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Director:

Camilo Vila

Writers:

Philip Yordan (writer) and
Fernando Fonseca (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

30 March 1989 (West Germany) more

Genre:

Horror 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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User Comments:

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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Additional Details

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

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

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Svengoolie: The Unholy" (2001) more


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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Truly Frightening, But Still Misses the Mark., 25 June 2002
Author: tfrizzell from United States

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.

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