Dead Babies (Mood Swingers for US release) is a 2000 British film directed by William Marsh. It is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by Martin Amis.
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Plot
When a group of young English friends, living together in a bizarre house just outside of London, invite three Americans over for a drug-fuelled weekend, things really kick off.
As the two cultures collide and the chemicals take over, it soon becomes apparent that one of the weekend guests is a member of a newly formed net-based terrorist group, The Conceptualists, whose underlying principle is extreme violence for its own sake.
It also becomes apparent that the assembled guests are the next intended victims for the group's website.
Cast
Paul Bettany as Quentin
Katy Carmichael as Lucy Littlejohn
Hayley Carr as Roxanne
Charlie Condou as Giles
Alexandra Gilbreath as Cecilia
William Marsh as Marvel
Kris Marshall as Skip
Andy Nyman as Keith
Cristian Solimeno as Andy
Olivia Williams as Diana
Reception
Critical reception
The film, which was badly received, was reviewed in the British newspaper The Guardian which described it as "boring, embarrassing, nasty and stupid - and not in a good way".