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    "The Unborn" Mixes Underwear, Demons, and Holocaust Survivors
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    01/10/09

    In reply to "The Unborn" Mixes Underwear, Demons, and Holocaust Survivors
    Is demon kid the same kid from Thank You for Smoking?
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    Image of ChicagoDog ChicagoDog
    01/09/09

    In reply to "The Unborn" Mixes Underwear, Demons, and Holocaust Survivors
    Well...I do like underwear.
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    ChicagoDog was starred ChicagoDog was unstarred
    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    01/10/09

    @ChicagoDog: Then this movie is definitely for you.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/09/09

    In reply to "The Unborn" Mixes Underwear, Demons, and Holocaust Survivors
    I thought this was just your run-of-th-mill horror movie.


    Not sure if I want to sit through this Kabbalahcaust....

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    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of choptop choptop
    01/09/09

    In reply to "The Unborn" Mixes Underwear, Demons, and Holocaust Survivors
    "Seriously, how could Goyer go wrong? He wrote the awesome Blade II" Ohhhh really?
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    01/10/09

    @choptop: Yes! C'mon the choppy mouth vampires and genetic engineering vampires and and and!!!
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    Annalee Newitz was starred Annalee Newitz was unstarred
    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    01/09/09

    In reply to "The Unborn" Mixes Underwear, Demons, and Holocaust Survivors
    Love ya to adorable lil' bits, Annalee, and I'm sure your review of The Unborn is spot-on. But if corpse-y, spookified, dead-eyed lil' kids don't chill your spine, you've the heart of a diamond chilled to absolute zero.

    Or your summer camps/pre-adolescent sleep-overs were notably more traumatic than mine were.

    Either/or. (shrug)
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    Image of gogirlwonder gogirlwonder
    01/09/09

    In reply to "The Unborn" Mixes Underwear, Demons, and Holocaust Survivors
    Blah, my cousin and I saw this movie today and I must say if this guy co-wrote the Nolan Batman movies then he must have also written all the crappy bits of those movies as well. Honestly, the point that I took away from this movie was that rabbi(s) apparently have better faith in the Lord that Christian priest.
    While it has to be better than Bride Wars it's not a good movie at all. The scares are cheap and I fount myself laughing and mocking allot of it. The dog with the upside down head is more funny that scary. How the hell is that dog gone bite you anyway?
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    01/10/09

    @gogirlwonder: Also, the upsidown head dog looked so much like my cat when she lies down with her head upsidown that I kept wanting to pet it.
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    Image of SpecialK SpecialK
    01/09/09

    In reply to "The Unborn" Mixes Underwear, Demons, and Holocaust Survivors
    Is it just me or does Odette look a lot like Meghan Fox?
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    SpecialK was starred SpecialK was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    01/09/09

    @SpecialK: Exactly like her. and I think Hollywood needs to bring them together for a film about Dopplegangers who like to solve crimes, make out with eachother, and invite guys named GarrisonDean over for drinks and a little hey-hey.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    01/09/09

    @Grrsn Dn:

    2x Norks = victory
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    01/09/09

    @Grrsn Dn: Cannot. Believe. I didn't check this post until now. I got the camcorder.
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    Image of NickIQ NickIQ
    01/09/09

    In reply to "The Unborn" Mixes Underwear, Demons, and Holocaust Survivors
    Stupid dog-mask thing looks exactly like the sphinx do in Dave McKean's MirrorMask.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    01/09/09

    @NickIQ: Even more like the ManfacedDog from Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    01/09/09

    @Grrsn Dn:

    Or The Mephisto Waltz from even earlier
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    Image of Kiamat Kiamat
    01/09/09

    In reply to "The Unborn" Mixes Underwear, Demons, and Holocaust Survivors
    It's typical of American horror movies to take a great idea and dilute it to the point of being worthless. The standard "jumping out" scares are cheap and the film industry is so busy trying to show off their new CGI toys they forget that the greatest fear is the UNknown. As soon as you can see the monster you can classify it and the movie becomes less scary. Finally, the chase for the tween crowd means they usually feature vapid teenagers who you want to kill yourself.


    Give me horror that creates an atmosphere where I never feel safe, give me something disturbing, something that pops up into my head at random times. Let me think "My God, what is it!?" but never, ever show me.

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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    01/09/09

    @Kiamat: I know what you mean, but I like to see cool monsters. And one of the ways this movie didn't disappoint was with the glimpses of cool monsters. The problem was really just the writing.
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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    01/09/09

    In reply to "The Unborn" Mixes Underwear, Demons, and Holocaust Survivors
    ...a badass rabbi....


    If he walks into a bar with a kickass Congregationalist minister, I'm sold.

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    01/09/09

    @Rasselas: "A badass rabbi and a kickass minister walk into a bar that's full of vampires..."
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    Image of NotArthurPDragon NotArthurPDragon
    01/09/09

    In reply to "The Unborn" Mixes Underwear, Demons, and Holocaust Survivors
    Why is this...oh, urban fantasy. Honestly, what is so bad about simply being a Science fiction/fantasy/horror site? Do you hate the Hobbits that much?
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    01/09/09

    @NotArthurPDragon: There are no hobbits in this movie, unless you're talking about the scary child. :)
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    Image of Plague Plague
    01/09/09

    @NotArthurPDragon:

    The connection to sci fi of any movie reviewed is dependent of the availability of free passes for said movie.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    01/10/09

    @Plague: Believe it or not, we can get free passes for *every* movie released in the United States... we've got VIP access baby!
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    Charlie Jane Anders was starred Charlie Jane Anders was unstarred
    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    01/10/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: If by "VIP access" you mean a chance to sit for free behind a group of people eating magical cookies while snickering at dead Holocaust babies.
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