Doug Phillips from Vision Forum Ministries, was promoting their
commentary on "Rescuing the Western from Hollywood Marxists" and had
this to say about the Horror Genre:
"Keep in mind that not all genres are created equal. Horror, for
example, is rooted in presuppositions that are explicitly at war with
biblical Christianity, including unholy fear. Consequently, "horror"
cannot be redeemed without fundamentally redefining the genre
altogether. That is why I argue that "Christian horror" is an
oxymoron. Attempts by well-intentioned Christians to appeal to youth
by using the premises of the horror genre to communicate righteous
conclusions are theologically schizophrenic and thus ill-conceived."

I was pondering what he said here about Horror movies. I had heard
from a friend that the classic horror novels were created to show
consequences for sin in the backlash of the "enlightenment period" -
though I haven't researched the history of it so I can't really
comment further on it.

What do you all think about this? Is there a way for Christians to
tap into the genre of Horror? And look at a lot of the scare tactics
that happen in some of end time movies -- isn't that sort of the same
type of thing? Some evil presence is trying to take over the world --
they borrow from the Omen movies and then there are movies where
possession occurs and it needs to be cast out. That stuff can be
horrifying even if an empowered Christian is introduced in the film
and the Spirit of God puts a stop to it.

What do you think?