Alain Robak, a French filmmaker born in the 1960s, is best known for his multifaceted role in Baby Blood (1990), where he served as director, writer, and actor. This film stands out in the realm of cult cinema, combining elements of horror and dark comedy, and showcases Robak's unique vision. His ability to navigate multiple roles in the production underscores his significant contribution to the genre, making Baby Blood a noteworthy entry in the exploitation film canon.
Baby Blood
A cruel circus owner beats and abuses his pregnant wife. One day the circus receives a leopard newly captured in Africa, but the animal soon dies. However, an evil creature that was inside the leopard bursts out of the animal's body, burrows into the wife's body and takes over her fetus. It soon starts demanding blood, and the woman goes searching for victims for her new "baby." A snake-like parasite crawls into the uterus of an abused woman and circus performer named Yanka. The parasite demands human blood from Yanka who is first reluctant, but then finds that the only relationship she has is with the parasite. Yanka commits murders to devour the victims' blood in order to nurture the parasite. The parasite tells her that it is a creature that will replace man as the dominant species on the planet in five million years, and must be released in the ocean. The creature is eventually released in the sea where it abandons Yanka.
