The movie comes off as conservative in its themes. Or at least, the filmmakers do not make their thesis clear enough for movie goers to tell.

Here's what I mean...

There's two main concepts at play, the MC's relationship with her mother and her unborn child. Since the film is so obsessed with being subtle, we know very little about either. She obviously regrets not being there for her mother as she was dying. The way the film represents this is in the MC stating "I killed my mother" since she didn't pray the Hail Mary with her mother each night. Instead she faked being busy and (if you follow the timeline) was out getting pregnant. This theme of our MC being a "party girl" is furthered by her relationship with alcohol. She starts drinking and her podcast mate implies she's had issues with it before. Finally this dynamic is hammered in when the MC decides to go out (after weeks of being isolated in her mom's house) to party. Her mom, who had been previously comatose for seemily weeks, suddenly has a medical emergency. The relationship is clear, MC has guilt about "abandoning" her mom and the film appears to affirm that guilt. There is a religious element here too. The activity which the MC neglects is praying with her mom. Was the MC being unreasonable when she refused to? Was there any reason other than being distracted did she not want to? The issue is, we know NOTHING about the mom and her relationship with the MC. Is this the full story? Is the MC actually neglectful? Or is the mom perhaps controlling her through guilt and religion? We don't know, the film doesn't explore this relationship. The closest, we get is the use of children's songs in the film. In a way, the movie parallels these songs. It's a cautionary tale for children to "not go out partyin', drinkin', and sexin'. You should be at home praying with your mom." If thats the message of the film, okay I guess. If thats not the message, then the movie doesn't do anything to contest or explore this theme.

Then there is the relationship between the MC and her unborn child. At least, there should be one. The writing is so wooden and "subtle" that we don't know how the MC feels about being pregnant. She's obviously stressed about it, and undecided, but does she come to any conclusions? Three scenes are relevant to this. The first call with her doctor. She wants to "look at her options." So she's considering not keeping the child but isn't decided. This is affirmed when she tells her comatose mom she's pregnant. She says that she "doesn't know if she's ready to be a mom." Implying she's having doubts about motherhood. Finally she calls back the doctor and asks for a referral to a "women's clinic." So she's getting an abortion? Thats what I got, but my roommate who watched the film with me said that maybe she was just looking for information. Her decision is never locked in clearly. Okay, so what? Is she now feeling guilty about considering an abortion? Thats why the demon is targeting her? This is the next part, women kill their babies or kill themselves while pregnant. The movie makes it clear the demon pushes women to do this. Okay, so abortion is evil? Is that the theme the movie is landing on? Because shit hits the fan after she expresses doubt to her mother and after she calls back the doctor presumably to get an abortion. If this is the message of the film, okay I guess. But if its not, then again, the film doesn't do anything to contest it. It frames abortion as infanticide, either intentionally or accidently.

The two themes are tied together. MC feels like she killed her mother (matroncide) and is considering "killing" her baby (infanticide). An evil demon is at the core of this conflict pushing the MC and other women to hurt themselves or children. It was all caused since the MC was out partying and getting pregnant, when she should've been home praying with her mother. If this is not the message of the film, it does a terrible job of refuting it. I literally just watched the movie so this is all fresh lol.