The Unborn

The Unborn

Directed by David S. Goyer Produced by Michael Bay Andrew Form Brad Fuller Written by David S. Goyer Starring Odette Yustman Gary Oldman Cam Gigandet Meagan Good Jane Alexander James Remar Idris Elba Rhys Coiro Carla Gugino Music by Ramin Djawadi Cinematography James Hawkinson Distributed by Rogue Pictures Release date(s) Flag of the United States January 9, 2009 Flag of the United Kingdom February 27, 2009 Running time 87 min. Language English Budget US$16 million[1] Gross revenue $57,479,687[1] The Unborn is a 2009 supernatural horror-thriller film written and directed by David S. Goyer. The film stars Gary Oldman as a spiritual advisor to a young girl (Odette Yustman) who is tormented by a dybbuk. The dybbuk seeks to use her death as a gateway to physical existence.[2][3] The film is produced by Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes. It was released in American theaters on January 9, 2009, by Rogue Pictures. Contents

* 1 Plot synopsis * 2 Cast * 3 Reception * 4 Soundtrack * 5 Rating * 6 References * 7 External links Plot synopsis The Unborn is a supernatural thriller that draws upon the legend of a dybbuk, a malevolent spirit that refuses to leave the human world and inhabits the body of a person. Protagonist Casey Beldon (Odette Yustman) is plagued by merciless dreams, visions of strange looking dogs, and an evil child with bright blue eyes. The movie starts with Casey jogging, when suddenly, there is a blue glove on the trail. She picks it up and turns around to see a boy, with a blue glove missing from his left hand. After Casey blinks, the boy turns into a dog with a mask on. The dog walks into the forest, with Casey after it. Casey finds the mask on the ground, with the string buried in the dirt. She digs it up, and finds a glass jar with an unborn baby inside it. Suddenly, the unborn baby opens its eyes. The next scene cuts to Casey baby-sitting Matty, her neighbor's son. He is upstairs, supposedly taking a nap. Casey is downstairs talking on the phone to her best friend Romey (Meagan Good). Suddenly, there is a voice that says "Jumby wants to be born now," on the baby monitor used for Matty's baby sister. After yelling, "Matty, are you awake?" Casey goes upstairs to check on them. Matty was standing over the baby's crib, holding a mirror to the baby's face. After being hit with the mirror, Casey's eyes begin to change color (see Tetragametic chimerism and Heterochromia) and she learns she had a twin brother who died in the womb. Casey begins to suspect that the spirit haunting her is the soul of her dead twin, being possessed by a dybbuk, wanting to be born so it can transfer to the world of the living. Casey meets a woman named Sofi, who is revealed to be her grandmother. Sofi explains that she had a twin brother who was killed in Nazi experiments in Auschwitz when they were both just children (presumably having been experimented on by Josef Mengele, as Sofi describes him as looking like an angel and Mengele was often referred to as the Angel of Death). The boy was brought back to life by a dybbuk who intended to use his body as a portal into the world of the living. Sofi killed her twin to stop the dybbuk, and now it haunts her family for revenge. Sofi refers Casey to Rabbi Sendak (Gary Oldman), who can perform a Jewish exorcism to remove the dybbuk. The exorcism is performed, but things go awry as the dybbuk tries to stop Rabbi Sendak from completing the ritual. Several people are wounded and others are killed. The exorcism is finally completed, and the dybbuk is drawn back from the human world. Casey's boyfriend is severely wounded and later dies with Casey by his side. Casey mourns him and she soon finds out that she is pregnant by him, with twins. Cast * Gary Oldman as Rabbi Joseph Sendak * Odette Yustman as Casey Beldon * Ethan Cutkosky as Barto * Cam Gigandet as Mark * Meagan Good as Romey

* Jane Alexander as Sofi Kozma * James Remar as Gordon Beldon * Idris Elba as Arthur Wyndham * Rhys Coiro as Mr. Shields * Carla Gugino as Janet Beldon * Aiden David as Baby Nelson * Conner David as Baby Nelson * Eric Flores as Romey's Boyfriend * Atticus Shaffer as Matty * Rachel Brosnahan as Lisa Shephard Reception The Unborn received an overwhelmingly negative reaction from both critics and film fans. Based on 95 reviews collected from notable publications, the film garnered a "Rotten" rating of 13% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.[4] Many Internet users have commented on the exploitation of Yustman's physical attributes on promotional materials for the film.[5][6][7][8] As of March 12, 2009, it holds a 4.6/10 rating at the Internet Movie Database, based on votes from film fans. Despite the film's unanimously negative reception, it has performed well at the box office, with its current worldwide gross standing at $57,570,410.[1] Soundtrack "See" The Unborn (Soundtrack) Rating The film was rated PG-13 by the MPAA for intense sequences of violence, terror, disturbing images, thematic material, and language including some sexual references. Rated UK:15, Australia:M and Ireland:16 References 1. ^ a b c "The Unborn (2009) (2009)". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=unborn09.htm. Retrieved on 2009-02-27. 2. ^ Unborn - ComingSoon.net Film Database 3. ^ The Unborn at the Internet Movie Database 4. ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10010150-unborn/ 5. ^ New Poster Shows Off Oddete Yustman's...Assets. 6. ^ The Unborn International Poster (aka Odette Yustman's Rear!!) 7. ^ Digg – Odette Yustman’s Ass Stars in The Unborn 8. ^ New ‘Unborn’ Poster Shows Off Odette Yustman’s…Assets – FEARnet v•d•e Platinum Dunes Films The Texas Chainsaw Massacre • The Amityville Horror • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning • The Hitcher • The Unborn • Friday the 13th • The Horsemen • "Fiasco Heights" • A Nightmare on Elm Street • The Birds

Company Creators Michael Bay • Brad Fuller • Andrew Form Other Rogue Pictures • Screen Gems External links * Official Website * Movie's Trailers