Episode 26: Religious Horror | Christianity & Catholicism

May 18, 2024•2 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 26

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Episode 26: Religious Horror | Christianity & Catholicism

This episode was recorded on April 4, 2024 and posted on May 18, 2024.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

Welcome to No Bodies Episode 26
Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
Introductions to our guests Don Aneli from The Horror Countdown
Today’s Topic: Religious Horror

Discussion on Religious Horror

This Week’s Coroner’s Report

What is your favorite religious horror film? How has your own faith or belief impacted your horror journey?

Film Discussion

Religious Horror Greats
- The Exorcist (1973)
- The Omen (1976)
- Prince of Darkness (1987)
- The Church (1989)
Catholicism, The Devil, & Possession
- The Rite (2011)
- Final Prayer (also called The Borderlands) (2013)
- The Devil’s Doorway (2018)
- The Cleansing Hour (2019)
Femme Lens
- Stigmata (1999)
- The House of the Devil (2009)
- Veronica (2017)
Extreme Religious Horror
- Martyrs (2008)
- The Red State (2011)
- The Sacrament (2013)

Worst & Best Representations of Religious Horror

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

Best

Suzie’s Deep Cuts

Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.

Closing Thoughts

What is a topic, idea, or theme you hope gets a bigger focus in religious horror in the future?

Thank you to our guest!

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Check out Lonely & Don’s top 10 religious horror films on Episode 28 on The Horror Countdown.

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Sources

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Holy Horror: A quantitative analysis of the use of religion in the yearly top grossing horror films from 2000 to 2009. (2011). [Thesis, Liberty University]. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1191&context=masters

Malone, S. (2020, April 12). THEMATIC THREAD: RELIGION IN HORROR. Morbidly Beautiful. Retrieved May 16, 2024, from https://morbidlybeautiful.com/thematic-thread-religion-in-horror/

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Wikipedia contributors. (2024, February 14). Religious horror. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_horror