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
A key Christian symbol that when held up to vampires, beast and the supernatural defeats them
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
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
A board left in dark rooms used to communicate to ghosts and spirits
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
Why might a horror movie show a church?
To represent faith, safety, or protection from evil
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 practice is sometimes shown being used to remove an evil spirit?
An exorcism
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