Should Christians watch horror movies? | 412teens.org 

I always grew up with a strong mentality so honestly nothing really bothers me when watching any kind of movies. But I also want to make it clear that i believe in god and he's the reason why im confident and feel like nothing will take over me because my tough skin and my believe in god won't let anything take over

Thank you for showing truth and not just putting a blanket statement over the genre. I'm a youth pastor and I enjoy horror movies. I agree that it should be about your personal convictions and how the Holy Spirit leads you. There are too many Christian outlets that take extreme views or make movies sound like there are demons in everything. Thank you for bringing truth and not just your own personal bias.

I bought The Conjuring and The Exorcist on DVD and soon after had an accident and fractured my elbow. I threw those DVD's away..

When I started to read the bible, I fear no one like (demons and satan) because they are weak, scared to God and us and the demons and satan can only tempt us but not force us to sin.

God bless everyone you can turn to God before it's too late you have free will

It depends on what kind of horror for me. Horror in itself is so diverse and has so many subgenres. Demonic/Slasher/Possesion/Body Horror are big No-Nos for me, i feel like watching these really damage my faith. But im okay with Psychological/Fantasy/Monsterflix .

One of the last church services I attended, the young preacher warned the large congregation against watching horror movies as, according to him, they can “open a portal for demon possession.” I laughed out loud in church! 😂

well said. God says in His book that we should not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of our mind. Thank God for this wonderful channel 🥰

U gave me answer which i was thinking thank you and i am subscribing your channel.

Amen thank you

I watch horor to face my fear but i actually love jesus christ so much I miss going to church Im on a lockdown

Jesus loves you all

Very intelligent, balanced and articulate message imho. Well done !!

As a Emo/horror punk who is christian I find that horror movies are a good source of entertainment and even soemtimes being based off of true events proves the power of god such with the conjuring and annebelle as both are true demonic possessions but god protects the families from harm from the demons

For me I will say some horror movie do strengthen my faith( ik it sounds wierd) so like conjuring this people praying and having the faith made me realize that they have a solid faith that I didn’t do I started reading the bible and praying,mind you I used to pray but this was like an encouragement to me

"spoiler allert" i watched a series named "lock and key" its about some kids finding keys in their new home and it unlocks different things like give you the abillity to travel in time, teleport with the help of a door etc, they find out that the keys is forged with a demon souls and they realise that nothing good comes from the abillities the keys offer and decide to get rid of all the keys. its very similar to sin in our lives, sin can be "good" in short term but in the end hurt us or others. and the series shows that so clear that i felt it was a christian message in the end of the story. im glad that i saw that show.

Amen ✨

As a Christian. The exorcist is the best horror movie about faith in god because it’s not about the demonic Regan . Its about father Damien karras , we see him as he feels guilty of his mother dying then to see him restore his faith in god when he sacrificed his life . Then Chris MacNeil turns from being a atheist turned believer. This is a movie also about good(father Karras , Regan , Chris and Father Merrin) vs The Evil(Pazuzu) and the good won. William Peter blatty has stated he cringes when he heard horror because it’s apart of his Faith in god Trilogy(Exorcist , ninth configuration and legion) . The director said that the exorcist is about the mystery of faith . The omen maybe a dark movie but it straight up takes inspiration from The book of revaluation

I’m a Goth and a Christian and I love horror movies. The horror and fantasy genre are my favorite fiction genres. My favorite kind of horror and fantasy is dark fantasy. I feel like it depends on how much someone can handle. A lot of people are sensitive to gore etc. but not all. If they can’t handle horror then they shouldn’t watch.

I’ve read an article about vampire and occult entertainment and it says that being selective about we watch/listen to has nothing to do with legalism but wisdom and that our lives are much stricter when grace and not law is in control and that claiming that god doesn’t care about what we watch/listen to is a justification of wrong doing and that to suggest that what we watch/listen to is not important to god is to alter his word. Is this true or false and please explain why. The author also quotes 2 Timothy 19:21.

Thank you for acknowledging The Holy Spirit is what should guide a believer in discerning this.

Why does it take so long for you to reply to my comments,how long should I expect until you do reply to my comments and what do my comments have to be about in order for you to reply to them.

Contemplating if i should watch the latest release The conjuring or not. Hope God will protect me at night..i get scared a lot with intense nightmares.

Frank Perretti is a Christian horror novelist whose books I highly recommend. I wish they were made into movies, but they weren't.

I'm comfortable with sci-fi/creature features in the style of stuff like Deep Blue Sea, Signs or Van Helsing. Stuff that is more like an action-thriller. Aside from that though, I was hooked on horror films in my teens and 20s. I have grown a huge distaste for it recently though. Demons, sex, drugs, torturous and grisly murder and violence...it just strikes a different vibe and I don't care for it.

I recently watched The VVitch. And as a Christian, I gotta say, that is definitely not the kind of movie I would watch more than once. The acting and writing is brilliant, and the dialect they use is beautiful. But exposing yourself to so much twisted media can be extremely unhealthy. So I just don’t think about it, plain and simple. I watch something, and if I feel like it’s too much, I will immediately focus on something positive. I focus on nature, the warm sun, the positive qualities of good people, etc The horror genre in general is okay in small doses. After all, it’s only entertainment, but like almost anything else, it can hurt you like drugs. Fiction cannot hurt you unless you allow it.

I want to see the new Halloween movie. Should I watch it?

Now you tell me snd theres a new Saw going out too

Someone send me movie ideas for Christians ( of any kind)

Jaws is a good movie and I AM a Christian - Jaws is NOT a horror movie it is about a MONSTER shark and that’s it....let’s not go over the top

How does the fact that the reason some of the legalisms claim these things( including what I mentioned in my other comments) is because god opened their spiritual eyes and ears affect this video?

But then wait: how does this affect verses such as 1 these 5:22 and psalms 101:3?

Please read the whole comment and slowly pay attention to every single word. I don’t know when you will respond this comment or if you will respond it at all but I really want an answer as soon as possible because I really want to continue doing the things I love without feeling nervous: is not watching certain movies/shows/videos,not playing certain apps/video games,not going to certain places for vacation,not going to certain amusement/theme parks,tourist/roadside attractions,not going to certain places for your child’s birthday party,not being a fan of certain things,not reading certain books/comics,not going to certain conventions,etc because they: were made by unbelievers and/or based off of other religions and/or are fiction (because an unknown number of Christians actually believe fiction is a sin because it’s not true and that actors are lying because they are playing characters they aren’t )and/or are secular and/or have nothing to with god and/or Jesus and/or the Bible and/or make you think of things besides god and/or Jesus and/or the Bible and/or they distract/make you spend time away from god and/or Jesus and/or contain: atheist/agnostic/ungodly/unholy/immoral/blasphemous,subliminal morals/messages/coincidences and/or no Christian/spiritual/positive morals/messages and/or no morals/messages at all and/or atheist/agnostic/ungodly/unholy/immoral imagery/details/coincidences and/or adulatory and /or anything to do with nasty emotions and/or blasphemy and/or coveting and/or disobeying parents/legal guardians and/or divorces and/or drunkenness and/or drugs and/or envy and/or false witnessing and/or crude/immoral/rude/blasphemous joking/jokes/humor and/or fornication and/or greed and/or lust(ing) and/or homosexuality and/or hypocrisy and/or idolatry and/or immorality and/or sexual immorality and/or nudity (sexual or not) and/or murder and/or pride and/or materialism and/or anything to do with the occult(magic,witchcraft,wizardry,crystal balls,talking to ghost,etc(even if the powers do not come from demons)) and/or violence (no matter how graphic it is) and/or sex (no matter how graphic it is) and/or cussing and/or stealing and/or atheism/agnosticism and/or ungodliness and/or unholiness and/or basically all these sins and every other sin in general (weither it’s portrayed in a positive,neauteral or negative light) and/or people,animals,creatures,species with supernatural/fictional powers (even ones achieved through scientific and technological accidents) (for example: superhero’s because an unknown number of Christians believe they are actually demons,especially the skinwalker(a type of shape shifting demon from Native American folklore) because of their secret identitys and also because of their powers and/or that they are actually the false gods from the olden days that satan has “repackaged” and had their names changed,as well as all the other reasons from the comment from 4 days ago) and/or superhero’s that get their powers from and/or actually (sometimes only half) demons (diamon helstrom,hell boy,spawn,ghost rider,raven from ttg,John Constantine,etc) and/or people,animals,creatures,species with element controlling/bending abilities and/or robots (for reasons I forgot why) and/or shapeshifting robots and/or mythological/mystical/fantasy creatures,species (portrayed as good or bad) and/or humonoid animals,bugs/insects,sea creatures and/or people/animals with non existing skin/fur colors and/or anything to do with sci fi (time travel,cloning,dystopian futures,etc)(because an unknown number of Christians believe science “takes god out of the picture”) and/or alternate/parallel reality’s where robots,living/breathing vechicles,fictional species,animals,bugs/insects,sea creatures(humonoid of not),etc inhabit the earth and/or have their own form of civilization instead of humans and/or basically anything in the fantasy genre and/or dragons,snakes,etc (weither portrayed in a positive,neautral or negative light and because an unknown number of Christians compare them to satan) and/or fictional monsters and/or anything horror/October related (vampires,ghosts,zombies,werewolf’s,etc and weither it’s portrayed in a positive,neautral,negative light) and/or fantasy/mystical/mythological realms/reality’s and/or aliens (because some Christians believe that they are actually demons and also for other reasons I forgot) and/or life other planets and/or concepts/contents taken from other religions,belief systems,cultures,etc and/or giant monsters/carnivores killing and eating people and/or literal worlds inside of video games and/or non humonoid antipormorphic/sentient animals that can speak and do other human things and/or antropromorphic/sentient non living things (toys,vechicles,furniture,etc) and/or anything Christmas,Halloween,Easter,thanksgiving,Valentine’s Day,etc related and/or hybrid animals,people,species,creature,etc and/or pagan,new age concepts/content and/or shapeshifting animals,people and/or people turning into animals and/or the multiverse and/or some sort of law enforcement that protects the space/time continum and/or non living things coming to life (toys,furniture,museum exhibits,etc) and/or animated characters interacting with live action people and/or fictional species,creatures,monsters and/or people communicating/talking to animals,insects/bugs,sea creatures and/or unclean animals and/or and/or false worldviews of the afterlife and/or unvierses/realty’s where the laws of logic/physics do not exist/apply and/or living/talking food/grocery items and/or basically any other fantasy/mystical/mythological/fairy tale/make believe/unrealistic consents/contents (because an unknown number of Christians believe that they distort god and his creation,etc) and/or atheist/agnostic/unholy/ungodly/immoral/blasphemous worldviews and/or living puppets and/or pagen gods and/or body/mind swaps and/or preventing the end of the world and/or conspiracy theory’s and/or cults and/or hero’s/protagonists that live make crude/rude/immoral/blasphemous jokes, live atheist/agnostic/unholy/ungodly/blasphemous lifestyles,sins and/or are villains and/or are millionaires and/or the villain(s) symbolizes god and/or Jesus and the hero(s) symbolize satan and/or fallen angels and/or satan worshippers/followers and/or the villain is the creator of the universe and/or is depicted as a cold and heartless tyrant and/or god Jesus and the Bible are wiped clean from the history and/or etc and/or all of these at once still/always going to be considered legalism even if the one(s) who claimed/said say/claim it is not legalism neither a grey area not just a silly idea nor just someone’s opinion nor a matter of personal conviction nor crazy/overeacting/too/over religious talk but instead about wisdom and obedience, use romans 1:32,Matthew 5:27-28 and 1 John 3:15-17 as a trio (or sepretly ) to explain that watching/thinking about sin is the same as doing/approving of it,use backup verses such as John 8:43,eph 4;31, romans 12:2,eph 5:3-7,2 Timothy 4:2, proverbs 16:25,2 Timothy 3:2-5,proverbs 3:5-6,Matthew 7:13-14 and 21-23,Isaiah 29:13,2 Timothy 4:1-5,proverbs 12:22,2 corithians 4:3-4,2 corithians 11:13-15,eph 5:11,Jeremiah 17:9,eph 5:15-17,Titus 1:11-12,Titus 2:11-12,Matthew 7:15,proverbs 28:21,John 10:12,James 2:9,John 3:19,John 10:13,etc,testify events that happened to them because of their fandom obsessions or come up with extremely convicing rebuttals/counterclaims such as our souls/we have not waken up,satan is trying to desensitize our minds by useing movies to show us his future plans and then laughs in our faces when all we see is a movies and that once we take it as a joke then we will never get ready by surrendering our lives to Christ and that only the elect are noticing these things,fiction should always fit with the way god wants us to live/always be held up to gods standards to make sure we are going to Christ,there is a world of difference between sin described honestly on a page without the intent to stimulate/amuse us (David lyed in bed with bashebba) and sin depicted on a screen with the intent to stimulate/amuse us (game of thrones,squid game,50 shades of grey,etc),you would probably never find a orthodox Christian writer or pastor prior to the 20th century (or at least maybe prior to 1965) who would be comfortable with what we consider “acceptable” entertainment today,we haven’t given god and/or Jesus permission to change our hearts,the devil always goes after kids and teens because that’s when the brain development happens,all of it seems like way too much/there’s not enough proof for it to be a coincidence,etc

There are actually videos on RU-vid that say superhero’s (some videos even talk about Star Wars, Disney, despicable me,etc) are satanic because they are “false gods”,have subliminal/satanic/anti Christian/atheist/agnostic/ungodly imagery/details/morals,are rich (like Batman and Ironman ),have supernatural/occult powers (ok that ones kind of understandable actually),have protagonists that sin and/or are villains,are based off of unclean animals(like Spider-Man and also Batman),the villains (coincidentally)symbolizes god and the hero’s s (also coincidentally) symbolize satan and/or followers of satan and/or fallen angels and/or the villain is the creator of the universe and/or is depicted as a cruel and heartless tyrant and/or god,Jesus and all the biblical events are wiped clean from history and/or are based off of pagan gods and mythology and are based off of or have aspects taken from different religions (for example: marvel studios: eternals) and basically a bunch of other ridiculous reasons. Are they really telling the truth or are they just (unknowingly) making ridiculous reasons by (also unknowingly) taking scripture way too seriously then it should be taken?

Would I go to hell for watching horror movies like Friday the 13th

I’ve watch a video about occultism,witchcraft,magic,questionable and controversial beliefs and philosophical themes evident in fictional media and it says that we should not use the it’s just fiction,it’s not real,these specific versions only come form non demonic forces,it’s imaginary and part of the creators imaginations,it’s just entertainment,your being over spiritual,etc arguments as excuses and justifications whenever we feel convicted towards them and then quotes 2timothy 4:3 and then says that the beliefs of their creators are a refutation to the arguments I mentioned earlier (for example: the marvel villain galactus is inspired and based off of god and George Lucas admits Star Wars is a thin basis for theology and that parts of it are derived from the Bible therefore it is not just fiction and that it is what their creators genuinely believe in their own hearts) and that those arguments and statements come from a place with a lack of knowledge and that according to Luke 12:48 god won’t judge us for what we don’t know and that once you know these things you will be judged because you no longer unaware of what those creators believe and that 1 cor 6:12 actually means just because something isnt a sin dosent mean you should do it (even though he says that doesn’t mean you can’t do it again) and that those who know the in depth background of fictional media but still mark it all up to just being fiction will be judged harder than those who are just simply casual viewers and no clue that some comic pioneers (writers,artist and creators) have openly said some clear blasphemy mistakes over the years and that even though it’s a matter of personal conviction and it is your choice to enjoy those things we will still be judged for what we know. Is this true or false and please explain why and how?

Would scream or Halloween be a bad movie

I am a Christian, and love traditional horror movies(meaning virtually anything up til about 2005, or so). In today's culture, it's kind of hard to say. Today's culture is nihilistic, and stunted, and perverse...and I'm not even talking about the horror films...Back before, even things like horror films and soap operas and other things that people criticized as immoral...had a MUCH stronger moral compass than anything made in recent years. I don't know how any Christian, or anybody of just reasonable taste, could watch most of the contemporary filth, be it horror, comedy, drama, sci-fi, or whatever....

While some of the best horror movies I've seen are Christian in nature (The Exorcist, The Conjuring, Dracula Untold, The Nun), one of THE WORST horror movies I've seen was also Christian, Paranormal: The Truth Shall Set You Free. Bad filmmaking, atrocious acting, super predictable, laughably unrealistic in its attempt at edginess ("...do that thing you do to make babies..."), etc. Just something to think on.

If its demonic or paranormal I believe its sinful or at the least posion for the human mind. Any horror that depicts extreme gore, decapitation is also detestable in the eyes of God because movies glorify this unadulterated violence. One also has to think of the warped minds that come up with the materials that the masses watch as entertainment. Like Paul said, that which is noble, holy, pure and good think of that and keep those things in your mind. God has not given us a spirit of fear, and many times this is what these horror movies try to elicit.

I for one love horror films

mot sure why i’m here lol because I don’t like horror movies and find them to be quite scary.

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I can’t watch them now ever sense I started following God again I just have no interest anymore. 🤷‍♀️

Pls it is a big no for me, I use to be a big fan of horror movies in my teen and early 20s, fast-forward after I accepted Jesus Christ I started seeing these demons in my dreams chasing me, sometimes they will try to suffocate me.those horror movies are not science fiction as they claim they are real demons from hell

I have come to the point in my adult life that slasher/horror movies or demon possessions are a waste of my spiritual essence. Why invite the spirit of fear to enter and make you hesitant to do the acts which the Lord says will follow them that believe in him....Cast out demons.

Movies are just art. We can enjoy and appreciate all forms of art. There are things in the Bible that most would say would be inappropriate if you put them on screen. I think it is all about your own convictions. If you can watch a horror movie without conviction then go for it. I love movies and watch all genres and horror happens to be my favorite and I am a pastor. Check my channel out if you want to see how I find Jesus in movies of all genres.

This sounds like a non-answer.

Can Christians watch memes?

The demons are within

Should Christians watch horror movies? No. Psalm 101,3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes; I hate the work of them that turn aside..... Do you love darkness or light? You cannot use evil for good. It will not strengthen your faith. The fruit is Fear and fear causes doubts and doubts unbelief.

Watching horror movies is sin