I sat down to watch "Grace" without knowing anything about the movie, aside from it being a horror movie. And that usually is sufficient enough to have me interested.I read the synopsis and must admit that it seemed like the movie could prove to be something unique. Well, it wasn't all that unique. Sure, it stood out in the sense that it was indeed a creative and alternative storyline, but not so much as in terms of it being an outstanding movie in and by itself.The storyline here was a bit morbid, but not to the extend where it became too much. I guess it depends on what aspects of the movie you focus on here; the fact that the child was dead and had returned to "life" and needed blood to survive, or if you focused on the mother's gradual breakdown in psyche as her suffering went on."Grace" managed to stay morbid and dark without passing into an overly gore category or without it slipping into being such a disturbing movie that you will have nightmares. I was actually adequately entertained, although I found the movie to somewhat slow paced, which held back the movie.The movie has a relatively small cast, so there was additional pressure on the lead cast. But I will say that the actors and actresses in the movie were holding their own quite well and were doing good jobs with their given roles and characters. In particular Jordan Ladd in the lead role carried the movie quite well, and also Samantha Ferris although she only had a supporting part."Grace" is not your average horror movie. It is enjoyable and watchable for sure, just be prepared for a somewhat prolonged and dragged out storytelling. And that is the reason why I am rating it a mediocre 5 out of 10 stars.

Although I've checked the spoilers box, I'll try and spare you a synopsis--plenty of these reviews have already provided that quite well. My main reason for giving this movie a mediocre rating is that there is so much that's unexplained, or explained illogically. A few of these are: 1. It's obvious that Madeline and her midwife were once romantically involved. This begs the question of why Madeline would choose to use the midwife's services, or why the midwife would find it a professionally good idea to provide medical care to Madeline and her unborn infant. 2. Building on 1 (and the end of the film), why is Madeline married if she's in love with her midwife? There are tons of pro-whatever makes you happy/politically correct undertones, so why write a husband into the movie? Considering the success of artificial insemination, he seems unnecessary, and is in fact a bland (disposable) character. 3. Why is there a mother-in-law in the film? Granted, her freakish need to suddenly become a mother after her son dies adds to this carnival of nonsense, but overall seems to drag this movie on longer than what's good for anyone. 4. What, precisely is Grace? Vampire? Zombie? 50/50 combination of both? Neither? 5. What prompts Madeline's obsessive need to provide blood for her rotten spawn? There's not enough backstory to make her "motherly love trumps all that is good/logical/pure" hold much weight. Learning that Madeline had miscarried before, suffered an infant crib death, etc. would have made her devotion to Grace believable, if not acceptable. 6. The end seemed weak, though I can't honestly think of how it could've been made better. Felt as though it were left open for a sequel, which hasn't so far appeared--thank goodness. Not the worse movie I've seen, but definitely not the best. There was a lot of potential with this one, but it fell short.

Watching this one once is more than sufficient. That's not to say it's a bad movie, I thought it was quite well done and well acted, as well as an interesting concept, but it was just painful to watch.Grace is most definitely a horror movie, however, it won't scare you, and it's not suspenseful, and there is no action at all. However, it will make you feel uncomfortable, and you will feel that way throughout the entire movie. The story is not complicated, if you read the IMDb description, then you know pretty much everything that will happen already. However, this is one movie that just can not be "spoiled", because knowing what is going to happen makes anticipating it even more uncomfortable.If that is what you are looking for, then watch Grace. If you want something scary, don't watch Grace. If you want something ultra violent, don't watch Grace. The problem with Grace is that it technically fits perfectly in the horror movie genre, as it is horrible, it is a horror, however, the feeling it evokes and the motivation you should have for watching it are totally different from all other horror movies. I give it 5 stars because although I think it is a decent movie, I didn't actually enjoy it much, it just made me cringe. Also because I'm not going to sleep tonight, and I'm tired.....

OK...I like horror films. Psycho characters and plot twists always can make a film even better to watch. But..this mess was anything but entertaining. The woman playing the main part seemed to be in a haze..kind of limping through her part with no real interest in what she was suppose to be doing. Yes..I know...she was a mental case, she just lost a kid...blah, blah,blah..but it was just ridiculous to watch. She has a baby that somehow has risen from the dead..no reaction there..she has to grind up meat to feed it..still little emotion..and then when she actually breastfeed...you see a few grimaces of pain...but not much..even after she begins to bleed. She avoids everyone who tries to come see her and the new infant..then begins killing to again feed her child fresh meat. If this happened in real life, it wouldn't take long for the authorities to show up and all hell would break loose...but...of course..the only one really shows any interest in what is going on is the nosy woman who ends up being killed and having her blood drained out of her. Yum. The end was even more lame...the psycho mother..fully recovered from her ordeal..of course...(there is a scar..healed so quickly it seems..wow)..and they are not riding along as a passenger in a huge RV. Mother and baby are doing fine it seems...but wait...it is time to kill again...and look...there is a place to stop up ahead. OMG...the killing is going to begin..again. AHHHH....what a waste of time it was to turn this movie on. No wonder it is on a FREE movie channel. Maybe it is just me...but seeing bloody chewed up breasts being fed to an infant is JUST TOO GROSS. There is a fine line between horror and sick stuff..this one crossed that line.