When the Bough Breaks

2016 · 97 min · EN · PG-13 · 5.9 (365 votes)

Dir. Jon Cassar · Starring Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Jaz Sinclair, Romany Malco, Michael Kenneth Williams, Glenn Morshower · Music John Frizzell

“She's carrying more than just a secret.”

MysteryThrillerDramaHorror

A surrogate mother harbors a deadly secret desire for a family of her own with the husband who is expecting to raise her child.

VIBE

A suffocatingly tense domestic thriller where simmering obsession boils over into chilling desperation. The film grips you with its unsettling atmosphere and the dark undercurrents of a marriage pushed to its breaking point. It’s a slow-burn descent into psychological unease.

tenseunsettlingsuspensefulchillingsteadydomestic thrillerpsychological horrorsuspenseful dramaobsessiondesiresecretsfamily

husband wife relationshipobsessionmarried couplepregnancysurrogate motherinheritancesoldieryoung womanchefdesirephysical abuseboyfriend girlfriend relationshipwanting to have childrenyoung couplesurrogacyrestraining ordermentally unstablelake house