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It is a topic many Christians will say they either love or hate it. Others may reject the genre outright because they see it as coming from the devil or, worst (as exemplified by the scores of non thinking, “walking living dead” around us, no punt intended) will have NO opinion on the subject whatsoever. The latter, although unbeknown to them, is by far the most toxic and dangerous attitude to have of all…….more on this when we chat next.

Everything we can feel, see, hear and experience was created by our transcendent God who lives outside the boundaries of time and space that limit us. This includes us, imperfect creatures but created in God’s image, as well as our ability to think and experience life. When God created the World, he loudly and clearly proclaimed it was good after everything He created. I do not think one can unilaterally exclude “scary movies” or the ‘horror genre” from this Godly qualification because it might be distasteful or otherwise unpalatable to some. It is the gift of free will that creates the possibility of sin and evil not the object (or subject) itself, e.g. it is not the gun, or even the bullet, that murders a person but the finger on the trigger instructed by the mind.

So, like with everything else in life, we Christians must carefully consider how we interact with horror, sex and gore wherever we find it, not simply avoid it. As Pastor James Harleman concludes in his article …….”the genre is not off-limits; like all areas of life, it should be engaged with godly discernment”.

Godspeed!