Tubi Thursday: The Unborn (1991)

 With all of this talk about IVF in the News, let's watch a Horror Film about it.

It's sure to be less scary than watching the 6 o'clock news!

A pregnant lady starts freaking out in bed.

She spills paint on her stomach...I mean, she dies from something.

The actual Plot involves a lady- Brooke Adams- who really wants to be Pregnant.
She's had 2 miscarriages and has some medical problems related to that.

In spite of that, she's encouraged by...

Dr. James Karen?!?

Okay, so he's evil.
We all know that, right?

She gets the procedure and it seems to be a success.

She meets up with some future victims...I mean, other ladies also 'knocked up' by this same Doctor's work.

Kathy Griffin gets killed, so this should appease some Trump Voters.

She experiences all sorts of problems physically, from strange feelings to a neck rash to possible hallucinations.

Her fellow ladies also experience some serious problems, like death, more death and, you know, death.

She takes some drastic steps to end this situation- if you catch my drift.

She finally gets the truth from her Husband and later Karen.
She learns that he's making 'super babies' that will replace us.

She takes it well.

To find out how this plays out, stream it now...

A real slow burn of a Film- but it does take less than 9 months.
See what I did there?

Seriously, the Film plays this super-seriously and it sure is...a choice.  It feels so much like what would become a Hallmark Movie about a decade or so later.

Brooke Adams is a good Actress.  She does good with what she has.
The problem is that the Film is some sort of weird mix of a Medical Drama, a Sci-Fi Plot and, I guess, The Stepford Wives.

Side-note- it's funny to see the Film cut around Adams' Nudity in a couple of Scenes, given the famous TV Edit for Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

When the Film finally gets to its point, you've waited a while, been confused, been concerned and then it turns into It's Alive.
I was hoping for a bigger twist- Demons or Aliens, honestly- and this wasn't great.

At least there's a Sequel for me to either watch soon or forget about for 11 years.

Weirder still, the most famous person to come out of this is...The Lady who takes the Husband to leave his 'sample.'
Go figure.

A Film that sure takes a while to really get interesting.  When it finally does, however, it's all kinds of silly.