Highest-Rated Movies about 'Satanism', Sort by Popularity

Haxan (1922), Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996), Night of the Demon (1957), The Devil's Advocate (1997), The Devil Rides Out (1968), The Seventh Victim (1943), Race With the Devil (1975), Twins of Evil (1971) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Satanism movies.

#1. Haxan (1922)

Storyline: A hybrid of documentary and fiction, this silent film explores the history of witchcraft, demonology and satanism. It shows representations of evil in a variety of ancient and medieval artworks, offers vignettes illustrating a number of superstitious practices and presents a narrative about the persecution of a woman accused of witchcraft. The film ends by suggesting that the modern science of psychology offers important insight into the beliefs and practices of the past.

Plot Keywords: satan, witch, monk, mentally impaired person, doctor, gory, offbeat ...

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#2. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)

Storyline: Berlinger and Sinofsky's documentary of a gruesome triple murder in West Memphis, Arkansas and the subsequent trials of three suspects, takes a hard look at both the occult and the American justice system in 'small-town' America. Three teenagers are accused of this horrific crime of killing three children, supposedly as a result of involvement in Satanism. As in their previous documentary, things turn out to be more complex than initial appearances and this film presents the real-life courtroom drama to the viewer, as it unfolds.—Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>

Plot Keywords: teen boy, adult, friend, father, girlfriend, judge, bleak ...

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#3. Night of the Demon (1957)

Storyline: Dr. John Holden ventures to London to attend a paranormal psychology symposium with the intention to expose devil cult leader Julian Karswell. Holden is a skeptic and does not believe in Karswell's power. Nonetheless, he accepts an invitation to stay at Karswell's estate, along with Joanna Harrington, niece of Holden's confidant who was electrocuted in a bizarre automobile accident. Karswell secretly slips a parchment into Holden's papers that might possibly be a death curse. Recurring strange events finally strike fear into Holden, who believes that his only hope is to pass the parchment back to Karswell to break the demonic curse.

Plot Keywords: professor, psychologist, niece, skeptic, cult leader, devil worshipper, creepy ...

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#4. The Devil's Advocate (1997)

Storyline: Kevin Lomax, a ruthless young Florida attorney that never lost a case, is recruited by the most powerful law firm in the world. In spite of his mother's disagreement, which compares New York City to Babylon, he accepts the offer and the money that comes along. But soon, his wife starts feeling homesick as she witnesses devilish apparitions. However, Kevin is sinking in his new cases and pays less and less attention to his wife. His boss and mentor, John Milton, seems to always know how to overcome every problem and that just freaks Kevin right off.

Plot Keywords: attorney, boss, devil, wife, mother, coworker, brutal ...

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#5. The Devil Rides Out (1968)

Storyline: In the countryside of England, the Duc de Richleau a.k.a Nicholas welcomes his old friend Rex Van Ryn that has flown to meet him and Simon Aron, who is the son of an old friend of them that had passed away but charged them the task of watching the youngster. Nicholas and Rex unexpectedly visit Simon that is receiving twelve mysterious friends. Sooner Nicholas, who is proficient in black magic, learns that the guests are member of a satanic cult and Simon and his friend Tanith Carlisle will be baptized by the powerful leader Mocata to serve the devil. The two friends abduct Simon and Tanith expecting to save their souls but Mocata summons the Angel of Death and the Goat of Mendes to help him in a battle between the good and the forces of evil.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: duke, friend, high priest, satanist, devil, victim, dark ...

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#6. The Seventh Victim (1943)

Storyline: When her older sister Jacqueline disappears, Mary Gibson is forced to leave her private school and decides to travel to New York City to look for her. A bit naive and out of her depth, she is not quite sure how to go about finding her. Eventually she meets Gregory Ward, her sister's husband and a mysterious psychiatrist, Dr. Louis Judd who claims to know of Jacqueline's whereabouts. What she doesn't realize is that her sister became involved with devil worshipers who now want to eliminate her for having revealed their existence.—garykmcd

Plot Keywords: young woman, sister, psychiatrist, husband, cult member, brooding, eerie ...

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#7. Race With the Devil (1975)

Storyline: Frank and Roger and their wives take off for Colorado in a recreational vehicle, looking forward to some skiing and dirt biking. While camping en route, they witness a Satanic ritual sacrifice, but the local sheriff finds no evidence to support their claims and urges them to continue on their vacation. On the way, however, they find themselves repeatedly attacked by cult members, and they take measures to defend themselves.—Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>

Plot Keywords: biker, friend, wife, sheriff, satanist, campy, eerie ...

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#8. Twins of Evil (1971)

Storyline: In nineteenth century middle-Europe, orphaned teenage twins Maria and Frieda go to live with their uncle Gustav Weil, who heads the Brotherhood, a vigilante group trying to stamp out vampirism. But their methods are random and misplaced and the only result is a terrorised populace. The real threat lies with Count Karnstein, and although the twins seem outwardly to be identical, Frieda finds herself much more drawn than her sister to the Count's castle dominating the skyline.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: identical twin, uncle, puritan, count, vampire, vampire hunter, campy ...

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#9. Damien: Omen II (1978)

Storyline: Seven years later, Damien Thorn is about to turn 13 and is just discovering who he really is, and what he is destined to do. Now living with his Aunt, Uncle, and cousin in a wealthy suburb of Chicago, Damien is in line to inherit everything from his family. Can Richard Thorn finish the job that Damien's father (Ambassador Robert Thorn) started?

Plot Keywords: orphan, aunt, uncle, cousin, antichrist, chilling, gory ...

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#10. Incubus (1966)

Storyline: Kia is a succubus, luring to their final perdition men who already have sinful habits and libertine inclinations. She tires of this, it's too easy, and these souls are going to Hell anyway. She wants to match wits and charm with someone who is good. So, against the advice of her sister Amael, Kia seeks out Marc, a man who has already faced death with courage. After a night together, Kia finds that not only is Marc's goodness still intact, but she has been ravaged by love. In anger, she and Amael conjure an incubus to deal with Marc. The incubus starts with Marc's sister, Arndis. Who will win the struggle for souls?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: visitor, demon, sick person, soldier, witch, offbeat, creepy ...

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#11. The Mephisto Waltz (1971)

Storyline: Myles Clarkson, a classical piano player on the rise, befriends Duncan Mowbray Ely, a famous player himself who is at death's door. Unknown to Clarkson, Ely is a Satanist, who arranges to have their souls switch places at his death, so that he can be young again and continue to play piano.—Humberto Amador

Plot Keywords: pianist, wife, journalist, satanist, daughter, uneasy, eerie ...

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#12. The Convent (1995)

Storyline: The journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese convent where he expects to find the documents needed to prove his theory: Shakespeare was born in Spain; not in England.—Hugo Lopes <l41340@alfa.ist.utl.pt>

Plot Keywords: professor, wife, husband, curator, guardian, girl, tense ...

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#13. The Gate (1987)

Storyline: When Al (Christa Denton) and Glenn's (Stephen Dorff) parents (Deborah Grover, Scot Denton) leave town for the weekend, Al uses the opportunity to throw a party while little brother Glenn and his friend Terry (Louis Tripp) decide to explore a hole left by a tree-removal service in the backyard. When unexplainable phenomena begin occurring, Terry -- with the help of his extensive heavy-metal music collection -- comes to the conclusion that he and Glenn have accidentally opened a gateway to hell.

Plot Keywords: sister, brother, friend, mother, father, demon, frightening ...

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#14. To the Devil a Daughter (1976)

Storyline: An excommunicated priest sets up a satanic cult that only looks Catholic on the outside. He convinces a man to sign over his daughter's soul so that she will become the devil's representative on earth on her eighteenth birthday, but as that day nears, the man seeks the help of an American occult novelist to save his daughter, both physically and spiritually.—Brian J. Wright <tyrannorabbit@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: occultist, frightening, convent, possession, satanism, rescue, 1970s ...

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