Unholy, The (2021)

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Synopsis

Dir: Evan Spiliotopoulos. Horror. Hoping to revive his sagging career, a disgraced journalist (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) investigates the case of a non-verbal deaf woman (Cricket Brown) who is suddenly cured and claims to communicate with the Virgin Mary.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to hand and weapons violence, some in a suicide context - no blood, some detail
• Frequent portrayals of transformations and frightening scenes in a horror context - no blood, some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Uncovering the truth
• Appearance versus reality
• Faith and deception

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for frightening scenes

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