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Posted By: Razor_Sharp at 6:21am, September 8, 2009
Extremely disappointing, once again, good looking people that cannot act, besides Gary Oldman WTF?
The story was completely weak and not scary at all, done well, it had such potential but failed miserably, we lost interest halfway through and decided to make coffee and chat about the Friday the 13th remake that followed this and realized that perhaps Platinum Dunes was being a bit "cock sure" by churning out flick in the horror genre forgetting that horror fans need quality these days!
We advise you to watch it if there is absolutely nothing left on the dvd store shelf, High School Musical 8 would be a better choice ... or perhaps not.
If you see a woman on the front of the DVD box half dressed, you know what this film is going to be like. The Unborn is a stylish, sexy thriller, with a great star and some great acting. But that's it. That's damn it. It isn't scary, suspensful, or fun in any way. It's boring and uses old ideas to try and scare you, which just doesn't work at all. The Unborn is a poor atempt at a great, spooky thriller. Horrible special effects and lame sets, with a load of stupid one liners, The Unborn is a big failure.
Odette Yustman half naked for about half the movie and the ghouls. Both are superbly captivating.
Seriously though, all the possessed people in this movie are so damn freaky. When she stumbles across her mother in the rocking chair for example, or when the little boy she babysits looks like a Critter hybrid.
Aside from some wicked visuals though, this movie is pretty much garbage. The whole movie is essentially someone walking slowly toward something, followed abruptly by a jump scene that is usually just a figment of their imagination. I hate that crap and this movie's full of it.
Not to mention the twist ending was lame and illconceived; can't explain what I mean without ruining the ending, but it's chronologically screwy.
And what the frig's with all the damn potato bugs?
Wow, this ended up being a disgrace for horror movies! The acting, writting and the effort were all bad and it's a shame because it really had an intriguing story going for it and a hot female lead but the rest of it was generic. There was no scary, suspenseful or even thrilling moments of terror that I can think of and I really don't think anyone will find this scary above the age of 12. Nothing about this supernatural/horror movie is special and it's a shame coming from the guy behind The Dark Knight. Overall a bad start for horror movies in 2009 and a very disappointing, lackluster movie to me. Avoid!
This was an alright movie. It was kind of boring, it took to long to go nowhere. I did like the twist at the ending, that was pretty good. buut overall it wasn't that great.
when the main actor can't even pull off a believable character, it makes for a pretty bad movie. i had to stop it and start it twice it was so boring. terrible ending i don't know if they were going for a surprise ending or not, either way it was no shocker, don't bother with this crap.
what could of been if David Goyer would of let somone else direct this film it had its moments and in the right hands who knows? ghost movies are the hardest to get right and make scary. The acting was preety well terible so it came out to be a average possesion film with a little bit of good eye candy.
Not terrible like most have posted, but not great either... This most offers a good cast, good plot, no grizzley anything, and isn't unrated by no means... The ending well it definitely wasn't to my taste, but maybe for somebody..
Platinum Dunes worst movie yet. And by far David Goyers Worst. A man a many talents should just stick to makin superhero flicks. Because he fuckin sucks at doing horror any justice.
The plot it's self was cool, the way it was filmed was so so. It's the same shit you saw before.
And a lousy fuckin ending. I am glad I didn't pay the cash to see this in the theaters. And unrated. Hmmm didn't see anything worthy of that title. But is it just me or does oddette look like megan fox... She's hotter in cloverfield and thats a way better movie. By miles and miles. I jumped like crazy in that, this I was like oh wow what the fuck like 8 times. only to be brought by a shittastic ending. I knew it was goin to end bad but I never epxect that shitty ending.
I'm sorry this movie is just a big piece of crap. It's uintentionally laughable at its best. the acting and storyline is absurd and it's neither shocking, funny or scary. In fact the only thing it has going for it is sexy ass Cam Gigandet in his undies. Gary Oldman you should be ashamed of yourself. I saw this in the movies and it was bad and thought I should check it out again on DVD just to make sure and it was even worse. Crapfest 2009.
People keep saying this is another remade Japanese horror film...IT'S NOT! You're confusing it with The Uninvited! The Unborn is fun, if standard PG-13 horror fare. Some pretty awesome visuals though.
Terrible acting and ridiculous plot. If you're looking for something silly to watch at 2 AM on a Friday, I say go for it. But if you're want to see a good horror film, look elsewhere. This is not it.
Horrible plain and simple.PG-13 horror sucks and it's given horror a bad reputation.Shame this crap open with a 20 million opening.Goes to show that today's audience don't know good horror if it threw up in their faces.
Out of all the movies released this year so far, The unborn is a contender for the worst film this year. It's a cliched-driven mess. The advertisements looked promising and I decided to impulsively purchase my ticket and see the film, but was reluctant, hence the negativity. Boy am I glad I didn't. This was a boring, atrocious piece of garbage. Good thing I waited for the home video release and only paid a buck for this piece of crap.
People may think saying The unborn is a contender for the worst movie of the year is too harsh and is a hyperbole, but I beg to differ. Even the One missed call remake had some potential and actual jump scares going for it, this had none. And yes, I attended the premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the fallen and you know what, it's actually the best movie I've seen this year. Even Bride wars that is absolutely terrible and a complete mess has at least some potential. Again, this has zero.
I expect little from PG-13 horror flicks because I know that they can't be gritty or as bloody as R rated films are, but maybe that's partially the reason it didn't work. The scares were so cheap and forced in, I even laughed, which is the film's unintended purpose. Okay, I admit some scenes were down right creepy but even those are cliched and scenes taken from previous films such as the infamous head-spin in The exorcist.
It's even more depressing that a talented writer and director David S. Goyer, can make an atrocity like this. What was he thinking? Speaking of that what the hell is Gary Oldman doing in this piece of trash. Excuse my language but I make a valid point. I think the writers were so desperate and didn't want to feel guilty about their piss poor script and awful characters, that they thought Gary Oldman can replace it and then attach "the writer of the Dark knight" and bring audiences in to see this drivel. And you know what? It raked in 20 million at the box office which means America has officially lost their intelligence and integrity.
Overall, The unborn was the crappiest and most awful piece of trash I've seen this year. It's cliche-driven and so boring and tedious, at parts I almost fell asleep. The film was never scary and at times even unintentionally hilarious. You know the old saying "Don't judge a book by its cover". The unborn is a perfect example. An overall total wash and the worst movie I've seen this year. And that's not a hyperbole. It's that putrid and distasteful.
I have some mixed feelings about this film. It did scare the shit out of me while it did most people but all the scares are cheap pg 13 jump out crap. I liked the acting and the plot was alright. Knowing that it was based of an asian film i didnt expect5 that much. Its worth at least renting.
Much better than most of these asian remakes we've been getting recently. It actually had a good, original story and I thought it was a pretty good supernatural horror flick. Not as 'horrible' as people make it out to be.
This is your typical run of the mill pg13 worthless kid geared horror. There are no real scares, a bunch of cheap "jump" moments, and a very dull story. I wouldn't reccomend it to anybody over the age of 16.
Had some very cool moments and some nice touches but I can't recall seeing a film in recent memory that was so horribly structured. You know those pre-credit shock sequences made popular by Scream and used in nearly everything since? (Before you start, yes, I know Scream didn't invent the concept) This is a movie made up almost entirely of those scenes. Goyer throws everything AND the kitchen sink into this one, but your chief memory after watching this will probably be how abundantly clear it is that he can't write dialogue for teenage girls, a fact that Odette Yustman deserves credit for overcoming. I don't like to knock Goyer too much, he took a kicking for The Invisible, which I actually don't think was deserved at all, and this film has some nice flourishes, but suprisingly his writing lets it down. Plus, anyone who wastes Oldman this badly seriously needs to take a look at their priorities.
Terrible movie. Boring, lucking any personality, and not scary AT ALL! Unnecessarily complicated (in a desperate attempt to hide it's glaring weaknesses and the many movies it has copied)the movie tries to scare you with sudden loud noises and other petty tricks. Oh, and it has the WORST exorcism EVER!
This 'Unborn' needed an abortion! Desperately!
Scary as shit. I had so many high expectations going into this movie as ive wanted to see it for ages. These expectations were not only met, but were exceeded beyond my belief. I'm not usually the ones to jump out of my seat in the cinema, but this made me do it so many times. It's scares were genuine and 90% of the tiem, you didn't see coming. The film itself is original, and the few cliche moments, gave the film an extra effect. The special effects, were also very well done, and yet again Platinum Dunes has delivered another great movie. Key elements in the story, were made very clear, so the audience didn't get lost. The cinema was packed with a huge range of age groups, and everyone jumped at the same bits. The film has totally arisen anything 2008 had come up with, and shits all over any film released in 2008.
The plot was very original, and many parts of the film were so creepy, it makes me shiver. The plot wasn't too complex, but it did make the audience think one or two times. It was solidly built and had times of excellence, and was very well made.
The acting was above average, and not once did I actually think what the hell are they doing in this movie. "Odette Yustman" is a very sexy woman, and her character is very well acted, and i think "odette" really was born to play her. "Meagan Good" was also good as the best friend. She had humour, which is always good to have, to brighten the always dark mood.
Overall "The Unborn" is a definate must of 2009, and is one of the most genuinaly scary films ive ever seen. My rating is 4/5
Let me ask you a question. What year is it? Most of you would say 2009. Let me ask another question. How long did it take you to recall that it was 2009? Most of you would say that you didn’t even have to think about it—you just knew. Now that we have the year settled, I’m going to change topics for a paragraph, and then I’m going to return to my original statement.
Desensitization, as dictionary-defined, is: the elimination or reduction of natural or acquired reactivity or sensitivity to an external stimulus. Or in other words: being exposed to something so much that you can genuinely care less about it. I think a good example of this is the sickening feeling you get when you listen to a song repeatedly, day after day, years on end. Eventually over time, even if it’s a great song, just hearing it will make you cringe. And even if your desensitization never gets to that extreme, given that your life hasn’t profoundly changed, the song will never have the same emotional impact on you as it did the first time you heard it. This is why we listen to hundreds of thousands of different songs in our lifetimes.
The two statements I made above—the year and the fact we listen to a lot of different songs—seem kindergarten to us. Common sense. And maybe to us, the viewers, they are. But, for the love of God, why don’t filmmakers understand them? We live in 2009. The simplistic ghost story, like The Unborn, has been around even before semi-modern society. It has been a filmed concept since 1896 (The House of the Devil). We’ve had over 120 years of desensitization to the filmed subject matter. The only people who will find it scary are the pre-teen girls who peed their pants during Juno. (Teehee-hee. That off-screen birth scene got the best of me, hehe.) The only people who will find it interesting are the people who have lower standards for film than the standards a severely starving whore has with men.
In case you missed the trailer, the story is a mash-up of Japanese gobbledygook and (unintentional) American cheese-horror. Scene by scene, it is the same exact plot as: The Ring, The Grudge, Mirrors, Dark Water, The Omen, One Missed Call, Candyman, The I Don’t Care, Stop Making These Stupid Movies, Urban Legends, Darkness Falls, The Why Did I Sit through That for the Hundredth Time, Session 9, etc., etc. The Unborn isn’t homage. It isn’t a work of art that we should all try to find something good in, as Roger Ebert would say. The Unborn is a 2-year-old effort from a man who just wants to pick up a paycheck handed to him by Juno-fearing teen girls and pansy-minded “I don’t care about originality!” horror fans that end up committing suicide by the age of 40. There is not a single scene in the movie that isn’t a cliché in some shape of form. This just makes the entire movie a self-parody of how low the horror genre has become. And if you somehow don’t believe that, I can tell you firsthand that I heard more laughter in my theater with this “horror” movie than I’ve ever heard during a comedy in my life.
Because of this unabashed lack of originality, creativity, or even lesser-used clichés, The Unborn is painfully boring. I started to fall asleep, then stopped myself so I could write this review, close to ten times—I counted. The plot pulls along on autopilot through the most generic horror plot you can think of. If there is even a single scene, a single line of dialogue, a single MOMENT that you have never seen before, you are not even a casual horror fan.
The other problem with The Unborn is the blatant stupidity of the entire thing. Believe in ghosts or not, I have yet to read or watch a single account that has ever been this laughably stupid. The Unborn mixes unknowledgeable clichés about religion to create possibly the stupidest plot in horror history. It’s all the plots from the movies I listed above mixed together, then dumbed-down even further than they already were.
I paid $2 to view this movie. After viewing it, I wouldn’t watch it again unless they paid ME at least $100. If there is a single movie in the history of cinema that perfectly displays every single thing that is wrong with movies, regardless of genre . . . it’s Fernando Meirelles’s Blindness. The Unborn comes in a close second.
Even if you have never watched the unborn, you've seen this movie. The girl was hot and in her underwear alot, that's the only reason this doesn't get a 0.
Mostly good the only problem i could see with it was the directing. If they would have got Goyer to write and someone else to direct it would have been better.
Terrible film. The idea was intriguing, but execution was horrible... and 'Jumby'? That alone got more laughs in the theater I saw this with than any comedy movie I've seen in a while.
wow! What a horrible piece of crap this movie was. just another hollywood scary movie that failed to scare anyone. i want my 9 bucks back please! The only bonus was seeing that girl in her underpants.
A surprisingly descent movie. There was a fair mix of scenes that make you jump mixed in with general scary and creepy scenes. One original aspect of the story is the use of the Jewish religion's more archaic practices and beliefs instead of always falling back on Christianity. If you enjoy a good (not great) horror movie you should enjoy The Unborn.
Let me start off by saying that I was so excited for this movie. I saw a preview and footage at last year's Comic-Con, and the way the actors and director talked about it, I was expecting something along the lines of this year's The Ring. At least this was an original story, and not a remake, how bad could it be?
Then the reviews started coming in. I grew wary but hoped and prayed it would be entertaining. I was wrong. This movie is abysmal in so many ways, with hardly anything at all for me to cling onto.
The bad: The entire premise, while new and fascinating, comes to a head in the most perplexing and ridiculous ways possible. A Holocaust survivor long-lost grandmother? Give me a break. The script is as dull as a decades-old penny, with cheesy lines and ridiculous "why the hell are you doing that?" eyeroll-worthy moments. Each and every character is shallow, underdeveloped, and a walking cliche, played by an equally shallow, lackluster cast. The one recognizable face, Gary Oldman, barely has any screen time for his name to at all appear on a poster, and is given absolutely no material here to shine. If you think the trailer was scary, then you've seen everything worth seeing here. The film relies on cheap "jump" tactics to scare you, while the only creepy imagery is used and overused (the blue-eyed unborn Jumbi) in such a way as to eliminate the only reasons why it was scary in the first place. The now-infamous turning-head-upsidedown old guy scene is a long, uncut take where you see the entire thing happen, and is lit brightly on the actor as to show you everything. The scariest things are the things you never really see, and I wish that could be said for the creatures and characters in this movie. And the ending? Suffice it to say it never really makes sense, and leaves a groan-worthy line that opens it for a possible sequel.
The good: There's hardly much I can say here. The imagery of this film is creepy, unique, and cool-looking. Jumbi's glowing blue eyes are excellent, and there is a really excellent image of a dog in a mask with human eyes behind it that made me shudder. (However, the next shot was a reverse angle where you can see the bull terrier's head from behind with a mask pasted on.) The upsidedown-head-guy is unique sort of monster that I wish had been more successful in being scary.
All in all, I wish I had saved my money for several rentals than this worthless piece of celluloid.
Posted By: toyboxbomb at 1:48am, February 26, 2009
while this was one of platinum dunes not so good horror movies i really enjoyed it!!!!! I loved odette yustman in this movie and meagan good...i didnt get that into the action until the excorcism started going wrog and i thought there would have been a longer and more intense ending and i predicted that she would be pregnant when she first saw the dream about jumbi going inside her.....that was a flaw that was 2 obvious byt everyone else in the room was so shocked and gasped while me and my friend were like no shit!!!! but besides that i enjoyed the movie and cant wait for more platinum dunes movies in the future!!!!
It was okay. I really liked the surreal quality of the dreams, especially the way the movie starts out the the main character jogging down a frozen winter landscape, coming across the dog in the mask, then following it into the forest to find the frozen fetus. The jewish aspect of it made it unique. Not as horrible as people claimed.
Borrowed a lot from previous horror movies, but certainly had some interesting religious themes. Decent acting, decent storyline, but the last 30 minutes were the best part. Recommended to horror fans but not one of the best horror film out there.
Posted By: MrHorrorfest at 10:39pm, January 22, 2009
Eh, bodjklxjf? lol
Posted By: blairwitch23 at 5:48am, January 21, 2009
this movie was ok but it was like a mix between the eye, the grudge and an exorcism
I thought this movie lived up to my expectations i thought it was pretty good! its the best horror i have seen in a long while... it has its jumpy moments....and images that stay with you.... just that little boys face oooghhh gives me the chills... he is creppy, anyways go see this movie it was well worth the 5 bucks i spent on it
I must give credit to David Goyer for wanting to try his hand at directing a serious horror movie. Unfortunatly, The Unborn tries way too hard to be a serious horror movie and falls rather flat. With Goyer and Michael Bay's influence behind the camera, it is better than most PG-13 horror movies, but we all know that's not saying much.
I'm a sucker for surreal imagery, and this film I was suprised to find, has some very cool moments. The dream sequence in the beginning is a good example, as well as another dream when Casy is on the ceiling looking down at her body. This may not be the best horror film ever, but it takes some interesting ideas and makes them look cool. Goyer's eye for images, and scenery are psychadelic which I think fit a horror movie nicely.
Cast wise, I thought it was a bold move casting relative unknowns (with the exception of Gary Oldman, Idris Elba, and James Remar bringing some much needed star power and fine performances to the mix). However, the weakest links are the ones who get the most screen time. Odette Yustman is an actress who's beauty actually works against her. She really is so absolutely stunning, that it takes away from her performance. The whole time, you're not really listening to her dialogue (which is typical 'diet horror' rubish) but instead, you just want to see her body more. Goyer knows this, and that bastard teases us with some very nice booty shots. Anyway, the rest of the cast was demon fodder from the get go, as usual in these types of movies.
As cool as it looked, and as good as it could have been, unfortunately, The Unborn doesn't live up to my expectations, or it's full potential. It has the makings of something much better and scarier, that a healthy dose of 'diet horror'.
Posted By: killerkong56 at 9:52pm, January 17, 2009
I actually found this movie hilarious with it's predictability. I also found that one girl's possesion hilarious as f***k. I like that they brought in the German Holocaust stuff. Interesting, very interesting. It didn't make sense to me in the end....
SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN?
Posted By: cjhorrorfan13 at 1:25am, January 16, 2009
This movie was perfect! i loved it. it was creepy and made me jump alot.
Posted By: Repo!Screams at 12:33am, January 16, 2009
Meagan Good who I suppose played Romi out-shined the lead character. The movie has cheesy lines, cheesy tone, everything about it was cheesy.
Was I the only one who seen a big CAMELTOE at the scene with the medicine cabinet?
I'm pretty sure I seen it. >.<
Meagan could a rising star.. she just has to work her way through some shitty movies.. this as an example.
I Loved Thiss Movie. I Was Screaming The Entire Time. The Plot Was Good, But I Think They Should Have Focused On Jumbi More Than They Did. The Movie Started Out As The Antagonist Being Jumbi And Ended As Some "Evil Spirit" But Overall I Loved It.
Posted By: ScaryJerry at 12:37am, January 15, 2009
The Unborn is a good throwback to the 70s horror-dramas (The Changeling, Burnt Offerings, Audrey Rose) and one of the creepiest movies I've seen in a long time. Maybe not outright scary, but some of the images linger in the brain. Speaking of the brain, you'll need one to follow the dense and interesting story (Jewish folklore, Dybbuks, Nazi experiments, suicidal mothers). Unfortunately, the worst part of the movie is Odette Yustman - clearly whichever straight male hired her didn't really care about her acting. She could not emote the dire consequences or carry our interest for very long. (Platinum Dunes/Rogue Pictures: Please cast a real actress not just an ass.) I'm glad this wasn't not another typical torture-porn horror film. This was a "big concept" movie and I wonder what it would have been like if it had a real cast (not the teen dead beats), if the filmmaker wasn't limited by the PG-13 audience, and if there was more time to expand the rushed sequences, especially the finale. It could have been the Great Supernatural Horror Film we've been waiting for.
Films like this upset me even more than really crappy films, because
crappy films have no potential from the get - go. films like this have so much potential
with talented filmakers and seemingly interesting ideas, but in attempts to target the masses with a pg-13 rating
i feel the film holds back from daring to be something More special than it ends up being.
there are some good scares, there are some wonderful special effects, but too much confusion in explaining leads to
make the film pack less of a punch than the knockout it could have been. had this film been made in the late 1970s I feel
the film could have been great by either tackling more of the psychology of the film with weighing heavily more towards drama, or even
going the other way and heavily weighing in a straight up horror film in the likes of john carpenter's the thing,
instead this film is confusing in that it doesnt know what it wants to be and during the process of unfolding the film by the
end of the film im left more with questions than answers and frustrated with a film that is average instead of being the potential great film
it really could have been.
6/10
This movie took a bum wrap. Though the movie borrowed some from other movies I found the plot refreshly original. It had some really creepy moments and I'll admit I jumped a few times. The ending was cool and unexpected. I recommend it to anyone who wants to be entertained and a little scaried
I think the B-D review was a bit off the mark. Although this wasn't a fantastic film, I felt it had a great creep factor going for it. Some of the acting was a bit underwhelming and the climax seemed to end a tad quick but, still, it was one of the more quality horror films put out as a wide release (especially for a PG 13). Would I recommend it to everyone? No. But if you're looking for something new to watch (although it does borrow heavily from other sources), there are some interesting scenes--i.e. the bathroom and the old man.
Oh well another horror movie that could have been great ends up sucking major ass. The ending was good but other than that it was boring and copied many things from those damn J-Horror films.
I was laughing my ass off through this whole movie. I predicted everything that was going to happen, mostly because I had seen the trailer and because I was paying attention. I saw this movie right after seeing Eden Lake, and this was nothing compared to it. The scares in this movie were cheap thrills and jumps. There were so many things ripped out of Asian horror that it wasn't even funny. I have to say, the acting wasn't that bad, but I want my $10 back.
Posted By: Fridaythe13th at 1:01pm, January 11, 2009
The Unborn was a decent film, not awesome by any means, but decent. Odette is absolutely gorgeous and is a very good actress and the rest of the cast was great too! Unfortunately, the move theater I went to was packed and the audience was less than respectful, apparently they don't understand being quiet in a movie theater is the common thing to do. Other than that, I enjoyed it!
The Unborn is definitely a big improvement over last year's supernatural horror films. It is definitely not a grounbreaking movie but it is definitely worth checking out in the theater. There are alot of creepy moments and the acting is decent. Give this one a look.
Posted By: Dwayne Miller at 11:39pm, January 10, 2009
While the full-length trailer painted a highly action-packed paranormal horror-thriller which unveiled 95 percent of te film and was marketed well to draw viewership to theatres, the flick managed to score limited scares with the creepiness of its paranormal and exorcism factors along with its good budget and visual effects, and produced a nice historical tale to corroborate the reason for the exorcism. Furthermore, it revealed some comic relief in both the no more than adequate acting performances on part of Odette Yestman and Meagan Good and in some of the dialogue (which seemed intended) and as well as other small elements of the film. Honestly, not entirely did it live up to it's amazing trailer, and neither was it a terrible movie or a waste of finance, but just about another film you could wait to rent out. As for a possible sequel of the movie, knowing me, I'll likely give it look.
I thought this movie was pretty enjoyable overall. The images were like creepy little montages strung together into a plot that made sense to me. Was it the best movie I have seen? Not by a long shot, but I will remember it, if just for the creepy dog with the inverted head. (But what is with the teens in the theater that can't stop talking....they almost ruined the movie!! It's just 2 hours, who can't stop talking for just two hours?)
First, I just wanted to say this movie has the most broad casted trailer of all time, i swear. Every single commercial break on television there it is. Because of this, I felt like I knew so much of the movie even before seeing it. When some people say the trailers show too much (like many have said about the Friday the 13th 2009 Trailer) I tend to disagree, whether it be quick cuts so its hard to tell whats really going on or I'm just not paying enough attention to detail. But for this movie, the trailer did show too much, as almost all of the good stuff is shown in it. While watching this movie, I was just waiting for bits of action/horror sequences to take place, rather then being shocked by it. I feel that may have ruined it a bit for me.
Right from the get-go, we're introduced to Casey (Odette Yustman) AND Jumby (wtf!?!) in a dream sequence. Jumby is Caseys twin brother who died at birth, which we find out a lil' later in the movie, but thanks to the trailer, it was already known...Then we're introduced to Caseys friend Romy (Meagan Good) who happens to be a superstitious person (which comes more in to play later on) and a bit of a dream expert while they're discussing the dream. This discussion is taking place while Casey is babysitting Matty (this kid did a terrible job) who becomes possessed throughout the film. His scenes are laughable, like one where Romy hits him with her car in an accident, and he's just standing there like nothing happened after smoking the windshield. Rabbi Sendak (Gary Oldman) doesn't appear till the second half of the film when Casy is searching for help in her little problem of being possessed/haunted.
The acting overall is acceptable, I thought both Odette and Meagan (improvement over some of her other roles) did good. They're both extremely hot, so that may be swaying my judgment a bit. Plenty of nice shots of them throughout, especially Odette, which enhanced my viewing experience. The cast was pretty good though, got a kick out of seeing Masuka (Dexter). The main evil kid did pretty good, they should have fired the other kid though.
The effects were pretty good, probably would have been appreciated more had I not seen them numerous times already in the trailer. I thought the bathroom scene at the club was well done, where the floors get flooded with bugs and the walls crack with bug like legs pushing through. The old man effects were well done also, well not when his head is flipped around but when he's running on all fours after this one older lady.
The final exorcism scene seemed a lil' anti-climatic. Like the evil kid throws some people around, breaks this one chicks back (which was nice), and then possesses a couple people until the final scripture in the exorcism is read, which just seemed a lil' too easy to me. I did like the setup for a sequel at the ending, it was an obvious choice (Odette having twins) but it was effective.
Overall it was decent, nothing really groundbreaking here, but it was entertaining, it kept me interested throughout, i'd give it another watch down the road. If it does get a sequel, Hopefully Odette comes back for it or I prolly won't even watch it.
This movie wasn't as bad as everyone is saying. It's not going to be the greatest horror movie ever but it's definitely not the worst either. The story was interesting and I think tried to breathe some life into the Japanese eerie kid formula. My favorite thing from this movie was the imagery. The little jewish boy looked cool, the dog with the upside down head was well done and the old man crawling at the old woman reminded me of something from hellraiser. It also had some interesting scares and uneasiness to it. The only thing with little creepy kids is that their small children and you could kick their ass if you wanted too. Like the other little boy who she was babysitting just had this vibe to him that he needed his ass kicked. The best friend in this movie was annoying and acted like a retarded girl. The main character was alright but probably could of picked someone more believable as well as her jock boyfriend. I wish real looking people got parts in movies because not everyone looks like a model in Hollywood. All in all I'd give this a 6.5 because I find scary movies that are actually scary and suspensful refreshing after a bunch of scary movies that aren't scary just filled with gore.
Posted By: danifilth1985 at 2:31pm, January 10, 2009
I felt the movie was just "alright." Not great, but not as terrible as everyone makes it out to seem!
By the way, ZakkAttakk327, actually view a movie before you rate it.
I'll probably get slammed for saying this but...this movie was awesome. Especially for horror fans; what's not to like? It was creepy, chilling, and disturbing without unnecessary blood/gore. It may have had several cheap "jump" scares but they were effective and so was the rest of the movie, which was scary even without the use of the jump scenes. The movie had a very interesting story, too, and the ending was pretty surprising (how can people say they could see it coming within the first 10 minutes? They must be psychic or something). With all of the crappy horror movies lately (especially last year), this was a breath of fresh air for horror fans, even without an R rating. The Unborn is the start of what looks to be an amazing year for horror movies.
I also agree with Tex's review. The overall pacing was sporadic, and very linear. I also thought that Goyer borrowed to much from Asian horror. I'm getting really tired of the "Scary child jumps out of the darkness screaming", bit. Overall, I thought some camera work was interesting, but it still wasn't enough to win me over. I was truly disappointed with the ending. It seemed that I had already seen about 90% of it in trailers and other scenes online. Even my wife thought the ending was lacking.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS ABOUT WHEN I WENT TO GO SEE IT SOO I WAS OPEN MINDED. IT WAS TERRIBLE WAIT LET ME SAY IT AGAIN TERRIBLE! IT WAS LIKE THE RING AND THE GRUDGE AND THE EYE ALL MIX TOGETHER IN A POINTLESS WAY!
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