TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

artmaker-24037 I always like to look at the IMDB reviews before watching a horror movie (especially those on Netflix) and I must say this movie got way less than it deserved, While it falls short of being scary, (and c'mon, most movies in this genre tend to) it was still suspenseful, and the effects were realistic/creepy. The formula is nothing new, but the story itself is actually pretty original. Compared to most horror movies I've seen, this is definitely one I'll remember and will want to watch again. 6-8 seems like a fair rating for a movie like this. Great acting, good story, awesome effects; my advice is ignore any ratings below 5 because they do this film an injustice.

Nitzan Havoc After watching this for the second time (first time was a couple of years ago so I've forgotten most of the details), I finally get around to reviewing this excellent film. Why do I start by saying excellent without any exposition or preparation? Because I'm disappointed and frustrated with the IMDb rating community. At the time I'm writing this, The Unborn is rated 4.8, proving once again that a true Horror fan can never trust raters and reviewers, only themselves.Not unlike this review, The Unborn also lacks an exposition, throwing the viewer into the hardships of the story from the first second. We are not presented with the cliché corny stories of a visit to a graveyard, an after hours game with a Ouija board or a new house where take-your-pick-what-bad-things happened. Instead, the nightmares and haunting are already there. The beginning reminded me of Saving Private Ryan, where the death and carnage of war descend upon the viewers from the first moment, although here in The Unborn the first scenes are much less intense, allowing the story to build up slowly enough to create suspense and on edge sensations, yet not too slow to be boring.The idea behind the haunting story is original and beautifully innovative, traits sadly absent from most of today's haunting stories. In addition, we are finally presented with an exorcism ordeal which isn't fundamentally Christian, but Jewish! As a Jew, I might be slightly biased here, but seriously, hasn't anyone else been aching for exorcism films which go slightly beyond the regular "the power of Christ compels you" ceremony? I would also love to see exorcisms involving Muslim mysticism, or Hindu or Pagan, anything that would attempt to renew the all too familiar frame story of the classic The Exorcist. It's been long enough, Hollywood!Also, I found the connection to the Holocaust, Dr. Mengele and his twins research to be right on the spot. The writers have succeeded in using these references without making them cheap, and the focus on the Occult studies by the Nazis was a great addition to the overall eerie and frightening feeling throughout the film.As for the phantoms / demons / ghosts, The Unborn uses the Asian method of pale skin, big dark eyes and growing gaping mouths, just the way a phantom should look in my opinion. There is no shame in learning from the best, and when it comes to showing phantoms on screen, the Asians are the masters. The use of some jump scares involving these ghosts was also done in a satisfying manner - not too many and not too few. True, jump scares are cheap tricks, but not everything cheap is necessarily bad and out of place, especially in this sub-genre.I don't have much to say about the acting or cinematography. Nothing special about the use of camera and effects, nothing too noticeable about the acting. I do have to say two things: First, Jane Alexander was absolutely marvelous, using body language and accent like a real Holocaust survivor (and I say this as one who has met a few in my life). With different lighting and scenery I would have believed her to be an actual survivor from a documentary about Auschwitz. Second - I'm not sure if casting Cam Gigandet for such a secondary role was the right choice. Even without seeing him in Never Back Down and others, it is obvious that his screen presence is undeniable and his acting charisma is superb, surpassing that of lead actress Odette Annable and overclouding her at times (not to say she wasn't good, I have no criticism about her acting here).When I watch a Horror film, the story is the most important thing for me, and the story here is excellent. I'd love it even if it wasn't as original and innovative, which it is (congratulations David S. Goyer, you have definitely joined my Horror hall of fame!). The phantoms are scary as they should be, the haunting and exorcism are great - all in all, one of the best films in this sub-genre of haunting and exorcism and one of the best Horror films I've seen. The Unborn definitely deserves 8, but seeing as how the IMDb community insists on underrating it, I allow myself to be slightly less objective than I first intended, and rate it a 9. I recommend it with a passion!

axel335 I didn't expect anything from this movie but I found it to be quiet boring. It follow almost in every details formula 1A in how to make a horror movie. You have seen it all before in better made movies. My strongest objection, however, is the bad casting of Odette Annabelle. She doesn't fit in the lead role at all. You simply don't believe her and her reaction to the strange things that happen to her is not trustworthy at all. The movie would have a star or two more with a better lead actress. The other actors are doing OK, the photo is OK and the script is OK even though its predictable.All in all its not a total disaster but nothing you must see either.

DustinRahksi I thought I recognized Odette's voice, she plays Amata in Fallout 3, some useless information for you. Well this movie sucked so hard in the first ten minutes I had to get a pen and paper to right down all the flaws. The movie opens really fast, you get no character development, no sense of whats going on, they just through you in a dream sequence and let you figure it out for your self. I'll have you know that Odette gets naked, then has a shower, and then has sex in the first 15 minutes, wow this is some serious trash. You could tell it wanted to be rated R, but they couldn't get their way, so they make it a hard pg-13. I felt there should have been more time put into establishing the scenario, rather than cutting all the BS. The characters suck, except Gary Oldman and Idris alba. The dialogue between the characters is pretty bad, and the acting from Odette is garbage. She should stick with voice acting, she can't carry a role by getting naked the whole time. Odettes friend is a complete moron, there is about a dozen things going on about the supernatural being, and she is like it's just a coincidence. The only time I jumped in this film was the stupid train jump scene, you know your movie sucks when you have to scare people with a train. There was one suspenseful scene in the old folks home with the guys head snapping around and then he is crawling around, but they copied that right out of In the mouth of madness by John Carpenter. The best part of this film was Gary Oldman, even though he doesn't have many scenes. Idris alba entered just as fast as he left, what a waste. And the film ends even quicker than it began, leaving you with a bad taste. This film sits at a 4.6 for a reason, it's a mess and I do not recommend it.