History Main / TwistedEucharist

* During the height of persecution of Christians in UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire in the 2[[superscript:nd]] and 3[[superscript:rd]] centuries, they were often accused as cannibals.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Siren}}'', the zombie-like Shibito were originally human beings before they were commanded to exposed to the red water by the hypnotic force of the siren. The red water is the symbolic blood of [[spoiler:Datatsushi, an inter-dimensional being that crash landed near the village and, confused as a gift to the starving villagers of divine origins, was devoured. In his dying breath, the being cursed the villagers, killing all but Hisako who was cursed with immortality.]]

* ''Film/Mother2017'' has an extremely disturbing example of this. [[spoiler:Given the film's allegorical nature, it makes a lot of sense that the Eucharist itself is involved in such a manner.]]

"This is my blood, which I shed for you. Drink in rememberance of me." Peter smiled. "This is a communion even ''I'' can take, unbaptized as I am."\\

* ''Series/MidnightMass'', being about vampires and catholicism, naturally features this. The inciting incident that leads to the whole series is a vampire (mistaken for an angel) making an elderly priest drink his blood to gain his abilities, said priest spiking communion wine with his own blood to do the same for the worshippers at his church, and the penultimate episode has a [[spoiler: Jonestown-style ritual where the now vampire blood effected parishioners are given wine laced with poison to fully bring out their vampiric abilities.]]

* The central tenets of the Sabbat in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' are a perverted mirror of Catholicism. Their form of "baptism" is burying you alive and forcing you to dig your way out. When you confess your sins to the pack priest, "penance" often involves self-inflicted power tool injuries. And of course, "communion" involves people grabbed off the street and hung by their ankles from the celing.

* During the height of persecution of Christians in UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire in the 2[[superscript:nd]] and 3[[superscript:rd]] centuries, they were often accused as cannibals, partly from CriticalResearchFailure.

* In the ''Podcast/TheMagnusArchives'' two-parter "Confession"/"Desecrated Host", a Catholic priest recounts the paranormal events that unfolded after he came under the influence of an unspecified Entity, culminating in him eating the facial skin of two mutilated students while believing he was taking Communion at Mass.

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* One theory for how vampire stories arose was that vampires practiced a Satanic mockery of the Eucharist, seeking eternal life by feeding on the blood of mortals, rather than the Blood of God.

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* 'Black Sabbath'' by Music/BlackSabbath is a vivid description of the Black Mass that invokes Satan. WordOfGod is that the song was inspired by a Film/HammerHorror movie of the same name making this a three-way TitleDrop.

* Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} has an article on the Black Mass, an umbrella term for various real and alleged rites which have darkly parodied the Eucharist by either desecrating the host, or substituting a repulsive item such as human flesh. Today, historians generally view most pre-modern reports of such ceremonies as dubious or outright false, particularly ones which appear in anti-Gnostic, anti-Semitic and Witch Hunt contexts.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-604 SCP-604]] is a set of cutlery, dishes, and cups that turn any food they touch into human flesh. They were originally used by a monastery to [[LiteralMetaphor literally eat of body and blood]] during Communion.

[[caption-width-right:350:"I...am the way."]]

* 'Black Sabbath'' by Music/BlackSabbath is a vivid description of the Black Mass that invokes Satan. WordOfGod is that the song was inspired by a Creator/{{Hammer}} Horror movie of the same name making this a three-way TitleDrop.

* The Healing Church from ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' was created with the intent of using the Old Blood found in the Pthumerian ruins, be it to help the general populace, seek to evolve mankind, or gain power. The religion ''revolves'' around consuming and exchanging blood, so communion is brought up ''a lot''.

* In ''Film/{{Daybreaker}}'', a vampire can regain their humanity by drinking the blood of another ex-vampire.

* Website/SCPFoundation: [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-604 SCP-604]] is a set of cutlery, dishes, and cups that turn any food they touch into human flesh. They were originally were originally used by a monastery to [[LiteralMetaphor literally eat of body and blood]] during Communion.

* The Other Wiki has an article on the Black Mass, an umbrella term for various real and alleged rites which have darkly parodied the Eucharist by either desecrating the host, or substituting a repulsive item such as human flesh. Today, historians generally view most pre-modern reports of such ceremonies as dubious or outright false, particularly ones which appear in anti-Gnostic, anti-Semitic and Witch Hunt contexts.

* In ''Literature/{{Daybreaker}}'', a vampire can regain their humanity by drinking the blood of another ex-vampire.

* The Eucharistic imagery doesn't get more blatant than in ''Literature/InterviewWithTheVampire'', whose film had the tagline "Drink from me, and live forever." Vampire stories that follow Creator/AnneRice's lead have people becoming vampires after drinking the blood of their vampiric sire, usually after the vampire in question has just drained them of all of their blood.