The Unholy is about as basic a religious horror as you can get.
It features that Negan guy as a washed up photojournalist, who happens upon the miraculous healing of a deaf mute girl.
After suddenly gaining the ability to hear and talk, she claims (Mother) Mary has healed her and given her a message to spread.
Mary wants their allegiance...and in exchange...she has endowed Alice with miraculous healing abilities.
Thus, a cult inevitably starts to form around her...although things might not be exactly what they seem...
Mediocre acting aside, there is just no nuance to the story at all.
Viewers are expected to suspend disbelief, and ignore the numerous gaping plotholes...while the rest of the film is wholly and completely reliant upon bottom of the barrel CGI effects.
The whole thing comes off as lazy, at best.
And I honestly can't think of a single redeeming quality that renders it worthy of watching.
Do yourself a favour and skip this cliche-as-hell, should-have-been-straight-to-Netflix trash.
It's just not worth the time.
2 out of 10.
It features that Negan guy as a washed up photojournalist, who happens upon the miraculous healing of a deaf mute girl.
After suddenly gaining the ability to hear and talk, she claims (Mother) Mary has healed her and given her a message to spread.
Mary wants their allegiance...and in exchange...she has endowed Alice with miraculous healing abilities.
Thus, a cult inevitably starts to form around her...although things might not be exactly what they seem...
Mediocre acting aside, there is just no nuance to the story at all.
Viewers are expected to suspend disbelief, and ignore the numerous gaping plotholes...while the rest of the film is wholly and completely reliant upon bottom of the barrel CGI effects.
The whole thing comes off as lazy, at best.
And I honestly can't think of a single redeeming quality that renders it worthy of watching.
Do yourself a favour and skip this cliche-as-hell, should-have-been-straight-to-Netflix trash.
It's just not worth the time.
2 out of 10.