As society continues to strive for integrity and the knowledge of other religions, Hollywood filmmakers strive to make equality in religious symbolism and faith but are unable to do so successfully. What we see in film we try to embrace and believe that it is all-real despite the fact it is only symbolic of life and religious beliefs. As we strive to see this, Hollywood continues to show us Christian symbolism to convey meaning and understanding towards the paranormal activity that we see in our lives.

The morals and values presented by modern filmmakers reflect the accepted beliefs of society today. Whilst reflecting on our accepted beliefs filmmakers who shape these beliefs by film also influence us. Despite the fact that societies standards of Christian symbolism has changed dramatically over the past three hundred years from exorcism and stigmata being a regular occurrence to it not occurring, film makers still continue to show us that these experiences occur often than what we perceive.

As a recent study into Hollywood vs. Christian beliefs three successful movies Stigmata, End of Days, and Exorcist, were analysised with regard

Exorcist was one of the most successful horror movies of the 20th Century and it still continues to scare people back to the church, to the extent that to utter the word Damien would scare someone back to the Church. Exorcist is not the stereotypical Christian symbolic movie like End of Days and Stigmata as it shows the dark side of life. During the film exorcism is done on Regan to change her back to a normal pre-pubescent girl, something that is not encouraged by all Christian religions accept the Jesuits. During the exorcism there is numerous Christian symbolism used such as the Latin, holy water and the cross, to try and peruse the demon out of Regan's body.

Frankie Paige (Patricia Arquette) works as a hairdresser in Pittsburgh, but, lately, her everyday routine has been disturbed by a series of paranormal attacks, causing her to bleed from her head, hands and feet. A no-nonsense type, Frankie seeks medical help, but doctors can't explain what she is going through. Frankie's hardship also baffles her boyfriend Steven (Patrick Muldoon), who begins distancing himself from her. Frankie's close friends, Donna (Nia Long) and Jennifer (Portia de Rossi), eventually become similarly alienated.

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