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January 2018

January 23, 2018

Five Oscar Hits and Misses Worth Talking About

Oscar—Hollywood's very own golden, naked Santa Claus—handed out gifts this morning, and he was especially...

January 05, 2018

What The Post Can Teach Us About Pushing Past Fear

Most folks would call The Post a straightforward docudrama. Maybe if you squinted really, really...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Exorcism Of Emily Rose is a Boo-eutiful Halloween Movie

The doorbell's stopped ringing. The candy—at least all the candy you can bear to part...

September 2017

September 13, 2017

Stephen King: ‘Faith Makes it Possible to Battle the Monsters’

Stephen King and I go way back. I think IT was actually the first book...

September 11, 2017

Nothing but the Blood: 3 Fascinating Spiritual Themes in ‘IT’

IT made an estimated $123 million this weekend, setting a record for highest debut ever...

August 2017

August 16, 2017

Three Ways ‘Annabelle: Creation’ Nails Evil (in Our Own Lives)

There's no doubt that the doll in Annabelle: Creation is a truly terrible toy. She's...

August 10, 2017

“There’s Something Greater Than All of Us.” A Conversation With Annabelle: Creation Writer Gary Dauberman

The wind howls. A door creaks. And then in the darkness—just out of the corner...

May 2017

May 18, 2017

Alien: Covenant is Super-Spiritual. Just Look at the Poster

Ridley Scott's latest Alien movie, Alien: Covenant, is officially hitting American theaters tomorrow. And it...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

What Makes The Innocents So Frightening … and So Perfect for Halloween

It amazes me how many children show up in horror movies they're not allowed to...

October 17, 2016

Why Is Everyone Scared of Clowns?

We're all being attacked by clowns. People across the United States say they're seeing red-nosed,...

September 2016

September 23, 2016

Fox’s The Exorcist is More About God than The Devil. Here’s Why.

You just can't keep a bad demonic force down, I guess. It's been 45 years...

June 2016

June 14, 2016

The Conjuring 2 Finds Light in the Darkness

That sense of power pervades The Conjuring 2: That God—and His servants—can kick demon butt.

June 09, 2016

‘We Have a Calling:’ Conjuring 2 Writers Talk About Where Faith and Fright Meet

Some Christians believe that believers shouldn’t even watch horror films, much less write them. Too...

November 2015

November 03, 2015

A Little Light in ‘The Walking Dead’

The Walking Dead has always been more about the good and evil inside the living...

October 2015

October 29, 2015

Jobsenstein: The Odd Similarities Between Two Very Different Movies

In Universal Pictures Steve Jobs, we meet a brilliant, flawed protagonist—a man who demanded his...

October 23, 2015

How the World’s Worst Movie is Technically Christian

I have a soft spot in my heart (and possibly on the brain) for bad movies....

October 21, 2015

Thinking Inside the Box: How Modern Horror Movies Echo the Scary Stories of the Bible

There's a box in front of you—about the size of a shoebox, black and plain,...

October 14, 2015

Frankenstein: Still Crazy (and Relevant) After All These Years

Frankenstein, the 1931 classic Universal monster movie, probably doesn’t have the oomph to terrify folks...

October 11, 2015

Should Christians Watch Horror Movies?

October is the season for scary movies. So says Redbox, anyway. The movie rental company polled...

April 2015

April 20, 2015

The Strange, Moral Horror of ‘Unfriended’ and ‘It Follows’

Most evangelical Christians don't cotton to horror movies. Ever since King Saul and the Witch...

March 2015

March 29, 2015

Burning Bush 2.0: Two-Hundred Pages of Pop Profundity

I just got a box of books Friday. Not just of any book, but my...

March 11, 2015

Manos: Something Really Awful This Way Comes

I'm in the business of watching movies. And if there's anything I like more than...

December 2014

December 19, 2014

Finding Christmas Light in Dark Movies

The winter solstice—the darkest day of the year—is Sunday, and I think most of us...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

The Exorcist and Frightening Faith

It's Halloween and, given the date, it's only fair that I offer y'all a scary-movie...