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The Unholy

2021

Evan Spiliotopoulos

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Cricket Brown, Cary Elwes, William Sadler ...

4.3

2,433

Horror A disgraced journalist discovers a series of seemingly divine miracles by a young girl in a small New England town and uses them to resurrect his career, but the ‘miracles’ may have a much darker source.

	Media	Author	Review
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"After an intriguing setup that takes its time building atmosphere and characters (...) the film becomes progressively more overwrought and hokey".
		Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"Miraculous acts or evil deeds? This tame, trite horror movie has a familiar answer. (...) [it] gives us the usual weeping statues and a soundtrack heaving with crackles and whispers".
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"The Unholy has a religious plot that actually works for it. (...) it’s the rare contempo horror film that actually has faith in the story it’s telling".
		Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"Satan continues to inspire the very worst films (...) If the devil did exist then surely he’d have the power to destroy films as dull as this (...) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"
		Sheila O'Malley rogerebert.com	"The mood itself is frightening. (...) 'The Unholy' is not designed to be deep, but since glimmers of depth are present, the lack of follow-up makes this a disappointing watch. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"The latest entry in religious horror commits the cardinal sin of inducing boredom by way of tired tropes and cheap jump scares".
		Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"[It] has an intriguing premise but cuts too many corners in its catechism. (...) This is a film which pilfers heavily from its antecedents".
		A.A. Dowd AV Club	"A bore. (...) 'The Unholy' has the stately aura (and endless speechifying) of a sermon, but it's really a creaky nothing of a B-movie, like a chintzy Halloween exhibit set up inside an old church".

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