The Unborn II (1994)

Sadly Over-hyped

Powerful

One of my all time favorites.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Single mom Catherine Moore (Michele Greene) moves into a quiet community with her six month old son Joey. She befriends the neighbors including hunky John (Scott Valentine). But Joey is a "special" kid. Okay, he is a mutant freak with a face that makes Rondo Hatton stop and go, "Dammmmn!" Seems Joey is one of the genetic experiments Dr. Meyerling, the villain from the first film. To make matters worse, another test mother (Robin Curtis) is running around picking off these gifted little monsters. For a DTV sequel, this isn't half bad. The baby is laughable at parts (it kinda looks like a slimy Philip Seymour Hoffman crossed with Billy Joel) but director Rick Jacobson keeps things moving fast. Chances are he was getting into John Woo around this time given the shoot outs on display (including a HARDBOILED-inspired one in the maternity ward). I will give him that the opening where Curtis guns down a kid at a playground is pretty good.

This movie is up there with the all time bad ones. I don't know how the actors got through the dialogue with a straight face. When the cops are questioning the mother after the kidnapping I almost died laughing. "joey is not a normal, healthy baby..." mom says. No kidding! This prop they used for a baby looks like a 90 year old deranged midget. But the ditsy blonde babysitter picks up the baby and hugs it - she must have been smoking something other than cigarettes - and gets her neck ripped out for her trouble. It gets worse from there. This movie has no business being billed as sci-fi OR horror -just horrible. Don't waste your time on this one. I wish I hadn't, except for a few unintentional laughs.

This film is not quite as good as the original one but I found it just as disturbing. ONe may never look at someone else's infant in the same innocent manner as before. You will subconsciously wonder if it's not some little demonic creature waiting to wreak havoc if given the chance. The portrayal of young children as murderers is a disturbing subject and not one to inspire any paternal or maternal feelings at all. The monstrous baby of CAtherine Moore in the film reminded me of that evil doll Chuck from another film. Not quite convincing as a real creature but more like an animated doll which is what this monster comes across as. Michele Green pulls off a splendid performance as a lone crusader out to eliminate these monstrous children. It makes you cheer for her every time she kills one of the little bastards. Other than that there isn't much to say for the film except that it's a pale shadow of the original.

I found this horror gem in a local store and bought it. I watched it yesterday's night and was a surprise for me. I love B movies and this was very satisfying.In order to enjoy this kind of movies, you have to switch off your brain. After that, you have to pretend that the primitive animatronic baby is real (at least in the movie).Finally, don't pretend to find Oscar's performances for the actors.After that, enjoy an excellent movie. The plot is good and believable, tha acting is OK, the music score is excellent.In my opinion, it deserves a 5.0My advice, look for it in your local video rental, and enjoy.