2021 · horror · mystery · supernatural
The Unholy
Directed by Evan Spiliotopoulos1h 39m2021
Alice is a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads and people from near and far flock to witness her miracles, a disgraced journalist hoping to revive his career visits the small New England town to investigate. When terrifying events begin to happen all around, he starts to question if these phenomena are the works of the Virgin Mary or something much more sinister.
Our read: The Unholy (2021) reads as a heavy, kinetic, surreal horror · mystery · supernatural entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / mystery, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- cold
- twisty
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“You want PG-13 religious horror with Jeffrey Dean Morgan and familiar Catholic-dread scares.”
Skip it tonight — You need genuinely frightening horror; this one plays safe and predictable.
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