It’s a shame the sinster franchise died out only after 2 movies. A unique demonic force with just enough roots reality to make it google able but enough to box it in. Such a waste of a potential
@champe0n612 минут бұрын
Trying a little too hard to tell us you're not gay IMO Happy pride month
@doctor79052 минут бұрын
I recently watched midnight with the devil and it felt different from the usual demon of the week and found footage movies I've seen. I suggest checking that out if you haven't
@littlewhiterabbit2023 минут бұрын
Never really notice how religion and super natural horror movies seem to go together. But you're right it really does, since was ten years old horror Movies about demons and demonic things are only onesbThat could still creep me out and still with me ,when done effectively.
@darkenvy19017 минут бұрын
"I dont know why the Purge takes place at night." Your boss has to milk one more day out of your life.
@heelturnsface10 минут бұрын
This did not have to be 45 minutes. I get interested in the lore and I’m immediately taken out by all the narrators side rants that have nothing to do with the subject and go on way too long. Everything else is great tho
@romanzaporozhets423711 минут бұрын
Also there are slavic monsters. Like kikimora, vodianoi (the water one), leshy(the wood one) or domovoi (the home one)
@romanzaporozhets42375 минут бұрын
Also lets do alien religions. Literally mix religion from space
@Lesbiwolf9213 минут бұрын
I would say the main reason the west has predominantly christian/catholic and so on in media is because it's pretty much the only acceptable religion to fuck up/tweak, nobody is going to care if you take huge liberties or mock it, you'll probably even get praise for doing it even if what you made is trash. However if you did that to say Jewish/Islamic or any other religion or folk lore people get weird and super touchy about it, especially if you are not from those backgrounds or are white or you mock/tweak things. So if you wanna see new stuff you gotta dig around in the indie zone where they aren't bound by the zeitgeist and tend to step outside of the box more. An interesting movie I found was Stereoscope which is about parallel realities.
@chibiprussia557414 минут бұрын
I watched The Remaining and it's boring as hell.. it's about the rapture, so you'd think there'd be some intense shit going on- but nope.
@FigmentForever15 минут бұрын
To be perfectly honest, this whole “problem” seems more like “American audiences clamor for the same things over & over”, English/American horror is all the same, or a maybe…and this being the thing that makes the most sense: it’s just a language/subtitle barrier when it comes to the movies you’ve seen, covered, or heard about. There are worlds of horror outside of the movies you’ve named that focus on many of the exact topics you mentioned wanting to see. For some basic examples: 1. Serpent & The Rainbow focuses on Haitian & Vodou mythology, The Possession (2016) has a Rabbi exorcist played by Matisyahu with the demon being a Dybbu, and lastly - if you aren’t averse to subtitles: Indonesian Horror director Joko Anwar has many excellent movies that don’t follow Western religion & are often in a category of their own. Basically it all comes down to there being PLENTY of great horror films out there, but if you refuse to look outside of the US, won’t watch anything subtitled, or expect Hollywood to change/remake the better horror out there to fit English standards or language - that’s on you.
@shadowkingdarksin398016 минут бұрын
as much i like the devil getting a oscar we need something new and stunning unlike boomer filmmakers and woke masses i mean actual horror slasher fest monster murder.
@debil91116 минут бұрын
Dont you somehow related to leo moracchioli ?? 😂
@juliewestevents156718 минут бұрын
You should do a black swan video
@CrossoverManiac23 минут бұрын
Another reason for religious based horror: minimum explanation. Imagine someone who makes up a horror movie monster or supernatural malevolent spirit from scratch. It's new. It's creative, but because it is unknown, the writers have to budget a portion of their time explaining the threat to the audience. This is easier done in a TV series since there is more time available with four 23-minute episodes is a 92-minute long film and 26 23-minute episodes is about a six-movie franchise in one year. On the other hand, religious horror starts off with a villain (Satan and his fallen angles/demons in Christianity) that is already known by the audience even if they left their religious faith.
@shroomyk24 минут бұрын
I'm surprised we aren't getting more eco-horror. A film adaptation of The Birds as Daphne du Maurier actually wrote it would be cool. Better than that tripe Hitchcock had made.
@JozieXP24 минут бұрын
Movies about demons having religions!?! Pish posh
@ryanahr226724 минут бұрын
I think the best ever use of Catholic imagery in horror goes to the Blasphemous games. That shit will stay lodged in your brain for a while after you beat the game.
@AbbieRee24 минут бұрын
Really great analysis! I always thought there were a lot of horror movies featuring nuns! It is interesting how many horror movies there actually are featuring religious. I never have thought about it before, definitely an interesting topic. Ah seeing jojo siwa and my video pop up made me jump 😆 your videos are always so well done
@iamjackspyramidshapedhelmet34 минут бұрын
There is so much potential in pagan horror! And I want to see it explored in ways other than the ‘creepy evil pagan cult’ tropes we see in movies like Wicker Man and Midsommar. I don’t want to see stigma against pagans perpetuated, I want to see the most ancient of religions explored in creative ways onscreen.
@inabsolutedarkness1336 минут бұрын
I think that to encourage using voodoo as a source for horror movies its very a delicate subject. For one, Voodoo is already stigmatized and demonized, this stems from and fuels racism agaisnt african-american people. The use of "black" in "black magic" in fact comes from the color of their skin. The fact that people think voodoo is just a doll you use to curse someone using pins is another expression of how western culture has processed black american spirituality. And also, Voodoo is a closed religion. So I think only black people who are actually knowledgeable with the subject matter can make a portrait or voodoo in media that is not just racist fear mongering.
@LC-hy4xb39 минут бұрын
Glad to see the veins pumpin, looks like our man has been in the gym.
@BlueMist130740 минут бұрын
Honestly I feel like there's more variety in horror movies in Asian films. The channel Horror Mine opened me up to it and I don't think a lot of the films he covered feature any Christian themes. Though I don't remember a lot of them, most were evil spirits or cults or plain horrible people.
@user-on3yl9in8d40 минут бұрын
I got an idea for a horror movie... It's called put me in a locked room with Joe Biden for 5 no 3 is all id need minutes
@aceundead475040 минут бұрын
It would help if the religious horror genre didnt seem to be dominated by Christian/Catholic symbolism and connections. Letting other religions get some time in the light would be nice, and not just the generic "oh it's some Pagan ritual connected to my family."
@Jmnzz41 минут бұрын
Seen a Jinn horror movie on Netflix. It was good. Can't remember the name.
@namitadubey210343 минут бұрын
One of things that makes me confused is why don't they dabble into urban legends if they don't want to look into another religion for ideas.
@michaelkocwin44 минут бұрын
I could be entirely wrong, but The Descent has nothing to do with Skinwalkers, it’s about troglodytic descendants of humans who lived underground?
@mbiggs982147 минут бұрын
"No, I'm bored!" 😂
@orchidrose141048 минут бұрын
Religious Horror is just a lazy genres at this point because they are so easy to write. Btw, the only problem people have with shark movies is what the old ones did during production, ie killing real sharks, and what they did retroactively, caused mass culling of sharks where none had existed in the past.
@marcusblackwell237248 минут бұрын
What they need is a Norse Mythology Horror set during Ragnarok
@Itsgay2read49 минут бұрын
My mother is one of the portion who watch for the religious propaganda. She obviously doesn't recognize it as propaganda but she definitely see it as 90% factual
@saltoftheegg49 минут бұрын
Ooh cool I found the most annoying voice on youtube
@JoseMolina-ij3xx51 минут бұрын
I think you meant abrahamic religion horror movies, because not all religious horror movies involve Christianity. Buddhist type horror movies can include The Ring and The Grudge, which involves monks, instead of priests. Also, any horror movie involving genies or djinns is referenced to Muslim horror. Most horror films have their roots in folklore or religion to some extent. Silent Hill, which involves a quasi-christian-like cult is a good example. I think the only types of horror that do not involve religion are usually cosmic horror, such as Lovecraftian stories or fear of the unknown.
@haleybrewer300351 минут бұрын
@CZsWorld I'd like to see what you think of the 1992 Stephen King's Sleepwalkers. I think you'd love it if you hadn't seen. I know you'd enjoy it. It is Designed as an adaptation of the Indian lore sSkinwalkers of course as a book first. I'd love to see a video of you t asking about this movie
@XeroFailGames52 минут бұрын
What about baskin....or a girl walks alone at night?
@marcusmiller544353 минут бұрын
If I were going for first big horror movie involving religious iconography, I'd have went with Nosferatu, or the original Dracula, with Bella Legosi. You're losin' me on this one, bud.
@drewgoin884954 минут бұрын
I've learned about numerous horror films with Islamic themes/monsters from the Horror Mine channel. Several movies are just okay, while a handful are excellent and underrated.
@marcusmiller544355 минут бұрын
To clarify, though there are religious themes, no horror movie is 'Christian', pal. Horror genre, to devout 'Christians' is what they call 'secular' entertainment, and they'd steer clear of it. Fact is: most 'Christians' aren't even Christian.😂
@MugshotMidge57 минут бұрын
I want a horror film based on The Sims franchise, The Sims could become an interesting horror film. Especially if you take inspiration from the first two games. Granted it wouldn’t be a horror film outright, it would be a horror comedy. An idea would be the film starts out like a regular family comedy but things slowly get darker and more off putting as time goes on. A character get trapped in a room full of carpets and a fire place with no door, a character gets trapped in a pool with no ladder, a character is suddenly compelled to eat something poisonous. So many scenarios could be spawned from this. Not to mention the already existing lore in the first three games is so interesting and a lot of it has some dark/spooky undertones and themes. Olive Spectere for example, her house has a grave yard next to it with a chair at the back to look over the graves and Olive has a romantic history with the grim reaper. It’s commonly believed that she was a serial killer who married men and killed them just to have her romance with the grim reaper. They also have a child together named Nervous Subject, his story also is dark. He was adopted by these two evil scientists who do all sorts of messed up experiments on him and potentially did them his whole life. Those are just examples, there’s so many others. I’d recommend looking into the lore of The Sims franchise because there’s some interesting things, many of them are exceptionally dark. Trust me, the lore is deep and is really interesting. Even the ones that aren’t really that spooky/dark are interesting.
@shroomyk46 минут бұрын
This almost sounds like something Alex Bale would do. Someone should absolutely pitch this to him.
@CrossoverManiac58 минут бұрын
11:49 - there is also a practical reason to not drink or use recreational drugs in a horror movie: not being inebriated in a life-or-death situation. The slasher movie killer has an easier time stabbing someone who is passed out drunk than someone who is completely sober and alert. 14:06 - I think the movie producers' religion matters less than the audiences'. As an example, would it be really be that odd if a Christian movie producer made a Hindu-theme horror movie intended for an Indian audience?
@marcusmiller544358 минут бұрын
Fully agree, bud.
@XeroFailGames59 минут бұрын
I thought noah was ok
@chayacosby3577Сағат бұрын
27:07 No, more representation would be a great fix to the issue, but I understand that you wouldn't wanna go there cause some people are quite touchy about it (for whatever reason.) People of different cultural backgrounds bring different ideologies and different fears and mythology, like you showed with the different religions. Great example is Jordan Peele! I truly do think he brought something refreshing to the genre and iirc it wasn't even religious. None of us are ever going to be completely informed on every aspect of everyone's culture, but people fear what they don't know and it can be even scarier for those who do know (ex: the cacuy and la llorona.) Also! because of the same general fears we have as humans but having different cultural perspectives, a diverse group of minds could make exploiting these fears in horror movies much more interesting. sorry for the essay lol
@Tobi2x4Сағат бұрын
The Crawlers from The Descent aren't Skinwalkers. They have nothing to do with the Skinwalker stories. They're nowhere even close to the stories. And Wendigo typically aren't described the way you mentioned. They typically look like an extremely emaciated corpse. The animal features are typically additions from Hollywood or other sources that ignore the original legends.
@jenniferwells2291Сағат бұрын
There are several movies about Dybbuk boxes. I think it could be interesting to see a movie done about Yeti from the Nepalese and Tibetian point of view. Maybe one where a giant squid attacks a cruise ship. Or selkies with a village living near it's river. If you read about how fairies, gnomes, etc are viewed in old Celtic lore they are scary. A holiday movie about The Yule Lads. Frau Perchta would be fun.
@facelift316Сағат бұрын
Ever seen "The Offering" @CZsWorld ? That is a Hasidic Jewish backround horror movie from '23, somewhat recent. Kabbala mysticism and entity summoning and all. Pretty sure its on HULU as we speak streaming. Worth a watch.
@facelift316Сағат бұрын
Comment this then 2 secs later Zach Morris says "The Offering" came out in 2022 and features a female demon..... Etc.... I think I'm literally psychic. I divinated what he was.gna say. Lol
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11:17. Why’d Jack catch a stray😂
It’s a shame the sinster franchise died out only after 2 movies. A unique demonic force with just enough roots reality to make it google able but enough to box it in. Such a waste of a potential
Trying a little too hard to tell us you're not gay IMO Happy pride month
I recently watched midnight with the devil and it felt different from the usual demon of the week and found footage movies I've seen. I suggest checking that out if you haven't
Never really notice how religion and super natural horror movies seem to go together. But you're right it really does, since was ten years old horror Movies about demons and demonic things are only onesbThat could still creep me out and still with me ,when done effectively.
"I dont know why the Purge takes place at night." Your boss has to milk one more day out of your life.
This did not have to be 45 minutes. I get interested in the lore and I’m immediately taken out by all the narrators side rants that have nothing to do with the subject and go on way too long. Everything else is great tho
Also there are slavic monsters. Like kikimora, vodianoi (the water one), leshy(the wood one) or domovoi (the home one)
Also lets do alien religions. Literally mix religion from space
I would say the main reason the west has predominantly christian/catholic and so on in media is because it's pretty much the only acceptable religion to fuck up/tweak, nobody is going to care if you take huge liberties or mock it, you'll probably even get praise for doing it even if what you made is trash. However if you did that to say Jewish/Islamic or any other religion or folk lore people get weird and super touchy about it, especially if you are not from those backgrounds or are white or you mock/tweak things. So if you wanna see new stuff you gotta dig around in the indie zone where they aren't bound by the zeitgeist and tend to step outside of the box more. An interesting movie I found was Stereoscope which is about parallel realities.
I watched The Remaining and it's boring as hell.. it's about the rapture, so you'd think there'd be some intense shit going on- but nope.
To be perfectly honest, this whole “problem” seems more like “American audiences clamor for the same things over & over”, English/American horror is all the same, or a maybe…and this being the thing that makes the most sense: it’s just a language/subtitle barrier when it comes to the movies you’ve seen, covered, or heard about. There are worlds of horror outside of the movies you’ve named that focus on many of the exact topics you mentioned wanting to see. For some basic examples: 1. Serpent & The Rainbow focuses on Haitian & Vodou mythology, The Possession (2016) has a Rabbi exorcist played by Matisyahu with the demon being a Dybbu, and lastly - if you aren’t averse to subtitles: Indonesian Horror director Joko Anwar has many excellent movies that don’t follow Western religion & are often in a category of their own. Basically it all comes down to there being PLENTY of great horror films out there, but if you refuse to look outside of the US, won’t watch anything subtitled, or expect Hollywood to change/remake the better horror out there to fit English standards or language - that’s on you.
as much i like the devil getting a oscar we need something new and stunning unlike boomer filmmakers and woke masses i mean actual horror slasher fest monster murder.
Dont you somehow related to leo moracchioli ?? 😂
You should do a black swan video
Another reason for religious based horror: minimum explanation. Imagine someone who makes up a horror movie monster or supernatural malevolent spirit from scratch. It's new. It's creative, but because it is unknown, the writers have to budget a portion of their time explaining the threat to the audience. This is easier done in a TV series since there is more time available with four 23-minute episodes is a 92-minute long film and 26 23-minute episodes is about a six-movie franchise in one year. On the other hand, religious horror starts off with a villain (Satan and his fallen angles/demons in Christianity) that is already known by the audience even if they left their religious faith.
I'm surprised we aren't getting more eco-horror. A film adaptation of The Birds as Daphne du Maurier actually wrote it would be cool. Better than that tripe Hitchcock had made.
Movies about demons having religions!?! Pish posh
I think the best ever use of Catholic imagery in horror goes to the Blasphemous games. That shit will stay lodged in your brain for a while after you beat the game.
Really great analysis! I always thought there were a lot of horror movies featuring nuns! It is interesting how many horror movies there actually are featuring religious. I never have thought about it before, definitely an interesting topic. Ah seeing jojo siwa and my video pop up made me jump 😆 your videos are always so well done
There is so much potential in pagan horror! And I want to see it explored in ways other than the ‘creepy evil pagan cult’ tropes we see in movies like Wicker Man and Midsommar. I don’t want to see stigma against pagans perpetuated, I want to see the most ancient of religions explored in creative ways onscreen.
I think that to encourage using voodoo as a source for horror movies its very a delicate subject. For one, Voodoo is already stigmatized and demonized, this stems from and fuels racism agaisnt african-american people. The use of "black" in "black magic" in fact comes from the color of their skin. The fact that people think voodoo is just a doll you use to curse someone using pins is another expression of how western culture has processed black american spirituality. And also, Voodoo is a closed religion. So I think only black people who are actually knowledgeable with the subject matter can make a portrait or voodoo in media that is not just racist fear mongering.
Glad to see the veins pumpin, looks like our man has been in the gym.
Honestly I feel like there's more variety in horror movies in Asian films. The channel Horror Mine opened me up to it and I don't think a lot of the films he covered feature any Christian themes. Though I don't remember a lot of them, most were evil spirits or cults or plain horrible people.
I got an idea for a horror movie... It's called put me in a locked room with Joe Biden for 5 no 3 is all id need minutes
It would help if the religious horror genre didnt seem to be dominated by Christian/Catholic symbolism and connections. Letting other religions get some time in the light would be nice, and not just the generic "oh it's some Pagan ritual connected to my family."
Seen a Jinn horror movie on Netflix. It was good. Can't remember the name.
One of things that makes me confused is why don't they dabble into urban legends if they don't want to look into another religion for ideas.
I could be entirely wrong, but The Descent has nothing to do with Skinwalkers, it’s about troglodytic descendants of humans who lived underground?
"No, I'm bored!" 😂
Religious Horror is just a lazy genres at this point because they are so easy to write. Btw, the only problem people have with shark movies is what the old ones did during production, ie killing real sharks, and what they did retroactively, caused mass culling of sharks where none had existed in the past.
What they need is a Norse Mythology Horror set during Ragnarok
My mother is one of the portion who watch for the religious propaganda. She obviously doesn't recognize it as propaganda but she definitely see it as 90% factual
Ooh cool I found the most annoying voice on youtube
I think you meant abrahamic religion horror movies, because not all religious horror movies involve Christianity. Buddhist type horror movies can include The Ring and The Grudge, which involves monks, instead of priests. Also, any horror movie involving genies or djinns is referenced to Muslim horror. Most horror films have their roots in folklore or religion to some extent. Silent Hill, which involves a quasi-christian-like cult is a good example. I think the only types of horror that do not involve religion are usually cosmic horror, such as Lovecraftian stories or fear of the unknown.
@CZsWorld I'd like to see what you think of the 1992 Stephen King's Sleepwalkers. I think you'd love it if you hadn't seen. I know you'd enjoy it. It is Designed as an adaptation of the Indian lore sSkinwalkers of course as a book first. I'd love to see a video of you t asking about this movie
What about baskin....or a girl walks alone at night?
If I were going for first big horror movie involving religious iconography, I'd have went with Nosferatu, or the original Dracula, with Bella Legosi. You're losin' me on this one, bud.
I've learned about numerous horror films with Islamic themes/monsters from the Horror Mine channel. Several movies are just okay, while a handful are excellent and underrated.
To clarify, though there are religious themes, no horror movie is 'Christian', pal. Horror genre, to devout 'Christians' is what they call 'secular' entertainment, and they'd steer clear of it. Fact is: most 'Christians' aren't even Christian.😂
I want a horror film based on The Sims franchise, The Sims could become an interesting horror film. Especially if you take inspiration from the first two games. Granted it wouldn’t be a horror film outright, it would be a horror comedy. An idea would be the film starts out like a regular family comedy but things slowly get darker and more off putting as time goes on. A character get trapped in a room full of carpets and a fire place with no door, a character gets trapped in a pool with no ladder, a character is suddenly compelled to eat something poisonous. So many scenarios could be spawned from this. Not to mention the already existing lore in the first three games is so interesting and a lot of it has some dark/spooky undertones and themes. Olive Spectere for example, her house has a grave yard next to it with a chair at the back to look over the graves and Olive has a romantic history with the grim reaper. It’s commonly believed that she was a serial killer who married men and killed them just to have her romance with the grim reaper. They also have a child together named Nervous Subject, his story also is dark. He was adopted by these two evil scientists who do all sorts of messed up experiments on him and potentially did them his whole life. Those are just examples, there’s so many others. I’d recommend looking into the lore of The Sims franchise because there’s some interesting things, many of them are exceptionally dark. Trust me, the lore is deep and is really interesting. Even the ones that aren’t really that spooky/dark are interesting.
This almost sounds like something Alex Bale would do. Someone should absolutely pitch this to him.
11:49 - there is also a practical reason to not drink or use recreational drugs in a horror movie: not being inebriated in a life-or-death situation. The slasher movie killer has an easier time stabbing someone who is passed out drunk than someone who is completely sober and alert. 14:06 - I think the movie producers' religion matters less than the audiences'. As an example, would it be really be that odd if a Christian movie producer made a Hindu-theme horror movie intended for an Indian audience?
Fully agree, bud.
I thought noah was ok
27:07 No, more representation would be a great fix to the issue, but I understand that you wouldn't wanna go there cause some people are quite touchy about it (for whatever reason.) People of different cultural backgrounds bring different ideologies and different fears and mythology, like you showed with the different religions. Great example is Jordan Peele! I truly do think he brought something refreshing to the genre and iirc it wasn't even religious. None of us are ever going to be completely informed on every aspect of everyone's culture, but people fear what they don't know and it can be even scarier for those who do know (ex: the cacuy and la llorona.) Also! because of the same general fears we have as humans but having different cultural perspectives, a diverse group of minds could make exploiting these fears in horror movies much more interesting. sorry for the essay lol
The Crawlers from The Descent aren't Skinwalkers. They have nothing to do with the Skinwalker stories. They're nowhere even close to the stories. And Wendigo typically aren't described the way you mentioned. They typically look like an extremely emaciated corpse. The animal features are typically additions from Hollywood or other sources that ignore the original legends.
There are several movies about Dybbuk boxes. I think it could be interesting to see a movie done about Yeti from the Nepalese and Tibetian point of view. Maybe one where a giant squid attacks a cruise ship. Or selkies with a village living near it's river. If you read about how fairies, gnomes, etc are viewed in old Celtic lore they are scary. A holiday movie about The Yule Lads. Frau Perchta would be fun.
Ever seen "The Offering" @CZsWorld ? That is a Hasidic Jewish backround horror movie from '23, somewhat recent. Kabbala mysticism and entity summoning and all. Pretty sure its on HULU as we speak streaming. Worth a watch.
Comment this then 2 secs later Zach Morris says "The Offering" came out in 2022 and features a female demon..... Etc.... I think I'm literally psychic. I divinated what he was.gna say. Lol