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The Unborn

2009

David S. Goyer

Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet, Meagan Good ...

3.7

4,463

Horror. Thriller A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her. Casey Bell hated her mother for leaving her as a child. But when inexplicable things start to happen, Casey begins to understand why she left. Plagued by merciless dreams and a tortured ghost that haunts her waking hours, she must turn to the only spiritual advisor, Sendak, who can make it stop. With Sendak's help, Casey uncovers the source of a family curse dating ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	"I enjoyed the visual effects used to create some hellish creatures and the amusing nods to 'The Exorcist' - cranial rotation, even a spooky staircase. But the movie slips in the last act."	NEU
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"Whereas Japanese horror movies have been criticized for not making sense, 'The Unborn' errs on the opposite extreme, coming off all the more ridiculous for over-explaining itself."	NEG
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"A laughably bad horror flick (...) 'The Unborn' cribs from so many movies, it's enough to make your head spin. (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A scary movie so fantastically stupid and crass it made my skull contract and my sinuses harden to the consistency of pipe-cleaners (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Tom Ambrose Empire	"[Goyer] manages to sustain an effective, doom-laden mood (...) It’s a shame, then, that Goyer (...) is unable to avoid some of the pitfalls of modern horror movies (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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