Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant Delivers Body Horror and Big Laughs
Still from Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant. Photo courtesy of the Calgary International Film Festival.
“He jizzed on my pants!”
Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant, is a 2026 feature written and directed by New Zealand filmmaking duo THUNDERLIPS.
The film centres Mary (Hannah Lynch), a 30 year old who lives with her overbearing and boundry-less mum, and the new neighbour Boo (Arlo Green), who finds himself in the same mum-and-adult child living situation. Mary’s curiosity about the man next door leads to a steamy encounter in the shared laundry room that sees the two embarrassed, horny, then terrified. When Boo’s alien jizz melts a hole in her sweatpants, Mary quickly comes to the realization that she is in fact, alien pregnant.
Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant delivers on so many levels. It’s intense comedic sensibility brings the audience on a truly ride that jolts between sex, campy body horror, and anger, and come to life using what I can only imagine was a truly enthusiastic props department. What struck me in particular was this film's deliberate negotiation and fearless heart towards embracing all of the above.
While absurdly science-fiction on it’s surface, Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant tells a story that is deeply unsettling–because it is deeply human. Calling attention to the ways that healthcare systems treat women who want an abortion, the metaphor is blunt: it’s a system in which doctors are more concerned about the scientific study of an alien penis, than providing any care to a woman whose body is being abnormally and rapidly affected by what’s inside. There are several moments where this really comes to a head, and I am left moved by Hannah Lynch’s raw, versatile performance.
Watching this film, I was reminded constantly of the power of comedy in the audience’s ability to receive this type of story. While the alien pregnancy is unfairly difficult, and the film’s camp body horror is over-the-top; blue barf and slimy bodily fluid end up shifting understandings between the mothers and their respective adult children. This depiction of alien pregnancy disrupts the idea of a “maternal instinct” and dares to wonder what might happen if men’s bodies were implicated in the process.
With this distinctly Kiwi style of humour used to it’s fullest potential, this film had me in equal parts laughing out loud and squirming in my seat.