Better Than Usual Storyline
I saw "The Unholy", starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan-The Walking Dead_tv, Rampage; Cricket Brown-Dukeland, Cheyenne; William Sadler-the Bill & Ted movies, Die Hard 2 and Cary Elwes-Black Christmas, No Strings Attached.This is a horror movie with a better than usual storyline. It's based on a book by James Herbert called 'Shrine'. Jeffrey is a down on his luck reporter. He was caught fabricating facts in his stories and summarily dismissed. He works freelance now and goes for the weird stories such as cattle mutilations. While investigating just such a story, he comes across Cricket. Cricket is a hearing impaired 18 year old girl that uses sign language to communicate-she doesn't talk at all-and lives with her uncle William. William just happens to be the priest at the local church. One day, Cricket starts talking and starts performing miracles. She makes a crippled boy walk, heals a man of emphysema, etc. She says that the Virgin Mary talks to her. Jeffrey has his doubts and thinks that it might be a different Mary talking to Cricket-one that might not be a virgin, perhaps? That's when the Bishop Cary comes to town to verify Cricket's deeds. There are several jump/scares; you know, like loud noises, sudden apparitions coming right at the camera, etc. At the end, there is a biblical passage shown on the screen from Matthew 7:15. If it's been a while since you went to Sunday school, it goes something like this; 'Beware of false profits, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves'.
It's rated "PG-13" for violence, terror and language and has a running time of 1 hour & 39 minutes.
It's not one that I would buy on DVD but it would be alright as a rental.
score 6/10
stevendbeard 3 April 2021
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw6773481/35710
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