Synopsis
A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.
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Cast
- Odette AnnableCasey Beldon
- Cam GigandetMark Hardigan
- Gary OldmanRabbi Joseph Sendak
- Idris ElbaArthur Wyndham
- James RemarGordon Beldon
- Ethan CutkoskyBarto Kozma
- Meagan GoodRomy Marshall
- Jane AlexanderSofi Kozma
- Carla GuginoJanet Beldon
- Atticus ShafferMatty Newton
Recommendations
- 63
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. - 63
TV Guide Magazine
What more could a horror fan ask for than a spook-fest that feels pure in its intentions while taking full advantage of every opportunity to scare us silly? - 50
Village Voice
For as long as it forges ahead without explanations, The Unborn works, in its way, as a series of snap-cut gotchas introducing each new contestant in its pageant of cold-sweat set pieces. - 40
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. - 40
New York Daily News
What "The Exorcist" might look like if Madonna rewrote it, this silly fright flick finds college student Casey (Odette Yustman) haunted by a Kabbalistic demon. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Mostly, though, the movie is something of a snooze, a gabby PG-13 horror flick whose most shocking image might be the bored look on Gary Oldman's face as he goes through the motions of playing the rabbi in charge of dispatching the film's damnable demon to somewhere over hell's rainbow. - 30
The New York Times
The film teeters so perilously and routinely at the edge of camp, both with some of its casting choices and some unfortunate dialogue (the repeated warning that "Jumby wants to be born now"), that it's hard to know if Mr. Goyer wants to make us howl with fear or laughter. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
What finally undoes the struggle to maintain suspense is Goyer's dialogue, which is consistently hokey.
