The Unholy

The Unholy centres on Alice, a hearing-impaired girl in a small New England town who, after what appears to be a visitation from the Virgin Mary, suddenly regains her hearing and speech and begins healing the sick. As pilgrims arrive and church authorities take an interest, a journalist named Gerry Fenn, whose career has stalled, comes to town hoping the story will restore his reputation. While he investigates, disturbing events begin to occur around Alice, and he comes to doubt whether the supposed miracles come from the Virgin Mary or from something far darker.

The film was directed by Evan Spiliotopoulos, who also wrote the screenplay and produced alongside Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert. It was Spiliotopoulos's first feature as director, following a career spent writing screenplays, and it marked a move into horror for a filmmaker previously associated with fantasy and adventure material. Jeffrey Dean Morgan plays Gerry Fenn, with Cricket Brown as Alice, William Sadler as Father Hagan, Katie Aselton as Natalie Gates, Cary Elwes as Bishop Gyles and Diogo Morgado as Delgarde. Roughly 38 cast members and 118 crew members are credited.

Released in March 2021, the film runs 99 minutes. Made for about 10 million dollars, it earned around 31 million dollars worldwide, a return that made it a commercial success relative to its budget. On IMDb it holds a rating of 5.1 from about 31,000 votes, while on TMDB it has a rating of 6.5 from roughly 2,300 votes, indicating a more favourable response among that site's users than among IMDb's larger electorate. A film critics' rating of 4.2 from 8 reviews places critical opinion below both audience scores.