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The Unborn

  • 1991
  • R
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
1.5K
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The Unborn (1991)
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A couple struggling to conceive visit a miracle doctor as a last hope for having a child. The wife gets pregnant, but after the initial joy comes horror, as she slowly discovers the nightmar... Read allA couple struggling to conceive visit a miracle doctor as a last hope for having a child. The wife gets pregnant, but after the initial joy comes horror, as she slowly discovers the nightmarish truth behind the doctor's success.A couple struggling to conceive visit a miracle doctor as a last hope for having a child. The wife gets pregnant, but after the initial joy comes horror, as she slowly discovers the nightmarish truth behind the doctor's success.

  • Director
    • Rodman Flender
  • Writers
    • John Brancato
    • Michael Ferris
  • Stars
    • Brooke Adams
    • Jeff Hayenga
    • James Karen
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    • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    1.5K
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    • Director
      • Rodman Flender
    • Writers
      • John Brancato
      • Michael Ferris
    • Stars
      • Brooke Adams
      • Jeff Hayenga
      • James Karen
    • 26User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 nominations

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    Lisa Kudrow in The Unborn (1991)
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    Brooke Adams
    Brooke Adams
    • Virginia Marshall
    Jeff Hayenga
    • Brad Marshall
    James Karen
    James Karen
    • Dr. Richard Meyerling
    K Callan
    K Callan
    • Martha Wellington
    Jane Cameron
    • Beth Sanders
    Kathy Griffin
    Kathy Griffin
    • Connie Chicago
    Wendy Hammers
    Wendy Hammers
    • Gloria Starchild
    • (as Wendy Kamenoff)
    Laura Stockman
    • Janet Robinson
    Jonathan Emerson
    • Mark Robinson
    Janice Kent
    Janice Kent
    • Cindy DeWitt
    Matt Roe
    • Jeff DeWitt
    Jessica Zingali
    • Alicia DeWitt
    Francis Smalls Collier
    • Bobby DeWitt
    Rick Podell
    Rick Podell
    • Chuck Martinez
    Lisa Kudrow
    Lisa Kudrow
    • Louisa Krelm
    Angelina Estrada
    • Isabel Fernandez
    Elizabeth Burrelle
    • Sally St. Claire
    Brad Blaisdell
    Brad Blaisdell
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    • Director
      • Rodman Flender
    • Writers
      • John Brancato
      • Michael Ferris
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    • Trivia
      Gary Numan did the soundtrack for this movie. Music can be found on Gary's 'human' cd.some of these later became songs on Gary Numan's next album 'outland'in 1991.
    • Goofs
      Virginia fires a pistol until it's empty, then we hear two clicks. These clicks would be heard if the gun were a revolver, as the barrel rotates and the hammer falls on an empty chamber. A semi-automatic pistol would not make a sound, as the slide would be stuck in the open position as would the hammer.
    • Quotes

      [requesting a sperm sample]

      Dr. Richard Meyerling: I hope you're in the mood

    • Connections
      Featured in 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days: The Unborn (1991) (2019)

    User reviews26

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    6/10
    Oh no! Evil Geneticist?
    A couple (Brooke Adams and Jeff Hayenga) who cannot have children joins an in-vitro fertilization program. While she is with child, she finds strange occurrences happening within her body.

    Always nice to see James Karen ("Return of the Living Dead") in another genre film. Also, bit parts from both Lisa Kudrow (pre-"Friends") and the perpetual D-lister Kathy Griffin. Add to that Roger Corman as producer, and you have a few choice names...

    The concept of the villain being an evil geneticist connected to the Human Genome Project... not sure if that is brilliant, silly or inadvertent fear-mongering. Looking back twenty years, we now know the Human Genome Project was completely safe and taught us many valuable things (and I did not know it used any human subjects). Maybe in 1991 they did not understand it?

    The film seems to be strongly influenced by "Rosemary's Baby", as it follows a pregnant mother with who-knows-what growing inside her. Of course, this film is not about satanists... at least, not that I know of.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 29, 1991 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Le Bébé Maudit
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Califilm
      • Concorde-New Horizons
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,159,578
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $179,080
      • Mar 31, 1991
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,159,578
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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