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Writers:
Philip Yordan (writer) and
Fernando Fonseca (writer)
Release Date:
30 March 1989 (West Germany) more
Tagline:
Seduction. Submission. Murder. Tonight . . . evil goes over the edge. more
Plot:
A priest battles a demon that kills sinners in the act of sinning. full summary | add synopsis
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Truly Frightening, But Still Misses the Mark. more (24 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ruben Rabasa | ... | Father Dennis |
| Nicole Fortier | ... | Demon |
| Peter Frechette | ... | Claude |
| Phil Becker | ... | Doctor |
 | Ned Beatty | ... | Lt. Stern |
| Susan Bearden | ... | Hotel manager |
| Xavier Barquet | ... | Bell Boy |
| Lari White | ... | Housekeeper |
| Jeff D'Onofrio | ... | Paramedic |
 | Ben Cross | ... | Father Michael |
| Hal Holbrook | ... | Archbishop Mosely |
| Trevor Howard | ... | Father Silva |
| Martha Hester | ... | Young nun |
| John Boyland | ... | Dr. Valerio |
| Claudia Robinson | ... | Teresa |
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102 min
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Norway:18 | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted
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Director Camilo Vila proclaimed that this was not a horror film during its initial release despite the fact that the film was about literal demons from hell. more
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Featured in "Svengoolie: The Unholy" (2001) more
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Some unutterable evil is happening on the dark streets of New Orleans and it is up to Catholic priest Ben Cross to stop the spirits that are killing people when they are in the act of committing sins. The film benefits from established actors like Ned Beatty and Hal Holbrook, but it is the unknown William Russ that gives the stunning performance in the film. But the film goes more for shock value than anything else and a truly interesting idea becomes somewhat trivial with typical cliches that dominated films like this in the 1980s. All in all "The Unholy" is good for a scare, but overall it is a film that misses the mark and could have been so much more. 2 stars out of 5.