Again, it’s the children. Those creepy, demonic children. And in The Unborn, even the, well…unborn are getting in on the action. Sort of. Oh, and just so we’re clear, this is the recent 2009 movie starring Gary Oldman and Odette Yustman, not the 2003 Thai movie or the 1991 movie that features Kathy Griffin and Lisa Kudrow (although I think I’d love to see that one!). Anyway, all of the fetal madness in this The Unborn centers around college hottie, Casey (Yustman), who’s having dreams about buried fetuses in a jar, a freaky looking youngster, and a dog wearing a human mask. Still mulling over her dream while on a babysitting gig, Casey walks in on the older of the two kids holding a mirror in the face of his infant sibling. Then he smashes Casey in the face with the mirror and says, “Jumby wants to be born now.” Clearly, Casey is having issues with anyone under the age of five and things aren’t about to get any sunnier for her.

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What was it I said a little while ago? Nothing good ever happens in the snow? Yeah, I think that was it, and here’s more proof: Dead Snow (or Død snø in its native Norwegian). Now, if you’re like me and felt a little let down by Inglourious Basterds and are jonesing for more satisfactory Nazi killing action, then you should think about checking out Dead Snow because as an added bonus, the Nazis in this movie are also zombies. And there’s A LOT more blood and guts. There had to be, really, because this movie is a wash otherwise. But looking for substance in a low-budget horror/black comedy flick is like ordering a salad at a fast food joint, isn’t it? You really only watch a movie like Dead Snow precisely because it’s gonna pile the blood and guts up higher than a ski hill and it responsibly chooses camp over plot.

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