The film will "unleash hell on your kids and in your home" according to one mother.
Jamie Gooch, a mother of three in Troy, Texas, told a local news station that families shouldn't watch the movie.
Gooch told the station that it's a worst case scenario. Witches harvest children for blood sacrifice in the movie.
The characters in the film could be casting any type of spell that they want, according to the mother.
She said that anything could be on the TV screen.
Gooch said in the interview that she believes there is a spiritual war being waged against homes in America and that she wants parents to be aware of the depictions of witches and witchcraft.
Gooch was contacted by TODAY parents. Jeremy Gooch, her husband, wrote on her behalf that the family has been dealing with threats.
Gooch said that her family has not observed Halloween in four or five years.
The actor was given advice by Midler in the movie.
She believes that there are things attached to the TV screens. I've seen things that I've watched with my eyes or heard over a TV screen that have turned into reality.
Gooch said in the interview that she has gotten positive feedback that lets her know she is not alone.
The mother of two sons, ages 20 and 27, and grandmother of two, 1 and 5, agrees with Gooch on the dangers of the film and similar entertainment.
There's been a lot of discussion in my friend group about how the depiction of witchcraft and even the thought of human sacrifice or a blood sacrifice that's needed has been billed as entertainment or fun. Something that starts out as harmless entertainment can expose your family to some unforeseen consequences.
She doesn't have any plans to watch the second film in the series. The 1993 original was the one she saw. Her boys did not.
Even if it's made with jokes and Disney glitter, it's not what we want to open our doors to.
Despite more than half of Americans now rejecting organized religion, warnings about demons, witchcraft, devil-worship and "satanic panic" are on the rise.
Washington-based evangelical Lutheran pastor Paul Eldred, who has a degree in biblical and liturgical studies at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, says that witchcraft is a label that we have thrown at things we don't understand or that frighten us.
Eldred said that the church would label women who stepped outside of the norm as witches if they wanted more rights for themselves. We were motivated by fear in the past and it doesn't stand up to enlightened thinking.
Eldred thinks that fear runs counter to his understanding of God.
A movie or book will separate us from the Almighty. Eldred said that that doesn't fit with his understanding. Faith asks us to trust in the unknown by putting our trust in God, who is known through love and compassion, not in fear and exclusion.
He said that God wants us to live with a theology of love of expansiveness, inclusion of diversity, and seeing the breadth and beauty of God's creation in each one of us. The world around us is fascinating. I believe that God loves creativity in all its forms.
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