Vampires, Demons, and the Cross

By Published on October 31, 2015

“When it comes to fighting vampires and performing exorcisms, the Roman Catholic Church has the heavy artillery.”

That’s how Roger Ebert opened his review of the 1998 film, “John Carpenter’s Vampires”.

Ebert continued, “Your other religions are good for everyday theological tasks, like steering their members into heaven, but when the undead lunge up out of their graves, you want a priest on the case. As a product of Catholic schools, I take a certain pride in this pre-eminence.”

Of course, the association of Catholicism and uncanny evil cuts both ways: A priesthood that knows ancient secrets of dispatching the undead might understandably be suspected of harboring arcane secrets of conjuring them as well.

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