So last night I sat down to watch The Unborn. I had seen the trailers and thought it looked ok and thought it would pass the time of a boring night in on my own. what followed was a little unexpected, I certainly didn't expect it to totally freak me out! I was like a child! watching through my fingers in parts to try and protect myself from the evil!!
In short, the main character "Casey Beldon" played by Odette Yustman, discovers she was a twin, however her brother had died in the womb. As the film progresses she discovers terrible things happened to her family. In particular her Grandmother who was also a twin was subjected along with her brother to terrible scientific experiments by the badguys during WW2. During these experiments her brother died, however his body returned from the grave after being posessed by an evil entity. And this entity is now back to haunt and reak havoc with Casey's life in a desperate bid to "Be born now"...
The film see's Gary Oldman back to what he does best - horror. His and the entire casts performances are excellent and you feel a real connection with Casey, unlike so many other horrors where you really don't care if they live or die.
The film is very creepy and has lots of very weird twisted moments that stick in your mind. Along with the usual shock/jump moments it is very well put together and not your usual churned out rubbish we see allot of these days.
Highly recommended.
What's great about it: Made me decide to watch it second time, during the very same day
What's not so great: Casey's friend really was asking for it