Įxterior photography was complete in New Orleans, after which the production relocated to Florida, where interiors were filmed. As Millie walks him out of the church, the Immaculate Heart of Mary statue begins to weep tears of blood.Įnglish actor Ben Cross was cast in the film as the lead of Father Michael at the time, he was a roommate of Cuban director Camilo Vila, who offered him the role. He collapses, and when he awakens, is blind. Millie enters the church and is confronted by the creature, but before it can harm her, Michael calls upon God for strength, and damns the Unholy to hell.
The Unholy reveals its true form-a monstrous creature-and two mutant creatures crucify Michael.
In the church, Michael is confronted by the Unholy (taking form as the woman), and she attempts to seduce him, but he denies her. Michael meets with the Archbishop and Father Silva, who warns him that the Unholy will manifest to Michael between Ash Wednesday and Easter, when it will try to tempt and then kill him. Suddenly, Claude begins to bleed profusely from his eyes and mouth, and bursts into flames at the foot of the Immaculate Heart of Mary statue Luke's corpse also ignites. Seated in a pew is Claude, who begs Michael's forgiveness for pulling him out the window. The next day, Michael finds Luke's eviscerated corpse hanging above the church altar in the pose of the Cross of Saint Peter. Convinced Luke planted the book, Michael confronts him, but Luke denies it. To prevent herself from being a target, she propositions Michael to take her virginity, which he refuses. Meanwhile, Millie discovers a book in which she reads of a demon known as the Unholy, which seeks to corrupt and then take pure souls. Agnes priests Mosely assures him that Michael is safe. Lieutenant Stern warns Archbishop Mosely that Michael is in danger, suspecting Millie was responsible for the previous murders of the St. While cleaning the church with the housekeeper Teresa, Millie is fascinated by a statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, which Teresa tells her was salvaged from a church in a foreign country that burned down. That night, Michael has a nightmare of the Demon, and receives a disturbing phone call from Father Dennis, who claims he is "waiting for him in hell." Millie arrives in the middle of the night begging for help, and Michael agrees to let her stay in the rectory. In a fit of madness, she claims Luke tried to rape her, and that Father Dennis has been talking to her. Millie is incarcerated in a psychiatric ward after attempting to kill Luke, and Michael goes to visit her. Father Silva, an elderly blind demonologist, informs Michael he has been "chosen" to fight the devil, but Michael dismisses the notion. When Michael brings the information to Archbishop Mosely, he is informed that Father Dennis was approached by Millie and Luke in an identical manner before being murdered. Michael agrees to spend an evening in Luke's apartment, where he witnesses furious poltergeist activity. Luke visits Michael shortly after, claiming that the Satanic shows put on at the club are only gimmicks, and that he does not actually believe in them however, he says he has been recently experiencing supernatural phenomena and begs for Michael's help. She later comes to the parish, claiming to Michael that she saw Father Dennis for confession before his death during the confession, she admitted to giving her soul to Luke, the owner of the club, whom she claims is the Devil incarnate. Michael finds mention of Millie, a waitress at the Threshold, a local black magic performance art club, in Dennis's journal Michael goes to visit her, but she is evasive. Upon moving into the rectory, Michael is notified by Lieutenant Stern that another priest was murdered there before Father Dennis. Agnes parish by the Archbishop Mosely the parish had been closed after Father Dennis's unsolved murder. After the incident, Michael is appointed to the St. Inexplicably, he survives the fall without injury. When he offers Claude a cigarette, Michael is pulled out the window and falls to the ground.
Several years later at a New Orleans hotel, Father Michael is called to talk to a man named Claude who is threatening to jump from the top floor of the building. The woman tears his throat open, killing him. Agnes church in New Orleans, Father Dennis is confronted by a demon taking the shape of a seductive woman. The film follows a Roman Catholic priest in New Orleans who finds himself battling a demonic force after being appointed to a new parish. The Unholy is a 1988 American horror film directed by Camilo Vila and starring Ben Cross, Ned Beatty, Hal Holbrook, and Trevor Howard in his final role.
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