DEAD BABIES (2000)
Directed by William Marsh
A group of wealthy young English friends gather at a country house for what is intended to be a spectacularly excessive weekend. Add three visiting Americans, industrial quantities of drugs, alcohol, sex and assorted bad behaviour, and the ingredients are assembled for a very strange few days indeed.
Then someone calling themselves Johnny begins leaving sinister messages.
Based on the novel by Martin Amis, Dead Babies plunges headlong into the decadent, drug-soaked world of its characters, mixing black comedy, satire and mystery as an increasingly chaotic house party begins to turn distinctly unpleasant.
Featuring an early performance from Paul Bettany, alongside Olivia Williams, Kris Marshall, Katy Carmichael and Charlie Condou, the film is deliberately provocative, grotesque and irreverent, a pitch-black snapshot of youthful excess where almost nobody behaves well and nothing stays under control for long.
Dark, strange and very British, Dead Babies is cult cinema with its tongue planted firmly in its cheek and a nasty surprise lurking somewhere behind the sofa.
Director: William Marsh
Based on the novel by: Martin Amis
Starring: Paul Bettany, Katy Carmichael, Charlie Condou, Kris Marshall, Olivia Williams
Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2000
Genre: Black Comedy / Satire
Runtime: 101 minutes
Language: English