# Don't let the gates of hell open into your home! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies, disney-hulu\ **Created:** [October 5, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777 "2022-10-05T19:58:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777/1 "2022-10-05T19:58:15Z")
Disney is coming for your children, says Jamie Gooch. “Do not watch this film,” she warned, “Everybody thinks it’s fake and innocent, but they could be casting any type of spell that they want to, anything could be coming through that TV screen into your home.” > **[‘You unleash hell on your kids’: Central Texas mom warns parents about...](https://www.kwtx.com/2022/10/05/you-unleash-hell-your-kids-central-texas-mom-warns-community-about-hocus-pocus-2/)** > > The mother says "the whole movie is based on witches harvesting children for blood sacrifices.” ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777/2 "2022-10-05T20:02:36Z")
what a nutjob. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777/3 "2022-10-05T20:13:01Z")
> [@The Gooch in Texas](#): > > I believe whatever comes in our TV screens: there are things attached to that, I’ve seen for myself the things that I’ve watched with my eyes or heard over a TV screen, they’ve become manifested in real life, and then I think ‘oh my gosh, what did I consume?’ Apparently, the brown acid. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777/4 "2022-10-05T20:23:23Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Disney is coming for your children, says Jamie Gooch. “Gooch is turning heads with a viral post on social media …” Are they turning 360 degrees? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777/5 "2022-10-05T20:27:56Z")
If I were her, I’d start watching My Lottery Dream Home. Manifest some of that! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777/6 "2022-10-05T21:24:45Z")
I wonder if she knows about the original? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777/7 "2022-10-06T15:22:17Z")
The crazy religious people around here have gone past the point of absurd, and into plain stupid territory. I mean they profess to be good Christians, yet somehow despite Christianity having NO recognition of any supernatural anything other than Christ, they _believe_ in spells, witches, demons, etc… and won’t do Halloween because it’s a pagan holiday, etc… I can’t roll my eyes hard enough when I hear about harvest festivals in lieu of Halloween at churches or from churchy people. If nothing else, my fellow white people should view it as a cultural celebration, not a religious one. I bet their heads would explode if they figured out where Easter comes from… ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777/8 "2022-10-06T15:36:27Z")
Our closest neighbors include hyper-Christian parents. Our limited interactions have been cordial, so I should probably resist the temptation to put up Halloween decorations redolent of witchcraft and other potentially disturbing imagery. We’ll instead concentrate on indoor displays to freak out the dog. > [@bump](#): > > If nothing else, my fellow white people should view it as a cultural celebration, not a religious one. Some black people are also [virulently opposed to Halloween](http://level.medium.com/why-do-black-people-still-celebrate-halloween-9206fd2b92b1), and not just for religious reasons. " Why Do Black People Still Celebrate Halloween?" “A European-rooted holiday that began with disguised White people welcoming devils into their homes? No thanks.” ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777/9 "2022-10-06T15:45:37Z")
I admire passion, but it’s a poor substitute for education. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777/10 "2022-10-07T20:11:22Z")
I admire passion in pursuit of good aims. Much of recent US politics & world affairs has been an example of passion in pursuit of non-good aims. There is a difference. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777/11 "2022-10-07T20:42:10Z")
You know how sometimes the stupid is so, er, stupid, you just can’t really come up with anything to say? This is like that. Looks like she pulled her Facebook post also. Maybe she didn’t get all the love she expected for warning people. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777/12 "2022-10-24T11:18:24Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I can’t roll my eyes hard enough when I hear about harvest festivals in lieu of Halloween at churches or from churchy people. I recall a conversation I had with a pastor which warned about such things as celebrating halloween and even going to other people’s homes who were of non-Christian faith as not to allow demons in. I said didn’t you just preach that the power of Christ is supreme over all demons, and that power lives in us, and that we are free in Christ. then why the hell did Jesus give that to us if we are not to use it. Why are we hiding in a spirit of fear which the Bible states God does not give, thus is a demonic spirit) when God gives a spirit of power. Is this not taking a gift of God and burying it in the ground. While it may be good for spiritually immature christians to stay away from such things, once they are off milk and on solid food (spiritually), they need to start their life in Christ where He sends them and walking in faith and the Holy Spirit as Jesus did. The pastor was a bit confused by his own words, stumbling over them at first and falling silent in thought over that. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777/13 "2022-10-24T12:03:55Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Our limited interactions have been cordial, so I should probably resist the temptation to put up Halloween decorations redolent of witchcraft and other potentially disturbing imagery. No … no you shouldn’t. Instead, let it all hang out! 😈 ---
**Author:** ![tobbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tobbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tobbo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777/14 "2023-04-26T19:22:26Z")
The Old Testament has witches and witchcraft. One even raised the dead. So there is a belief in these things. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777/15 "2023-04-26T20:13:25Z")
Roughly speaking Christians canonically believe in witches, necromancers, demons, angels, etc. The Roman Catholic church has a rite of Exorcism, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777/16 "2023-04-27T06:29:16Z")
The other day, I was prevented from starting a _Secrets of Sulphur Springs_ marathon with my sister in the Big House living room because my landlady heard the word “seance” and freaked out. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777/17 "2023-04-28T00:38:22Z")
> [@tobbo](#): > > The Old Testament has witches and witchcraft. One even raised the dead. So there is a belief in these things. Yes, for instance, there was the Witch of Endor. > **[Charal](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Charal)** > > His companion, Charal, is a female shape-shifter, a Force-wielding witch who apparently escaped from her exile on a planet called Dathomir.Pfilbee Jhorn Charal was a Force-wielding Nightsister who turned her back on the sisterhood and left her...