[Behind Closed Doors] For an atheist, this is a very interesting film. For believers, it is probably quite challenging. To the rational mind of the atheist, it is often hard to make a distinction between religion, superstition and fantasy. In the film, the distinction is also blurred. It has all the paraphernalia of religion and portents of death, setting the scene for a scary horror movie ghost story.

The ghost woman talks about the murder of the Egyptians. Why did God kill all the first-born Egyptians? Would that not be a crime against humanity? In reality of course, like much of the Bible, it never happened. The boy sufferers terrible psychological trauma due to the religious imagery. In reality, this is exactly what the fear and guilt of religion does to the indoctrinated minds of many children.

In the end, the boy opens the curtain and sees the light. Hooray! There is no need to be frightened by unfounded superstition. There is no scientific evidence that any supernatural beings have ever existed. Morality is best being founded on the universal principles of compassion, honesty, freedom and justice. Amen.