Religious Horror: Difference between revisions

* Jeffrey Sackett's ''Candlemas Eve'', a fun fiction novel about a rock band that adopts two self-proclaimed witches to add something unusual to the act (plus, [[Evil Is Sexy]]). They turn out to be {{spoiler|time-traveling Satanist Puritans who assumed the identities of two modern-day women because of some kind of curse that forced them to please Satan after their deaths. A faux-Satanic rock musician's kid and his friends let them in by casting a spell on Halloween.}}

* John Saul's ''Punish the Sinners'' is a subversion: {{spoiler|the villain is not Satan but the principal of a Catholic high school}}.

* [[Petaybee]]: Shepherd Howling's [[Nightmare Fuel]] cult is heavily influenced by Christianity, most evidently in the title "shepherd".

* Arthur Machen's "The White People" is a vastly more subtle example than most. The story combines [[The Fair Folk]], [[Eldritch Location]], [[Ultimate Evil]], and [[Children Are Innocent]] with references to classic narrative poems to create a covertly religious horror tale. However, the frame story, in which one gentleman discusses the "infernal miracle" with a friend of his, reveals that [[Satan]] is afoot in the woods explored by the young heroine.