Allie Stuckey Opposes Horror Movies With Her Worst Exegesis Ever

Allie Stuckey is one of the most prominent podcasters within the church and Conservative Inc. And for a while, her Beth Moore trajectory has been more readily apparent. In the latest viral clip that her team put out, Stuckey contorts Scripture to make a schoolmarm argument against Christians watching horror movies from her Relatapulpit.

The clip that Stuckey’s staff posted is from her annual Halloween debate episode. The context is bookended by pointing out that witchcraft is a serious sin and an ad read.

I just don’t think it is at all an option for Christians to not only fully participate in Halloween in all of its darkness and scariness, but I also just don’t think that Christians should be a fan of horror in general. Like, I don’t think you should be reading books that make you scared. I don’t think that you should be listening to true crime podcasts that make you scared. I don’t think you should be listening or watching movies that make you scared. And I have, like, I’ve seen Rosemary’s Baby. Like, I’ve seen the really scary movies out there, and now I’m like, oh, I know why my mom didn’t want me to watch Signs when I was, like, in sixth grade. It scared me.

Like, being scared is not like, how many times do we read throughout scripture from Jesus and in the Old Testament do not fear? Do not fear. And yet, we purposely consume content that is meant to make us scared. I don’t think we often think about like the horror content, the scary content, Law and Order SVU that you are imbibing that is actually a direct contradiction of Jesus’s command to not fear or be anxious about anything. So we shouldn’t be facilitating fear.

There is a lot wrong with this clip.

What Is Horror As A Genre?

The horror genre is extremely broad with many subgenres. And much like science fiction, it can overlap with other genres. Within horror, there is sci-fi horror, psychothrillers, slashers, horror comedies, zombies, supernatural, etc. But in the world of marketing films, horror is a catch-all term that is extremely broad.

But in said catch-all label, Law and Order: SVU is not horror.

Horror: More Biblical Art

While there are more overtly Christian horror movies like Nefarious, horror, like science fiction, is often about the human mind, people, or society in general, and uses supernatural elements to explore these themes.

In a world where Marvelfication has destroyed Hollywood art, the low budget horror movies are often wildly profitable. Two of the best movies of 2026 are low budget horror films made by YouTubers: Obsession and Backrooms.

Obsession is not an overtly Christian film, but the messaging certainly is. It’s a film that opposes witchcraft and punishes the main character, Bear, for using a wish willow as a shortcut for manning up. Additionally, the movie shows that art hoes are not worth pursuing in relationships.

Backrooms outperformed Mandalorian in theaters, but I won’t pretend that it has some broader commentary. It’s a vague, terrifying concept well executed.

The aforementioned Signs is a movie where the aliens are actually demons who are burned by holy water, a movie with heavy Christian undertones.

Compare this to Disney Star Wars slop and Christopher Nolan deconstruction of Western literature, and it’s clear why horror movies have an appeal.

Stuckey’s Eisegesis

Allie Stuckey contorts the biblical admonition to “not be afraid” to lecture her audience to avoid entertainment that makes you afraid. But the biblical “fear not” is used most commonly to reassure man that God or his messenger means no harm. Alternatively, the command not to be afraid is about moral courage. 

However, this text does not have a proper application in avoiding thrill-seeking behavior, be they movies, books, video games, or rollar coasters. Stuckey’s application if taken logically, is exceedingly broad, to the point where Christians should not play Halo or World At War because the grenade spam or Jackal behind every corner induces adrenaline in the player.

This is dumb, and it’s obviously not what the text calls for. Moreover, Christians are not called to live risk-averse lives, broadly speaking. Maybe some are, but there is no command in Scripture to avoid taking actions that might cause you to experience fear or anxiety. Or else how would anyone accomplish anything great?

Allie Stuckey once boasted that she was “mentally and physically capable of stepping to a pulpit on Sunday morning and delivering a more biblically sound, exegetically exquisite, persuasive and dynamic sermon than many male pastors in America today.” It’s safe to conclude after her contortion of “do not be afraid,” that she has dramatically overstated her capabilities.