Films about Satanism

The Conjuring is a 2013 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan and written by Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes. It is the inaugural film in The Conjuring Universe franchise. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga star as Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of haunting. Their purportedly real-life reports inspired The Amityville Horror story and the associated film franchise. The Warrens come to the assistance of the Perron family, who experienced increasingly disturbing events in their newly occupied farmhouse in Rhode Island in 1971.

1997 film directed by Taylor Hackford

1999 film by Tim Burton

1968 film directed by Roman Polanski

2014 film directed by John R. Leonetti

2017 film directed by David F. Sandberg

2009 film by Karyn Kusama

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is a 2021 American supernatural horror film directed by Michael Chaves, with a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick from a story by Johnson-McGoldrick and James Wan. The film is a sequel to The Conjuring (2013) and The Conjuring 2 (2016), and the seventh installment in The Conjuring Universe. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga reprise their roles as paranormal investigators and authors Ed and Lorraine Warren, with Ruairi O'Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook in her feature film debut, and Julian Hilliard also starring. Wan and Peter Safran return to produce the film, which is based on the trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson, a murder trial that took place in 1981 Connecticut, in addition to The Devil in Connecticut, a book about the trial written by Gerald Brittle.

1999 film directed by Peter Hyams

Hocus Pocus is a 1993 American fantasy comedy film directed by Kenny Ortega from a screenplay by Mick Garris and Neil Cuthbert, and a story by David Kirschner and Garris. It follows a villainous comedic trio of witches who are inadvertently resurrected by a teenage boy in Salem, Massachusetts, on Halloween night.

2015 film directed by Robert Eggers

2011 film by Patrick Lussier

2017 film directed by McG

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is a 2026 post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Alex Garland. It is the direct sequel to 28 Years Later (2025) and the fourth instalment in the 28 Days Later film series. It stars Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, and Chi Lewis-Parry. The film follows Spike as he is adopted into "Sir Lord" Jimmy Crystal's satanic cult while Dr. Ian Kelson makes an unexpected connection with Samson, an Alpha Infected.

Ready or Not is a 2019 American comedy horror film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and written by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. It stars Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Elyse Levesque, Nicky Guadagni, Henry Czerny and Andie MacDowell. It follows a young bride who is hunted by her spouse's wealthy family as part of a wedding night ritual to worship the Devil.

Longlegs is a 2024 American mystery horror thriller film written and directed by Osgood Perkins. The film stars Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, and Nicolas Cage. Set in the 1990s, the story follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent assigned to hunt down an occult-obsessed serial killer responsible for a string of family murders across Oregon. The killer is dubbed Longlegs, and baffles the FBI with his perfect ability to seemingly leave zero trace of involvement at the crime scenes.

2020 film directed by McG

1960 film directed by Mario Bava

1934 film by Edgar George Ulmer

1972 film by Alan Gibson

2022 film directed by Anne Fletcher

1973 film directed by Alan Gibson

1964 horror film directed by Roger Corman

2021 film directed by Leigh Janiak

1978 film by Don Taylor

2007 film by Dario Argento

2020 film directed by Oz Perkins

2000 film by Chuck Russell

2021 film directed by Kevin Lewis

2023 film directed by Cameron and Colin Cairnes

2012 film by Rob Zombie

2011 film directed by Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz

1943 film directed by Mark Robson

2004 film by Jaume Balagueró

1957 British horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is a 2026 American comedy horror film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and written by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. It serves as a sequel to Ready or Not (2019), with Samara Weaving reprising her role as Grace MacCaullay. The film also stars Kathryn Newton, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shawn Hatosy, David Cronenberg, and Elijah Wood. Set immediately after the events of Ready or Not, it follows Grace (Weaving) as she must protect her estranged sister (Newton) while being hunted by several elite families in a high-stakes ritual to claim a seat of ultimate power.

1968 British horror film directed by Terence Fisher

1995 film directed by Brett Leonard

1971 film by Piers Haggard

2014 film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett

documentary film directed by Penny Lane

2012 film by John Poliquin

1976 film by Peter Sykes

2015 film by Oz Perkins

1972 film by Sergio Martino

1990 film by Robert Resnikoff

1983 film directed by Joseph Sargent

2006 film by Kim Chapiron

2009 film by Ti West

1999 film by Jaume Balagueró

1960 film by John Llewellyn Moxey

1975 film by Robert Fuest

1980 film by George Bowers

1971 film by Paul Wendkos

1983 film directed by Ray Cameron

Ghoulies is a 1985 American horror film, directed by Luca Bercovici in his directorial debut. The film was co-written with producer Jefery Levy. It stars Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres, Jack Nance, Scott Thomson, and Mariska Hargitay. The film follows a young man named Jonathan Graves who, after inheriting his satanic father's estate, becomes seduced by its occult secrets. It is the first in the Ghoulies film series. It received negative reviews from critics.

Alucarda (Spanish: Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas, or Alucarda, the daughter of darkness) is a 1977 Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Juan López Moctezuma, and starring Tina Romero, Claudio Brook, Susana Kamini, and David Silva. A loose adaptation of Carmilla (1872), it revolves around two teenage orphan girls living in a Catholic convent, who unleash a demonic force and become possessed. Since its release, Alucarda has achieved cult status.

1975 film directed by Jack Starrett

2017 film directed by Joko Anwar

2017 film by Eli Craig