Sop Dek 2002

I just wanted to watch a random horror movie on Netflix. Not sure what I was getting into. Odd message at the start about consequences and morality, possibly not translated to the best degree. Thought maybe due to the subject matter it was a standard government warning. Anyway, young girl starts hearing voices and other minor spooky things happen. Not very riveting until it goes full bananas the vengeful foetuses. This is one of the most f'ed up things I've ever seen. The part I find most interesting about this film is, until near the end, I couldn't tell if it was conveying a pro-life message or highlighting the health issues caused by abortion being illegal. They really shot their message in the foot. So yeah, it's pro-life horror flick and it's as wonderful as it sounds. I'm amazed the outrage brigade haven't lobbied Netflix to remove this.

I was given the chance to sit down and watch "The Unborn Child" (aka "Sop Dek 2002") here in 2020. Now, it should be said that I had not even heard about this 2011 movie from writers Poj Arnon and Thanadon Nuansutthi before getting the chance to actually physically sit down and watch it. But it being a Thai horror movie was actually enough to catch my interest.

Well, I will say that "The Unborn Child" is definitely not your average run-of-the-mill Thai horror movie. Especially so because director Poj Arnon is definitely going well beyond what you would expect to see in a horror movie. Mind you, that "The Unborn Child" can be a very visceral and visually disturbing movie to some viewers, and that is why I think that this is not your average horror movie. Personally, I don't mind the way that director Poj Arnon took the movie, because this is, after all, only a movie meant for entertainment purposes.

The storyline in "The Unborn Child" was actually good. There were some genuinely creepy and disturbing moments throughout the course of the storyline, which made it quite well worth to sit through the movie. And I like that writers Poj Arnon and Thanadon Nuansutthi actually had managed to concoct a storyline that wasn't weighed down by being overly predictable.

Now, the ending of the movie was a bit cliché, I will say that much. Of course, I am not going to reveal the ending. But I wasn't particularly much a fan of the way the movie ended.

For a horror movie, then "The Unborn Child" proved to be adequately entertaining. It is more of a creepy and disturbing type of horror movie, than it is a jump scare horror movie. And it deals with some topics that definitely leaves you with a lasting impression.

The acting in the movie was quite good, and I enjoyed the performances put on by the actors and actresses, as it really helped to bring the storyline to life on the screen.

The special effects in the movie were adequate, although the CGI animated babies were just atrocious to behold, and that was something that served more of a blow to the movie, than it served as a thing that helped the movie along in any way. Horror movies definitely need to have proper CGI if making use of computers to bring something forth on the screen.

My rating of "The Unborn Child" is a six out of ten stars. I was adequately entertained. And if you enjoy Thai horror movies, it is actually quite well worth to sit down and watch "The Unborn Child" if you are given the chance to do so.

No story, no horror, just an excuse to scare women into accepting their bodies are tools to make babies

It wasn't awful, but it sure was boring, filled with plot holes and so little horror in it.

Okey, let us begin: the acting was overall OK towards sometimes bad, the plot was not strange considering Asian horror cinema but the execution was lousy, the effects weak, a lot of cheesy moments mixed with plenty of chichee style. I can't believe it is considered a horror, cause I had to look real deep to find it.

Anyway, at the end, I will not recommend it, but surely I won't bash it either, it's a movie like so many others I've seen. No horror, a lot of drama, and probably, possibly, a so called life lesson here.

Cheers!

This is the first horror that actually made me cry.

The story is told by three different couples, Trai and Pim lives happy together with their little daughter Yamai. Until one day Yamai starting to tell them she is with her little brother, but she doesn't have a brother. A young woman is pregnant but she is haunted by a baby ghost, a teenage couple is also haunted by a baby ghost. The couples have one thing in common, they made abortion before and their baby souls has come to haunt them in revenge.

This horror movie is scary yes indeed but it also touch a sensitive subject, that's why I love Thai horror movies because in their films there is a plot message. Most horror are just ghost or monster stuff to scare teenagers. But Thai movies has reasons why things are happening. I give this movie 10/10.