Film Review - The Unholy
April 07, 2021
“The Unholy” is being sold as a Sam Raimi production, offering that tantalizing brand name to genre fans hungry for something scary and perhaps even a little bit insane. Sadly, Raimi’s influence isn’t detected in the picture, which is credited to Evan Spiliotopoulos, the co-writer of the tedious “Beauty and the Beast” live-action remake and the needless sequel, “The Huntsman: Winter’s War.” He’s not exactly a fountain of fresh ideas, and as the writer/director of “The Unholy,” Spiliotopoulos delivers a routine examination of good and evil, using the mysteries of miracles and the deviousness of the Catholic Church to inspire a tepid exploration of faith and fear. It’s an impossibly dull feature at times, with the helmer unwilling to get crazier with his central idea, allowing the endeavor to enjoy a grander sense of threat. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com
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