Antichrist

In Christian eschatology, the Antichrist has come to mean a person or other entity that is the embodiment of evil and utterly opposed to truth.

In popular culture

The Antichrist is a central figure in many popular movies with occult themes, such as Rosemary's Baby, and The Omen series. The Devil's Advocate has Al Pacino as Satan attempt to lure Keanu Reeves' character into joining him and fathering the Antichrist. In The Seventh Sign, the idea of the Antichrist is tangentially referred to as a child conceived without a soul, whose birth will signal the end of all life. The Seventh Seal uses the spectre of death to refer obliquely to the prophesies of the End Times and the role of the Antichrist as the Grim Reaper. The Antichrist is a central figure in the Left Behind series of books and movies; in this series the Antichrist figure is a European politician named Nicolae Carpathia. There is also an Antichrist-like character called Randall Flagg in several of Stephen King's writings, most notably in "Eyes of the Dragon", The Stand, and The Dark Tower series (the latter of which has him serving the Crimson King, a being who may be King's variation of the Beast). In Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's comedy novel, Good Omens, Sister Mary Loquatious of the Chattering Order of Saint Beryl misplaces the Antichrist. In an interesting twist on the genre, Cain becomes a false messiah and potential Antichrist in the form of Kane a.k.a Jacob Caine in the Command & Conquer series. The satirical comedy series South Park has used the idea of the antichrist.

Related Topics:
Occult - Rosemary's Baby - The Omen - The Devil's Advocate - Al Pacino - Satan - Keanu Reeves - The Seventh Sign - The Seventh Seal - Left Behind - Nicolae Carpathia - Randall Flagg - Stephen King - Eyes of the Dragon - The Stand - The Dark Tower - Terry Pratchett - Neil Gaiman - Good Omens - Cain - False messiah - Kane a.k.a Jacob Caine - Command & Conquer - South Park

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