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| THE UNBORN - 1991 - Director: Rodman Flender Having not
ever been a fan of Horror films based on pregnancy and babies, I had
predisposed notions about this one. Of course any movie of this
nature will be compared to "Rosemary's Baby", but this one
is more based on science versus satanic influences. There's some
disturbing moments in this one that may perhaps be more frightening
to women because of the struggles the main character has with the growth
of her child inside her. The basic story is set around a fertilization
clinic and a doctor who is genetically altering the sperm cells and
implanting them in women. Director Rodman Flender does a decent
job with the material, some of the effects are just too silly to be
taken serious. |
| THE UNBORN 2 - 1994 - Director: Rick Jacobson I'm pretty
sure this is the first time I've ever seen a shoot-out in a baby nursery...
if that doesn't take balls, I don't know what does. Director Rick
Jacobson really keep you disturbed with scenes like this in the sequel
to the fairly popular part on from 1991. The cast is actually
pretty good, Michele Green from L.A. Law plays a mother whose "baby"
Joey is growing up to be quite the specimen. Put it this way...
he's eating raw steak at 6 months. Scott Valentine plays the helpful
neighbor and Robin Curtis (Star Trek's Lt. Saavik) is the women who
knows what kind of hideous testing was going on and now she's out to
destroy all those babies born with this special hybrid engineering.
Jacobson has a twisted sense of humor, which is evident with later work
in the "Hercules and Xena" series. This ends up being
almost like "Child's Play" or like any of Charles Band's "puppet"
movies. I'm amazed at how well Green plays this part, despite
the silly premise. |
| THE UNEARTHING - 1994 - Director: Wrye Martin, Barry Poltermann Part "Evil
Dead", part "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", part "X-Files"
and ALL messed up! I wouldn't go as far to call this one a "must
see" but it is a bit of a sleeper considering there's a lot no-name
actors and directors in this one that had little previous experience,
and havn't done much since. The premise is about a mythical Vampire-like
creature that feed on the unborn. Even the idea of this is disturbing!
I can't even begin to explain how they do this, it just has to be seen.
A pregnant young girl who is considering an abortion decide gets an
offer she can't refuse... to move in with a rich bachelor to please
his dying mother. Soon after she realizes this decision really
"sucked". This movie contains some disturbing images
and some pretty good amounts of blood and gore. I hope the people involved
decide to pursue their careers further, they have a strong future in
Horror. |
| THE UNNAMABLE - 1988 - H.P. LOVECRAFT The plot
is simple, kindof, it's basically about a creature born in the 1800's
that was so horrible it was called, "The Unnamable".
Of course some curious college students in modern day had to mess around
and unearth the monster only to have mayhem ensue. It's a typical
H.P. Lovecraft where some of the characters are interesting, and other
are just plain stupid. If you like blood, this one has a few of
the best gore scenes I've come accross. There's a torn open throat
that is almost TOO real, and a head-knocking-on-the-floor scenerio was
just quite disturbing. These type of films were quite common in
the late 80's, and this is one of the better ones in this era, even
if the plot and some of the characters are weak, the effects and scenery
make up for it. |
| THE UNNAMABLE 2 - 1993 - H.P. LOVECRAFT One of the
few things done right on this sequel was their ability to start the
story immediately after the first film. The characters are the
same and they introduce some new ones, too many actually, so you start
out where you left off with the original movie. The problem is
this one's Plot is cluttered and confusing. John Rhys-Davies (Indiana
Jones, Sliders) certainly gives clout to the casting, but that's not
enough to help this story. It does have the H.P. Lovecraft charm,
but they can't decide if this is an Action/Adventure in the vein of
"Indiana Jones", or an all-out Horror movie. The musical
score literally confused you as one minute it was light and happy, and
then suddenly it was dark and menacing to signify the creature was approaching.
It's rare where you are totally distracted by the music, but this one
got to me. Some of the efx are better, but there's a lot less
gore and even less scares than the first film. Maria Ford and
Julie Strain are also part of the cast. |