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Bookmark this pageThe Unborn (2009)
Director: David S Goyer
Movie review
From Time Out London
David S Goyer’s non-kosher riff on ‘The Exorcist’ is stillborn, as was its heroine Casey’s twin brother, strangled in utero by her umbilical cord. But now the latest in an infected bloodline to be possessed by a dybbuk (a spirit) wants to be born. It all began with her grandma’s experience at the hands of Nazi eugenicists, and now college girl Casey (Odette Yustman) must ‘finish what began in Auschwitz’.One of her brown eyes turns Aryan blue and she is compelled to pad around in her underwear. Her sensitive boyfriend (Cam Gigandet) and sassy girlfriend (Meagan Good) can’t help, so Casey asks a rabbi (an embarrassed Gary Oldman) to rid her of this evil spirit.
Goyer throws everything at this preposterous plot – a demonic child, spooky mirrors, a rabid dog with an upside-down head and an exorcism conducted in Hebrew. It’s almost too silly to be offensive. Almost, but not quite.
Author: Nigel Floyd
Time Out London Issue 2010, 26 Feb - 4 Mar, 2009
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- kyle said...
- Posted on Mar 07 2009 16:11 this film issss prropperrr SHIIIIATEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRUVVV
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- CherryBlossem said...
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Posted on Mar 07 2009 14:33
Just seen this film a few days ago,
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the most predictable 'scary' film I have even seen. You know what was coming next.. which I was very disappointed in.
Yes I agree that the story line was good, however it could have been made a way lot better, to give that fight feeling. - Report as inappropriate
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- Samuel said...
- Posted on Mar 06 2009 18:54 I got a job dekhead....im a hoe
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- Mark said...
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Posted on Mar 06 2009 11:24
this film is ace really good story line to it =]
went to see it yesterday got to be the best scary film in a long time - Report as inappropriate
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- naomi said...
- Posted on Mar 06 2009 02:59 loved the film! went to see it with a friend and we both had a great time watching it! the storyline was good and its refreshing to see a scary film that is actually good and not tacky. The guy coming up the stairs! argh freaky!...a must see!
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- Holly said...
- Posted on Mar 05 2009 13:59 AHHHH THIS FILM IS AMAAZING !
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- sam said...
- Posted on Mar 04 2009 13:34 im goin 2 see this film tonight so lets hope its good
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- tom said...
- Posted on Mar 04 2009 10:53 this film sounds good. but is it any good????
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- BOMBACLART said...
- Posted on Mar 03 2009 14:37 this film sounds SHITTTY !!!!!!!!!!!!! BALD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >>>>>>> JAYDE.E. AND GEORGIA .A.
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- bobaclart said...
- Posted on Mar 03 2009 14:36 i ent sin it but it sound shitty !!!!!!!!!!! BLAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- doosh-king said...
- Posted on Mar 01 2009 11:06 doosh
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- Harpal said...
- Posted on Feb 28 2009 13:58 Itwas a good storyline but I think the film could have been longer. Gary Oldman was in the film so I HAD TO watch it. It had a lot of good bitsthat made you jump though
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- Benji. said...
- Posted on Feb 28 2009 12:36 Baw rot!!!
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- usman khawaja said...
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Posted on Feb 28 2009 05:25
stillborn cinema
with a gorgeous girl who any one will like to posess anyday
i sat through it just for the odette yustman - Report as inappropriate
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- jimbo said...
- Posted on Feb 28 2009 03:03 this flim sucks ass
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Cast & crew
Director: David S Goyer
Cast: Odette Yustman, Jane Alexander, Gary Oldman, Meagan Good, Cam Gigandet, Idris Elba, Atticus Shaffer, James Remar, Carla Gugino full cast
Rated: 15
Duration: 87 mins
UK Release: Feb 27 2009
US Release: Jan 9 2009
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