The Unborn (2009) directed by David S. Goyer. Written by Mike K.

Directed by: David S. Goyer

Starring: Odette Annable, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet

If anyone has yet to see this underrated gem, be forewarned that there are spoilers.

The Unborn has to be one of my favorite horror movies of all time. It may not rank up there with films in the “possession” genre like Poltergeist or The Exorcist but for what it’s worth, it’s a pretty good time. It’s about a girl named Casey who has an unborn twin fetus stalking her from beyond the grave in an attempt to be “reborn”. His name is Jumby and he’s really…REALLY pissed off. Either that or he’s just hungry, which in that case he just needs a bottle.

The fear begins when a kid Casey is babysitting smacks her in the face with a mirror. It is here that she discovers she had an unborn twin and that’s when the fun really begins. She starts to see random images such as the demonic little bastard haunting her from behind a bathroom mirror, being in her dreams, her best friend Remy is attacked as the spirit is looking for a new host. She contacts a woman who knew her mother and asked why this was all happening. Apparently the child the demon took possession of was the woman’s twin brother in Nazi Germany. Well….shit.

Casey needs an exorcism and fast…and as this happens, the woman she met up with in the old folks home ends up meeting one of her neighbors who happens to be possessed and creates the greatest demonic creature of all time….

You guessed it. An older man paralyzed from the waist down due to a stroke and doesnt have his bearings so he’s confined to a wheelchair. The demon took possession of him and turned him into a spider monkey looking thing. How cool is that? It’s a beautiful day for an exorcism as Casey and her boyfriend meet up with the Jewish priest and his group to get rid of the spirit haunting her. Things dont go according to plan as Jumby shows up and essentially takes everyone out. Eventually Casey and the priest are able to send Jumby back to the fiery pits of hell from which he came.

I feel like this should be some sort of spiritual successor to Damian merely for the fact that it revolves around a possessed child, but instead of being the actual spawn of Satan, he’s looking for a new home. The acting was great and the special effects were top notch. Oh I forgot to mention…Casey gets pregnant,with twins and names one of them Jumby. How’s that for a sequel set up?