Seriously, why the low ratings?
Everytime I watch a solid horror flick and I see low ratings, I always say this at the start of a review. I am a huge horror fan.
From a young age, I snuck around my house, finding my parent's stash of horror video tapes and have been hooked ever since. I am no novice.
Today was the first time in months, I went to the cinema. And boy, what a great movie to welcome me back.
I won't go into an analysis and provide a commentary on the film, after all, that's what a trailer and a synopsis is about. I won't include any spoilers, I will just tell people who enjoy horrors, to watch this brilliant movie.
Yes there's some clichés, yes there's a couple of jump scares (not that many tbh) and no it's not perfect. But the unholy is a masterful example of a solid horror film.
It has a great backstory (yes a little predicable) but the lore is brilliant. The start of the movie is unnerving if you pay attention and that carries on throughout the film.
The setting is brilliantly foreboding and the atmosphere is creepy as hell.
The "big bad" of the film is creepy because it is so relavant to everything we see and encounter in this life. You just wonder, who are we really trusting. The CGI is unnecessary but that's the only bad thing about it. The evil being's voice is actually quite scary in one if the particular scenes, especially with the malice heard in its tone.
Some creepy stuff happens during the course of the movie, with some unnerving imagery and ideas that are very thought provoking. All in all, I enjoyed this movie. It kept me invested from the beginning and to the end.
If you appreciate a good story, a horror that relies on that story and the imagery and not on jump scares, you'll love this. It's a great movie for those who like horror, it's a good movie for those who are scared of horrors too :). Even if you don't like horror. Give it a go. The 5.2 rating is currently has is absolutely ridiculous.
I find critics annoying, because they always rate mainstream movies we're "supposed to like" very highly and crap on most horror movies and smaller offerings. Ignore them.
Right, enough waffling on. If you haven't seen it, go watch it. What are you waiting for? The virgin mary? 😉
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