Unborn

I legitimately don't understand why there are so many negative reviews on this movie. It is for sure the best TubiTV original I have seen. By far.

In horror if is not a new idea to have a woman pregnant with an evil spawn, but they added a lot of new elements to this story. I felt that the story line was deep and had some real substance. These characters were not flat. Frequently in this sub genera there are a lot of flat, undeveloped characters. However rhus film actually brought depth and life to the characters. Even many of the side characters felt Luke they had some substance.

The plot was well driven and flushed out. They did not leave a lot of boring filler time.

This was one of the dumbest movies I have watched in a while. The story was stupid and the lead actress (pregnant one was so horrible it was funny. I wanted to smack her LOL and say shut up! Bad movie.

After taking invitro fertilization, a newly pregnant woman is suddenly unnerved by the series of strange coincidences and occurrences surrounding the occasion which soon leads her to finding a connection with a bizarre reanimation cult that explains the situation and trying to save her child.

This was a rather fun take on the familiar genre formula. One of the better features here is the rather strong means through which this one utilizes the build-up to the incident as a means of psychological torment on the mother. Rather than going through some of the expected routines here with something troubling an expectant mother, this one takes a dramatically different approach to that style by making a series of gruesome accidents happen around her. As it starts off strongly from her established issues following the death of her mother and the relationship strains in quick order, these factors feature a highly effective starting point to unleash the start of the craziness that starts happening shortly after that which ranges from the freak-out on the street to the gruesome and bloody encounters she has with those around that signal something is wrong with the pregnancy. That is enhanced nicely by the wild series of confrontations that take place which are nicely infused with a fun dynamic that borders nicely on the rather bizarre series of encounters. Featuring the kind of situations where their unexpected turn towards self-mutilation or maiming serves as an intriguing twist here, especially with the early scenes at the doctor's office when he snaps during the meeting or the mother's ghost visiting her. These set the stage for the encounters later on where the series of encounters become quite similar with the eye-changes and the gruesome outcome that follows where it has some graphic confrontations as a result. The only other factor that works here is the series of escalating incidents at the compound that enhance the hopelessness of the situation and lead to a couple of fun encounters that take place there, giving this some fun moments overall. There are some big issues here that bring this one down overall. The biggest drawback to the film is a completely nonsensical storyline addition in the second half that turns the whole thing into a fully underwhelming cult angle that makes a lot of what seemed earlier feel unnecessary. Introducing the angle involving the cult looking to honor the mythical being that was worshipped by a cult that her mother was involved in and escaped from before being shut down comes off without much connection to the events that start happening to her. Most of the possessions and body-hopping that carries on here takes so much suspension of disbelief to make realistic sense of that this feels like a completely different film altogether, especially once the cult at the center of it all comes into play as this all is so tenuously connected it barely feels connected to what's going on. As well, there's the overly familiar storyline at play here which might be problematic for some, which are all that end up dragging this one down.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

Before the review: @Tubi you could've marketed this movie a lot better; starting with the title that probably made a lot of people say, "another Unborn? Nah." There's got to be at least three (3) Unborn titles that I'm sure I did reviews on before- Unborn, The Unborn, (this) Unborn. This was a bad choice and probably costs you a fair amount of viewers.

REVIEW:

The movie isn't too bad. The acting was okay and the setting was fitting. No horrible green screen crap. You have to appreciate story more than the actors in my opinion. It is a story delved movie. However, the story is cliché and unoriginal. The end of the movie reminded me of a retelling of the Charles Manson story (does not relate to story in the film). The story was also a little bit cliché. I'm sure it's unoriginal, but it was well executed. The character personalities are what made it unique.

The main character is a pregnant mother in a same sex marriage, who just happens to be SUPER Fxxxxxx annoying. She reminds me of a Winey high school girl where her significant other can never say the right thing; then she just takes whatever is said and runs with it, causing this huge argument. The wife however was a natural. I couldn't tell if she was acting or just being herself. Very good character with the mindset of what most people would have in her situation. I could relate to her.

I just didn't feel the main character. The way she tells her wife there's something "wrong" with the pregnancy is kind of effortless, with no heart. She wasn't convincing enough so at the end of most, and some unnecessary, arguments they both chalked it up as her being stressed, hormones, etc. If this is really what was going on with me (excuse my language), or anyone, you'd think she would grab her wife and be like, "look at me in the eyes. This is what's going on. You tell me if I'm lying. If you can't tell then maybe we rushed into things too fast and didn't know each other like we thought we did." - Something like that. Anything with heart and fear! Especially if you're concerned about an unborn child. Instead she just sits there and cries.

The movie isn't too bad and the cast was decent as well. They stayed within their budget restraints and nothing looked too ridiculous. The only outline issue I had was the movie was "in your face with a billboard" predictable.

They've made some mistakes, but overall it's a mediocre film worth a one time watch. It won't be a complete waste of time. It does still rope your attention just to see what happens to the couple. Everyone else I didn't seem to give half a crap about, but I think the story outline was supposed to have that effect on the viewer. The couples relationship was very believable. They didn't have it where one drapes the other's back on their arm kissing, with their hair whipping in the wind- type junk. It came off as a plausible and believable same sex marriage. Props to that aspect.

The sum of this movie's features (to me) lands right in the middle (5/10) of the spectrum. Like I said, it's worth a watch.

5/10.

Tubi is trying with their own production of films, and some have been real stinkers. This one is a pleasant surprise. Worst pregnancy since Rosemary. It starts with a same sex married couple, and Rachel gets pregnant through IVF, and then strange things start to happen. She gets nose bleeds and those who hear the baby's heartbeat die. It is not like there is a lot of range for movies like this, but it is done in an entertaining way that will keep one's interest. There is a cult, mass suicide, religious overtones and some interesting twists and turns. It is not a fantastic movie, but is a decently done movie and Rachel is a decent acting performance, her wife less so. The performance of the seer was also well done. I am giving it a seven, as it is not mediocre and six seems a bit stingy. And I am a tough reviewer. I did not, however, like much of the last 10 minutes.