But within this well-tread territory is one aspect that hasn’t been explored much at all: Mary, the mother of Jesus.ĭepending on which variation of Christianity you’re talking about, Mary is anywhere from a mere historical figure to outright worshipped. Clearly, the same can be said for a lot of folks, given the popularity of religious horror. Decades after letting my membership in that particular club lapse, the mythology of Catholicism, those grand ideas one learns about in Catechism class and the amazing stories in the Bible continue to fascinate me. You’ve been warned.Īs a horror super-fan, I will totally admit that I’m especially drawn to religious horror stories.
I believe there are other titles that are more worth your time.As with all review-caps, MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD for The Unholy. I’m not sure if I’d recommend it for a first time watch, however if this subgenre is your favorite it may be worth a try, but I definitely wouldn’t watch it again. The cinematography, small town feel, and a few of the performances kept my attention, but in the end this was not enough to save it from its own monotony. Overall, The Unholy brought an interesting storyline and a few good performances to the table. It won’t be on my watch list again it was just okay. In my opinion, The Unholy will not go down as one of the worst horror films in history, but it will be lost in a sea of forgettable movies striving to shine in the saturated subgenre of demonic possession and religious horror. The theme, concept, and parts of the story were engaging, but it fell short in most of its execution. This may be a personal preference but I wanted a more balanced plot. The majority of the film focused on the charade that Alice and the “Virgin Mary” created, while not as much attention was given to the horror and the monster that was created. While there were unsettling scenes and moments here and there, the active horror didn’t stick with me.Ī glaring negative of this film was the fact that the villain’s story was underdeveloped. What I didn’t appreciate, however, was the underwhelming degree of creepiness that the main villain possessed. When things turned awry, it got noticeably darker and unsettling.
When everyone believed the miracles of the Virgin Mary to be true, there were light and bright visuals that surrounded most of the characters.
What I loved about the cinematography was the contrast between light and dark. The forest and small New England town set the stage perfectly for this type of plot and what it brought to the film. There were a few more decent performances, but nothing that really stood out alongside Brown and Morgan’s acting. Jeffrey Dean Morgan also delivered a serviceable performance as Mr.Fenn, a man whose morals were questionable in the beginning, but felt more human as the narrative progressed. Cricket Brown did an amazing job as Alice and she exuded a pure and virtuous energy that made the character feel real and believable, which gave me as a viewer insight to what the characters around her felt. What I appreciated overall, was how interesting the story was, the backdrop and setting, and the ever present juxtaposition of good and evil. Eventually the whole world has eyes on this small town, but what’s hidden underneath is sinister and eventually comes to the surface, making those close to the situation question everything. From then on, Alice convinces the town that Mary can offer everyone salvation and miracles.
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That night he comes across one of the town’s young residents named Alice talking to a lone tree in the field near her home, played by Cricket Brown, who suddenly recovers from her deafness and claims that the Virgin Mary cured her and is full of gifts and miracles. Little does he know that it will become his next big break. He learns that the story is a dud and fabricates it as he has so many times before. It starts with Gerry Fenn, a reject journalist played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, going to Banfield for a small story assignment. The Unholy, written and directed by Evan Spiliotopoulos, went in a direction I didn’t expect. A journalist who has fallen from grace lands in the small town of Banfield, Massachusetts for what he thinks is a dull story that he has to fabricate, but he mistakenly runs into an evil taking over the town and a young devout Christian girl named Alice.
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