Maternal Instincts

Maternal Instincts

Her biological clock kept ticking. Then it exploded.

1996 · 92 min · ★ 5.2 · Thriller, Drama

A pregnant doctor's life is made hell by the deranged patient to whom she gave a hysterectomy, without the patient's consent.

Directed by George Kaczender · Written by Lisa Friedman Bloch

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