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The Unholy

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The Unholy	comment	The Unholy is a 2021 supernatural horror film based on the 1983 novel Shrine by James Herbert. It was the directorial debut of Evan Spiliotopoulos, who also wrote and produced the film alongside Sam Raimi. It stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Katie Aselton, William Sadler, Diogo Morgado, Cricket Brown, and Cary Elwes.The film follows the small town of Banfield, Massachusetts, where a journalist named Gerry Fenn (Morgan) finds a young woman named Alice Pagett (Brown) who, despite being deaf and mute all her life, suddenly can hear and speak, and claims to be able to see and hear the Virgin Mary. She goes around performing miracles, but suspicions begin to be raised when dark histories are uncovered regarding the town.
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The Unholy / int_121b3725	type	Age Lift
The Unholy / int_121b3725	comment	Age Lift: Alice in the novel was eleven years old. The movie ages her up to eighteen. Meanwhile, Monsignor Delgarde is portrayed as younger than he was in the novel, which implied he was around Hagan's age. Gerry himself was stated to be somewhere around his thirties in the novel, but is here played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who is in his fifties. The age up works towards the film's interpretation of the character, however: Gerry in the novel would have been too young to have had a rising career in journalism, and then end up spending about a decade dealing with the fallout of losing his job over the resulting scandal fabricating stories would have caused.
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The Unholy / int_191a3673	type	Graceful Loser
The Unholy / int_191a3673	comment	Graceful Loser: Monsignor Delgarde tries to disprove the miracles, and does not trust Gerry due to his past as an Immoral Journalist. Once Father Hagan is healed and it is confirmed to be a true miracle, he drops both matters entirely. Justified, as he is a man of the Church. A genuine miracle is an affirmation of his faith, after all.
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The Unholy / int_1c5002bc	type	The Stoic
The Unholy / int_1c5002bc	comment	The Stoic: The few times we see the Virgin Mary from Alice's POV, she has a very neutral expression, never changing it. That's because it's all glamour; Mary Elnor's face is covered by a mask in the image of the Virgin Mary nailed to her.
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The Unholy / int_1ce78b96	type	Juxtaposed Reflection Poster
The Unholy / int_1ce78b96	comment	Juxtaposed Reflection Poster: As shown above, the supernatural entity of this movie poses as Virgin Mary, but her reflection on water surface reveals her true identity—an evil spirit named Mary Elnor.
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The Unholy / int_1fc8335e	type	Deal with the Devil
The Unholy / int_1fc8335e	comment	Deal with the Devil: Mary Elnor made a deal with Satan for power and everlasting life, which she repaid by sending innocent souls to Hell.
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The Unholy / int_20f689e9	type	Adaptational Villainy
The Unholy / int_20f689e9	comment	Adaptational Villainy: Downplayed. Elnor in the original novel was already evil, having murdered children and performed other vile acts. However, at no point was it made apparent that she needed to condemn souls to Hell for her powers. The novel shows her drawing from the life force of those who believe in her, but eternal damnation never comes up.
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The Unholy / int_21f3aa44	type	Good Is Not Nice
The Unholy / int_21f3aa44	comment	Good is Not Nice: Monsignor Delgarde makes it his mission early on to disprove Alice's miracles and is skeptical of Gerry due to his past mistakes. His reasons for skepticism are presented as justified—the Church needs to thoroughly make sure the miracles are genuine so as not to be caught up in a hoax, and Gerry's actions got people fired from their jobs.
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The Unholy / int_256664a8	type	Death of Personality
The Unholy / int_256664a8	comment	Alice in the novel remains removed from Gerry, Father Hagan, and Monsignor Delgard, never having any real interactions with them outside of Mass. This helps conceal the fact that Alice actually suffers from a Death of Personality and Demonic Possession early on. In the film, Alice is Father Hagan's niece and interacts with Gerry a lot through his interviews with her, becoming friends with him.
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The Unholy / int_2ed5e99d	type	Depraved Bisexual
The Unholy / int_2ed5e99d	comment	Elnor was a Depraved Bisexual in the novel, having slept with the son of a priest and two nuns in training, one of whom was Driven to Suicide after being filled with guilt over her acts (attitudes towards same-sex relationships being different back in the Middle Ages). This is absent from the film. There's also a heavy implication that Alice is descended from the nun-in-training who didn't kill herself, as Elnor's spirit recognizes Alice's mother as that woman (who's name, incidentally, was Rosemund).
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The Unholy / int_33d5b7f2	type	Adapted Out
The Unholy / int_33d5b7f2	comment	Adapted Out: Lots of things, considering that the film takes a five-hundred-page book and trims it down to a plot that lasts little over an hour and half. Notable character examples include Rodney Tucker (a supermarket owner who wanted to expand, coasting off the revival Banfield experienced as a result of Alice's visions), Paula (Tucker's mistress), George Southworth (a hotel manager who also wished to coast off of Alice), Mother Marie-Claire, Reverend Mother of the Convent (where Alice stays for most of the novel; Alice in the film does stay in a convent, but no Reverend Mother is shown), Ben, Sue Gates's son (see Composite Character for Sue herself), and Wilkes, a disgruntled man who assassinates Alice. See Death by Adaptation for Alice's parents. In the book, Alice had a supernumerary nipple below her heart. In traditional folklore, such things were known as "witch's marks" or "witch's teats," already a tip-off that something was amiss with Alice. The film cuts this out, which also results in the removal of a rather infamous moment wherein a cat familiar sucks on Alice's supernumerary nipple as she—or rather, Elnor—relives a sexual encounter from her past life. The records containing the history of Elnor were kept in a separate church than the one the oak tree was located in. Here, the records are hidden in the church's basement (roughly corresponding to the crypt in the novel). Elnor was a Depraved Bisexual in the novel, having slept with the son of a priest and two nuns in training, one of whom was Driven to Suicide after being filled with guilt over her acts (attitudes towards same-sex relationships being different back in the Middle Ages). This is absent from the film. There's also a heavy implication that Alice is descended from the nun-in-training who didn't kill herself, as Elnor's spirit recognizes Alice's mother as that woman (who's name, incidentally, was Rosemund). Numerous people were healed by Alice. While this is implied in the film, the only ones we see are Toby Walsh (who was an unnamed boy in the book), and Father Hagan, who was never healed by her in the novel. A subplot involved Riordan, the local farmer, dealing with strange occurrences around his premises due to the events of the book, notably his animals getting spooked. This is dropped, and the only farmer in the film appears for one scene.
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The Unholy / int_352def2a	type	Burn the Witch!
The Unholy / int_352def2a	comment	Burn the Witch!: Mary Elnor, after being caught for her Satanism and crimes against the people, is hung and burned.
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The Unholy / int_3f45f1e6	type	Adaptational Heroism
The Unholy / int_3f45f1e6	comment	Adaptational Heroism: Alice. In the book, Alice is slowly possessed by Elnor, eventually becoming her reincarnated, before being unceremoniously assassinated by a man named Wilkes during her final public appearance at a Mass in front of the cursed oak. Even before then, her connection to Elnor makes her violently reject a Communion wafer, and—under Mary's influence—she murders both her father and mother. In the film, Mary Elnor seemingly cannot fully possess Alice until she completes the Satanic rite at the service for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Mary, meanwhile, commits murders independent of Alice; once Alice learns of Mary's true nature, she immediately turns on her.
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The Unholy / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
The Unholy / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Though Mary is stopped from damning countless innocents to Hell and is successfully destroyed, all of her miracles are taken back, such as young Toby Walsh becoming crippled again and Alice losing her hearing and speech again. Additionally, Father William Hagan and Monsignor Delgarde have still been killed. Gerry also got blacklisted in journalism after sacrificing his career to stop Mary Elnor and every single person who attended the Mass both in person and through the live stream began questioning their faith after learning of this revelation. On the upside, Gerry, a lapsed Catholic, seems to have begun to reevaluate his lack of faith, having seen both the work of the Devil and, more importantly, of God.
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The Unholy / int_42c9f1ec	type	Downplayed Trope
The Unholy / int_42c9f1ec	comment	Extremely Downplayed with Mary Elnor. Both the novel and film portray her ghost as a burnt corpse in a hooded outfit, which the novel specifies is meant to be a nun's habit, as she was a nun in the book. The hooded appearance is retained in the film, but with the addition of a mask nailed to Mary's face in the image of the Virgin Mary herself. There is no mention of Mary in the film having been a nun, so it is likely the outfit she wears is also part of the punishment of having a mask nailed to her face—as a symbol mocking her for claiming to be the Blessed Virgin.
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The Unholy / int_46dfd21d	type	Fake Faith Healer
The Unholy / int_46dfd21d	comment	Fake Faith Healer: Played with. Those who put their faith in "Mary" are in fact healed, but their faith is put into an imposter, and the imposter intends to damn their souls to Hell in exchange for their miracles.
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The Unholy / int_485eb589	type	Sealed Evil in a Can
The Unholy / int_485eb589	comment	Sealed Evil in a Can: Following her execution, Mary Elnor's soul is imprisoned within a kern doll, only released when the doll is broken.
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The Unholy / int_48c99e19	type	Death by Adaptation
The Unholy / int_48c99e19	comment	Death by Adaptation: Alice's parents, Len and Molly Pagett, are stated to be dead by the time of the film, having died when she was younger. In the novel, Len is killed in a car wreck caused by Elnor, while Molly is burned alive by Elnor near the end.
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The Unholy / int_538273bd	type	Adaptational Superpower Change
The Unholy / int_538273bd	comment	Adaptational Superpower Change: Mary Elnor's powers are explicitly linked to Satan, having gained them through a Deal with the Devil. In the novel, Elnor's acts are decried as Satanic, and her a witch, but no Deal with the Devil is ever implied. Her comments, and the crazed writings of her accomplice and former lover, Thomas, indicate that Elnor was some kind of psychic, which translated into her being blasphemous in general, believing in the power of one's own will as opposed to God.
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The Unholy / int_557838d1	type	Adaptational Attractiveness
The Unholy / int_557838d1	comment	Adaptational Attractiveness: Monsignor Delgarde is noticeably younger and more handsome than he was described in the book. Alice being aged up to eighteen can be considered this as well. Extremely Downplayed with Mary Elnor. Both the novel and film portray her ghost as a burnt corpse in a hooded outfit, which the novel specifies is meant to be a nun's habit, as she was a nun in the book. The hooded appearance is retained in the film, but with the addition of a mask nailed to Mary's face in the image of the Virgin Mary herself. There is no mention of Mary in the film having been a nun, so it is likely the outfit she wears is also part of the punishment of having a mask nailed to her face—as a symbol mocking her for claiming to be the Blessed Virgin.
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The Unholy / int_603f1a80	type	Pragmatic Adaptation
The Unholy / int_603f1a80	comment	Pragmatic Adaptation: Presumably the reason why Alice is given an Age Lift. An adult actress is a lot easier to work with than a child. Especially notable because the film removes some of the racier elements involving Alice (who, by the way, was eleven), such as Elnor's masturbatory fantasy while in Alice's body, and her supernumerary nipple.
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The Unholy / int_6439de78	type	Heroic Sacrifice
The Unholy / int_6439de78	comment	Heroic Sacrifice: Non-fatal version. Gerry sacrifices his already shaky reputation as a journalist to cast doubt on the Banfield citizens over Mary Elnor's act to save them from her damnation. The Time Skip at the end shows he's blacklisted.
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The Unholy / int_65acf9db	type	He Knows Too Much
The Unholy / int_65acf9db	comment	He Knows Too Much: Mary Elnor kills Father Hagan after he discovers the hidden journal containing information about her true nature. She takes a little longer to kill Gerry when the latter begins suspecting something and does some digging around, but it's possible that Gerry is a case of Can't Kill You, Still Need You, since it's his coverage and interviews with Alice that allow the miracles to be spread around the world.
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The Unholy / int_683a25e6	type	Familial Body Snatcher
The Unholy / int_683a25e6	comment	Familial Body Snatcher: Mary's original plan was to achieve eternal life via living through her descendants, starting with her son and later Alice.
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The Unholy / int_6ec4232f	type	Casting Gag
The Unholy / int_6ec4232f	comment	Casting Gag: Monsignor Delgarde is played by Diogo Morgado, whose Star-Making Role is playing Jesus Christ.
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The Unholy / int_723606c4	type	Adaptational Early Appearance
The Unholy / int_723606c4	comment	Adaptational Early Appearance: Mary Elnor's hanging and burning is the prologue of the film, already giving away the fact that the supernatural force causing the miracles was demonic in nature. In the novel, a great deal of time is spent building up the true nature of Alice's miracles—there are early hints that something is wrong, but Elnor herself doesn't appear or get a name until roughly four-fifths into the book.
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The Unholy / int_72ce3f54	type	Adaptation Relationship Overhaul
The Unholy / int_72ce3f54	comment	Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Alice in the novel remains removed from Gerry, Father Hagan, and Monsignor Delgard, never having any real interactions with them outside of Mass. This helps conceal the fact that Alice actually suffers from a Death of Personality and Demonic Possession early on. In the film, Alice is Father Hagan's niece and interacts with Gerry a lot through his interviews with her, becoming friends with him. Gerry had a complicated relationship with a woman named Sue Gates, who he eventually drifts apart from when Alice's healing causes her to reevaluate her life and turn back to the Church. Gerry then became close to a journalist named Nancy Shelbeck, who he stays with for the rest of the novel, before ultimately splitting from her and going back to Sue, even deciding to give the Church a chance. In the film, Gerry's only real interaction with another woman is with Natalie, who is initially cold towards him (in fairness, her first encounter with him was after he was driving under the influence and nearly ran over Alice), before warming up to him as the film goes on. The film's ending implies that the two will possibly get together.
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The Unholy / int_7453bc5b	type	Spared by the Adaptation
The Unholy / int_7453bc5b	comment	Spared by the Adaptation: Alice is pretty much lost by the end of the original novel, having become nothing more than a new body for Elnor, and then unceremoniously murdered by Wilkes in front of many. There isn't even any attempt by Gerry or anyone to stop her, as no option was really made apparent. In the film, though Alice commits a Heroic Sacrifice to stop Mary Elnor and cut her off from the living world, she is revived by God after Gerry pleads for her to survive.
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The Unholy / int_9245d989	type	Sinister Minister
The Unholy / int_9245d989	comment	Sinister Minister: Bishop Gyles, who knows about Mary's true nature, but elects to do nothing about it for the sole purpose of bringing more people to The Church. It does not matter to him if the people who come are tricked and sentenced to Hell, he is simply concerned with the Church's reputation on Earth. Crosses over somewhat into Arbitrary Skepticism, as Gyles is a devout Catholic and should probably take the information about Mary more seriously than he ends up doing in the film. If anything, Gyles's reaction to the information—writing off the warnings about Elnor's true nature as just an act of vigilantism against an unarmed woman—makes perfect sense for someone in the real world, but in-universe it comes off as this trope mixed with Too Dumb to Live.
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The Unholy / int_a91078ea	type	Adaptational Jerkass
The Unholy / int_a91078ea	comment	Adaptational Jerkass: Monsignor Delgard in the book is on good terms with Gerry from the start, and even commissions him to look into the history of Banfield when he suspects something may be amiss with Alice. In the film, Delgarde dismisses Gerry due to his past of fabricating stories, before ultimately agreeing to help him in the end.
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The Unholy / int_ae0bbe52	type	Living Statue
The Unholy / int_ae0bbe52	comment	Living Statue: Variation. Mary Elnor twice appears by breaking out of a statue, once in the church basement to pursue Gerry and Natalie, and again in the Archdiocese to attack Gerry.
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The Unholy / int_af4d6174	type	Setting Update
The Unholy / int_af4d6174	comment	Setting Update: The novel is set in the UK, with Banfield being explicitly located near Brighton. The film, meanwhile, is set in Massachusetts. This also results in Mary Elnor instead being a woman who was executed in the 1840s, as opposed to the time of Mary Tudor. Furthermore, the novel was released and set in the 1980s, while the film is set in the 2020s. Mass-media evolving to include social media and livestreaming also becomes a plot point.
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The Unholy / int_b8e3f20a	type	Demoted to Extra
The Unholy / int_b8e3f20a	comment	Demoted to Extra: Geary, the local farmer who lives near the church, disappears after his only scene early on. In the novel, the local farmer (named "Riordan") appears in other chapters, commenting on the events and dealing with his farm animals getting spooked by the supernatural presence.
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The Unholy / int_ba46585b	type	Adaptational Backstory Change
The Unholy / int_ba46585b	comment	Adaptational Backstory Change: Per the Setting Update, Mary Elnor is a woman in 1840s Massachusetts who was hanged and burned for her witchcraft. In the novel, she was a nun in Medieval England who was punished for more or less the same things.
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The Unholy / int_cde51255	type	Antagonist Title
The Unholy / int_cde51255	comment	Antagonist Title: Mary Elnor is the titular unholy.
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The Unholy / int_d84b22a5	type	Immoral Journalist
The Unholy / int_d84b22a5	comment	Immoral Journalist: Downplayed with Gerry. In his past, he fabricated several stories in order to profit from the fame, and was fired from his job. He tries to continue in this trend of exaggeration until he gets involved with Alice. Upon befriending her and working to stop Mary, he puts aside his job for the greater good. This is in contrast to the novel, where Gerry was portrayed as a pretty average journalist who did make mistakes in reporting, but only because he reported too fast before getting all his facts straight.
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The Unholy / int_da53340	type	Religious Horror
The Unholy / int_da53340	comment	Religious Horror: The film deals with questions of faith, and what damage can be done when a malevolent entity impersonates a religious figure.
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The Unholy / int_dc057cf3	type	Adaptation Name Change
The Unholy / int_dc057cf3	comment	Adaptation Name Change: A minor case. Monsignor Delgard in the book is referred to as Monsignor Delgarde in the film. Bishop Caines in the novel becomes Bishop Gyles. Riordan, the farmer whose field is near the church, is named "Geary." Elnor from the book becomes Mary Elnor in the film. The film adds in the plot point that she needs people to put their faith in her (under the assumption that she is the Virgin Mary) in order for her to claim their souls. This is absent in the novel, where Alice simply says upon gaining her voice that she saw the "Immaculate Conception."
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The Unholy / int_e4965307	type	Composite Character
The Unholy / int_e4965307	comment	Composite Character: Natalie Gates in the film is one for Sue Gates (same last name, and Gerry's initial love interest), Nancy Shelbeck (a journalist from New York who also gets involved with Gerry, and helps unravel the mystery of the miracles), and an unnamed doctor who inspects Alice after she is healed.
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The Unholy / int_e9e28bd7	type	Sexy Priest
The Unholy / int_e9e28bd7	comment	Sexy Priest: Monsignor Delgarde, played by the Tall, Dark, and Handsome Diogo Morgado.
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