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Halloween season always brings a wave of paranormal films, and this year is no different. The Conjuring franchise is still raking in millions, turning Ed and Lorraine into pop culture icons. A new film titled "Him," from the production company of Jordan Peele, is grabbing headlines, seemingly centered around a football star who looks like he's being offered a Faustian pact with the devil in order to reach his goals. Even from the trailer alone, the film is already drenched in occult and blatantly blasphemous imagery. Another supposed Halloween treat is the theatrical release of Shelby Oaks, from a former movie critic who stated that his childhood in a cult has shaped the path he is on today, as his debut horror film is centered around the world of paranormal investigators. These movies thrive during Halloween, and audiences eat them up, but here's the real question: what's behind the stories, the symbols, and so-called entertainment? What spiritual influences are at work, and what are you actually being sold when Hollywood packages the demonic as a blockbuster thriller?