Interesting, But Disappointing Overall
Added 9/6/2009
Before I say anything about this film, I would first like to ask why is it that viewers who honestly come out and say that a movie just plain sucks are given a ton of "not helpful votes" by the other reviewers? Afterall, if a movie is not good, then it just isn't good. Please don't blame the reviewer for telling the truth and warning others not to waste their time and money on a bad film, and say their review isn't helpful.
So I happened upon this movie the "Unholy" and saw all of the highly rated marks (5/5 stars) given by past viewers. I also saw that many read their reviews and gave them a helpful vote. Thus, I bought this movie online to watch, and was really disappointed at the lingering/choppy pace of the film as well as the minimal plot and character development. Perhaps the special effects for this film were OK back when it was made, but I can't see how anyone could sit and watch the final battle where the main protagonist Father Michael stands against the incredibly cheesy powers of the demon "Desidearius" (???) without laughing until their chest hurt???!!! I also was extremely amused by the incredibly pointless, demonic phone call from another dead priest who phoned Father Michael just to say: "Wuz up? I'm in Hell." Yeah. I wonder what the phone rates are in hell, especially with all that heat and bad transmission?
So at the end of the day please people, please don't be so quick to write off a negative review...it could save others a lot of money, and it could prevent them from having their nights ruined by a complete botch of a film.
...Wow, now I bet I'm going to get a bunch of "not helpful votes."
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Scary, not the scariest
Added 11/2/2008
The movie got me scared all right, and I'll remember it. But it is not 5 star poltergeist, nor 5 star exorcist. That said, it did remind me of other elements in live outside of materialism, which is good, but now I do not dear to go to bed.................
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Cheesy Fun... but why is it not available on DVD?
Added 9/1/2008
Yet again another movie not available to US/region 1 buyers.... Great I can get it from some UK amazon region two for over 40$; and who knows how much is shipping... which is unnaceptable.... You can even get it as a download but not as an actual DVD....
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Desiderius--the demon no priest can resist
Added 5/26/2008
I love this movie!! Although the New Orleans dialect is a little "cheesy", The Unholy is a delightful B-horror movie. Ben Cross does a wonderful job in his portrayal of Fr. John Michael, but I must say my favorite character is Teresa, the caretaker who loves to be in Father's business. If you haven't seen this one, I am sure that you will enjoy it. I watch this movie quite regularly.
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0 STARS: Elongated and boring.
Added 3/10/2007
I'm all for a good scary horror movie, but "Unholy" is a snoozer folks. Not enough happens in this movie, and there is just too much filler space with a lot of nonsensical dreams and drawn out Satanic rituals based on sensuality. Also, to be quite frank, "Unholy" just does not have the feel or requisite atmosphere to be an effective horror movie. Maybe this is because the movie is so boring that it is hard to be drawn into the movie. I remain unconvinced by the characters in this movie especially the priest who takes over the church for the dead priest from the beginning. Overall, rather unimpressive and downright boring. Some scenes were just stupid and ridiculous. Let's face it: it's garbage.
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