The Unholy
The Unholy
R | 22 April 1988 (USA)
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A priest battles a demon that kills sinners in the act of sinning.

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jacobjohntaylor1

This is one of the scariest movies I have seen. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It is better then A Nightmare on elm street. This also better the Friday the 13th. This is better then Halloween. This is movie. It is a great movie.

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Aaron1375

Got this film on a pack of horror movies...this is one of eight. Quite frankly, if this was the only movie in the pack it was well worth the five bucks I spent on it. I am surprised to see the score here is so low, I thoroughly enjoyed it myself. This tale that takes place in New Orleans and has a priest trying to solve the mystery behind two previous priests deaths in the church he now resides in, just worked for me.The story has a priest who survives a fall from a building with not so much as a scratch. He is assigned his own Parrish after this incident as two older priests talk of him as the one. Well strange things begin to occur as the priest meets a girl named Millie who works at a bar that is a bit satanic. The owner Luke asks the priest for help, but the priest distrusts this man completely and suspects him of the murders. Time seems to be running out, and the priest has few leads until the two older ones try to tell him that he is a key participant in the battle of good and evil.Like I said, I thought it was pretty good. It had some gore, some nudity and a rather interesting mystery to go along with it. Sure the creature effects were not super good, but I thought they were better than any computer generated monster that appears in low budget films of today. I liked the death of the one guy who pukes, though all the kills are pretty gruesome. Maybe they could of been spaced out better and had more deaths, but overall I liked how the movie was presented.So this may just be a case of me liking a bad film. Would not be the first time mind you, but I like what I like and I do not like what I don't. It is all a matter of opinion, something some IMDb users really need to get in their head before dismissing a review simply because it is negative about a film they like or positive about one they don't or it is given a score other than one or ten! This one had a bunch of stuff I like in a horror film including a supernatural slant and I always enjoy seeing Hal Holbrook in a horror film, though his appearance here is brief. Though I so knew that was going to happen to the priest at the end!

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lastliberal

I was looking for something good out of the 80s and stumbled upon this one.Father Dennis (Ruben Rabasa) is praying and is tempted by the demon in the form of Nicole Fortier, who, unfortunately, only made two movies. Now, the Pope himself would not be able to resist her unholy charms, so Father Dennis had no chance and died for his sins. he was not the first.Father Michael (Ben Cross from the new Star Trek) has a miraculous fall from 17 stories, so the Archbishop (Hal Holbrook) assigns him to Saint Agnes, not fully informing him of what he was up against.Ned Beatty, one of my favorites, plays a police Lieutenant who is trying to solve the murders. William Russ ("Boy Meets World", American History X) is a club owner that practices Satanic Ritual. One of his employees, Jill Carroll, tempts the good father with her holies, and he resists, proving that he is ready to face the demon with her unholies.Lots of boobage, some blood and gore, and fascinating special effects, especially the exploding midget.

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DrummerDude714

I first saw this movie on HBO or Cinamax back when it came out in 1988...I remember they used to play this all the time.Its a pretty cool late 80's horror film....it has a pretty cool story....its a about a priest ( Ben Cross) who has to battle the devil and the forces of evil...but, one of the twists in the movie is that the main Demon in the film Disguises itself as a very beautiful and Sexy girl ( played by Nicole Fortier) and let me say she is a major babe....one of my favorite things about the movie actually....hahaThis movie is a little hard to find....( I ended up having to get a copy off ebay) but, if your into 80's horror movies...Definitely check this one out...its a good one...with a neat story, decent acting, a cool soundtrack, and with evil hot babes ~

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