The kern babies in Sony Pictures’ “The Unholy” might very well join the realm of creepiest movie dolls when the movie is released in theaters on Good Friday, April 2. It was production designer Felicity Abbott’s job to fashion them, part of a Scottish tradition among Celtic farmers who would bury the totems at the end of their fields to bring good luck.
The idea, says director Evan Spiliotopoulos, was “that the dolls would absorb all the negative energy in the field, and everything would be cleansed.” The film is an adaptation of James Herbert’s 1983 horror novel “Shrine,” about a tree with magical powers that cures people. The movie incorporated a supernatural element into the Scottish custom, focusing on a deaf and mute girl who can hear and speak after visiting the tree.
In the film, Spiliotopoulos relocated the setting from the U.K. to Massachusetts. Jeffrey Dean Morgan plays Gerry Fenn,...
The idea, says director Evan Spiliotopoulos, was “that the dolls would absorb all the negative energy in the field, and everything would be cleansed.” The film is an adaptation of James Herbert’s 1983 horror novel “Shrine,” about a tree with magical powers that cures people. The movie incorporated a supernatural element into the Scottish custom, focusing on a deaf and mute girl who can hear and speak after visiting the tree.
In the film, Spiliotopoulos relocated the setting from the U.K. to Massachusetts. Jeffrey Dean Morgan plays Gerry Fenn,...
- 4/2/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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