No./14 The stories breaking motherhood taboos
A group of rising fiction-makers are using horror to present unexpected tales of the expecting
THE MIRACLE of birth gets the nightmare treatment in a fresh wave of films and TV seeking to change the narrative on motherhood. From a bloody yet heartfelt monster movie from Finland to a visceral, violent body horror from Mexico, four women are using their art to interrogate how their societies expect women to contribute, and what happens when they don’t.
They tell Empire about the powerful and often personal motivations behind their work.
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Mexican writer-director Michelle Garza Cervera makes her feature-length debut with this bone-breaking body horror about an expectant mother, Valeria (Natalia Solien). As her pregnancy progresses, Valeria begins to reflect on the anti-establishment young punk she once was, which drives her to make a difficult choice.