Director: Evan Spiliotopoulos
Notable Cast: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Cricket Brown, William
Sadler, Cary Elwes
Dropping a Christianity-based religious horror film is a
relatively regular occurrence, but having the audacity to release it to
theaters on Easter weekend is priceless. That’s just what happened with The
Unholy, the latest venture into horror for Sam Raimi’s Ghost House, and the
directorial debut of Evan Spiliotopoulos. Although that release date angle is
certainly a tasty morsel on its own merits, The Unholy as a modern
horror venture is an act of mistitling. Technically, yes, the film is about an
unholy witch, but it’s a film that should have the more apt title, The
Unmemorable. It’s a shame. There are quite a few intriguing elements to the
film, but it’s overly reliant on hitting the formula beats and shoehorning in
jump scares to make up for a lack of cohesive narrative, plot, and
atmosphere.