5 Must-Watch Films About Demons

5 Must-Watch Films about Demons

A 2013 survey by YouGov revealed that the majority of Americans believe in Satan, demons, and demonic possessions: “More than half of all Americans (57%) believe in the existence of the devil and a slight majority (51%) believe in possession by evil spirits.”

Warning: Spoilers up ahead. Read at your own risk!

The Witch is a supernatural horror film based on a New England folktale. It is written and directed by Robert Eggers and stars Anya Taylor-Joy as the main character, Thomasin.
Set in 1630s New England, the film tells the story of a Puritan family who had been banished from their old community due to a religious conflict. They moved to a secluded location and built a farm near a forest. Things fall apart when starvation, controversy in the family, and the forces of witchcraft start to corrupt their faith.

The film was a box office success, gained positive reviews, and earned an approval rating of 91% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Errementari is a fantasy horror film in the Basque language directed by Paul Urkijo and is his first feature-length film. It stars Uma Bracaglia, Kandido Uranga, and Eneko Sagardoy as the very likable demon, Sartael. Errementari retells the famous Basque folklore about a blacksmith who tricked a demon, keeps him in a fortress, and tortures him. The blacksmith blames the
demon for his misery and the loss of his wife. Things inside the fortress change when an orphan trespassed on his property and releases Sartael from his cage.

3) Under the Shadow (2016)
 

4) Hereditary (2018)

Hereditary is an American horror film written and directed by Ari Aster. It stars Toni Collette as Annie, Gabriel Byrne as Steve (Annie’s husband), Alex Wolff as Peter (their 16-year-old son), and Milly Shapiro as Charlie (their 13-year-old daughter). It revolves around a family who is haunted by an undefined horror after their secretive and mysterious grandmother died. The near-end of the film reveals that the disturbance and confusion had something to do with the grandmother and her coven’s god, King Paimon, a demon who wishes to inhabit the body of a male host.

Little Evil deviates from all the other films on this list since it is, well, a comedy. It’s written and directed by Eli Craig and is one of the most famous films on Netflix under the horror comedy genre.

The film tells the troubles of a step-father who is plotting a way to kill his 5-year-old stepson, Lucas, who is actually the Antichrist. Lucas has been hunted by members of a cult who want him dead so that his real father, The Devil, can have “full custody” by using the child’s body as a medium for him to enter and bring on the apocalypse.

Hundreds of books and movies have discussed angels, demons—the battle between good and evil—which left us questioning whether it’s real or fiction. But most of the time, the demons represent the constant conflict within ourselves, lurking behind the darkest choices that we have to make in order to survive our everyday grind. Demons are depicted by a lot of definitions depending on religion, belief, and occultism. They are often defined as supernatural and malevolent minions of Lucifer. In Christianity, demons are corrupted spirits tasked to accomplish Satan’s desires. In Christian demonology, a demon is considered as an evil spiritual entity and is the common subject in demonic possessions.

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