Ethos | Wholeness | Mark 1:21-28 | Week 3

How many of you like scary movies?  I love scary movies; I grew up watching scary movies.  My wife and I, on date night, many, many times have gone to the theater to see a scary movie.  I don't know, it's something really interesting.  One of the most well-known scary movies of all time is a movie that came out in 1973 with a little actress named Linda Blair.  The name of the film is called "The Exorcist."  The film cost $8 million to make, but since 1973, it's made over $1.2 billion, through box office, DVDs, all those sort of things.  Isn't that interesting?  It's pretty wild and scary.  Normally, when talking about a film as an illustration, I would show you a clip from the film...   I do want you to see what this girl looked like.  She's a little possessed girl who did some crazy stuff.  I didn't want to show you an actual still [shot], so I've hand drawn a representation of what she looked like.  {Shows stick figure with Ryan's head!}  Now THAT, friends, is scary!!  

Why do scary movies hold such intrigue with us?  Why do scary movies freak us out?  I think part of the reason is, psychologically, we watch a movie like this and our brain sort of imagines....     If the writers and actors do a great job, you can get sucked into the story and start imagining that you're there.  Or you take it one step further and you start saying, "What would it be like if this really happens?"...