The Unborn has everything: human experiments, Jewish mysticism, evil twins and diabolical Nazis. The cast includes Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet and Idris Elba and the writer/director is David S Goyer, who wrote Blade and Dark City. None of which is mentioned on the poster. More prominently featured right above the title, in fact is Odette Yustmans bikinied behind. Whether shown in the shower or clad in skimpy underthings, the actresss tush remains the primary focus for the first twenty minutes, which may have something to do with her resemblance to Megan Fox and the fact that the producer is Michael Transformers Bay. Anyway, Yustmans been having these weird dreams (with aerial shots and everything) about an Eddie Munster lookalike, and when she starts seeing him in class and at the discotheque, she gets all Mystery Incorporated and starts digging. Turns out Nazis experimented on her grandmother and Something Bad was passed on, meaning that when Yustmans twin brother died in the womb he was cursed to return as a dybbuk (malicious possessing spirit) and haunt her for.oh nevermind. Fortunately, grandma knows a Helpful Rabbi (dont they always?) who upon learning that our heroine is being haunted by a Nazi foetus agrees to perform an exorcism. Because exorcising Nazi foetuses can be dangerous, he asks her to sign a release form, which is the movies only hint that the filmmakers knew how camp the material was.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
