The Unborn

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The Unborn

PG-13

2009

1h 28m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Plagued by nightmares and visitations from tortured ghosts, Casey Beldon turns to a spiritual adviser named Sendak for help. They discover a family curse that dates back to Nazi Germany: an evil spirit that can take over the body of anyone and is getting stronger with each possession, as it tries to gain full entrance to this world.

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Critics Consensus

David Goyer's Unborn is a tame genre effort with cheap thrills and scares that border on silliness.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

09/12/2017

F

I don't know why I even bothered to watch this.

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Cliff Doerksen

Chicago Reader

01/05/2010

[An] exuberantly creepy mash-up of Jewish folklore, J-horror atmospherics, and demonic possession boilerplate.

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Edward Porter

The Times (UK)

03/06/2009

1/5

Cue a creepy toddler, various demonically possessed adults and a Jewish exorcism conducted by Gary Oldman. He's a vastly better actor than the film deserves, but he can't make the script seem even slightly better than it is.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 12

3/5

Features enough bizarre and unsettling imagery to make up for the otherwise generic wide-release horror movie.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

12/15/2023

1.5/4

Aside from some genuinely creepy imagery carbon copied from better films, Goyer’s hammy attempt to incite shocks results only in laughs, while his story structure causes eye-rolls.

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Nikki Baughan

Roll Credits

11/04/2019

3/5

But the film's fundamental flaw is that these solid spooky moments hang on a narrative that's not nearly strong enough to bear their weight.

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The W

@TheWagners Jul 5

Paranormal movie involving a brother wanting to come back inside his sister? WTF that's weird and gross yeah I pass. Not even good scares.

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G L.

@RT09869090 Apr 19

An average to below average horror movie that has a couple of good jump scares.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 07/30/2025

Success in 1 hour and 28 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 for Intense Sequences of Terror, Disturbing Images, Thematic Material, Intense Sequences of Violence, Language and Sexual References!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $42,600,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Deivid F

@RT78926649 10/26/2024

Filme bom com ótimos sustos e com personagens que a gente se importa.

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Neeraj K

@RT40353308 08/10/2024

started with jumpscare ended on the same note

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Bahad j

@RT27093708 07/14/2024

The movie was a very exciting adventure from start to finish

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David S. Goyer

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Casey Beldon

Gary Oldman

Rabbi Sendak

Cam Gigandet

Mark Hardigan

Meagan Good

Romy Marshall

Idris Elba

Father Arthur Wyndham

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Synopsis

Plagued by nightmares and visitations from tortured ghosts, Casey Beldon turns to a spiritual adviser named Sendak for help. They discover a family curse that dates back to Nazi Germany: an evil spirit that can take over the body of anyone and is getting stronger with each possession, as it tries to gain full entrance to this world.

Director: David S. Goyer
Producer: Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller
Screenwriter: David S. Goyer
Distributor: Rogue Pictures, Universal Pictures
Production Co: Platinum Dunes, Phantom Four
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Terror|Disturbing Images|Thematic Material|Intense Sequences of Violence|Language|Sexual References)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 9, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 8, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $42.6M
Runtime: 1h 28m

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