Movie Review - The Unborn

Oh, my. Where to begin with this mess of a movie? How about the good points first and then the bad right after.

Okay, so with all horror movies, I like to count how many truly scary moments there are as I am watching the film. And this one had a pretty impressive 6. They were jump scares, but still very effective. So that was a pretty good thing. But, there were quite a few far and in between scenes getting to the next scare and the story wasn't as exciting as it could have been.

Then, the eye candy was decent. The very pretty Odette was a poor man's Megan Fox and looked almost identical to her, once her eyes were blue. But for as much as you saw her in her underwear, there wasn't any skin shown. And to my disappointment, Cam didn't shed anything beyond his shirt.

The story was very interesting. I like occult movies and thought I had heard of all the different possible plots you could have when it came to beings from beyond, but this new Dybbuk theory was definitely a fascinating area that I decided to wikipedia search for. (That was the oddball scene they show in the trailer with the upside down head that everyone seems to laugh at.) This creature comes from the Kabbalah faith and the interesting thing was that at the end of the movie there was actually a line in the credits that stated that no Toran was destroyed for the filming of this movie. (Oh, please....have you ever seen a disclaimer saying that no bible was destroyed for a film? I think that's a bit extreme.) Anyway, this soul that hasn't moved on yet is trying to possess a living human in the form of the Odette character, because her twin brother died in utero and he is "ready to be born now" which is shown by her eyes changing from brown to blue.

So that brings me to the very weirdness of this movie. There are several references of holocaust survivors mixed with demons possessing. And it just didn't flow together for me like it could have. The exorcism attempt wasn't very believable, either, when you compare it to all of the other dozens that you have seen in other movies. And never before I have I seen the possession move from one body to the next to the next.

Ugh. If you absolutely must see it (and, remember, no one gets naked and there aren't any nightmare worthy scary scenes) do yourself a favor and wait til it comes out on dvd. Or at the very least, see it at the $5 matinee.

Vixy :]