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Born of Earth

  • 2008
  • R
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
3.2/10
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Born of Earth (2008)
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After his wife is murdered and his children abducted, Danny Kessler learns that an ancient race of blood-thirsty creatures lurks just below the surface of Prophet Hills and it's up to him to... Read allAfter his wife is murdered and his children abducted, Danny Kessler learns that an ancient race of blood-thirsty creatures lurks just below the surface of Prophet Hills and it's up to him to stop them.After his wife is murdered and his children abducted, Danny Kessler learns that an ancient race of blood-thirsty creatures lurks just below the surface of Prophet Hills and it's up to him to stop them.

  • Director
    • Tommy Brunswick
  • Writer
    • Joseph Thompson
  • Stars
    • Daniel Baldwin
    • James Russo
    • Brad Dourif
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.2/10
    223
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    • Director
      • Tommy Brunswick
    • Writer
      • Joseph Thompson
    • Stars
      • Daniel Baldwin
      • James Russo
      • Brad Dourif
    • 3User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Daniel Baldwin
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    • Danny Kessler
    James Russo
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    • Tom Reeser
    Brad Dourif
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    • Mayor
    Shannon Zeller
    • Haley Williams
    Jennifer Kincer
    • Kelly Williams
    James Arthur Lewis
    James Arthur Lewis
    • Dept. Clarence Hicklin
    • (as Jim Lewis)
    Randall Godwin
    • Professor
    Joe Wachowski
    Joe Wachowski
    • Pete
    Ele Bardha
    Ele Bardha
    • Jerry
    John Anton
    John Anton
    • Bookstore Owner
    Virginia Bryant
    Virginia Bryant
    • Irate Wife - in the Bookstore
    William C. Fox
    William C. Fox
    • Businessman
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    Tamara Frapasella
    • Bookstore Customer
    David Gibson
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    Alan Gildenberg
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    Pennie-Marie Hawkins
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      • Tommy Brunswick
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      • Joseph Thompson
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    2rwidner1

    Bored of Earth

    Contains spoilers.

    If you like stiff, uncomfortable acting and a threadbare plot, you may like this one. It's just another in the long line of cheap-o low budget horror and sci-fi flicks that have been flooding the market lately. Someone seems to have too much money on their hands, but just not quite enough to buy decent material.

    Right from the opening the suck starts. We see that thousands of years ago there was a battle between the demons and the humans. The demons retreated underground... until now! They should have stayed underground. The movie starts with the usual annoying scene. The wife sees some things coming up out of the ground in her yard at night. Instead of calling for her husband, who is just upstairs, she grabs a kitchen knife and runs out into the dark. "Hello? Who's there?" And of course she's killed. By the most non threatening silly looking creatures ever to crawl up out of the ground.

    And so it goes. Five years later the creatures return and start picking off the towns residents one by one. Only no one could possibly care because none of the characters is likable. Daniel Baldwin is still struggling to find his place in his brother's shadow. Brad Dourff is just an empty suit playing the briefly lived mayor doing his best to squash the rumors of people killing monsters, lest the greedy developers pull out of their plans of building condos and bringing a spark of something into the boring town. Sound familiar?

    And so it goes. When the group of humans try to flee from the creatures that came up from under the ground where do they run to? Undergrounnd of course. This movie is predictable and lame. Don't waste your time.
    5Greenzombidog

    Silly monsters ahoy.

    After witnessing his wife murdered and his children stolen by subterranean creatures Danny Kessler goes for a five year stroll (I assume, as we don't find out where he's been) Only to return on the night the creatures decide to eat the town.

    Born of earth is a cheaply made and flawed movie. That being said I still quite enjoyed it. The plot is predictable and old yet still quite fun. After the opening the story takes a while to get going again but becomes fairly enjoyable when the monsters start killing everyone.

    The creatures themselves are a little silly looking. I often find with creature movies that I wished I'd seen a little more of the creatures but that was not the case here. There was no subtlety, they were constantly squat walking or bouncing across the screen looking quite ridiculous. I won't mention the effect when one of them is killed. The gore effects on the other hand are fairly decent. There's a couple of good kills in there and these creatures sure love munching on entrails.

    The acting is a bit hit and miss Daniel Baldwin is OK and Brad Dourif is good despite being dressed in a suit twice his size but everyone else is your standard B-movie grade acting.

    So Born of earth was a movie I did end up quite enjoying but I doubt many others will.

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    • Release date
      • July 20, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Nascuti din pamant
    • Filming locations
      • Salem Township, Michigan, USA
    • Production company
      • The Skeleton Factory
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      1 hour 25 minutes
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