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"The Unborn": The Exorcist goes Yiddish

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mr grits

I just returned from the first-ever Jewish horror film!

"The Unborn" has been adapted to Chicago and links a murderous dybbuk from Auschwitz Granny to grand daughter (complete with Hand of Miriam medallion).

What? Gary Oldman as the GOOD Rabbi! Yep, complete with yarmulke, Jewish exorcism rites, ram's horn, and Kabala text read in Hebrew!

I didn't know whether to run through the lobby screaming in fluent German: "I vant my money back" or to schlep through it.

Is this not a sign: End near slow down?

Unfortunately, I have to give this 2 out of five for lack of direction and cinematography. Somebody was a little cheap with the camera guy.

I will give it 4 out of 5 for Chutzpah in redoing the Exorcist in Yiddish.

Should you wait for the DVD? No, rush, eternity will be soon enough.

Follow Ups:

That's a great review, thanks! - Daryl Zero 19:10:09 01/09/09 (0)
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RE: "The Unborn": The Exorcist goes Yiddish - Cosmic Closet 18:13:29 01/09/09 (2)
Somewhere, Mel Brooks is laughing......
They should have made it a musical while they were at it.

Can't wait for Netflix to get it.

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- Isaac Singer script re-write of "the Producers" ? - grinagog 20:18:42 01/09/09 (0)
  starring Robert Benigni + Whoopi Goldberg as a singing nun; with a cameo by Barbara Striesand reprising her Yentl role
  
  My life! That's entertainment
  
  GW
- The More I read about 'The Unborn' the more I want to see it. - Cosmic Closet 18:38:09 01/09/09 (0)
  I searched the film, and it looks from the reviews that this could have the potential to become a classic camp flick (no pun intended, as the Nazis are in there too), but it sounds so spectacularly stupid and misguided that it could have some midnight shelf-life in it.
  
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