Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Slow
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- eerie
- foreboding
- clinical
- late night horror
- medical horror marathon
What critics said
Critics found the film an unusual, thoughtful, and spooky supernatural horror that stood apart from formula despite its limited gore and slow pace.
What sets it apart
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The central setting is an anatomy class where students dissect a mysterious young woman's cadaver, with autopsy and pathology imagery driving the fear.
Alison senses that the corpse's spirit is communicating and investigates the woman's identity as people connected to the body die.
Medical-school instruction, cadaver handling, pathology, and real-location shooting ground the supernatural premise in recognizable institutional details.
Alison is explicitly an atheist, yet experiences sensations suggesting that the corpse's spirit is trying to reach her.
Films like Unrest, and why
The Gravedancers
supernatural horror centered on death, ghosts, and investigators confronting an inexplicable haunting
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
medical setting, bodily unease, and escalating supernatural dread around death
The Possession of Hannah Grace
slow-burn supernatural horror using a corpse and institutional setting to generate eerie uncertainty
Movie Details
- Director
- Jason Todd Ipson
- Release Date
- 2006-11-11
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (203)
Cast
- Corri English
- Scot Davis
- Joshua Alba
- Jay Jablonski
- Marisa Petroro
- Ben Livingston
- Abner Genece
- Reb Fleming
- Anna Johnson
- Derrick O'Connor
Common questions
- What is Unrest about?
- A medical student investigates a corpse’s apparent haunting while everyone connected to its dissection begins to die.
- What is Unrest like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Unrest as slow, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Unrest violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Unrest as moderate.
- What did critics think of Unrest?
- Critics found the film an unusual, thoughtful, and spooky supernatural horror that stood apart from formula despite its limited gore and slow pace.
- Which films are like Unrest?
- Films with a similar feel include The Gravedancers, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, and The Possession of Hannah Grace.
- How long is Unrest?
- Unrest runs 88 minutes.
