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) Georges Méliès 1897 France Based on the Faust legend 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.Niver, Kemp (1967). Motion Pictures From The Library of Congress Paper Print Collection 1894-1912. University of California Press, The Damnation of Faust (French: Faust aux enfers) Georges Méliès 1903 France Faust and Marguerite (French: Damnation du docteur Faust) Georges Méliès Georges Méliès 1904 France The Student of Prague ( 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. Rapsodia satanica Nino Oxilia Lyda Borelli 1915 Italy Rapsodia satanica, mascagni.org Faust (German: Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage) F. W. Murnau Gösta EkmanEmil JanningsCamilla Horn 1926 Weimar Republic Häxan (Witchcraft Through the Ages) Benjamin Christensen Benjamin ChristensenClara PontoppidanOscar Stribolt 1929 SwedenDenmark Pilkington, Mark Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages Fortean Times, Dennis Publishing Ltd., October 2007 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.
1960s Title Director(s) Actors Premiere Country Notes / Ref. The Masque of the Red Death Roger Corman Vincent Price Hazel Court Jane Asher 1964 United KingdomUnited States Short story by Edgar Allan Poe.Bedazzled Stanley Donen Peter Cook Dudley Moore Eleanor Bron 1967 United Kingdom A comic retelling of the Faust legend. Black SundayMario BavaBarbara Steele John Richardson
Andrea Checchi
Ivo Garrani
Arturo Dominici
Enrico Oliveri1960Italy The Devil Rides Out (The Devil's Bride) Terence Fisher Christopher LeeCharles GrayNiké Arrighi 1968 United Kingdom Based on the 1934 novel by Dennis Wheatley. Rosemary's Baby Roman Polanski Mia Farrow John Cassavetes Ruth Gordon 1968 United States Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. The Satanist Zoltan G. Spencer Pat Barrington Mary Bauer 1968 United States The Satanist at Turner Classic Movies The Witchmaker William O. Brown Anthony Eisley Thordis Brandt Alvy Moore 1969 United States The Witchmaker at Rotten Tomatoes
1970s Title Director(s) Actors Premiere Country Notes / Ref. All the Colors of the Dark () Sergio Martino Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, George Rigaud 1972 Italy, Spain Alucarda () Juan López Moctezuma Tina Romero, Claudio Brook, Susana Kamini 1977 Mexico Asylum of Satan William Girdler Charles Kissinger, Nick Jolley, Carla Borelli 1972 United States Asylum of Satan, classic-horror.comThe Bermuda DepthsTsugunobu Kotani (credited as Tom Kotani)Leigh McCloskey Carl Weathers
Connie Sellecca
Julie Woodson
Burl Ives
Ruth Attaway1978Japan/United StatesBeyond the DoorOvidio G. AssonitisJuliet Mills Gabriele Lavia
Richard Johnson1974Italy/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 John Hamilton, Beasts in the Cellar: The Exploitation Film Career of Tony Tenser, Fab Press, 2005 p 181-185 The Brotherhood of SatanBernard McEveetyStrother Martin L. Q. Jones
Charles Bateman
Ahna Capri
Charles Robinson
Alvy Moore
Geri Reischl1971United States The Burning Hell Ron Ormond Jimmy Robbins,Tim Ormond,Robert G. Lee 1974 United States The Burning Hell , allhorror.comBurnt OfferingsDan CurtisOliver Reed Karen Black
Bette Davis
Lee H. Montgomery
Eileen Heckart
Burgess Meredith
Anthony James1976United States Daughters of Satan Hollingsworth Morse Tom Selleck,Barra Grant,Tani Guthrie 1972 United States Devil Dog: The Hound of HellCurtis HarringtonRichard Crenna Yvette Mimieux
Kim Richards
Ike Eisenmann1978United States The Devil Made Me Do It Norbert Meisel Brigette Giursa, Andy Hopkins, Celenthia Monett 1974 United States The Devil Made Me Do It , allhorror.comThe Devil's DaughterJeannot SzwarcShelley Winters Belinda Montgomery
Robert Foxworth
Jonathan Frid1973United States Devil's Ecstasy Brandon G. Carter Cyndee Summers, Tara Blair, Patrick Wright 1977 United States Devil's Ecstasy , allhorror.com The Devil's Rain Robert Fuest William Shatner, Ernest Borgnine, Tom Skerritt 1975 Mexico, United States Don't Deliver Us from Evil () Joël Séria Jeanne Goupil, Catherine Wagener 1971 France The Eerie Midnight Horror Show (a.k.a. Enter the Devil)() Mario Gariazzo Stella Carnacina, Chris Avram 1978 Italy EquinoxJack Woods Dennis MurenEdward Connell Barbara Hewitt
Frank Bonner
Robin Christopher1970United States The Exorcist William Friedkin Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb 1973 United States 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 THE HANGING WOMAN (DVD Review) , fangoria.comI Don't Want to Be BornPeter SasdyJoan Collins Ralph Bates
Eileen Atkins1975British Inquisition () Paul Naschy Paul Naschy, Daniela Giordano, Mónica Randall 1976 Spain Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer 2008.Inquisición, filmaffinity.com/es The Last Step Down (a.k.a. Even Devils Pray) Lawrence Ramport Olivia James, Beatrice Stolen, Uschi Digard 1971 United States The Last Step Down, lovingtheclassics.comThe LegacyRichard MarquandKatharine Ross Sam Elliott
Roger Daltrey
John Standing
Margaret Tyzack1978United States Legacy of Satan Gerard Damiano John Francis, Lisa Christian, Paul Barry 1974 United States 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 Exorcist II: The Heretic John Boorman Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher 1977 United States Bob McCabe, The Exorcist: Out of the Shadows (Omnibus Press, 1999), pp. 160–162 Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun () Erwin C. DietrichMax Dora Susan Hemingway William Berger 1977 West Germany Switzerland Thrower, Stephen (2015). Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco. Strange Attractor Press. The Mephisto Waltz Paul Wendkos Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins 1971 United States from the novel of the same title by Fred Mustard StewartCavett Binion. "The Mephisto Waltz (1971) - Paul Wendkos | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie"Schreck, Nikolas. The Satanic Screen: An Illustrated Guide to the Devil in Cinema. London: Creation Books, 2001, pp. 156–57. The Omen Richard Donner Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner 1976 United Kingdom United States Race with the Devil Jack Starrett Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit 1975 United States Ring of Darkness () Pier Carpi Valentina Cortese 1979 Italy Ring of Darkness, filmaffinity.com Satan War Bartell LaRue Sally Schermerhorn, Jimmy Drankovitch 1979 United States Satan War, bleedingskull.com Satan's Cheerleaders Greydon Clark John Ireland, Yvonne De Carlo, John Carradine 1977 United States Satan's Cheerleaders , loftcinema.org Satan's School for Girls David Lowell Rich Pamela Franklin,Kate Jackson,Lloyd Bochner 1973 United States Satan's Slave (a.k.a. Evil Heritage) Norman J. Warren Michael Gough,Martin Potter,Candace Glendenning 1976 United Kingdom Satan's TriangleSutton RoleyKim Novak Doug McClure
Alejandro Rey
Ed Lauter
Jim Davis1975United States Satánico pandemonium Gilberto Martínez Solares Delia Magaña,Enrique Rocha,Cecilia Pezet 1975 Mexico Satanico Pandemonium - Mondo DigitalThe SentinelMichael WinnerChris Sarandon Cristina Raines
Martin Balsam
John Carradine
Jose Ferrer
Ava Gardner
Arthur Kennedy
Burgess Meredith
Sylvia Miles
Deborah Raffin
Eli Wallach1977United States Şeytan Metin Erksan Cihan Ünal,Erol Amaç,İsmail Hakkı Şen 1974 Turkey The Turkish Exorcist, allmovie.com Shadow of Illusion () Mario Caiano William Berger, Daniela Giordano, Krista Nell 1971 Italy Something EvilSteven SpielbergDarren McGavin Sandy Dennis
Ralph Bellamy
Jeff Corey1972United 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 The Touch of SatanDon HendersonMichael Berry Emby Mellay
Lee Amber
Yvonne Winslow
Jeanne Gerson
Robert Easton1971United States Twins of Evil John Hough Peter Cushing, Dennis Price, Mary Collinson 1971 United Kingdom A. H. Weiler, "Hands of the Ripper (1971)," The New York Times, 14 July 1972. Warlock Moon Bill Herbert Laurie Walters, Joe Spano, Edna MacAfee 1973 United States Damien – Omen II Don Taylor Mike Hodges William Holden, Lee Grant 1978 United States,United Kingdom
1980s Title Director(s) Actors Premiere Country Notes / Ref. Omen III: The Final Conflict Graham Baker Sam Neill, Lisa Harrow, Rossano Brazzi 1981 United Kingdom, United States Oh, God! You Devil Paul Bogart George Burns, Ted Wass, Ron Silver 1984 United States Angel Heart Alan Parker Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet 1987 United States The Believers John Schlesinger Martin Sheen, Robert Loggia, Helen Shaver 1987 United States Black Candles (Los ritos sexuales del diablo) José Ramón Larraz Helga Liné, Vanessa Hidalgo, Jeffrey Healey 1982 Spain Los ritos sexuales del diablo, bfi.org.ukCooper, Ian (2016). Frightmares: A History of British Horror Cinema. New York City, New York: Columbia University Press. . p. 167. The Covenant Walter Grauman Jane Badler, Kevin Conroy, Judy Parfitt 1985 United States Evilspeak Eric Weston Clint Howard, R. G. Armstrong, Joseph Cortese 1982 United States Family Reunion Michael Hawes Mel Novak, Pam Phillips, Jack Starrett 1989 United States Family Reunion, oh-the-horror.com Fear No Evil Frank LaLoggia Stefan Arngrim, Elizabeth Hoffman, Kathleen Rowe McAllen 1981 United States The Killing of Satan (Lumaban ka, Satanas) Efren C. Piñon Ramon Revilla, Elizabeth Oropesa, George Estregan 1983 Philippines The Killing of Satan, bleedingskull.com Night Train to Terror Jay Schlossberg-Cohen John Phillip Law,Cameron Mitchell 1985 United States Night Visitor (a.k.a. Never Cry Devil) Rupert Hitzig Richard Roundtree,Elliott Gould,Shannon Tweed 1989 United States Prime Evil Roberta Findlay William Beckwith, Christine Moore, Mavis Harris 1988 United States Prime Evil , allhorror.com Prince of Darkness John Carpenter Donald Pleasence, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker 1987 United States Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare John Fasano Jon Mikl Thor, Jillian Peri, Teresa Simpson 1987 United States 10 of the Cheesiest Heavy Metal Horror Flicks of All Time!Trick or TreatCharles Martin SmithMarc Price Tony Fields
Gene Simmons
Ozzy Osbourne1986United States The Unholy Camilo Vila Ben Cross, Ned Beatty,Hal Holbrook 1988 United States WarlockSteve MinerJulian Sands Lori Singer
Richard E. Grant1989United States
1990s