10 MORE Horror Movies That Will Make You Say WTF Did I Just Watch?

10. The Baby

Based on the title, The Baby sounds like it will focus on a killer child, in the same spirit of It's Alive or The Bad Seed.

But the 1973 drama is far more outlandish than that. The story begins with a widowed social worker, Ann, being tasked with investigating Mrs. Wadsworth's family. While there, she learns Mrs. Wadsworth has an adult son who she treats like an infant, urging him to wear diapers in a cradle and drink from milk bottles.

Although the premise is highly unorthodox to say the least, nothing is played for laughs. Rather than emphasising the goofy side, The Baby explores deep themes like autonomy, dependency, and how abuse can be misconstrued as caregiving.

Stranger still, The Baby never settles on a specific tone. It veers from gritty social drama to psychological horror in a heartbeat, while having elements of exploitation cinema and satire.

Even though Ann seems like the only normal character, her motivations become questionable over time, which is sure to leave anybody discombobulated.

The Baby is oddly disturbing, but not for the reasons anybody would've predicted.