Body Horror Comedy ‘Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant’ Heads to Sundance This Month

January 7, 2026 Bloody Disgusting

Body horror comedy Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant will have its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival as part of the Midnight section on January 23.

Get your first look at the film below, which is said to be equal parts funny, frightening, and emotional in its blend of lived experience with outrageous imagination.

It follows a messy millennial underachiever who accidentally gets alien-pregnant. She must overcome skeptical doctors, a useless baby-daddy, and her oversharing mum in order to survive and reclaim her life.

New Zealand filmmaking duo Thunderlips make...