Satanic film explained

A Satanic film is a subgenre of horror film, and at times other film genres, that involves the Devil as a concept or a character. Common themes/characters in Satanic film include the Antichrist, demonic possession, exorcism, and witchcraft.

List of Satanic films

pre-1960s

Title	Director(s)	Actors	Premiere	Country	Notes / Ref.
The Laboratory of Mephistopheles (French: Le Cabinet de Méphistophélès)			1897	France	Based on the Faust legend
Faust and Marguerite			1900	USA	based on the Michel Carré play Faust et Marguerite and the 1859 opera Faust adapted from the play by Charles Gounod.^[1]
The Damnation of Faust (French: Faust aux enfers)	Georges Méliès		1903	France
Faust and Marguerite (French: Damnation du docteur Faust)		Georges Méliès	1904	France
The Student of Prague (German: Der Student von Prag a.k.a. A Bargain with Satan		Paul Wegener John Gottowt Grete Berger	1913		based on "William Wilson" and Faust legend.^[2]
Rapsodia satanica			1915	Italy	^[3]
Faust (German: Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage)			1926	Weimar Republic	^[4] ^[5]
Häxan (Witchcraft Through the Ages)			1929	Sweden Denmark	^[6]
The Seventh Victim			1943	USA	About a young woman who stumbles on an underground cult of devil worshippers.^[7]
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1960s

Title	Director(s)	Actors	Premiere	Country	Notes / Ref.
The Masque of the Red Death			1964	United Kingdom United States	Short story by Edgar Allan Poe.^[8]
Bedazzled			1967	United Kingdom	A comic retelling of the Faust legend.^[9]
Black Sunday	Mario Bava	Barbara SteeleJohn Richardson Andrea Checchi Ivo Garrani Arturo Dominici Enrico Oliveri	1960	Italy
The Devil Rides Out (The Devil's Bride)			1968	United Kingdom	Based on the 1934 novel by Dennis Wheatley.^[10]
Rosemary's Baby			1968	United States	Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin.^[11]
The Satanist	Zoltan G. Spencer	Pat Barrington Mary Bauer	1968	United States	^[12]
The Witchmaker	William O. Brown	Anthony Eisley Thordis Brandt Alvy Moore	1969	United States	^[13]
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1970s

Title	Director(s)	Actors	Premiere	Country	Notes / Ref.
All the Colors of the Dark (Italian: Tutti i colori del buio)			1972	Italy, Spain	^[14] ^[15]
Alucarda (Spanish; Castilian: Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas)		Tina Romero, Claudio Brook, Susana Kamini	1977	Mexico	^[16]
Asylum of Satan			1972	United States	^[17]
The Bermuda Depths	Tsugunobu Kotani (credited as Tom Kotani)	Leigh McCloskeyCarl Weathers Connie Sellecca Julie Woodson Burl Ives Ruth Attaway	1978	Japan/United States
Beyond the Door	Ovidio G. Assonitis	Juliet MillsGabriele Lavia Richard Johnson	1974	Italy/United States
The Blood on Satan's Claw (a.k.a. Satan's Skin)		Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews	1971	United Kingdom	^[18] ^[19]
The Brotherhood of Satan	Bernard McEveety	Strother MartinL. Q. Jones Charles Bateman Ahna Capri Charles Robinson Alvy Moore Geri Reischl	1971	United States
The Burning Hell		Jimmy Robbins, Tim Ormond, Robert G. Lee	1974	United States	^[20]
Burnt Offerings	Dan Curtis	Oliver ReedKaren Black Bette Davis Lee H. Montgomery Eileen Heckart Burgess Meredith Anthony James	1976	United States
Daughters of Satan		Tom Selleck, Barra Grant, Tani Guthrie	1972	United States	^[21] ^[22]
	Curtis Harrington	Richard CrennaYvette Mimieux Kim Richards Ike Eisenmann	1978	United States
The Devil Made Me Do It	Norbert Meisel	Brigette Giursa, Andy Hopkins, Celenthia Monett	1974	United States	^[23]
The Devil's Daughter	Jeannot Szwarc	Shelley WintersBelinda Montgomery Robert Foxworth Jonathan Frid	1973	United States
Devil's Ecstasy	Brandon G. Carter	Cyndee Summers, Tara Blair, Patrick Wright	1977	United States	^[24]
The Devil's Rain			1975	Mexico, United States	^[25]
Don't Deliver Us from Evil			1971	France	^[26]
The Eerie Midnight Horror Show (a.k.a. Enter the Devil) (Italian: L'Ossessa)			1978	Italy	^[27] ^[28] ^[29]
Equinox	Jack WoodsDennis Muren	Edward ConnellBarbara Hewitt Frank Bonner Robin Christopher	1970	United States
The Exorcist			1973	United States	^[30]
The Hanging Woman (a.k.a. La orgía de los muertos, Beyond the Living Dead, Return of the Zombies)			1973	Spain, Italy	^[31]
I Don't Want to Be Born	Peter Sasdy	Joan CollinsRalph Bates Eileen Atkins	1975	British
Inquisition (Spanish; Castilian: Inquisición)			1976	Spain	^[32] ^[33]
The Last Step Down (a.k.a. Even Devils Pray)	Lawrence Ramport	Olivia James, Beatrice Stolen, Uschi Digard	1971	United States	^[34]
The Legacy	Richard Marquand	Katharine RossSam Elliott Roger Daltrey John Standing Margaret Tyzack	1978	United States
Legacy of Satan		John Francis, Lisa Christian, Paul Barry	1974	United States	^[35]
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby			1976	United States	sequel to Roman Polanski's 1968 film Rosemary's Baby^[36] ^[37]
			1977	United States	^[38] ^[39]
Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (German: Die Liebesbriefe einer portugesischen Nonne)	Erwin C. Dietrich Max Dora	Susan Hemingway William Berger	1977	West Germany Switzerland	^[40]
The Mephisto Waltz			1971	United States	from the novel of the same title by Fred Mustard Stewart^[41] ^[42]
The Omen		Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner	1976	United Kingdom United States	^[43]
Race with the Devil			1975	United States	^[44] ^[45]
Ring of Darkness (Italian: Un'ombra nell'ombra)			1979	Italy	^[46]
Satan War		Sally Schermerhorn, Jimmy Drankovitch	1979	United States	^[47]
Satan's Cheerleaders			1977	United States	^[48]
Satan's School for Girls			1973	United States	^[49]
Satan's Slave (a.k.a. Evil Heritage)			1976	United Kingdom	^[50] ^[51]
Satan's Triangle	Sutton Roley	Kim NovakDoug McClure Alejandro Rey Ed Lauter Jim Davis	1975	United States
Satánico pandemonium	Gilberto Martínez Solares	Delia Magaña, Enrique Rocha, Cecilia Pezet	1975	Mexico	^[52]
The Sentinel	Michael Winner	Chris SarandonCristina Raines Martin Balsam John Carradine Jose Ferrer Ava Gardner Arthur Kennedy Burgess Meredith Sylvia Miles Deborah Raffin Eli Wallach	1977	United States
Şeytan		Cihan Ünal, Erol Amaç, İsmail Hakkı Şen	1974	Turkey	^[53]
Shadow of Illusion (Italian: Ombre roventi)			1971	Italy	^[54]
Something Evil	Steven Spielberg	Darren McGavinSandy Dennis Ralph Bellamy Jeff Corey	1972	United States
To the Devil... a Daughter (a.k.a. Child of Satan)	Peter Sykes		1976	United Kingdom, West Germany	^[55]
The Touch of Satan	Don Henderson	Michael BerryEmby Mellay Lee Amber Yvonne Winslow Jeanne Gerson Robert Easton	1971	United States
Twins of Evil			1971	United Kingdom	^[56] ^[57]
Warlock Moon	Bill Herbert	Laurie Walters, Joe Spano, Edna MacAfee	1973	United States	^[58] ^[59]
			1978	United States, United Kingdom	^[60] ^[61]
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1980s

Title	Director(s)	Actors	Premiere	Country	Notes / Ref.
			1981	United Kingdom, United States	^[62]
Oh, God! You Devil			1984	United States	^[63] ^[64]
Angel Heart			1987	United States	^[65] ^[66] ^[67]
The Believers			1987	United States	^[68]
Black Candles (Los ritos sexuales del diablo)		Helga Liné, Vanessa Hidalgo, Jeffrey Healey	1982	Spain	^[69] ^[70]
The Covenant			1985	United States	^[71]
Evilspeak	Eric Weston		1982	United States	^[72]
Family Reunion	Michael Hawes	Mel Novak, Pam Phillips, Jack Starrett	1989	United States	^[73]
Fear No Evil			1981	United States	^[74]
The Killing of Satan (Lumaban ka, Satanas)		Ramon Revilla, Elizabeth Oropesa, George Estregan	1983	Philippines	^[75]
Night Train to Terror	Jay Schlossberg-Cohen		1985	United States	^[76]
Night Visitor (a.k.a. Never Cry Devil)			1989	United States	^[77]
Prime Evil		William Beckwith, Christine Moore, Mavis Harris	1988	United States	^[78]
Prince of Darkness			1987	United States	^[79]
Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare		Jon Mikl Thor, Jillian Peri, Teresa Simpson	1987	United States	^[80] ^[81]
Trick or Treat	Charles Martin Smith	Marc PriceTony Fields Gene Simmons Ozzy Osbourne	1986	United States
The Unholy	Camilo Vila		1988	United States	^[82]
Warlock	Steve Miner	Julian SandsLori Singer Richard E. Grant	1989	United States
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1990s

Title	Director(s)	Actors	Premiere	Country	Notes / Ref.
The Exorcist III			1990	United States	third installment in the Exorcist series^[83] ^[84] ^[85] ^[86]
Mister Frost	Philippe Setbon		1990	United Kingdom France	^[87] ^[88]
			1991	Canada^[89]	the fourth installment in The Omen series.^[90]
Blood Church (a.k.a. Heartland of Darkness)	Eric Swelstad	Nick Baldasare, Linnea Quigley, Dino Tripodis	1992	United States	^[91]
El Sacristan del Diablo		Sebastian Ligarde, , Eva Garbo	1992	Mexico	^[92]
The Day of the Beast (Spanish; Castilian: El día de la Bestia)			1995	Spain	^[93] ^[94]
The First Power	Robert Resnikoff	Lou Diamond PhillipsTracy Griffith Jeff Kober Mykel T. Williamson	1990	United States
The Prophecy			1995	United States	^[95]
The Devil's Advocate			1997	United States	based on Andrew Neiderman's novel of the same name.^[96]
The Omega Code	Rob Marcarelli		1999	United States, Canada, Israel	a plan by the Antichrist to take over the world.^[97] ^[98]
Sleepy Hollow	Tim Burton	Johnny DeppChristina Ricci Miranda Richardson Michael Gambon Casper Van Dien	1999	United States
Stigmata			1999	United States	^[99] ^[100]
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2000s

Title	Director(s)	Actors	Premiere	Country	Notes / Ref.
Bless the Child		Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Angela Bettis, Rufus Sewell, Christina Ricci	2000	United States, Germany	based on the novel of the same name by Cathy Cash Spellman^[101]
Fever Night aka Band of Satanic Outsiders	Jordan Harris, Andrew Schrader	Peter Tullio, Philip Marlatt, Melanie Rose Wilson	2009	United States	about Satanic manifestations.^[102] ^[103]
			2001	United States	follow-up to the 1999 film Omega Code^[104]
Rain Rain Come Again		Ajay Jose, Reji V Nair, Divya Lakshmi	2002		first Malayalam film centered on theme of satanism.^[105]
The Exorcism of Emily Rose			2005	United States	loosely based on the story of Anneliese Michel.^[106] ^[107]
The Ninth Gate			2000	France, Spain	about a rare and ancient book for summoning the Devil^[108] ^[109] ^[110]
The Omen (a.k.a. The Omen: 666)			2006	United States	remake of the 1976 film of the same name^[111] ^[112]
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2010s

Title	Director(s)	Actors	Premiere	Country	Notes / Ref.
The Blackcoat's Daughter(a.k.a. February)	Oz Perkins	Kiernan ShipkaEmma Roberts Lucy Boynton Lauren Holly James Remar	2015	Canada/United States
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV Series)	Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa	Kiernan ShipkaMiranda Otto Lucy Davis Chance Perdomo Michelle Gomez Tati Gabrielle Abigail Cowen Adeline Rudolph	2018	United States
Devil (a.k.a. The Night Chronicles 1: Devil)			2010	United States	^[113] ^[114] ^[115]
The Last Exorcism			2010	United States	^[116] ^[117]
The Last Exorcism Part II			2013	United States	^[118] ^[119]
The Devil's Candy			2015	United States	^[120] ^[121]
The Rite			2011	United States, Hungary, Italy, United Kingdom	^[122] ^[123]
The Witch			2015	United States, Canada	^[124]
Starry Eyes	Kevin KölschDennis Widmyer	Alexandra EssoeAmanda Fuller Noah Segan	2014	United States
Ready or Not			2019	United States	^[125]
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See also

• Devil in popular culture
• Satanism
• Satan
• List of horror film antagonists

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