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Religion & Cults in Horror Movies
Faith, doubt and devotion run through 26 episodes. We looked at what Hell means in Event Horizon, how the Catholic Church benefitted from The Exorcist, Puritans and blind faith in The Witch, and religion and belief in The Dark and the Wicked. Mandy and Silent Hill bring demon cults and the male gaze, Kill List mixes religion, violence and corruption, and In the Mouth of Madness asks about insanity, destiny and free will.
26 episodes · 2019–2023 · 24 guests
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WHEN EVIL LURKS
w/ SA Bradley, Alok Mishra
KILL LIST
w/ Michael David Wilson
PRINCE OF DARKNESS
w/ Graham Rowat
THE BLACK PHONE
FRAILTY
w/ Paul Michael Anderson
EXORCIST II
w/ ChillerPop
AS ABOVE SO BELOW
w/ Joshua Marsella
THE DARK AND THE WICKED
w/ Laurel Hightower
THE EMPTY MAN
w/ Dylan D. Erwin
THE WITCH
w/ Richard Thomas
NIGHT OF THE DEMON 1957
w/ Charles Cutting
SILENT HILL
w/ Anton Cancre
IT'S JUST A GAME
w/ Daniel Emery Taylor, James Azrael
MANDY
w/ The Terrorific Lady
THE MIST
w/ Thomas Brungardt
VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYN
w/ Vincent V. Cava
HELLRAISER
w/ Hailey Piper
IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS
w/ Tim Waggoner
THE WICKER MAN
w/ Hailey Piper
THE BABYSITTER
w/ Thomas Brungardt
1BR
w/ Alok Mishra, David Marmor
SILVER BULLET
WE SUMMON THE DARKNESS
w/ Allison Lovecraft, Ian Lovecraft
THE EXORCIST
w/ John Foster
SLICE and SATANIC PANIC
w/ SA Bradley
EVENT HORIZON
w/ John FD Taff