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.[citation needed]
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Title | Director(s) | Actors | Premiere | Country | Notes / Ref. |
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The Laboratory of Mephistopheles (French: Le Cabinet de Méphistophélès) |
Georges Méliès | 1897 | France | Based on the Faust legend[1] | |
Faust and Marguerite | Edwin S. Porter | 1900 | USA | based on the Michel Carré play Faust et Marguerite and the 1859 opera Faust adapted from the play by Charles Gounod.[2] | |
The Damnation of Faust (French: Faust aux enfers) |
Georges Méliès | 1903 | France | [3] | |
Faust and Marguerite (French: Damnation du docteur Faust) |
Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès | 1904 | France | [4] |
The Student of Prague (German: Der Student von Prag a.k.a. A Bargain with Satan |
Stellan Rye | Paul Wegener John Gottowt Grete Berger |
1913 | German Empire | based on "William Wilson" and Faust legend.[5] |
Rapsodia satanica | Nino Oxilia | Lyda Borelli | 1915 | Italy | [6] |
Faust (German: Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage) |
F. W. Murnau | Gösta Ekman Emil Jannings Camilla Horn |
1926 | Weimar Republic | [7][8] |
Häxan (Witchcraft Through the Ages) |
Benjamin Christensen | Benjamin Christensen Clara Pontoppidan Oscar Stribolt |
1929 | Sweden Denmark |
[9] |
The Seventh Victim | Mark Robson | Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell |
1943 | USA | About a young woman who stumbles on an underground cult of devil worshippers.[10] |
Title | Director(s) | Actors | Premiere | Country | Notes / Ref. |
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The Masque of the Red Death | Roger Corman | Vincent Price Hazel Court Jane Asher |
1964 | United Kingdom United States |
Short story by Edgar Allan Poe.[11] |
Bedazzled | Stanley Donen | Peter Cook Dudley Moore Eleanor Bron |
1967 | United Kingdom | A comic retelling of the Faust legend.[12] |
Black Sunday | Mario Bava | Barbara Steele
Enrico Oliveri |
1960 | Italy | |
The Devil Rides Out (The Devil's Bride) |
Terence Fisher | Christopher Lee Charles Gray Niké Arrighi |
1968 | United Kingdom | Based on the 1934 novel by Dennis Wheatley.[13] |
Rosemary's Baby | Roman Polanski | Mia Farrow John Cassavetes Ruth Gordon |
1968 | United States | Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin.[14] |
The Satanist | Zoltan G. Spencer | Pat Barrington Mary Bauer |
1968 | United States | [15] |
The Witchmaker | William O. Brown | Anthony Eisley Thordis Brandt Alvy Moore |
1969 | United States | [16] |
Title | Director(s) | Actors | Premiere | Country | Notes / Ref. |
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All the Colors of the Dark (Italian: Tutti i colori del buio) |
Sergio Martino | Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, George Rigaud |
1972 | Italy, Spain |
[17][18] |
Alucarda (Spanish: Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas) |
Juan López Moctezuma | Tina Romero, Claudio Brook, Susana Kamini |
1977 | Mexico | [19] |
Asylum of Satan | William Girdler | Charles Kissinger, Nick Jolley, Carla Borelli |
1972 | United States | [20] |
The Bermuda Depths | Tsugunobu Kotani (credited as Tom Kotani) | Leigh McCloskey | 1978 | Japan/United States | |
Beyond the Door | Ovidio G. Assonitis | Juliet Mills
Gabriele Lavia Richard Johnson |
1974 | Italy/United States | |
The Blood on Satan's Claw (a.k.a. Satan's Skin) |
Piers Haggard | Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews |
1971 | United Kingdom | [21][22] |
The Brotherhood of Satan | Bernard McEveety | Strother Martin
L. Q. Jones Charles Bateman Ahna Capri Charles Robinson Alvy Moore Geri Reischl |
1971 | United States | |
The Burning Hell | Ron Ormond | Jimmy Robbins, Tim Ormond, Robert G. Lee |
1974 | United States | [23] |
Burnt Offerings | Dan Curtis | Oliver Reed | 1976 | United States | |
Daughters of Satan | Hollingsworth Morse | Tom Selleck, Barra Grant, Tani Guthrie |
1972 | United States | [24][25] |
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell | Curtis Harrington | Richard Crenna | 1978 | United States | |
The Devil Made Me Do It | Norbert Meisel | Brigette Giursa, Andy Hopkins, Celenthia Monett |
1974 | United States | [26] |
The Devil's Daughter | Jeannot Szwarc | Shelley Winters
Belinda Montgomery Robert Foxworth Jonathan Frid |
1973 | United States | |
Devil's Ecstasy | Brandon G. Carter | Cyndee Summers, Tara Blair, Patrick Wright |
1977 | United States | [27] |
The Devil's Rain | Robert Fuest | William Shatner, Ernest Borgnine, Tom Skerritt |
1975 | Mexico, United States |
[28] |
Don't Deliver Us from Evil (French: Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal) |
Joël Séria | Jeanne Goupil, Catherine Wagener |
1971 | France | [29] |
The Eerie Midnight Horror Show (a.k.a. Enter the Devil) (Italian: L'Ossessa) |
Mario Gariazzo | Stella Carnacina, Chris Avram |
1978 | Italy | [30][31][32] |
Equinox | Jack Woods | Edward Connell
Barbara Hewitt Robin Christopher |
1970 | United States | |
The Exorcist | William Friedkin | Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb |
1973 | United States | [33] |
The Hanging Woman (a.k.a. La orgía de los muertos, Beyond the Living Dead, Return of the Zombies) |
José Luis Merino | Stelvio Rosi, Dyanik Zurakowska, Paul Naschy |
1973 | Spain, Italy |
[34] |
I Don't Want to Be Born | Peter Sasdy | Joan Collins | 1975 | British | |
Inquisition (Spanish: Inquisición) |
Paul Naschy | Paul Naschy, Daniela Giordano, Mónica Randall |
1976 | Spain | [35][36] |
The Last Step Down (a.k.a. Even Devils Pray) |
Lawrence Ramport | Olivia James, Beatrice Stolen, Uschi Digard |
1971 | United States | [37] |
The Legacy | Richard Marquand | Katharine Ross
Sam Elliott Roger Daltrey John Standing Margaret Tyzack |
1978 | United States | |
Legacy of Satan | Gerard Damiano | John Francis, Lisa Christian, Paul Barry |
1974 | United States | [38] |
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby | Sam O'Steen | Stephen McHattie, Patty Duke, George Maharis |
1976 | United States | sequel to Roman Polanski's 1968 film Rosemary's Baby[39][40] |
Exorcist II: The Heretic | John Boorman | Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher |
1977 | United States | [41][42] |
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 |
[43] |
The Mephisto Waltz | Paul Wendkos | Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins |
1971 | United States | from the novel of the same title by Fred Mustard Stewart[44][45] |
The Omen | Richard Donner | Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner |
1976 | United Kingdom United States |
[46] |
Race with the Devil | Jack Starrett | Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit |
1975 | United States | [47][48] |
Ring of Darkness (Italian: Un'ombra nell'ombra) |
Pier Carpi | Valentina Cortese | 1979 | Italy | [49] |
Satan War | Bartell LaRue | Sally Schermerhorn, Jimmy Drankovitch |
1979 | United States | [50] |
Satan's Cheerleaders | Greydon Clark | John Ireland, Yvonne De Carlo, John Carradine |
1977 | United States | [51] |
Satan's School for Girls | David Lowell Rich | Pamela Franklin, Kate Jackson, Lloyd Bochner |
1973 | United States | [52] |
Satan's Slave (a.k.a. Evil Heritage) |
Norman J. Warren | Michael Gough, Martin Potter, Candace Glendenning |
1976 | United Kingdom | [53][54] |
Satan's Triangle | Sutton Roley | Kim Novak
Doug McClure Alejandro Rey Ed Lauter Jim Davis |
1975 | United States | |
Satánico pandemonium | Gilberto Martínez Solares | Delia Magaña, Enrique Rocha, Cecilia Pezet |
1975 | Mexico | [55] |
The Sentinel | Michael Winner | Chris Sarandon
Cristina Raines Martin Balsam John Carradine Jose Ferrer Ava Gardner Arthur Kennedy Burgess Meredith Sylvia Miles Deborah Raffin Eli Wallach |
1977 | United States | |
Şeytan | Metin Erksan | Cihan Ünal, Erol Amaç, İsmail Hakkı Şen |
1974 | Turkey | [56] |
Shadow of Illusion (Italian: Ombre roventi) |
Mario Caiano | William Berger, Daniela Giordano, Krista Nell |
1971 | Italy | [57] |
Something Evil | Steven Spielberg | Darren McGavin | 1972 | United States | |
To the Devil... a Daughter (a.k.a. Child of Satan) |
Peter Sykes | Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman |
1976 | United Kingdom, West Germany |
[58] |
The Touch of Satan | Don Henderson | Michael Berry
Emby Mellay Lee Amber Yvonne Winslow Jeanne Gerson Robert Easton |
1971 | United States | |
Twins of Evil | John Hough | Peter Cushing, Dennis Price, Mary Collinson |
1971 | United Kingdom | [59][60] |
Warlock Moon | Bill Herbert | Laurie Walters, Joe Spano, Edna MacAfee |
1973 | United States | [61][62] |
Damien: Omen II | Don Taylor Mike Hodges |
William Holden, Lee Grant |
1978 | United States, United Kingdom |
[63][64] |
Title | Director(s) | Actors | Premiere | Country | Notes / Ref. |
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The Exorcist III | Carter DeHaven, James G. Robinson |
George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Jason Miller |
1990 | United States | third installment in the Exorcist series[86][87][88][89] |
Mister Frost | Philippe Setbon | Jeff Goldblum, Kathy Baker |
1990 | United Kingdom France |
[90][91][92] |
Omen IV: The Awakening | Jorge Montesi, Dominique Othenin-Girard |
Faye Grant, Michael Woods, Asia Vieira |
1991 | Canada[93] | the fourth installment in The Omen series.[94] |
Blood Church (a.k.a. Heartland of Darkness) |
Eric Swelstad | Nick Baldasare, Linnea Quigley, Dino Tripodis |
1992 | United States | [95] |
El Sacristan del Diablo | Jorge Luke | Sebastian Ligarde, Jorge Luke , Eva Garbo |
1992 | Mexico | [96] |
The Day of the Beast (Spanish: El día de la Bestia) |
Álex de la Iglesia | Álex Angulo, Armando De Razza, Santiago Segura |
1995 | Spain | [97][98] |
The First Power | Robert Resnikoff | Lou Diamond Phillips | 1990 | United States | |
The Prophecy | Gregory Widen | Christopher Walken, Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen |
1995 | United States | [99] |
The Devil's Advocate | Taylor Hackford | Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron |
1997 | United States | based on Andrew Neiderman's novel of the same name.[100] |
The Omega Code | Rob Marcarelli | Casper Van Dien, Michael York, Catherine Oxenberg, Michael Ironside |
1999 | United States, Canada, Israel |
a plan by the Antichrist to take over the world.[101][102] |
Sleepy Hollow | Tim Burton | Johnny Depp | 1999 | United States | |
Stigmata | Rupert Wainwright | Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce |
1999 | United States | [103][104] |
Title | Director(s) | Actors | Premiere | Country | Notes / Ref. |
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Bless the Child | Chuck Russell | 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[105] |
Fever Night aka Band of Satanic Outsiders | Jordan Harris, Andrew Schrader |
Peter Tullio, Philip Marlatt, Melanie Rose Wilson |
2009 | United States | about Satanic manifestations.[106][107] |
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Michael York, Michael Biehn, Diane Venora |
2001 | United States | follow-up to the 1999 film Omega Code[108] |
Rain Rain Come Again | Jayaraj | Ajay Jose, Reji V Nair, Divya Lakshmi |
2002 | India | first Malayalam film centered on theme of satanism.[109] |
The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Scott Derrickson | Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson |
2005 | United States | loosely based on the story of Anneliese Michel.[110][111] |
The Ninth Gate | Roman Polanski | Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Frank Langella |
2000 | France, Spain |
about a rare and ancient book for summoning the Devil[112][113][114] |
The Omen (a.k.a. The Omen: 666) |
John Moore | Julia Stiles, Liev Schreiber, Mia Farrow |
2006 | United States | remake of the 1976 film of the same name[115][116] |