Release Date: 7/7/2009 Original Release: 2009 Format: DVD Length: 88 minutes Rating:Unrated Rating Reason: for intense sequences of violence and terror, disturbing images, thematic material and language including some sexual references UPC: 025195054645 Studio: Universal Studios Home Video
A horror film combining ghostly children, Nazi experiments, and the Kabbalah, THE UNBORN also features a strong female heroine and plenty of surprisingly gruesome shocks. Writer-director David S. Goyer (BLADE: TRINITY) has seemingly taken inspiration from classics like ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968) and THE EXORCIST (1974), as well as the more recent THE EYE (2002), during the creation of this slick thriller featuring an attractive young cast and some disturbing effects work.
College student Casey Beldon (Odette Yustman, CLOVERFIELD) begins having dreams about a spooky little boy with bright blue eyes. She thinks nothing of it as first, but when the image becomes a recurring motif and the boy she babysits for hits her in the face and tells her "Jumby wants to be born now," she begins to get frightened. After learning that she had a twin brother who died in utero, she finds a photo of her late mother with the same ghostly child looming in the background. A newspaper clipping then leads Casey to visit an elderly Holocaust survivor (Jane Alexander) in a nursing home. The woman clues her in to a dark family secret extending back to WWII, which prompts her to employ the services of Rabbi Sendak (Gary Oldman), whose skepticism about evil spirits is vanquished when he sees what he is up against.
Goyer's pacing is brisk, and the THE UNBORN's jolts start right out of the gate. Yustman is an appealing lead, and the surprising presences of veterans Oldman and Alexander add some weight to the proceedings. The violence is never too graphic, but a few of the sequences are surprisingly icky, as are some of the supernatural beings that pop up. The result is a fun thriller that crams a lot of spookiness into its PG-13 rating.
Ye this is a pretty standard horror movie that has only realy been successful because its written by "Batman begins" and "Dark knight" scripter David S Cowan. That and it'll probably seem a hell of... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
Posted on July 29, 2009
Reviewed by: Farmer Waltz
With all the American remakes of Japanese horror hits, rehashes of classics and franchises cranking out sequel after sequel (I'm looking at you, Saw), audiences should welcome an original like The... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
Posted on July 27, 2009
Reviewed by: Zara
Yustman, let's get this out of the way immediately, is gorgeous. That and she can act far better than Megan Fox. Granted, that really isn't saying much but if you're going to have a beautiful chick... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
Posted on October 28, 2009
Posted on July 29, 2009
