Bed Rest It Combines Terror And Loss
Horror films are a dime a dozen these days and leave us disappointed more often than not. But a new horror film, Bed Rest, hit me like a sledgehammer and left me feeling a gambit of emotions.
Bed Rest, starring Scream actress Melissa Barrera, who plays the role of a young mother, still grieving the loss of her previous baby, finds herself pregnant and prescribed bed rest in her new home. It doesn’t take long to realize she and her husband are not alone in the house.
With no one believing her, she sets out to find a way to save her baby and find out what message the spirits are trying to tell her.Okay, you may be wondering what makes this horror movie so special. First, the movie is intense, spooky, and frequently heartbreaking.
The story pulls you in and doesn’t let go. It has a two-prong strategy. One, it hits you with a heartbreaking story about grief and loss and a woman’s struggle to cope with the death of a child, and her fears and worries about protecting the new child within her at all costs.
The second is good old-fashioned paranormal horror, featuring ghosts and things that go bump in the night. The two will affect different viewers in different ways in this female-driven film. But there’s also more to the story that will speak more to the female audience. Don’t
get me wrong, men will enjoy it, too, just in a different way. I believe women will connect to the emotional and psychological side of the film, with men connecting more to the paranormal aspects. In other words, there’s something for everyone. I will say this; it wouldn’t hurt if you have a box of tissues on standby because it has a lot of emotional, heart wrenching moments.
Why should you watch Bed Rest
Okay, you may be wondering what makes this Bed Rest horror movie so special. First, the movie is intense, spooky, and frequently heartbreaking. The story pulls you in and doesn’t let go. It has a two-prong strategy. One, it hits you with a heartbreaking story about grief and loss and a woman’s struggle to cope with the death of a child, and her fears and worries about protecting the new child within her at all costs.
The second is good old-fashioned paranormal horror, featuring ghosts and things that go bump in the night. The two will affect different viewers in different ways in this female-driven film. But there’s also more to the story that will speak more to the female audience. Don’t
get me wrong, men will enjoy it, too, just in a different way. I believe women will connect to the emotional and psychological side of the film, with men connecting more to the paranormal aspects. In other words, there’s something for everyone. I will say this; it wouldn’t hurt if you have a box of tissues on standby because it has a lot of emotional, heart wrenching moments.
When it comes to casting, they could not have found a more perfect lead. Scream star Melissa Barrera is absolutely amazing! She made her character Julie feel real, and the way she captured her character’s emotions, fear, grief, and paranoia were spectacular. I can’t help but feel like this is her best performance to date.
As for Guy Burnet, who plays Julie’s husband, he did wonderfully with his character representing how men often deal with the situation, not understanding what Julie is really going through and desperately trying to put their loss behind him. Often men do respond that way, wanting to put things like the loss of a baby behind them almost like it never happened. Men just seem to cope differently.
