the unborn tell the tale of a married couple name virginia ( brooke adames ) and bradley marshall ( jeff hayenga ) who have try for the last five year to conceive and virginia have have two miscarriage since then and be desperate to have a child . they visit dr. richard meyerling ( james karen ) for help after he be recommend by some of their friend and dr. meyerling say he will be able to help them have a child . dr. meyerling operates on virginia and it be soon confirm that the surgery have be a success and virginia be pregnant . at first everything seem perfect and the marshall couldn not be happy and but their picture perfect life do not last for long a virginia pregnancy develop problem and she become moody and act totally out of character and she receive a worry phone call from beth ( jane cameron ) and another woman who have undergone dr. meyerling procedure and who claim that meyerling be in fact use his patient for his own sinister end and be in fact a disgraced genetic researcher . virginia begin to question just what be grow inside of her . produce and direct by rodman flender i actually think the unborn be a decent horror or thriller ( it definitely not a sci fi film a the imdb would have you believe ) that pleasantly surprise me . the script by henry dominic try to be different and it must take some credit for that at least . the unborn go for psychological horror rather than cheap scare and bad special effect and it get quite a clever story that work and play on basic human fear . it move along at a fair pace although it not exactly an action pack film by any mean . the climax be good and seem a fitting way to round thing off and the warning about mess around with genetics seem even more relevant today than it must have be back then and maybe flender knew something the rest of u do not . on the down side it lack some exploitation element and be at heart a dialogue driven film mostly focus on one person so it can get a bit dull at time . also and i have to mention it and what on erath be that grin black skateboard dwarf all about eh . director flender do an ok job and the unborn be far from the most stylish or visually interesting film ever make but it good enough . the atmosphere be good and there a fair bit of tension a what virginia have inside of her and dr. meyerling sinister plan aren not fully reveal until the last possible moment . disappointingly the blood and gore be almost non existent which in a way let the film down because in retrospect nothing really memorable happens and the unborn relies on good storytelling which be fine but in a week i doubt i will remember too much about it . technically the film be ok and i would imagine that the unborn have a pretty low budget but it well make even if it a little bland and forgettable . the baby creature be actually a decent special effect and have fairly realistic facial movement . the acting be good and this be one of the first act job credit to friend ( 1994 2004 ) star lisa kudrow and i have to be honest i do not like friend and i do not even know who she be in this so i can not tell you how she do . the unborn be a good horror or thriller that deserve to be more widely know and see and it far well than a lot of low budget crap that litter video shop shelf . if your a horror fan and be look for something a bit different and something slightly more intelligent and think provoke than usual then i think you could do a lot bad than the unborn . follow by a dumbed down sequel the unborn ii ( 1994 ) which i watch straight after this and check my review out if you want .