Birth/Rebirth Interview: Making a Movie About the Horror of Having a Body

There’s a multitude of reasons horror is my favorite genre, but one of the biggest of the bunch is that often, scary human truths can be easier to process when exploring them via a horror film. That’s certainly the case with Laura Moss’ directorial debut, Birth/Rebirth, a film they describe as one that addresses “the horror of having a body.” Judy Reyes and Marin Ireland lead as two women with very different connections to motherhood. Reyes’ Celie is a maternity nurse and single parent to 6-year-old Lila (A.J. Lister), and Ireland’s Rose is a pathologist who’s interested in another form of birth — rebirth. Ultimately, Celie and Rose wind up in a situation where they must co-parent a reanimated child — Lila. With Birth/Rebirth celebrating its premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival ahead of its Shudder release, Moss, Reyes, Ireland, and Breeda Wool all swung by the Collider Studio presented by Sarasota Spring Water to discuss their experience making the movie. Hear all about their expe