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Demonic (2015)
, 1h23Directed by James Wan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film, Ghost films
Actors Maria Bello, Frank Grillo, Cody Horn, Dustin Milligan, Megan Park, Scott Mechlowicz
A violent slaughter occurs in an abandoned house in Louisiana where three college students are found dead. Detective Mark Lewis (Frank Grillo) examines the crime scene and finds a shocked survivor, John (Dustin Milligan) before calling reinforcements. Several police cars then arrive at the house alongside an ambulance and a psychologist, Dr. Elizabeth Klein (Maria Bello). She talks to John, who tells her that a seance performed in the house called the attention of many spirits, including one he identified as his mother, and that two of the group members, consisting of his pregnant girlfriend and her ex boyfriend, are still missing.
Night of the Demons (1988)
, 1h30Directed by Kevin Tenney
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Demons in film, Ghost films, Comedy horror films
Actors Amelia Kinkade, Cathy Podewell, Linnea Quigley, Don Jeffcoat, Kevin Tenney, Frank Welker
Stooge, Helen, and Roger are driving to a party thrown by outcast Angela Franklin and her friend, Suzanne at Hull House, an abandoned local mortuary. The car passes by an elderly man who is carrying apples and razor blades.
, 1h23Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Demons in film
Actors Cara Pifko, Dale Dickey, Ella Anderson, Tomas Arana, Luke Baines, Jed Rees
After his beloved wife Samantha (Cara Pifko) dies after receiving poor advice from a psychic, atheist Michael (Shane Johnson) decides to focus on the supernatural for his next film as a way to disprove the existence of God and the Devil. He chooses to achieve this by visiting various people and having them perform various spells and rituals on him. He begins with Beverly (Dale Dickey), the psychic who was partially at fault for Samantha's death. From here he ends up in various different scenarios, all of which involve the supernatural. However even as Michael does this in the hopes of reaffirming his own atheism, he becomes the focus of several dark, supernatural forces that are intent on exerting their influence on him.
The Vatican Tapes (2015)
, 1h31Directed by Marc Neveldine
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Kathleen Robertson, Michael Peña, Djimon Hounsou, Dougray Scott, John Patrick Amedori, Michael Paré
After a young woman (Olivia Taylor Dudley) begins to express increasingly erratic and strange behaviors, her father (Dougray Scott) and boyfriend (John Patrick Amedori), along with a priest (Michael Peña) and two Vatican exorcists (Djimon Hounsou and Peter Andersson), come to realize that she's been taken over by an ancient satanic force.
Bedazzled (1967)
, 1h43Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Peter Cook, Eleanor Bron, Raquel Welch, Dudley Moore, Robert Russell, Valentine Dyall
Stanley Moon (Moore) is a dissatisfied introverted young man who works in a Wimpy's restaurant and admires, from afar, the waitress Margaret (Eleanor Bron). Despairing of his unrequited infatuation, he is in the process of an incompetent suicide attempt, when he is interrupted by the Devil, incarnated as George Spiggott (Cook). Spiggott is in a contest with God, trying to be the first to gather 100 billion souls. If he achieves this first, he will be readmitted to Heaven.
Repossessed (1990)
, 1h20Directed by Bob Logan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Films about television, Demons in film, Comedy horror films
Actors Leslie Nielsen, Linda Blair, Ned Beatty, Anthony Starke, Thom Sharp, John Ingle
Father Jedediah Mayii (Nielsen) casts out the devil from the body of young Nancy Aglet (Blair). Seventeen years later, in 1990, Nancy's body is possessed once again, however, while watching "The Ernest and Fanny Miracle Hour", a religious broadcast.
Thunderbirds (1952)
, 1h38Directed by John H. Auer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film, Political films
Actors John Derek, John Drew Barrymore, Mona Freeman, Gene Evans, Frank Wilcox, Ward Bond
Close friends Gil Hackett and Tom McCreary both love and leave the same girl, Mary Caldwell, after they are called up to the Oklahoma National Guard and then on to the Army for wartime duty in 1940.
, 1h57Directed by Paul Schrader
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Stellan Skarsgård, Gabriel Mann, Clara Bellar, Billy Crawford, Ralph Brown, Israel Aduramo
Many years before the events in The Exorcist, the young Father Lankester Merrin (played by Skarsgård, who played the same part in Exorcist: The Beginning) travels to East Africa. Merrin has taken a sabbatical from the Church and devoted himself to history and archaeology as he struggles with his shattered faith. He is haunted especially by an incident in a small village in occupied Holland during World War II, where he served as parish priest. Near the end of the war, a sadistic Nazi SS commander, in retaliation for the murder of a German trooper, forces Merrin to participate in arbitrary executions in order to save a full village from slaughter.
Phantom of the Paradise (1975)
, 1h32Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Horror, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Demons in film, Musical films, Comedy horror films, Children's films
Actors Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, George Memmoli, Gerrit Graham, Rod Serling
The story follows music composer/singer Winslow Leach, seen by satanic record producer Swan during his performance as a back-up to the 1950s-style nostalgia band The Juicy Fruits, which Swan produces. Swan believes Winslow's music perfect to open "The Paradise" – Swan's highly anticipated new concert hall – and has his right-hand man Arnold Philbin steal it. One month later Winslow goes to Swan's Death Records to inquire about his music but he is thrown out. He sneaks into Swan's private mansion, and observes several women rehearsing his music for an audition. One is Phoenix, an aspiring singer, whom Winslow deems perfect for his music and the two quickly fall for one another. Winslow realizes Swan's plan to open the Paradise with his music. Winslow sneaks in and Swan orders his minions to beat up Winslow and frame him for drug dealing.
V/H/S (2012)
, 1h56Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Chad Villella, Joe Swanberg, Ti West, Adam Wingard, Adam Wingard
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Demons in film, Ghost films
Actors Lane Hughes, Adam Wingard, Adam Wingard, Hannah Fierman, Joe Swanberg, Simon Barrett
The film is presented as an anthology of short horror films, built into a frame narrative which acts as its own short horror film. Each short film is linked together with the concept of found footage (each segment is from the VHS tapes found in the room).
Night of the Demons (2009)
, 1h33Directed by Adam Gierasch
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Action, Horror
Themes Demons in film, Comedy horror films
Actors Shannon Elizabeth, Monica Keena, Diora Baird, Michael Copon, Bobbi Sue Luther, Edward Furlong
The film opens in 1925, with scenes of gore and demons. Evangeline Broussard prepares to hang herself from her balcony when she is stopped by a man trying to reassure her that he is truly Louis and that she shouldn't hang herself. Evangeline calls him a liar, then jumps, hanging herself -- and also causing her head to rip off and bounce down the stairs. Louis stares over the balcon...as his eyes switch to a demonic shade of orange.
Faust (2011)
, 2h14Directed by Alexandre Sokourov
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion, Théâtre, Demons in film, Films based on plays
Actors Isolda Dychauk, Hanna Schygulla, Maxim Mehmet, Georg Friedrich, Andreas Schmidt
Heinrich Faust (Johannes Zeiler) is driven by his longing for enlightenment. He seeks to understand the very nature of life and how it makes the world go round. Driven by his burning desire for cognition, he even unearths corpses and rummages in their guts just to localize the home of the soul.
Highway to Hell (1991)
, 1h34Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Demons in film, Zombie films, Road movies, Comedy horror films
Actors Patrick Bergin, Chad Lowe, Kristy Swanson, Adam Storke, Ben Stiller, Jerry Stiller
Charlie Sykes and Rachel Clark are a young all-American couple that decide to run away and elope in Las Vegas. On the road to Vegas, they ignore the warning of a local gas station attendant named Sam. They take an abandoned backroad where Rachel is kidnapped by a zombie Hell Cop who takes her to hell. Charlie goes back to Sam, and Sam explains what the Hellcop is and how to save her. Sam then gives Charlie a shotgun with special ammo and a car that holds a special attribute. On the highway, Charlie meets other dead people that live in Hell and even a motorcycle gang. On the road, he meets a mechanic named Beezle, with his young apprentice. Beezle gives him tips on how to save his girlfriend and even brings him back to life. After Charlie rescues Rachel, Beezle reveals himself to be Satan and proposes a deal to let them, and his apprentice, go free if they can defeat the Hell Cop in a race to the portal that connects Earth and the backroads of Hell.
Ceremony (2010)
, 1h29Directed by Max Winkler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Uma Thurman, Michael Angarano, Lee Pace, Forrest J Ackerman, Rebecca Mader, Reece Thompson
Sam Davis (Michael Angarano) convinces his former best friend to spend a weekend with him to rekindle their friendship at an elegant beachside estate owned by a famous documentary filmmaker (Lee , and that his true intention is to thwart their impending nuptials. As Sam's plan begins to unravel, he is forced to realize how complicated love and friendship can be.
V/H/S/2 (2013)
, 1h32Directed by Eduardo Sánchez, Adam Wingard, Gareth Evans, Simon Barrett
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Demons in film, Films about extraterrestrial life, Ghost films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors Adam Wingard, Mindy Robinson, Lawrence Michael Levine, Oka Antara, Simon Barrett, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
The film is presented as an anthology of short horror films, built into a frame narrative which acts as its own short horror film. Each short film is linked together with the concept of found footage (each segment is from the VHS tapes found in the first film).