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I Trapped the Devil (2019): Dir. Josh Lobo
Feat. Jocelin Donahue, A. J. Bowen, Scott Polythress…; Simultaneously clever and silly, this dread–inducing horror has a man trap Satan in his basement right before his family unexpectedly arrive…
Suspiria (2018): Dir. Luca Guadagnino
Feat. Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth…; A jaw–droppingly audacious remake of the classic Argento horror, which finds director Luca Guadagnino (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) at his most bold…
Pyewacket (2017): Dir. Adam MacDonald
Feat. Laurie Holden, Nicole Muñoz; A teenager with a thing for the occult performs a ritual to kill her mother after a heated argument, but despite her regrets unleashes a demon called…
Devil's Candy, The (2016): Dir. Sean Byrne
Feat. Ethan Embry, Shiri Appleby, Pruitt Taylor Vince; Promising Australian director Sean Byrne follows up his first horror movie THE LOVED ONES with this Texas–set story of a father who suffers…
Deliver Us from Evil (2014): Dir. Scott Derrickson
Feat. Eric Bana, Édgar Ramírez, Olivia Munn…; Eric Bana investigates a series of horrific crimes believed to be the work of the devil by a renegade priest. Wedged firmly into the serial…
Taking of Deborah Logan, The (2014): An elderly woman becomes the subject of a students PhD thesis on the effects of Alzheimer's disease. The project goes horribly wrong as it becomes…
Disco Exorcist (2013): Dir. Richard Griffin
Feat. Shadow Faye, Andre Boudreau, Kevin Killavey; Outrageous horror comedy about a disco king and playboy whose one night stand turns bad when he enrages a black magic priestess. A fun throwback to…
Devil Inside, The (2012): Dir. William Brent Bell
Feat. Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth; Hapless handycam horror based on 'true events' surrounding a series of murders alleged to have been provoked by an unsanctioned exorcism. If the raw,…
Lords of Salem, The (2012): Dir. Rob Zombie
Feat. Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davison, Ken Foree…; Goth rock musician Rob Zombie continues his stint of horror movie directing with this deranged story of a female disc jockey in Salem, Massachusetts…
Devil (2010): Dir. John Erick Dowdle
Feat. Chris Messina, Caroline Dhavernas, Bokeem Woodbine…; From the mind of M. Night Shyamalan comes this deeply dippy horror film with a group of people trapped in an elevator with....THE DEVIL! The…
Unborn, The (2009): Dir. David S. Goyer
Feat. Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Meagan Good; Corny 'supernatural thriller' concerning a young woman who fears she may be haunted by a demonic spirit somehow connected with her unborn…
Embodiment of Evil (Encarnação do Demônio ) (2008): Dir. Jose Majica Marins
Feat. Milhem Cortaz, Jose Majica Marins; Brazilian horror film, the final movie in the Coffin Joe trilogy, about a mentally deranged undertaker with racial superiority issues, who is willing…
Haunting Of Molly Hartley, The (2008): Dir. Mickey Liddell
Feat. Haley Bennett, Jake Weber, Chace Crawford; 17–year–old Molly Hartley begins to suffer odd symptoms of psychosis that foreshadow a sinister destiny in this ambitious horror, which…
End of the Line (2007): Dir. Maurice Devereaux
Feat. Ilona Elkin, Nicolas Wright, Neil Napier…; Chilling horror set in a Subway where a young nurse boards the last train of the night, only to have it stop halfway and its passengers brutally…
Gathering, The (2006): Dir. Brian Gilbert
Feat. Christina Ricci, Stephen Dillane, Ioan Gruffudd; Goth–lite supernatural horror stars Ricci as an American backpacker who loses her memory after a car accident in a small town in rural England,…
Omen, The (Omen 666) (2006): Dir. Jason Moore
Feat. Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, David Thewlis…; A conservative but effective remake of the iconic 1976 horror moving, in which an ambitious diplomat and his wife (Schreiber, Stiles) secretly adopt…
Sheitan (2006): Dir. Kim Chapiron
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Roxane Mesquida; A gaggle of young hedonists on a bender expend their energies at a disco and are invited by pouting barmaid Mesquida (A MA SOUER) to her remote…
Exorcism of Emily Rose, The (2005): Dir. Scott Derrickson
Feat. Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott…; An eerie tale based on true events concerns the supposed demonic possession of a girl (Carpenter) in the 1970s and the trial of a priest (Wilkinson)…
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004): Dir. Renny Harlin
Feat. Stellan Skarsgard, James D'Arcy, Isabella Scorupco; A latterday prequel to the horror series starring Stellan Skarsgard as Father Merrin, who rediscovers his lost faith in East Africa upon his first…
Lady Death (2004): Elevated feature–length anime based on the "Lady Death" comic series about a beautiful girl accused of consorting with the devil and sentenced…
Cradle of Fear (2002): Dir. Alex Chandon
Feat. Dani Filth; An imprisoned child–killer wreaks vengeance on his enemies with the help of a satanic angel played by rock star Dani Filth. Told as four…
Double Vision (Shuang tong) (2002): Dir. Chen Kuo Fu
Feat. David Morse, Tony Leung (Kar-fai), Rene Liu; A slickly effective horror film, in which cross–cultural cop buddies Leung and Morse hunt a demonic serial killer in Taiwan. Imbued with a…
Frailty (2002): Dir. Bill Paxton
Feat. Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe; After a spiritual visitation, Bill Paxton and his two young sons take an axe to unsuspecting “evil–doers” in the late 1970s, while…
Malefique (2002): Dir. Eric Valette
Feat. Gérald Laroche, Philippe Laudenbach, Clovis Cornillac; Imaginative, atmospheric low–budget French horror, set around the discovery of a dusty book of supernatural spells by four convicts in their…
Long Time Dead (2001): Dir. Marcus Adams
Feat. Joe Absolom, Lara Belmont; Though hip, slick and atmospheric, this British horror entry for the multiplexes is at once straight–faced and silly, and strictly…
Truth About Demons, The (The Irrefutable Truth About Demons) (2001): Dir. Glenn Standring
Feat. Karl Urban, Katie Wolfe, Jonathan Hendry…; A sceptical occult investigator (Karl Urban) can't shake off the increasingly grotesque visions that are seemingly the handywork of a vengeful…
Lost Souls (2000): Dir. Janusz Kaminski
Feat. Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, John Hurt…; Winona Ryder and Ben Chaplin are the souls in question of this devil thriller, in which, in his 33rd year, the Anti–Christ has his previously…
Ninth Gate, The (2000): Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin…; An unscrupulous book dealer (Johnny Depp) is sent to Europe by a mysterious tycoon (Frank Langella) to recover an authentic, elusive (and of course,…
Stigmata (1999): Dir. Rupert Wainwright
Feat. Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne; Throwback to the heyday of the 'religious horror film' of the 1970s (see THE EXORCIST, THE OMEN), this dense thriller has atheist Patricia Arquette…
Devil's Advocate, The (1997): Dir. Taylor Hackford
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron; Invincible lawyer Keanu Reeves is tempted to join an elite law firm, but bossman Al Pacino has a firey temper and is looking for lifelong commitment,…
Day of the Beast (1996): Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Feat. Alex Angulo, Armando De Razza, Santiago Segura; If Almodovar made a horror movie it might look like this – beautifully shot and designed, funny and exciting. Though he can't quite sustain the…
Satan Returns (1996): Dir. Allan Lam
Feat. Chingmy Yau, Donnie Yen; On a rash mission to find the devil's daughter, a cult member with strange powers resorts to wrenching the hearts (and we mean literally) of women…
Mangler, The (1995): Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. Robert Englund, Ted Levine, Daniel Matmor; From a short story by Stephen King, probably written over his Cornies, you'll need to prepare yourself for this high concept – the demonic…
In the Mouth of Madness (1994): Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Sam Neill; Sam Neill is uncannily good as an insurance investigator who uncovers a diabolical alternate reality when he is sent to locate a vanished…
Needful Things (1993): Dir. Fraser C. Heston
Feat. Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Amanda Plummer; This Faustian tale has Max Von Sydow (ironically) cast as the devil who trades special goods for diabolic favours. Stephen King's rambling novel…
Exorcist III, The (Exorcist 3) (1990): Dir. William Peter Blatty
Feat. George C. Scott, Jason Miller, Brad Dourif; The author of the original 'Exorcist' novel and screenwriter takes the helm in an attempt to create a 'worthy' successor to the original demonic…
Guardian, The (1990): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Jenny Seagrove, Dwier Brown, Carey Lowell…; An occult thriller from the director of THE EXORCIST about a nanny with a nasty supernatural temper. Demonstrates that, in experienced hands, a silly…
Pit and the Pendulum, The (1990): Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Lance Henriksen; Stuart Gordon's remake is a camp/gothic hybrid, restricted by a low–budget, but with a stand–out over–the–top turn from Lance…
Demons 3 - The Ogre (Brivido giallo - La casa dell'orco) (1988): Dir. Lamberto Bava
Feat. Virginia Bryant, Paolo Malco; Gothic–tinged telemovie from the son of Mario Bava, which severs any connection with previous DEMONS films with the tale of an American…
Serpent and the Rainbow, The (1988): Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae; Based on an apparently true story of a man's nightmare journey to into the eerie world of voodoo. Filmed on location in Haiti and scarier for it.
Seventh Sign, The (1988): Dir. Carl Schultz
Feat. Demi Moore; Apocalyptic thriller should find favour with those that prefer supernatural disquiet to visceral shocks. Demi Moore portrays a…
Believers, The (1987): Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Martin Sheen; Martin Sheen investigates serial killings connected to the Santaria cult in New York.
Gate, The (1987): Dir. Tibor Takacs
Feat. Stephen Dorff, Kelly Rowan; Amusing cult horror flick starring a young Stephen Dorff (BLADE) who accidentally uncovers a portal to hell in his backyard from which a gaggle of…
Prince of Darkness (1987): Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Donald Pleasence; Carpenter dreck, where religious sect, led by Donald Pleasence, duels with the devil.
Children of the Corn (1984): Dir. Fritz Kiersch
Feat. Linda Hamilton, Peter Horton; Filmic puff–up of a Stephen King short story, features young travelers Linda Hamilton and Peter Horton coming a–cropper in a small Iowa…
Lift, The (1983): Dir. Dick Maas
Feat. Huub Stapel, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Josine Van Dalsum; Stylish Dutch suspense concerning high–rise elevators dispatching their human contents. Dubbed into English.
Manhattan Baby (1982): Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Christopher Connelly, Martha Taylor, Brigitta Boccoli; An Egyptian curse settles on a holidaying American family, who then import a malign evil spirit back to their Manhattan apartment block. Developed…
Final Conflict, The (The Omen III) (1981): Dir. Graham Baker
Feat. Sam Neill; Anti–christ Damien Thorn is now a 33–year–old corporate tycoon planning a diabolical takeover bid. This installment has the…
Possession (1981): Dir. Andrzej Zulawski
Feat. Sam Neill, Isabelle Adjani; Brazenly over–the–top tale of domestic disharmony and demon possession, infamous for an incredibly mannered performance by Sam Neill and…
Inferno (1980): Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi; Occult forces cause a few problems for young women on both sides of the Atlantic in one of Italian stylist Dario Argento’s best – and…
Fascination (1979): Dir. Jean Rollin
Feat. Franca Mai, Brigitte Lahaie, Jean-Marie Lemaire; Two castle–dwelling, negligeed vixens ensnare a petty thief for sacrifice and consumption in a ritualistic feast. Visually striking, exotic…
Salem's Lot (1979): Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin; Creepy Stephen King story made for TV, but no less scary for it. The town of Salem don't take kindly to nosy strangers!
Damien: The Omen II (Omen 2) (1978): Dir. Don Taylor
Feat. Jonathan Scott-Taylor, William Holden, Lee Grant; Effective continuation of the story with Damien (chillingly understated by Jonathan Scott–Taylor) now grappling with teenage problems on top of…
Blood On Satan's Claw (Satan's Skin) (1977): Dir. Piers Haggard
Feat. Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews; An admirable horror set in 17th century England, in which a decaying, dismembered demon is unearthed in a field, unleashing a cult of human…
Exorcist II - The Heretic (1977): Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Linda Blair; Infamously choatic sequel bares little relation to its predecessor other than Linda Blair remaining possessed in a reprise of her role. Hallucinatory…
God Told Me To (Demon) (1976): Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Tony Lo Bianco, Deborah Raffin, Sandy Dennis…; This notable yet little known 70s horror is typical of cult director Larry Cohen’s better work (Q, IT’S ALIVE) – tightly written, atmospheric…
Omen, The (1976): Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner…; Beautifully made, prestigious frightener stars Gregory Peck and Lee Remick as American diplomats in London, who become the not–so–proud…
To the Devil...a Daughter (1976): Dir. Peter Sykes
Feat. Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Nastassja Kinski; A kinky occult thriller, produced in Hammer's twilight years, in which Kinski is prepared as a Satanic vessel.
Race with the Devil (1975): Dir. Jack Starrett
Feat. Peter Fonda, Warren Oates; Peter Fonda, Warren Oates and their bell–bottomed chicks go east in a Winnebago, but are plagued en route by an occult conspiracy. Memorably…
Beyond the Door (The Devil Within Her) (1974): Dir. Ovidio Assonitis, Roberto Piazzoli
Feat. Juliet Mills, Richard Johnson, Gabriele Lavia; Italio–American supernatural horror from the fabulously monikered Ovidio Assonitis starring the esteemed Juliet Mills as a San Francisco…
Exorcist, The (1973): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Ellen Burstyn; Landmark, influential horror film tells its tale of a child diagnosed with a case of demon–possession in explicit detail. A penetrating sense…
Satanic Rites of Dracula, The (1973): Dir. Alan Gibson
Feat. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Joanna Lumley…; When a group of Scotland Police Investigators think they have uncovered a case of vampirism, they call in Van Helsing to put a stop to Count…
Wicker Man, The (1973): Dir. Robin Hardy
Feat. Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland…; Policeman Edward Woodward investigates the death of a child on a remote isle where he discovers a sinister pagan cult. An engrossing journey into the…
Lisa and the Devil (1972): Dir. Mario Bava
Feat. Elke Sommer, Telly Savalas; Elke Sommer becomes haunted by her own death and devilish lollipop–sucker Telly Savalas in this surreal, dreamlike examination of love, lust,…
Brotherhood of Satan, The (1971): Dir. Bernard McEveety
Feat. Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones, Charles Bateman…; Low budget horror set in the American Southwest, where a couple on a road trip discover a coven of elderly Satanists who are holding a town's…
Bloody Judge, The (Trono di fuoco, Il) (1970): Dir. Jess Franco
Feat. Christopher Lee, Maria Schell, Leo Genn…; More lavish than the usual fare of horror dir. Franco, here telling the tale of a corrupt witchfinder (Lee) in 16th century England, based around the…
Dunwich Horror, The (1970): Dir. Daniel Haller
Feat. Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Ed Begley…; Supernatural horror loosely adapting the novella of the same name by H.P. Lovecraft, which builds on the Cthulhu Mythos. Set in the fictional…
Equinox (The Beast) (1970): Dir. Jack Woods, Dennis Muren
Feat. Edward Connell, Barbara Hewitt, Frank Bonner…; A group of teenagers stumble upon a tome of ancient mysticism and find themselves being pursued through canyons by a demon in this low–grade…
Devil Rides Out, The (1968): Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Christopher Lee; Devilishly straight–faced Hammer with Christopher Lee orchestrating a scheme to save the life (and soul) of his long–time confidant from…
Rosemary's Baby (1968): Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Mia Farrow; First major film to deal with the occult as subject matter has lost little of its potency. The trauma of pregnancy is heightened for Mia Farrow as…
Witchfinder General (The Conqueror Worm) (1968): Dir. Michael Reeves
Feat. Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies…; An astonishing, darkly uncompromising historical account of hypocrisy, injustice and death in olde England that features an atypically malevolent…
Witches, The (1966): Dir. Cyril Frankel
Feat. Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen…; Hammer horror adapted by Nigel Kneale under the pseudonym Peter Curtis, and featuring the final big–screen film role for Joan Fontaine.
Gorgon, The (1964): Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Richard Pasco…; A small village falls prey to an unseen monster. Citizens are found turned to stone after every full moon. The town Doctor (Peter Cushing) concludes…
Masque of the Red Death (1964): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher…; The best of Corman's Poe adaptations allies the director's playful yet virulent treatment to one of the writer's most strongly allegorical stories.…
Haunted Palace, The (1963): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Lon Jr. Chaney, Debra Paget…; Minor Corman–Price collaboration has Price in a dual role both as the genteel inheritor of a castle, and as the fiendish warlock who once…
Devil's Hand, The (1962): Dir. William J. Hole Jnr
Feat. Linda Christian, Robert Alda, Neil Hamilton; Hammy low–budget horror of a man seduced by a blonde vixen who forces him to become involved in a mysterious satanic cult she holds allegiance…
Night of the Eagle (Burn, Witch, Burn) (1962): Dir. Sydney Hayers
Feat. Peter Wyngarde, Janet Blair, Margaret Johnston; A successful academic (Peter Wyngarde) plumbs a prime teaching post at an English village idyll, causing a flurry of petty jealousies among the…
Horror Hotel (The City of the Dead) (1960): Dir. John Moxey
Feat. Christopher Lee; A search party ventures to Salem county after an occult student disappears under mysteriously witchy circumstances. Eerie photography.
Curse of the Demon (Night of the Demon) (1957): Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Feat. Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis…; Classy occult thriller survives its big reputation through an intelligent script and controlled sense of menace. Dana Andrews' cynical professor…
Seventh Victim, The (1943): Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell…; One of the finest of producer Val Lewton’s low–budget RKO horror films, here investing a tale of satanists at work in NYCs Greenwich Village…

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