MK Ultra

I went into Ultrasound (2022) knowing very little. I was afraid it was going to be pregnancy body horror. That was not the case - it's reality horror.

Vincent Kartheiser is driving back from a friend's wedding on a rainy night. He hits some nail strips and blows all four tires. He notices something odd - a breakfast tray with a coffee carafe and some cups, etc. But that draws his eyes to a house a little ways off the road. He heads there and meets Robert Stephenson, a shlubby, John-C.-Reilly-esque guy and his young, drab wife, Chelsea Lopez. They are welcoming if awkward, and invite him to stay until a wrecker can come in the morning. It gets even more awkward when Stephenson invites him to sleep with Lopez.

Later, when Kartheiser is at home in his little apartment, Stephenson shows up. Kartheiser freaks out, worried that he is being stalked, and doesn't want to talk to him. But Stephenson reminds him he had helped him out before, and shows him a video on his phone. Lopez is pregnant. This sort of explains the mysterious shots of women in workout clothes sometimes pregnant, sometimes not. 

When Lopez shows up, they start to live together. When she is ready to deliver, they get in the car. It's a rainy night. And then...

And then the real movie starts. If you haven't watched, I recommend skipping the rest of this and just watching the movie. The rest isn't very spoilery, but it works better if you go in cold. So, we find Kartheiser in a hospital, working with Breeda Wool. He is in a wheelchair and his therapy seems to be reciting lines from his conversations with Lopez and Stephenson, with Wool supplying the other side. Lopez is going through something similar. 

Also, there is a young woman who is having an affair with an important man. He's trying to make sure she doesn't out their affair, and Stephenson seems to be helping in some way - in fact, he seems to be the important man, but that guy is young and handsome Chris Garlin. Things we have seen turn out to be not what they seem.

It's funny that we watched this reality-bender right after World on a Wire. Although this one has a lot more moving parts. It did a good job keeping us guessing.