A desperate escape across the Sonoran Desert turns into a brutal nightmare of captivity in Geno Marx’s new survival horror thriller.
Black Mandala is proud to present BABYBACKS, a gripping new survival horror film directed by Geno Marx, where the promise of safety becomes something far more terrifying.
Combining the social unease of GET OUT, the claustrophobic psychological menace of MISERY, and the relentless survival horror of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, BABYBACKS takes audiences on a disturbing journey from the unforgiving heat of the Sonoran Desert into the increasingly sinister confines of a rural American home.
On the run from ruthless cartel hitmen, young lovers Zoe and Mateo cross the scorching Sonoran Desert in search of a new life in America. Exhausted, vulnerable and running out of options, their situation becomes desperate when Mateo is badly injured. Then, seemingly, salvation arrives.
A generous older couple offers them shelter and the refuge they desperately need. But behind the doors of their isolated home, something is terribly wrong. What begins as an act of kindness slowly reveals itself as a terrifying trap — and Zoe and Mateo soon discover that escaping the desert may have only delivered them into an even more dangerous nightmare.
As the story moves from the vast, hostile landscape of the desert to the suffocating intimacy of captivity, BABYBACKS transforms from a tense frontier thriller into a raw and uncompromising fight for survival.
The film brings together a compelling cast of established screen talent, including Viridiana Márquez (Chicago P.D., Chicago Fire), Melissa Chambers (Dark Winds, Mayfair Witches), Ryan Rathbun (Oppenheimer, Babylon), and Ray Acevedo (American Sicario).
With its collision of psychological terror, social tension and visceral survival horror, BABYBACKS asks a chilling question: What happens when the people who save your life are the ones you should have been running from?
BABYBACKS is represented internationally by Black Mandala.
Director: Geno Marx
Script: Geno Marx, Kent Rodricks
Cast: Viridiana Marquez, Ryan Rathbun, Ray Acevedo, Alfred Gonzales, Melissa Chambers, Juliana Philippi, AB Phoenix, Peter Lucas, J Diego Gonçalves
Cinematographer: Frank Buono
Producers: Geno Marx, Tara Tovarek, Derick Pritchard,
