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ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Leofwine_draca THE UNBORN is one of those vapid Hollywood horror flicks that you forget about soon after watching. The only thing it's notable for is wasting the talents of Gary Oldman, who plays in support as a Rabbi exorcist (!). The dead-headed lead is the usual attractive young actress with extremely limited acting ability. She's a babysitter who starts to experience scary visions of a ghostly young boy and comes to believe that her own dead twin brother is haunting her. Predictability ensues, all taking place within the safe PG-13 banner. The scares seem indebted to the Japanese horror genre but this fails to be frightening for even an instant; I ended up laughing at it instead.

kevinosborne_99 Any movie that features Odette Annaballe in every scene has an automatic plus. The woman is not only gorgeous but cinematic and the two are not always the same thing. Wowsa. That said, the film has a few dozen major breakdowns, not the least of which is attempting to imitate in one way or another far better films, The Ring, The Sixth Sense, The Exorcist, The Omen, and a host of minor films that had essentially the same jump scenes but did them much better. They did try to put together a cohesive movie and gave us the gift of Ms. Annabelle as noted and for that I think it is worth a middling value. You can do better and you can do worse.

ezicat Not quite sure why this is getting such bad reviews. Oh wait - the incessant complaints about clichés - as if every new movie isn't a regurgitation of earlier ones; to an extent. Heck - I hear quite a few out of Hollywood are even remakes; I bet they still get great reviews especially if they're the remade to death Super Hero flicks *rolls eyes*Anyhoo, I thought the movie was quite good and original. Items that made it original include the source of the hunting coupled with the twin aspect; an attempt at a rational explanation of its source; the Jewish exorcism (never heard or seen that before). The plot developed quite nicely; it built and ebbed especially around the jump scenes, of which they were a few decent albeit one-dimensional ones. No it's not as nuanced as some other horror movies; yes the plot is relatively simple; and yes, those underwear shots were quite unnecessary. But, good movie overall.

A_Different_Drummer Reading the IMDb member reviews of The Unborn, I cannot help but observe that everyone is so intent on bending over backwards to be politically correct, that viewers of the future - for whom the IMDb is really intended -- may completely miss the point. The point is that there exists a sub- sub- sub- genre of horror in which the story is just adequate; the direction is merely adequate; the cinematography is simply adequate ..... and yet the actress cast in the lead role is totally mesmerizing. At least to male viewers. Now I understand this is a sensitive topic, and no one talks about it, but, c'mon, give this poor reviewer a break, just (Exhibit #1 for the Prosecution) look at the artwork for the DVD cover, and you cannot help but notice that, rather than a horror film, you might perhaps think you were buying a 60s Bond film. In the artwork selected by the studio for the DVD cover, ostensibly lifted from the infamous "mirror" scene in the film -- which actually was pretty well done -- Odette Yustman (aka Odette Annable) is provocatively posed in her underwear, photographed from the (er) rear, nothing especially scary is going on, and that, ladies and gents, pretty much rests the case for the prosecution. Films of this odd sub-genre tend to become classics for this specific reason, and (trust me) the audience they appeal to is NOT the same audience that stands in line for Oprah. (Another example, the 1990 B-film Christina's House, starring an actress now almost entirely lost to obscurity, is also a cult hit for the very same reason.) Yes, yes, when the other IMDb reviewers tell you this is barely adequate horror film with merely competent technicals, they are telling you the truth. But not the whole truth...