mother Madeline Matheson discovers that her daughter, Grace, has died in the womb. Ignoring her doctor's warnings that the fetus must be removed from her body, a grief-stricken Matheson demands to carry the child to term -- even if it endangers her own life to do so. Curiously, little Grace emerges undead -- and with a craving for human blood.
“Love. Undying.”
Cast
Jordan Ladd
Madeline Matheson
Samantha Ferris
Patricia Lang
Gabrielle Rose
Vivian Matheson
Stephen Park
Michael Matheson
Serge Houde
Henry Matheson
Kate Herriot
Shelly
Troy Skog
ER Doctor
Malcolm Stewart
Dr. Richard Sohn
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Paul Solet
- Writers
- Paul Solet
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada, United States of America
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ERA
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Released 17 years ago.
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WORLD
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International production across 2 countries: Canada, United States of America.
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ERA
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Paul Solet, shot by Zoran Popović. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Austin Wintory. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor John Coniglio shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Jordan Ladd and Samantha Ferris and Gabrielle Rose carry the top of the cast.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Paul Solet directs. Zoran Popović behind the camera. Austin Wintory scores. John Coniglio cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada, United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 2Released 17 years ago.
- 3International production across 2 countries: Canada, United States of America.
- 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 5Directed by Paul Solet, shot by Zoran Popović. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 6Original score by Austin Wintory. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 7Editor John Coniglio shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 8Jordan Ladd and Samantha Ferris and Gabrielle Rose carry the top of the cast.
- 9Marketing tagline: "Love. Undying.".
- 10IMDB entry: tt1220213 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Zoran Popović
- Original score
- Austin Wintory
- Editing
- John Coniglio
- Production design
- Martina Buckley
- Runtime
- 84 min · 1h 24m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
- IMDB
- Grace (2009)
Also by
Paul Solet
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What people are saying
- John Chard★ 8.5/10
This childbirth thing is murder you know! Oh no, not another evil child horror film I hear you cry! Yet there’s something very fresh about Paul Solet’s movie, it’s deeply unsettling but emotionally complex, even gnawing away at our inner built capacities for empathy and sympathy. Jordan Ladd plays the mother of the piece, hit with personal tragedy time and time again, her will is tested to the limit when a car crash strips her of her husband and renders the baby she is carrying as being a sure case of still born. But she’s determined to carry it to term, and when she literally wills the dead child alive, it responds in kind and becomes Grace, the miracle baby… What follows is the disintegration of Ladd’s character and of the key characters around her. Meditations on grief are heavy but richly so, as is the nods to post-natal depression. The horror elements are strong, as baby Grace shows a thirst for something other than milk, and the slow-burn approach favoured by Solet pays off with a final quarter of heartbreaking devilment. Cast are dandy, especially a very committed Ladd, while other tech credits keep the film very much in the upper echelons of this sub-genre of horror. 8.5/10
Production companies
Who made it
- AR
ArieScope Pictures
US
- DA
Dark Eye Entertainment
- LE
Leomax Entertainment
Key crew
- ProducerIngo Vollkammer
- ProducerKevin DeWalt
- ProducerCory Neal
- ProducerAdam Green
- Executive ProducerScott Einbinder
- Executive ProducerSimon Edery
- Production DesignMartina Buckley
- EditorJohn Coniglio
- EditorDarrin Navarro
- Supervising ProducerRhonda Baker
- Associate ProducerJanine Stener
- CastingKelly Wagner
- CastingCarmen Kotyk
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2009-08-14R
Also known as
International titles
- Grace - Love. UndyingDE
- Vampire Baby - Love. UndyingDE
