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		List Price: $39.98		Label: Universal Studios Salesrank: 14312 Released: July 7, 2009
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		MPAA Rating: Unrated Media: Blu-ray

Editorial Review:
Enter a world of unrelenting evil as terror finds a new form in The Unborn. From the producers of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the co-writer of The Dark Knight comes this shocking supernatural thriller about a young woman (Odette Yustman) plagued by chilling dreams and tortured by a demonic ghost that haunts her waking hours. Her only hope to break the debilitating paranormal curse is in an exorcism with spiritual advisor Sendak (Gary Oldman). See what lies beyond the doorway of our world in this non-stop nightmare of the undead…

Description of The Unborn [Blu-ray]:
Gary Oldman as an exorcist in an evil-twin movie inflected with Jewish mysticism? You're already halfway there, right? Hold on, because The Unborn is one of those horror movies that sounds more intriguing in synopsis than it plays. Pity unfortunate babysitter Odette Yustman (Cloverfield), who begins experiencing weird visions just about the time she learns she had a twin that died before birth. Said ghostly twin is suddenly popping up everywhere, leading Yustman to visit a rabbi (that's Oldman) who suspects she is haunted by a dybbuk, a spirit of Jewish legend. All of which is a reasonable set-up, but the movie that results is so ham-fistedly written and played that a few good early shocks dissolve in general ludicrousness. Writer-director David S. Goyer, who worked on Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, displays a tin ear here--the presence of a surprisingly decent cast (Jane Alexander, Idris Elba) simply demonstrates how bad the dialogue is: if they can't speak it, nobody could. The movie's biggest reach is tying its half-baked creepy-kid act to a backstory that includes Auschwitz--well, you can't say Goyer lacks nerve. There's always Oldman, who never backs down from a little scenery chewing if the cause is already lost. It's not enough to salvage this one. --Robert Horton

The Unborn [Blu-ray] Reviews:
"How Big Is The Universe?" ~ Blurring The Line Between Science And The Occult
2009-11-01 - The horror film 'The Unborn' falls into the regrettable category; 'so much potential, so little realization'.

Just look at the positives:
1- Odette Yustman (does anyone else out there think she could be Megan Fox's twin sister?) was a great choice for the female in distress role.
2- Gary Oldman is one of the best in the business.
3- The decision to try something different from the overused Catholic priest/demon scenario and go with a seldom if ever explored Judaic mysticism/dybbuk storyline was genius.
4- The special effects were adequate and the film was overall successful in creating an otherworldly atmosphere that was both intriguing and believable.

So what went wrong? The first indication that the film was losing steam and direction was its inability to supply the audience with sufficient back story information on Jewish lore and the concept of the dybbuk. This blatantly missed opportunity to explore such a rich and obscure tradition was unforgivable. To be honest this omission may not be as bothersome to the majority of viewers, it just happens to be a subject matter of great interest to me.

Be that as it may, to a larger degree the storyline ultimately met its Waterloo during the exorcism sequence. I don't know what the makers of this film had in mind, but whatever it was the film lost all coherence at this juncture. Instead of staging a classic confrontation between the powers of good and evil they opted for a massive carnage scene which literally destroyed the continuity of the film and left the storyline and characters no where to go.

The storyline of 'The Unborn" is something I'd like to see revisited and thoroughly explored again sometime soon. Hopefully next time by someone who knows what they're talking about.

Waste of Time
2009-10-31 - Thinking of watching this movie, dont think long, i would like the 1hr and 30 minutes of my life back on this one. First off the trailer is the best part of the whole movie, it shows all the scary stuff, it is dragged out alot of jib jab about what is coming to get her but the show never really gets you there. I was looking forward to this but it was a bust, save your money or rental on something better.

horrible ending
2009-10-21 - this movie had me waiting to see what was going to happen next but after it was all over I was very disapointed . it had some chilling scenes that reminded me alot of the "Grudge" which was good , then it had deamons jumping from body to body almost like the movie "fallen" which at first was ok but then it started geting a little old. but even after all of that I probably would've given it a higher rating , the problem lies in the end . it's one of those endings where it goes off and you say , "is that it ?" I even guessed the ending halfway through the movie without even knowing it , I just said I bet , blah blah blah and at the very end I was right and didn't even realize that was the whole reason why they were after her . I mean I figured that was why but they made it look like it was supose to be a surprise ending. if you've seen the movie you will understand what I'm talking about , I just don't wanna give to much away . but anyway, it's not worth $20 , I would say probably around a $5 movie.

Good special effects, contrived plot
2009-10-09 - I'll give any horror movie 3 stars just for having good special effects. Like into the Mouth of Madness, this movie features the old walking on the hands and feet while head is twisted 180 degrees trick - an oldie but a goodie! The little kid looks creepy too - enough so that if I saw him I'd try to kick his little butt like a football. But, while directed and written by the same guy who wrote The Dark Knight, this movie comes up a bit short on the plot. Evil twin who died in womb - check. Crazy dream sequences - check. Scary little kid - check. Good execution of a lame story.

Nothing to see but Odette
2009-09-04 - How the hell did they manage to get Gary Oldman. I'm guessing multiple movie contract because this is not a movie that likes of him would wanna be a part of. Basic idea is very simple and the rest of the movie is based on this idea. That's mainly the reason the movie sucks. Apart from the simplistic mystical twin connection idea, every scary scene feels like mix and match from various movies. They look nice independently but sometimes you ask "Why is this in this movie" or "Who on earth thought this will fit into this movie?".

Odette is nice though, easy on the eyes. We will be following her career. Overall, good production, simple plot, been there done that scary scenes, no entertainment value, nice chick. A risky buy, so I would reccommend renting it only if they ran out of every other horror movies.