A powerful, almost painful performance from Barbara Eden is certainly difficult to watch in this psychological thriller made for TV after her success in sitcoms. With her having had issues before trying to give birth, husband George Grizzard has had a vasectomy but all of his sudden she finds out that she's pregnant. An examination reveals that his vasectomy was successful so naturally she believes he thinks that she cheated on him. But they managed to get past these suspicions and as her pregnancy worsens, her moods change, she becomes addicted to coffee and sugar, disappears to places unknown and is obviously not at all herself. What is going on becomes the mystery, but the audience gets pulled into with, it becomes shocking even if to the realistic viewer, it seems completely far-fetched.
What a performance from Barbara Eden. She obviously seems in agony at times reaching so deeply into herself to play this troubled character, obviously happily married but becoming depressed one moment, suddenly violent and able to speak languages she's never studied, ones that perhaps don't even exist on Earth. Even if they don't try to make her look physically suffering, the intensity in Eden's eyes shows a beauty that is covering something very ugly, and that comes from the secrets that are revealed about how she was able to conceive.
It is easy to mistake this for a supernatural thriller in the mold of "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Exorcist", but it is so much more. Grizzard, a terrific stage actor, gives fine support, reacting with brightened love as she gets worse, while David Doyle and Joyce Van Patten are great in supporting roles. The ending of this film is truly gripping, making this one of the better horror movies of the week, although the horror is more psychological than frightening.
What a performance from Barbara Eden. She obviously seems in agony at times reaching so deeply into herself to play this troubled character, obviously happily married but becoming depressed one moment, suddenly violent and able to speak languages she's never studied, ones that perhaps don't even exist on Earth. Even if they don't try to make her look physically suffering, the intensity in Eden's eyes shows a beauty that is covering something very ugly, and that comes from the secrets that are revealed about how she was able to conceive.
It is easy to mistake this for a supernatural thriller in the mold of "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Exorcist", but it is so much more. Grizzard, a terrific stage actor, gives fine support, reacting with brightened love as she gets worse, while David Doyle and Joyce Van Patten are great in supporting roles. The ending of this film is truly gripping, making this one of the better horror movies of the week, although the horror is more psychological than frightening.