![]() In its best moments, The Unholy touches on the human factors that would allow a miracle to gain traction in modern society. Treating miracles as socioeconomic phenomena – events that bolster the Catholic Church’s reputation among nonbelievers and generate millions of dollars in tourism revenue – is a decidedly different spin on religious horror. ![]() As he reminds Gerry, things did not exactly end well for the children of Fatima. Only Sadler’s Father Hagan sees the risk these miracles pose to Alice from a spiritual and historical standpoint. The movie works best when it avoids the horror genre entirely, exploring the institutions that have a vested interest in proving the veracity of Alice’s miracles. One can get an awful lot of mileage out of the right Big Idea in films, and The Unholy spends its first act placing miracles within an intriguingly modern context. So when Fenn has a chance encounter with Alice (Brown), a teenager who claims to speak to the Virgin Mary and performs miracles in her rural community, he's willing to look past a few dangerous omens in search of his big comeback special. Now he travels the countryside, writing articles about alien abductions and satanic rituals for whichever blog will pay his way. Once a rising star in journalism, Fenn lost everything when he was discovered to have fabricated elements of his most important stories. Gerry Fenn ( The Walking Dead's Morgan) has a tricky relationship with the truth. There is something refreshing about watching a studio dump a mediocre horror movie in theaters during the first quarter of the year. Look no further than The Unholy, the directorial debut of long-time screenwriter Evan Spiliotopoulos. Pressed on a BD-50 disc, the disc loads to a massive number of trailers - that you thankfully can skip - before arriving at an animated main menu with traditional navigation options.After a year of pandemic living, people are hungry for any signs that things might be getting back to normal. The Unholy possesses your Blu-ray player thanks to Sony Pictures with a single-disc Blu-ray + Digital set. A CGI herky-jerky demon that looks like so many other monsters of its type in other movies doesn't cut the mustard. Remember future horror writers and filmmakers - it’s what you don’t show that’s actually scary so when you finally do reveal your monster there’s something left to be genuinely afraid of. Just when it feels like it’s going somewhere interesting the show pulls its punches revealing far too much without care for building any kind of tension. The Unholy throws everything on the plate. That film knew what to hold back and what to reveal. Are there actually spiritual forces at work or is this a hoax? If there are spiritual forces are they for good or evil purposes? The answer to that comes all too quickly leaving the film with a solid hour to try and scare you only you already know what’s happening so there’s no mystery or thrills to be enjoyed.Īs I earnestly tried to enjoy and appreciate The Unholy I couldn’t help but feel like I was watching The Mothman Prophecies only without the great cast, the serious approach, and the moody sense of atmosphere and tone. When he starts to dig deeper into the town’s history and the new miracles, some amount of dread and suspense should build. He’s the surrogate for the audience, he’s the man who is supposed to uncover little bits about the happenings and goings-on. Always ready to give a solid performance, you can feel Morgan working to give his thin character some range. Jeffrey Dean Morgan shows up for work as Gerry. Only the problem is there’s no mystery and the film gives up any pretense of trying to create something new very quickly. It didn't have to be amazing, just try to be something a little different. In the wake of so many Conjuring sequels, spinoffs, and imitators I was ready for a spiritual horror film that takes its time and tries to weave something of a mystery. Sadly, that’s where we find Evan Spiliotopoulos’s foray into spiritual horror with The Unholy. I don’t enjoy boring or uninspired horror movies that have nowhere to go. Hell, I love a bad horror movie too when it’s entertaining. ![]() Determined to uncover the hoax, Gerry discovers that forces far more malevolent are at work. The kicker - apparently it was the doing of the Virgin Mary. In a small town, a deaf and speechless young girl (Cricket Brown) suddenly can hear, speak, and miraculously heal the sick. ![]() While trailing another story, he stumbles upon something that gets his old reporter’s blood pumping. #THE MOVIE UNHOLY PROFESSIONAL#Gerry Fenn (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is a cynical investigative journalist whose professional integrity has long ago slipped to the sidelines. ![]()
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