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other contemporary religious themed horror films

posted 19 years ago by buskk7642
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Frailty
Se7en
The Order
The Exorcist: The Beginning
of the modern films these are the best but there are classics such as

The Wicker Man
The Omen
The Exorcist
Rosemary's Baby

[–] jennak-1 19 years ago

The Order has to be one of the worst movies in existence. Stigmata is a contemporary religious horror flick that is much better.

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[–] whitese7en 19 years ago

You forgot "The Seventh Sign" and "Rapture"

I don't think I would include Se7en (eventhough that is where I get a portion of my name from), It's really just a movie about a serial killer, meaning there are no supernatual forces at work which are tied to Biblical themes of good vs evil.

[–] shinra_Y3K 19 years ago

the rapture was some *&^%$#@ up sh!t, one of the best movies ive ever seen.

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[–] meghan-23 19 years ago

I thought "Fallen" was pretty scary and evil. Isn't the evilness what makes a horror film horror?

[–] JEGV 18 years ago

I don't remember the name but it was a British movie that looked like a copy of The Omen with a Whiskey Piest that drives a Taxicab

[–] bigdaddy1224 18 years ago

End of Days
Fallen
The Prophecy
Rosemary's Baby
The Exorcist
The Omen

They're all sweet movies!

[–] androphile 17 years ago

I don't remember the name but it was a British movie that looked like a copy of The Omen with a Whiskey Priest that drives a Taxicab

Yup, I've seen it too. It's called The Calling, I think. It's pretty good, if not quite as good as The Omen. It relies less on special effects and more on effective storytelling, i.e., leading you to a conclusion, then giving you a surprise--several times. Well, call me shallow but I miss the occasional special effect! And The Omen's storytelling was very effective too.

[–] darkslavechaos 17 years ago

Se7en wasn't really religious. The whole 'Envy and Wrath' twist certainly threw off any moral goodness the film might have had. It's a comment on society that uses religious themes to drive it's point forward but isn't all about how religion is great and real, or even about religion as a concept at all, its about how corrupt all humans are underneath. How everyone 'sins'.

[–] Synetech 16 years ago

…Lost Souls…

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[–] TheRealBambi 15 years ago

Constantine .... much better symbolism, imho.

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[–] ivyandstone 14 years ago

"Child of Darkness, Child of Light." It's been ages since I've seen it, but as I remember it was pretty good.

[–] albertfoster 14 years ago

"Horsemen" With Dennis Quaid wasn't bad.

[–] EmmiJhey 14 years ago

Everyone I know hated it, but "The Reaping" recently...I loooved that movie.

"The Rapture" to this day, is the scariest movie I've ever seen. Nothing has ever freaked me out that much, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't meant to be a horror film.

Stigmata will always be one of my favorites.