this is supposed to be a new take on the possessed baby movie..its horrible..its so poorly acted and the scares were so by the numbers and not original it did get points for a few mins that i thought it would pick up
This movie actually started out very creepy in the beginning, but then the movie really started to fall flat and that is a shame because this was a pretty decent cast that was involved with this. The special effects were also much better than I thought they would be as well. Still, except for the beginning this movie is kind of a waste.
I can forgive a lot of flaws in a horror movie if I'm actually scared, but this one just has a bunch of predictable jump scenes that actually detract from the atmosphere instead of using it to their advantage. It was like I was constantly being taken out of the (admittedly not all that enjoyable) experience because of the jump scenes, and they weren't even startling in this case, as you could call them every time they were about to happen. I can't think of anything worth praise.
"The year is only a week old and already the cinema gods have bestowed upon us a candidate for most awesome catchword of the year: Jumby!" - Nick Schager
If you smile in scenes in which you should actually terrified,then there is something wrong with the movie or yourself. Seriously, how did Gary Oldman ended up in this movie? That would be a more interesting story than this one.
I cannot understand why Gary Oldman accepted the role in this movie. If his character had, let's say, 20 more minutes of on-screen time, it would've made this movie a lot better. Also, a horror movie is NOT about "creepy" CGIs hiding behind every second corner.
Surprisingly good , some 'jumpy' moments throughout the film, but you kind of knew from the start what the ending was going to be , but still good and worth a watch !
I could watch Odette Yustman all day, but I hope I never watch this again. The Jewish mythology and pregnancy metaphor stuff were alright... but the acting, the script, the story's ending, all were very poor. Gary Oldman should not play rabbis and Idris Elba should not play exorcists. David S. Goyer should not steal his scenes from previous horror films.
There's not much to salvage from the mess of a script, which falls even below the standards of the teen horror genre. Goyer seems to have thrown in the cornucopia of horror cliches without having a context to justify them (children that talk to dead people, demonic possession, dream sequences) all in an effort to cover the lack of actual plot development. Terrible acting, story logic, pacing, sound editing. Barely passable special effects and photography.
The Unborn is a lot more sophisticated and complicated to follow than the average teenage screamfest. Backed-up by endlessly alarming jump-out scares and marred by equally unnerving, scary moments, The Unborn is directed by the very man that produced the modern-day masterpiece of last year known as The Dark Knight, and his determination has lead up to this: a well-done horror film. However, it's pacing is slow and even though it explores it's concept relatively well, it comes off as a bit silly.
The Unborn is way better than the typical hot-girl-in-a-horror-movie fare. The story is interesting, it is explored relatively well--although it could have still been fleshed out a bit--the acting for the most part is fine and it has decent pacing that will at the very least keep you intrigued. I am actually shocked by how much I liked The Unborn and would strongly recommend it to fans of this type of movie.
the biggest crime this movie commits is, that while having some awesome scare factors they are implemented in a way that both minimises their scariness and screen time. other than that all the cliches and anything else deplorable is forgivable, if not easily ignored.