UK cinemas are set to reopen on May 17th and one of the first movies to
greet returning cinemagoers will be director Evan Spiliotopoulos's The Unholy.
Adapted from James Herbert's novel 'Shrine',
The Unholy stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan as a slumming
journalist who writes about the supernatural for a tabloid publication.
Called to a small town to investigate reports of a young girl with magical
powers, he begins to question his beliefs when the story he's chasing
takes a sinister turn.
Katie Aselton, William Sadler, Cricket Brown, Diogo Morgado and
Cary Elwes also star.
The Unholy is in UK cinemas from May 17th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Gerry Fenn (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a disgraced journalist turned stringer-for-hire, of supernatural tabloid fodder, is sent to investigate a strange occurrence in a small farming community. A born skeptic, Fenn quickly dismisses the incident as just another benign story. But, before he writes it off as a hoax; Fenn witnesses a deaf, teenaged girl, Alice (Cricket Brown), whispering next to a petrified oak tree in the middle of a field. What follows, to his disbelief, is a series of inexplicable events that has the locals convinced Alice can perform miracles. When word spreads that Alice’s power to heal is attributed to the Virgin Mary, it fans the flames of curiosity from those near and far to witness the miraculous occur firsthand. As the hopeful masses descend upon this off-the-beaten-path town, Fenn sees this as an opportunity to redeem his reputation and resurrect his career. However, when a mysterious death befalls the church’s priest, Fenn believes that something more sinister is afoot. With the help of a local doctor, Natalie Gates (Katie Aselton), Fenn rushes to unlock the secrets of long ago to determine if Alice’s gift is divine or evil.
