Lullaby (2022) Ending Explained – Can Rachel Save Her Child?

Lullaby is a horror genre movie that was released on December 16, 2022, in the United States. The lullaby movie was directed by John R. Leonetti who has given us great gems like the butterfly effect and the first Annabelle film. Now we know that what we’re in for. A new mother discovers an ancient book that has a lullaby and she soon started to sing the song as a blessing but her world transforms into a nightmare when that lullaby brings forth an ancient demon named Lilith. To know the whole story read our lullaby ending explained article till the end.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for the “Lullaby movie“

Lullaby Movie Ending Explained and Plot Details:

At the start of the movie, we saw a couple, who recently had a baby. But they were worried and scared and were breaking all the mirrors in their house. Later the mother leaves the baby in a swing and goes out. Next, we saw a baby monster come out of the swing and cuts the baby’s spine. Meanwhile, the father is unable to break the last mirror because a witch appears and kills him. When the mother returns home, she saw her child is dead and the witch disappears as soon as she enters the house.

Now the movie moves to current time and we saw another couple and they also had a newborn baby. The mother’s name is Rachel and they come to live in a new place. Rachel receives a parcel containing boxes and toys from Rachel’s mother. The toys belonged to Rachel’s sister and her daughter, her sister was the woman we saw at the beginning and her baby and husband was killed by the witch and baby monster. Rachel is unhappy, she was thinking that how her mother sends old stuff and toys of a dead child. Her husband explains to her that what happened to her sister was an accident and they should not overthink it. 

In the parcel Rachel and her husband receive, there was a book with lines written in another language, pictures, and a tune that her husband identifies as a lullaby. Rachel hums the lullaby but she receives a call and closes the book. Later, their child won’t stop crying and won’t sleep. Rachel takes care of the child alone while her husband attends his art exhibition. She finds the book again and hums the lullaby, which puts the child to sleep. But, we see the cracks start appearing in the house’s glass. Rachel tells her husband that she sang the lullaby to sleep the baby, and they both go to bed with the baby monitor to monitor their child. 

A witch appears on the monitor and Rachel goes to check on the baby, but she finds nothing in the room. She thought the monitor was broken and that is why she throws the monitor away. While she was at home she feels some movement but finds nothing. When Rachel was looking in the mirror, we saw the witch was spying on her from behind, but she can’t see her. On the other hand, more cracks appear on the glass. When her husband was bathing, Rachel comes to him but he sees a witch in the mirror instead of Rachel, and he pushes her aside, which upsets Rachel. 

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Later Rachel goes to buy a new baby monitor screen but sees darkness on the store and the witch in it. Strange things are happening not only inside the house but also outside the house. The witch is watching them through the mirror. Rachel hears her child crying, but her child was with her, and another child is crying in the swing. When she goes there to check, there was no child, only a toy under the blanket. Also, the doors were opening and closing on their own. Rachel gets scared and goes outside. When her husband comes, she tells him about her fears. After he check the entire house, doesn’t see anyone. 

At the night, Rachel’s husband hear a crying sound and wakes up in the middle of the night. He goes outside to calm their crying child. He realizes that the sound is coming from the book they had thrown away earlier. He brings the book back inside the house. The next morning, Rachel wakes up to find her child missing, but she hears the baby’s cries coming from under the bedsheet. She finds her child apparently dead, but then the baby suddenly becomes fine. The next day, Rachel’s husband takes their child and leaves for the day while Rachel visits her sister in a mental hospital. Her husband meets with a priest at a church and tells him about their haunting experiences. 

The priest advises him to seek the help of an exorcist. Meanwhile, Rachel’s sister reveals the story of Lilith. The first woman created by God, who was banished to the forest for refusing to obey Adam. Lilith had a special lullaby that made her appear to Adam. But after getting into the forest she started living with the wolves and she eventually gave birth to a deformed child. Lilith was jealous of Adam and Eve’s beautiful children and began stealing them. Adam threw her out, and the word lullaby came from the special song that kept children away from Lilith. 

In the present, Rachel’s sister explains that Lilith’s altered version of Adam’s lullaby is what allows her to keep stealing children. Rachel agrees to help her sister to get released from the hospital and in exchange, her sister promises to save her child. On the other hand, her husband seeks help from a priest, who dismisses the story as false. Rachel’s husband returns home and finds that all the bathroom taps are broken and water is flowing from them. While trying to fix them,  the witch looks at him in the bathroom and Lilith’s baby monster appears and tries to harm their child baby. Rachel arrives in time and prevents the child from getting hurt. 

Her sister is also comes there. Seeing Rachel’s sister, her husband asks why she is here. Rachel says that Lilith killed her husband and took her child and now she will help to save our child from Lilith’s grasp. Later, Rachel’s sister tells them about Lilith’s plans and suggests they cover all glass and keep an eye on her way because Liltis come to this world through the mirrors. Rachel’s husband contacts a senior priest for help and meets him at a specific address. The priest reveals that Lilith is trying to complete a ritual to reach his child, which requires three steps: singing a lullaby, shedding an animal’s blood, and shedding a drop of the child’s blood. 

The priest gives Rachel’s husband special candles and a prayer to read with full faith to protect the child from Lilith. The book was dangerous that’s why the priest keeps it to himself, and Rachel’s husband leaves to save his child. Later we saw that Lilith’s child was coming to harm Rachel’s child but at the right time, Rachel comes and save her child. Her sister also arrived and offered to take care of the child and tells her sister to take some rest, but her intentions were not good as she removed a cloth from a glass and pricked the child with a needle. 

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Then she sang a lullaby and revealed that her own child was alive with Lilith in another world, and she wanted to bring him back by exchanging him for Rachel’s child. Rachel realized her sister had become her enemy due to jealousy and they fought. Meanwhile, Lilith arrived and took Rachel’s child, while her sister pulled her into a mirror that transported them to Lilith’s world. Later, Lilith attacks Rachel’s husband when he was returning home, but he managed to save himself. When he entered the house, he saw Rachel’s reflection in the mirror, which disappeared quickly. To avoid any potential harm, Rachel’s husband burned all the candles and checked all the mirrors. 

In Lilith’s world, Lilith’s child attacked Rachel, but she managed to escape. Rachel’s sister advised her to confidently call her daughter’s name, which would lead them to both children. Rachel followed her daughter’s voice and found her in a room, but Lilith attacked her and took the child. Rachel’s sister attacked Lilith, saves the child and gives it to Rachel and told her to escape with her child. Rachel’s sister stays behind and fights with Lilith but in the end, she killed Rachel’s sister. While Rachel was running away, all the mirrors started breaking, but she kept running and also her husband’s prayers are helping her to escape. 

All the mirrors in her house broke, but she had already crossed it. Lilith also started coming out of the mirror to attack Rachel, but they both recited the prayer together and stopped Lilith from entering the world. Now everything seems fine, but Rachel’s sister had switched her child with Rachel’s. Rachel discovered that the child she had saved was actually her sister’s, and her own child was still in Lilith’s world. Rachel’s sister’s goal had been fulfilled, but she had gone mad and forgotten that Rachel was also a mother. 

Rachel’s husband stole that book and brought it to Rachel to bring their child back. But, they would now face not only Lilith but also Rachel’s sister, who had become a new witch and taken Rachel’s child. The story ends on a dangerous note.

Is Lullaby Movie Based on a True Story?

Lullaby is not based on a true story. But at some point, it was inspired by a real-life murder story that happened in 2012 in New York where a child was murdered by his nanny.

Does the Baby Die in Lullaby Movie?

No. At the very end, we saw Racheal save the child but it wasn’t their child. Their child was still in Lilith’s world and they decided to bring him back.

Will there be a Lullaby 2? 

As we saw the first Lullaby movie ended with a big twist. In the end, it is revealed that the saved child wasn’t Rachel’s child and they will go back to save their own child. The second movie isn’t confirmed yet but there is a high possibility and has a ready storyline. We may see how they save their child from Lilith’s world in Lullaby 2.

Movie Information:

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