‘Demons can be attached to the movie’
Father Dan Reehil, a Roman Catholic priest and exorcist with the Diocese of Nashville, floated the concept of formally cursed movies amid reports earlier this week that Steven Spielberg claimed his new alien film “Disclosure Day” may shake the faith of Christians.
“[Spielberg] said something very odd. He said that this film will shake the faith of many people or have people re-question their belief in God and their religion,” Reehil, who pastors St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Columbia, Tennessee, said in a Wednesday video on his YouTube channel.
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“First of all, I think perhaps he underestimates most people’s faith; but second of all, why would you make a movie with the distinct outcome being people’s faith would be shaken or lost?” Reehil asked. “That seems very much like something the Antichrist would do, or Satan.”
Spielberg didn’t explicitly say he anticipates his movie about the exposure of a government alien cover-up would “shake the faith” of Christians, though such was how a viral X post and some outlets framed his recent comments about the theological and ontological questions his film raises.
Observing Spielberg has been “shaking the alien tree for probably 30 years now” with his other famous films featuring aliens, Reehil said the director “has been in this realm for a long time.” He noted the movie’s release comes amid heightened debate regarding the potentially spiritual nature of UFOs and so-called extraterrestrials, a topic he said “seems to be coming to a head in some one way or another, and now we have this movie coming out.”
While acknowledging he is unsure of Spielberg’s “mission,” Reehil suggested movies could be made with infernal intentions and formally cursed.
“One of the things that comes to mind is that the movie itself — I’m not saying this is what was done, but this could be done — the movie could be consecrated to Satan, and demons can be attached to the movie,” he said.
“This used to happen with heavy metal bands, big rock bands would consecrate their albums to Satan and even have black masses to attach demons to the people who would listen to the music,” Reehil continued, adding he was told that by John Corapi, an inactive priest who was formerly a multi-millionaire in Los Angeles and reportedly claimed to have witnessed such activity.
“But they could do that with a movie, that would attach demons of unbelief, demons of fear; demons of terror would attach to people and shake their faith,” he said. “So that might be one reason to not go to the movie. I’m not saying that’s what they did, I’m just saying that could be done.”
“You know, they could put a curse over the film that all who watch it would have demons provoke them. It could happen. We don’t know if it did, but it could,” he added.
A viral clip of Reehil’s claim about allegedly cursed movies received more than 750,000 views on X and prompted skepticism from some on social media.
“Most Hollywood movies are trash and many are immoral to watch (particularly due to sins of the flesh depicted on screen). But the idea that a movie about aliens might be ‘cursed’ and so dangerous to watch borders on superstition. We’re reaching 1980’s ‘satan panic’ hysteria,” said Eric Sammons, the editor-in-chief of Crisis Magazine.
“This is pure superstition, and it does damage to any perception that the Catholic Church has anything but a broken epistemology. Knock it off. This is not helpful,” said Steve Skojec, a podcaster and former Catholic.
Reehil also questioned last week’s removal of fellow exorcist Monsignor Stephen J. Rossetti from the Archdiocese of Washington after he drew attention for expressing his opinion that demons can masquerade as aliens and that “probably many, if not most, of these UFO sightings are, in fact, demons.”
“That, to me, is very bizarre, because who’s to say that couldn’t happen?” Reehil said of Rossetti’s assessment. “You know, does that contradict our faith? Absolutely not. Demons have appeared in many ways, shapes and forms for millennia.”
“So, I find it an odd reason to can somebody, given that [Rossetti] is a very outstanding theologian. He’s a wonderful person, he’s an amazing priest. He’s an excellent exorcist, and he’s been serving God in his church for decades.”
During a lengthy interview with podcaster and former Navy SEAL Shawn Ryan in 2024, Reehil said some UFO phenomena could be attributed to human technology, but warned that entities claiming to be extraterrestrials could be demons attempting to deceive mankind into rejecting Christianity.
Jon Brown is a reporter for The Christian Post. Send news tips to [email protected]
