As much as I dislike the idea, my thoughts concerned “scary” movies are changing. In the past, I have enjoyed a good scary movie, something with good jump scenes and usually of a “spiritual” nature, demons and ghosts and such. But as I’ve seen trailers for the most recent movies to come out, I’ve begun to be troubled.
While these thoughts are something I have pretty much always believed, they are really pressing me lately. I believe that movies ought to be “true”, not in the silly “oh, that could never happen” kind of thing, like super hero movies or alien movies. Obviously, there is not nor will there ever be super heroes and (I don’t believe) there is no such thing as intelligent alien life. But that is not what I’m talking about.
I’m talking about truth as in “worldview”. When a story is told, there is a foundational worldview that is behind and beneath it, upon which the scenarios and story is built. This, I am arguing, is what must be true. And unfortunately, scary movies are becoming less and less “true” as our culture digresses into depravity.
In almost all cases, something of value can be taken from a story and used to our benefit, as long as the story is built on truth. But when the story is built on falsehood, it will most likely have no redeeming value. This is where Hollywood has gone wrong. In recent scary movies, the demonic powers appear nearly invincible and God/angels/saints appear to have no bearing on the situations that take place. We do not live in a world where Satan is nearly all powerful, where demons are regularly possessing innocent victims and evil wins.
Yes, we do live in a world rampant with evil people, but Satan no longer has the upper hand. God has defeated death and evil, we should not be entertained by a worldview that teaches the opposite.
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