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Evan SpiliotopoulosScénario:
Evan SpiliotopoulosPhotographie:
Craig WrobleskiActeurs·trices:
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Cricket Brown, Cary Elwes, William Sadler, Katie Aselton, Christine Adams, Diogo Morgado, Celeste Oliva, Kiara Pichardo (plus)VOD (5)
Résumés(1)
A la suite d’une supposée apparition de la Vierge Marie, Alice, une jeune femme sourde et muette, retrouve soudainement l’ouïe et la parole, et peut inexplicablement guérir les malades. Alors que la rumeur de ces prétendus miracles se répand et que de plus en plus de gens en sont témoins, un journaliste déchu (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), espérant raviver sa carrière, se rend dans celle petite ville de Nouvelle Angleterre pour enquêter sur ces phénomènes. Quand de terrifiants évènements se produisent de toutes parts, il commence à se demander s’ils sont le fruit des actions de la Vierge Marie ou plutôt ceux d’une force plus malveillante. (Sony Pictures Releasing France)
(plus)Critiques (3)
In its atmosphere, but also in its technical execution, The Unholy reminded me of Darkness Falls, but instead of cursed Mary, we have the Tooth Fairy. The premise is not bad at all, and the opening line from the 19th century had something to it, but the film still struck me as a bit cheap, almost TV-like at times, with its weak visual effects, the strange script and the odd cinematography. The film has quite a lot of jump-scares, but it looks mostly one-dimensional without any attempt to build tension. PS: I loved the poster.
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To have such ugly special effects in a movie that will be shown in cinemas should be a crime against the laws of aesthetics. Otherwise, The Unholy is a completely futile horror novelty that absolutely squanders what is, at its core, quite a solid idea.
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The new mainstream horror fil Unholy, produced by Sam Raimi, unfortunately isn't worth much. it's nothing but a consumerist mainstream film, relatively nicely shot, but boring. The film was released in cinemas in the USA, so it's nice to know that it's not a completely cheap affair and a few people might enjoy Jeffrey Dean Morgan, though his character doesn't particularly stand out. The music didn't interest me much, there was maybe only one good jump scare, the atmosphere doesn't really grab you (unfortunately, most of the time it doesn't even happen in the dark), so probably nobody will be scared. The appearance of the Virgin Mary's ghost, especially towards the end, is slightly creepy, so at least there's that if nothing else. It's a shame it didn't push the envelope more (the body count is low), there are not enough scares and they not very effective, and at times it drags on quite a bit. An hour after it ended, I don't even remember what it was about, so I'm lowering my rating. 4/10.
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