PREVIEW: The Unholy (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Rampage), Cricket Brown (Dukeland), Katie Aselton (She Dies Tomorrow), William Sadler (Bill & Ted Face The Music), Diogo Morgado (Son of God), Marina Mazepa (film debut), Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride), Christine Adams (Batman Begins), Bates Wilder (Joy), Gisela Chipe (Bel Canto), Dustin Tucker (Spenser Confidential), Madison LaPlante (film debut), Michael Strauss (The Possession of Hannah Grace), Bill Thorpe (Whaling City)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Evan Spiliotopoulos (film debut), director, writer, producer; Sam Raimi (Don’t Breathe) and Rob Tapert (Darkman), producers; Joseph Bishara (Insidious), composer; Craig Wrobleski (In the Tall Grass), cinematographer; Jake York (The Possession of Hannah Grace), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Gerry Fenn (Morgan), a sceptical journalist who reports on strange and unusual activity, discovers the case of a deaf-mute girl named Alice (Brown), who claims to have been healed by the Virgin Mary and now has the ability to heal others. However, Gerry soon learns that the spirit Alice assumes to be the Virgin Mary may in fact be of a much more demonic origin…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

That darn ol’ devil is at it again in this supernatural chiller which not only features a fun lead performance by Jeffrey Dean Morgan but also some interesting layers to its intriguing story.

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

MONDAY 17TH MAY 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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