The best horror movies the Vatican doesn’t want you to see, in streaming

In the history of humanity there have been inexplicable events, even in the paranormal field, there are stories and legends that have given birth to several horror films and that, in their eagerness to tell the truth of the events, some of them have been forbidden. even from the Vatican itself.

The rite

Directed by Mikael Hasfstrom, this horror film with Anthony Hopkins is on Netflix about Michael Kovak, a seminarian taking an exorcism course at the Vatican, and although he is skeptical, what he experiences there will change his faith.

Exorcism in the Vatican

In different regions this Mark Neveldine horror film has different names, the original being ‘The Vatican Tapes’, or also known as ‘Exorcism in the Vatican’. The story follows Angela Holmes, a completely normal girl, until one day she begins to notice the presence of strange events in her home, which result in several deaths. Available on HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video.

The devil inside

From the same producers behind the “Paranormal Activity” saga, we have “The Devil Inside”, a horror film based on true events, about the life of María Rossi, a woman who called the police and confessed to killing three people. Years later, her daughter investigates whether it was a mental illness or a possession. Available on Amazon Prime Video.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

The story behind Scott Derrickson’s horror film is inspired by the case of Annaliese Michel, a young German woman with health problems, who, when medicine could not take it anymore, underwent several sessions of exorcism, which ended with the death, and his parents accused of manslaughter, which gave rise to “The Exorcism of Emily Rose”. Available on Netflix.

The exorcist

Although it is a classic of horror films, one cannot ignore that for many years, ‘The exorcist’ by William Friedkin It was the film that caused the most horrors, not only among those who saw it, but among believers in paranormal phenomena, even the Catholic Church had some complaints about the depiction of exorcisms and even banned it in several countries. Now it’s on HBO Max.

Stigmata

The story of “Stigma” is one of those horror films that keeps giving the Catholic church something to talk about. The protagonist suffers from strange stigmas, which refer to the death of Jesus Christ, even when she is an atheist, moreover it is implied that the priest who performs exorcisms has relations with women, and the Gnostic gospels, rejected by the Vatican. Available on Amazon Prime Video.