How to Watch The Unholy 2021 Online

If you’re interested in watching the new horror film, The Unholy 2021, you’ll need to get yourself to a movie theater. Unfortunately, there aren’t any major streaming services available to watch it on.

This supernatural thriller stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Cricket Brown, based on the 1983 novel Shrine by James Herbert. It’s a story about a girl who is healed by a mystical figure. But not everything is what it seems in this Sam Raimi-produced horror flick.

The story

The unholy 2021 follows a disgraced journalist who arrives in a small New England town to investigate a seemingly miraculous young girl who is able to hear and speak. As people from nearby and far converge on the town to witness her healing powers, Gerry (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) begins to wonder if Alice's miracles are genuine.

The premise is one that could work in a variety of ways, assuming Spiliotopoulos has an eye for creating something that feels authentically supernatural. He also makes use of a surprisingly effective set-up in the film's opening act that places miracles within a socioeconomic context as well as a modern perspective on religion.

But it's a premise that does not come together very well in the final product and the story is ultimately not as compelling as it could have been had it been infused with a bit more intelligence. Instead, Spiliotopoulos tries to fit in all the usual genre cliches and rehashes all the tropes of horror that are so familiar, it's easy to forget that this is a supernatural tale at all.

Despite this, The Unholy does at least make use of some cleverly designed CGI-enhanced jump scares to help keep the tension tense throughout, which is a credit to writer-director Evan Spiliotopoulos and the cast. But it's not enough to elevate the experience and by the time a sinister spirit is revealed, the whole thing had lost its appeal.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan delivers a believable performance as Gerry Fenn, a man who has seen too much to be completely trusting of the claims of an unlikely deaf girl. His gruff voice and apathetic aura do the job perfectly, but it's Cricket Brown who really sells Alice as a child that was born with a disability but has never felt seen until now.

William Sadler and Katie Aselton provide a solid support cast, with Aselton's doctor being particularly good. Cary Elwes, as the Bishop, provides a laughable Boston accent that feels forced into the role and it's only when Gerry's investigation takes him to a local church that his ominous presence is finally revealed.

The cast

The unholy 2021 is an atmospheric horror movie set in a small town with plenty of statues and candles, stained-glass windows and other symbols. It starts off well with a good mix of imagery and history, but it eventually drifts into autopilot and reverts to routine scares, lazy dialogue and shortcuts.

The film is based on the 1983 novel of the same name by James Herbert. It has some impressive images and sequences, including a homage to Mario Bava’s Black Sunday (1960). The film also features an interesting conceit about faith and belief.

A deaf-mute girl named Alice (played by Cricket Brown) is visited by the Virgin Mary and can suddenly hear, speak and heal the sick. She attracts crowds of people to her rural town of Banfield, Massachusetts. A disgraced journalist named Gerry Fenn (played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is sent to investigate the strange happenings.

As a disgraced journalist, Gerry isn’t too interested in religion or the supernatural. That’s why he drives his SUV with empty bottles of liquor in it to the small Massachusetts town of Banfield. He also doesn’t take his cell phone along because he doesn’t want to call for help in case of an accident or something worse.

During his investigation, Gerry encounters a girl who is inexplicably able to hear and speak. She’s the orphaned 15-year-old niece of a local priest named Father Hagan. She’s a victim of some kind of evil.

It turns out that a shady religious politician named Bishop Gyles (played by Cary Elwes) is pushing to make Banfield into a church like Lourdes or Fatima, and he’s got a whole army of zealots supporting his cause. The church’s pastor, Father Delgarde (played by Diogo Morgado), is also on board. He’s a good man, but he has some serious flaws.

The movie has a lot of flaws, but it’s a decent thriller that works best as a popcorn flick. It has a few twists that are believable, and the scary stuff isn’t as bad as you would expect. The movie also has a climax that’s very fire-and-brimstone. But the movie lacks any substantial ideas about how religious beliefs work, or about how organized religion functions. And it just doesn’t have the right ingredients to be any sort of legitimate horror film.

The trailer

The first trailer for the upcoming horror film, the unholy 2021, has hit the Internet and it promises to be a supernatural tale of good and evil. The movie is produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Evan Spiliotopoulos and stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

It follows disgraced journalist Gerry Fenn (Morgan) as he goes to Banfield, Massachusetts, to investigate a local man’s mutilated cow. But instead, he finds a girl (Cricket Brown) who claims that the Virgin Mary healed her so she can hear and speak. The girl draws people from far and wide to her tree, but Gerry soon realizes that there’s a dark force behind it all.

This latest iteration of religious horror isn’t a particularly original effort, but it does have plenty of creepy imagery and a few ominous moments that should linger in your mind long after you’ve watched the film. There are also a lot of familiar tropes that you’ve probably seen a million times before, including bleeding Virgin Mary statues, burning crosses and shady priests.

The acting is also excellent. Jeffrey Dean Morgan makes a great lead character, grizzled and sturdy but with enough humanity to make you root for him. Cricket Brown also does a fantastic job as Alice, a young woman who can’t talk but is convinced that her healing abilities are from the Virgin Mary.

As much as I like the actors, this film is a dreary slow-burn thriller that can be a bit too predictable in its plot twists and jump scares. The film is based on James Herbert’s 1983 novel Shrine and was produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, and Evan Spiliotopoulos.

I liked how the film used a small New England town to show us how religion and faith are central to the horror genre. It uses old churches and statues, candles and stained glass windows and even a church basement that’s filled with books and whispered dialogue about good and evil.

I was a little disappointed by the film’s ending, but I’m glad I watched it. It did show me that a demon can have a human side and a human soul, which isn’t something I usually see in a horror film.

The score

The Unholy 2021 is one of the first major horror films to hit theaters this year. The film stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan as a disgraced journalist who stumbles upon a series of divine miracles in a small New England town and uses them to salvage his career. The movie is based on James Herbert’s best-selling book Shrine and marks the directorial debut of Evan Spiliotopoulos.

The score by Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Insidious) is a delight to listen to on its own and in tandem with the film. The opening sequence is the most impressive, displaying a 5.1 surround sound presentation that is among the best I’ve heard in a cinematic setting. The film opens with a flurry of sonic activity in the sands of time with a great sense of pacing that is matched by the sonic splendor of the main action.

While the title track may be a bit on the short side, it makes up for it with a well-defined and appropriately paced score that pays tribute to the rest of the film without overdoing the task. The audio is a touch dimmer in the low end, but the midrange and high ends are more than adequate to make it a worthy companion to the screenplay.

The Unholy also gets a big nod for its awe-inspiring cinematography. In particular, the scene where Father Michael is able to exorcize a demon is not only one of the film’s most memorable moments, but it also happens to be the most technically impressive and cinematically pleasing. Its a major plus that the film was shot on a modest budget, resulting in a surprisingly crisp and clean picture quality. The film boasts a number of nifty touches, including a spherical lens shaped camera that allows the filmmakers to get down to the finest detail.