Horror is all about inflicting unease and disgust in viewers. Magnificent horror is about making comfortable spaces unnerving.
Religion is the thing people turn to when they are most desperate. It is what some use to guide their choices and build their lives upon.
But what if your faith leads you down a path no amount of holiness can save you from?
Be careful with your prayers, because they may be answered. Here are eight terrifying religious horror movies you can stream tonight.
Heretic
Two young Mormon women (Sophie Thatcher & Chloe East) are going door to door spreading word of their religion when they pay a visit to an eccentric man named Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant).
Though at first he seems interested in exploring their beliefs, it soon becomes clear that a dangerous cat-and-mouse game is unfolding, as they are unable to leave his home.
The Witch
In 1630s New England, a Puritan family is cast out of the community due to a religious dispute. In their new isolation, they begin to come undone as they are plagued by nefarious forces of witchcraft.
The Ritual
Priest Joseph Steiger (Dan Stevens) is in the midst of a crisis of faith when he and seasoned fellow priest, Theophilus Riesinger, are called upon to help a young woman named Emma (Abigail Cowen).
Emma has been struggling with violent outbursts, speaking in odd tongues, and has developed an aversion to anything holy. Now these priests must perform a dangerous exorcism to release the woman from the grip of demons.
Frailty
A religious fanatic (Bill Paxton) claims to receive visions from God urging him to kill demons disguised as people. Of his two young sons, one follows along as a willing accomplice in his father's zealotry, while the other is horrified by the violence.
The Nun
A spin-off of the beloved Conjuring movies, this film follows Father Burke (Demián Bichir), a priest with a complicated past, and Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga), a novice nun set to take her final vows.
The two are sent to Romania to investigate a young nun's peculiar death. However, the answers they find lead them to an evil force that has taken the form of a demonic nun.
Saint Maud
After losing a patient, a nurse named Maud (Morfydd Clark) becomes a devout Roman Catholic. Caring for a terminally ill patient, Maud becomes obsessed with saving the woman's soul—to disturbing ends.
Stigmata
A young woman in Pittsburgh, Frankie Paige (Patricia Arquette) becomes afflicted by stigmata. In response, a priest is sent to investigate the continued odd happenings to explore what this may mean for faith itself.
Immaculate
Novice nun Sister Cecilia (Sydney Sweeney) has been offered a role at a prominent convent in the Italian countryside. But her new place of worship is hiding some dark and deadly secrets.
