I watched this one on Tubi last night, then did a brief search online so I could find the official poster featured above. What I saw during my treasure hunt was a lot of people talking shit about The Summoning of Baby Blue. I get it, it’s 2026, and the culture right now makes others believe it’s cool to be hateful for no reason. I, however, think for myself and can’t find too many bad things to say about this anthology flick. While certain segments were stronger than others, I’m appreciative that The Summoning of Baby attempted to do something different – and most of those attempts were highly successful. And it’s available to watch for free, so get to it, horror fans!
The Summoning of Baby Blue is an anthology flick featuring shorts directed by Sergio Gonzalez, Brandon Piskorik, Corey Benson Powers, Brian Sepanzyk and Felipe Vargas. Lead cast members include Valeria San Martin, Justina Ceballos, Daniela Flombaum and Agustin Olcese. The film follows a trio of friends as they crash one of their own’s babysitting gigs. When there’s nothing to do except watch a baby sleep, the friends decide to take part in a social media trend that supposedly summons the ghost of a mother who lost her child to tragedy and formed a grudge. Part one of the ritual? You have to tell a scary story to get the ghoul in the mood…
As I stated above, I don’t understand why so many people talk shit about this movie. Instead of following the traditional Bloody Mary narrative, the screenwriter decided to invent their own urban legend – one that’s pretty effective. Having this movie as an anthology made a lot of sense because I don’t think the ghost story could last the total run time while remaining interesting. It would have made a killer short film, though. Adding segments between the wrap around story kept things fresh and allowed for the babysitters to experience horror in a slow burn way and allows for viewers to wonder what’s about to happen next. I love originality and this one has a lot of that.
Some segments are better than others, and the last one is a total skip, but The Summoning of Baby Blue has a lot of strong production value. The acting was FANTASTIC for an indie film and the camera work made it look like a million bucks. Good story, good actors, good camera work and good special effects. You really can’t hope for much more than that, and I was sincerely impressed during my viewing last night. Would I watch it again? No, but I’m still able to look at this one and give it a positive review. If not only for the reason that it gives me hope that there’s still original stories to tell in Hollywood.
Final Score: 7.5 out of 10.
