“The Unborn” goes from soft-core adoration of its stalked subject Casey Beldon (Odette Yustman) to dark nightmares involving bugs for a tedious Exorcist-themed horrorshow.
Writer/director David S. Goyer overreaches with a story about Casey, a Jewish girl haunted by a dybbuk, a demon from Hebrew mysticism.
Casey desperately wants an exorcism to get rid of the gothic monkey on her back.
Casey secures the help of Rabbi Sendak (Gary Oldman) and multi-denominational priest Arthur Wyndham (Idris Elba) to perform the ritual that will not be without incident.
Gary Oldman steals what there is to take from his scenes, but a nonsensical B-movie like “The Unborn” is beneath his skills.
Rated PG-13, 88 mins.
