Tim Chey’s ‘Final: The Rapture’ adapts ‘horror movie’ label

[hrmjustin]

Mark I. Pinsky

ORLANDO, Fla. (RNS) The words “Christian” and “horror movie” rarely appear in the same sentence, much less in the same film’s promotional material.

Yet that’s exactly what Tim Chey, writer and director of “Final: The Rapture,” does to promote his picture in its city-by-city rollout.

As the movie’s poster promises: “When the Rapture strikes … all of hell will break loose.”

In an interview outside the Orlando, Fla., multiplex where his film is playing on a Sunday afternoon, Chey said he’s comfortable with the Christian horror movie label, or even “Christian disaster movie.”

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/02/21/tim-cheys-final-rapture-adapts-horror-movie-label/

[cbayer]

1. I think lots of horror movies have had religious themes.

[hrmjustin]

3. I think they just found it amusing.

[longship]

2. Don't tempt me. ;-)

I am always tempted to partake in these affairs, reading the Left Behind series, for instance. But given the expressed goal of the makers of this stuff, I refuse to give them any more oxygen than they deserve, which IMHO is zero.

Of course, there is no explicit mention of rapture in the Bible (that I know of). AFAIK, this is a 19th century concoction.

I wonder how many people actually take this seriously. I am sure that I would not like the answer to that query.

Thanks for the thread.

[hrmjustin]

4. I findvthe rapture to be bunk.

[longship]

13. I would never think that you would believe in that.

You're far too rational and reasonable, my friend.

You are one of my beliver buddies. (hey! a little alliteration!)

[hrmjustin]

14. Thanks my friend!

The rapture is not my cup of tea.

[trotsky]

5. From the people I have met who believe in the rapture...

most of the jollies they get are from the thought of seeing all the heathens and non-believers suffer and burn, so this kind of promotion is right in line with that.

[shenmue]

7. Exactly

[hrmjustin]

8. I I do know anyone that believes in the rapture. But yes some vocal evangelicals seem to

Me that they enjoy the idea that some will burn in hell. Their opinion not mine.

[trotsky]

11. I'll never forget a guy I met in college who was in Campus Crusade for Christ.

I was having a "friendly" discussion with him trying to point out the absurdities of heaven/hell. I told him that if I were in heaven, and knew that any of my loved ones were burning in hell, then I would be miserable and heaven would be hell to me.

He said that he wouldn't be sad at all, because in heaven he would understand god's perfect justice and therefore know why they had to go to hell.

I got chills when he said that.

[hrmjustin]

12. Yeah that does seem rather callous and meanspirited to me.

[rrneck]

6. I almost fell asleep watching the trailer.

It was basically three minutes of people walking around looking nervous, a cheesy plane crash (I guess the flight crew raptured out) and a smidgin of banal martial law and crime in the streets footage.

Usually movies try to put the best stuff in the trailer. If that's the best they have it won't even be good enough for MST 3000.

[hrmjustin]

9. I doubt it will gross much.

[rrneck]

10. You can alredy watch the whole thing on youtube.

If you get tired of watching paint dry.

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. Who knew that TV 'breaking news updates' are still accompanied by the sounds of teletypes?

I almost expected someone to shout 'hold the front page!' or 'tell Mr. Morse to use that newfangled contraption of his to get the word out!'.