What looked like a promising horror flick by Batman Begins‘ screenwriter quickly turned into a piece of sh-crap.

I was pretty excited about The Unborn.  Generally I don’t get my hopes up for these sorts of movies, but this one just happened to be directed by David S. Goyer, credited with the screenplay for Batman Begins and the story for The Dark Knight, two of my favorites, not to mention it had one of the best actors alive in it, Gary Oldman (second billed, I should add).  Besides that, the trailer was pretty intriguing: lots of creepy moments and very scary and unique creatures.

Well, the problem is, the movie was bad.  Plain and simple.

Unfortunately, it was most often just a vehicle for extremely cheap, not to mention predictable, jump-out-and-scare-you moments with very little substance.  The story often contradicted itself and several of the main characters just conveniently disappeared–and I don’t mean they literally disappeared, I mean they just suddenly weren’t in the film for no apparent reason other than to make it seem that the main character was alone.  That includes Gary Oldman, who, although second billed, was scarcely in the film for more than 10 minutes.

The Unborn just really hit all the tropes of the typical rip-off of Japanese horror films while simultaneously hitting all the tropes of the typical slasher/teen horror movie.  That includes the needless and yet constantly recurring pseudo-nudity as seen in the poster above.

Not to mention that this is the kind of movie that attracts really obnoxious people to the theater who will scream and talk through the whole thing…

Conclusion:

Not worth it. Just a bad experience all around.  Sorry Goyer, maybe next time.

For fans of: Mindless horror.  Crappy plots.  Genuinely creepy creatures that only show up once.  Panty-clad teen girls.

Not for fans of: Good horror.  A pleasant movie-going experience.  People who value their money!

• Info: IMDB
• Watch: Youtube Trailer
• Tickets: Fandango

View The Unborn’s IMDB page