Horror movies with religion in it
What movie has a young girl who is possessed by a demon, and two Catholic priests attempt to save her
The exorcist
What religious belief explains why evil spirits are considered capable of possessing people in many horror films?
Demonic possession
Often held inverted by evil spirits, this primary Christian symbol is traditionally used by protagonists to ward off vampires and demons.
The crucifx
hese caped, fanged creatures of the night are famously kept away by garlic and Christian crosses.
What are vampires
What movie involves an anti-Christ whose blood mimics the blood of Christ and starts to burn and frighten the anti-Christ when a cross is shown
Dracula
What religious authority is traditionally called upon to perform a formal exorcism in Catholic horror films?
A Catholic Priest
This blessed liquid is frequently weaponized in exorcism movies to burn demonic flesh upon contact.
Holy water
Wrapped entirely in bandages, this classic universal monster comes back to life due to ancient Egyptian religious curses.
The mummy
Set in 1952 at the cloistered Cârța Abbey in Romania, the Vatican dispatches a priest with a troubled past and a young novice taking her final vows to investigate a nun's mysterious suicide.
The Nun
What religious concept explains the idea that a person can be spiritually separated from God because of serious wrongdoing, a theme sometimes explored through demonic corruption in horror films?
sin
Named after a combination of the French and German words for "yes", this flat board uses a planchette to supposedly communicate with the dead
Oujia board
Before they became sci-fi virus monsters, these brain-eating creatures originally came from West African religious folk magic.
Zombies
Follows real-life Catholic paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren as they help a family tormented by a witch's curse and demonic presence.
The conjuring
What theological idea is often explored when a horror movie presents humans being tempted or corrupted by supernatural evil?
free will
In The Exorcist, Father Merrin discovers a small statue of this ancient Mesopotamian demonic king at an archaeological dig in Iraq.
The pazuzu
This classic movie monster is a normal human who is forced to turn into a bloodthirsty, furry beast every time a full moon rises due to an ancient curse.
The werewolf
Book of Amun-Ra. In the film's lore, this heavy golden codex contains ancient Egyptian religious incantations, secret spells, and divine power from the sun god Amun-Ra. By reading a sacred commandment from the book, Evelyn Carnahan successfully strips Imhotep of his immortality, making him mortal once more so Rick O'Connell can fatally stab him.
The mummy
What religious concept is represented when a character uses faith or sacred objects to resist a supernatural evil?
Divine protection
This specific volume of the Christian Bible, containing the Book of Revelation, is frequently quoted by horror film characters to ward off evil or explain apocalyptic events.
The new Testament
These stone monster statues sit on old church roofs to scare away evil spirits, but they often come to life in horror stories.
The gargoyle