The Unborn

2009 "Evil will do anything to live."
4.7| 1h27m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 09 January 2009 Released
Producted By: Universal Pictures
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.theunbornmovie.net/
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A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.

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David S. Goyer

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Universal Pictures

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ClassyWas Excellent, smart action film.
Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
CinemaClown The Unborn is terrible on all levels. Making use of awful horror clichés, packed with unintentionally funny moments that the director thought would be scary, and putting a dent in the careers of Gary Oldman & Idris Alba, there isn't a thing about this turd that's redeemable, for it is one of the worst examples of its kind.The Unborn tells the story of a young woman who starts having nightmarish hallucinations about a kid with bright blue eyes, which soon escalate & continue to intensify in the subsequent days, thus compelling her to get to the root of all this. Eventually, she learns that an evil entity is trying to take possession of her body.Written & directed by David S. Goyer, The Unborn jumps right into the middle without any proper introduction or foundation, and expects the viewers to jump aboard just like that. The characters are cardboard cutouts who have to utter garbage dialogues for 87 long minutes, and none of them are worthy of any emotional investment.Even worse are its cheap attempts to scare, for most of those moments simply turn out to be lame, silly & predictable. Cold colour palette is finely utilised yet camera-work is sluggish, Editing isn't up to the mark either, for it is unable to provide a smooth narrative flow & also paces it unevenly. And further hurting it are its slew of bad performances.On an overall scale, The Unborn is a poorly directed, lazily scripted & shoddily performed horror that's never for once compelling, takes uninspiring shortcuts at every available opportunity, and concludes with a wholly uninspiring finale that's devoid of any tension or terror. In a sentence, it's one of those instantly forgettable flicks that aren't worthy of your time & money. So just skip it.
lewiskendell The Unborn is one of those horror movies that came and went with little fanfare, but is still worth a viewing today if you never caught it the first time around back in 2009.Our star, here, is Odette Yustman, who I can never see without mentioning that she looks a lot like Jessica Alba. This comparison is fitting, because the tone of The Unborn is similar to that of Alba's 2008 horror flick, The Eye. She seems to share Jessica's spotty acting skills as well, because at some points during the movie she was just not convincing. Does that ruin the movie? No. Gorgeous looks truly can make up for a few acting blips.As for the movie itself, it starts of with a very frightening sequence. It's a little weird that most of the more frightening sequences are near the beginning. The Unborn excels at disturbing images, and I wish that it would have relied more on those types of scares than the silly jump moments and loud noises that are the rule in most modern horror movies. There is a bit of a mystery for the heroine to unravel in the movie, but this brings about another unfortunate similarity to The Eye. Once she really gets into the particulars of the plot, things start to seem a little silly. That's my main quibble with The Unborn. It tries hard to provide a background and explanation for the events that happen, but it only serves to make it harder to take the movie seriously. The Unborn is ahead of the curve compared to a lot of the horror movies that came out in 2009. Some parts of it manage to be somewhat scary, and that's enough to forgive its faults in my opinion.
begob The premise of this is good. The production looks expensive. But it's an overloaded mess that feels far longer than 88 mins.The opening sequence has a creepy image of a bulldog wearing a mask. It was just a dream! So we're straight into Freudian dream analysis. The dream sequences come thick and fast, and it's becoming a chick horror. Theoretical physics raises its head, then a Dan Brownish kaballa text, then the ultimate Jewish horror of a dark secret in the Holocaust.At this stage it's really piling up, but the only menace comes from images in the mirror and a creaky house at night. Oh wait - they convert to literal with the random demon now actually killing people.This requires a lot of exposition, and then unbelievably at about 65 mins there are five pages of dialogue explaining the exorcism. Suddenly there are new characters all over the place, while other characters have long been ditched.And an overblown and cheesy final conflict.The lead actress is a babe, but she's not convincing in close up.
tanvirashraf-417-537565 only dumb audiences can give low rating. the movie seems stereotyped at beginning but sooner it turned to the horror reality of ww2 that introduced to it's antagonist who is not typical dead man's returned soul. the ghost revealed as a spirit, a different entity who wants a new body.the movie is quite scary, but stupid audiences who skip the norm breaking ideas set only divulge their dumbness with low ratingWhy did You came to watch this movie?? It has arduous exorcism, A girls frightening story that began with dream and with every scene her nightmare just get sheerer. The entity revealed with flashback is quite interesting, it is not a consequence of any tragic incident, it's a dread spirit that eclipsed the whole movie with horrific acts.Overall, people with good horror taste will enjoy for sure