Movies by Lists - Satans Favorite Horror Films (68 [69]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| AbbyA marriage counselor becomes possessed by the demon of sexuality, when her father-in-law, an exorcist, freed it while in Africa. | 1974 | William Girdler | Horror | 5.6 (943 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| All The Colors of the Dark [Tutti i colori del buio]A woman recovering from a car accident in which she lost her unborn child finds herself pursued by a coven of devil worshipers. | 1972 | Sergio Martino | Horror, Thriller | 6.7 (3.9K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| AlucardaAfter the death of her parents, a young girl arrives at a convent and brings a sinister presence with her. Is it her enigmatic imaginary friend, Alucarda, who is to blame? Or is there a satanic force at work? | 1977 | Juan López Moctezuma | Horror | 6.3 (3.4K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Angel HeartA private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn. | 1987 | Alan Parker | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (85.8K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Black Cat, TheAmerican honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshipping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident. | 1934 | Edgar G. Ulmer (*) | Adventure, Crime, Horror, Romance, Thriller | 7.0 (10.9K votes) | 65 | 20211228 |
| Black Sunday aka La maschera del demonioA vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant, with only the girl's brother and a handsome doctor standing in her way. | 1960 | Mario Bava (*) | Horror | 7.2 (15K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Bless the ChildCody, a little girl abandoned by her mother and raised by her aunt, a nurse, is kidnapped. The girl's guardian, aided by an F.B.I. agent, learn that Cody has supernatural abilities, and the abductees are a Satanic cult willing to do | 2000 | Chuck Russell | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 5.1 (14.5K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Church [Demons 3], TheAn old Gothic cathedral built over a mass grave develops strange powers that trap a number of people inside with ghosts from a 12th Century massacre seeking to resurrect an ancient demon from the bowels of the Earth. | 1989 | Michele Soavi | Horror | 6.2 (7.7K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Church, The [La Chiesa]An old Gothic cathedral built over a mass grave develops strange powers that trap a number of people inside with ghosts from a 12th Century massacre seeking to resurrect an ancient demon from the bowels of the Earth. | 1989 | Michele Soavi | Horror | 6.2 (7.7K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Church, The aka La chiesaAn old Gothic cathedral built over a mass grave develops strange powers that trap a number of people inside with ghosts from a 12th Century massacre seeking to resurrect an ancient demon from the bowels of the Earth. | 1989 | Michele Soavi | Horror | 6.2 (7.7K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Conjuring, TheParanormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. | 2013 | James Wan | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (484.2K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| ConstantineSupernatural exorcist and demonologist John Constantine helps a policewoman prove her sister's death was not a suicide, but something more. | 2005 | Francis Lawrence | Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery | 7.0 (330.2K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Curse Of The DemonAmerican professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshiper Julian Karswell. | 1957 | Jacques Tourneur (*) | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (13.3K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Dark and the Wicked, TheOn a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family. | 2020 | Bryan Bertino | Horror | 6.1 (20.5K votes) | 95 | 20231001 |
| Dark WatersA girl travels to an island, after the death of her father, to find out why the father funded a monestary on the island. | 1993 | Mariano Baino | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 6.0 (2.4K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Day of the Beast, The aka El día de la bestiaBent on committing as many sins as possible to avert the birth of the beast, a Catholic priest teams up with a Black Metal aficionado and an Italian connoisseur of the occult. Now, he must become an unrelenting sinner. Is there still | 1995 | Álex de la Iglesia | Action, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller | 7.4 (20.9K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| DevilA group of people are trapped in an elevator and the Devil is mysteriously amongst them. | 2010 | John Erick Dowdle | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.2 (141.9K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Devil and Daniel Webster, TheA nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer makes a pact with Satan for economic success, then enlists famed orator Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract. | 1941 | William Dieterle (*) | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 7.6 (4.9K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Devil Inside, TheIn Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism. | 2012 | William Brent Bell | Horror | 4.2 (36.8K votes) | 83 | 20231001 |
| The Devil Rides OutDevil worshipers plan to convert two new victims. | 1968 | Terence Fisher (*) | Horror | 6.9 (8.9K votes) | 95 | 20220423 |
| Devil's Advocate, TheAn exceptionally-adept Florida lawyer is offered a job at a high-end New York City law firm with a high-end boss--the biggest opportunity of his career to date. | 1997 | Taylor Hackford | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (355.5K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| Devils, TheIn 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually-repressed nun. | 1971 | Ken Russell (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 7.8 (15.5K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Dominion Prequel To The ExorcistYears before Father Lankester Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil's soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa. Merrin's initial battle with Pazuzu leads to the rediscovery of his faith. | 2005 | Paul Schrader (*) | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 5.2 (11.4K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Don't Deliver Us From Evil [Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal]During summer break, two bored Catholic schoolgirls vow to become Satanists and play a series of increasingly dangerous and morbid games. | 1971 | Joël Séria | Drama, Horror | 6.8 (2.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| End of DaysAt the end of the century, Satan visits New York in search of a bride. It's up to an ex-cop who now runs an elite security outfit to stop him. | 1999 | Peter Hyams | Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | 5.8 (109.3K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Exorcism of Emily Rose, TheA lawyer takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest who performed an exorcism on a young girl. | 2005 | Scott Derrickson | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 6.7 (139.6K votes) | 119 | 20240316 |
| Exorcist IIIA police Lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased Gemini serial killer, leads him to question the patients of a psychiatric ward. | 1990 | William Peter Blatty | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 6.5 (30.7K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Exorcist The BeginningYears before Father Lankester Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil's soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa. This is the tale of Father Merrin's initial battle with Pazuzu and the rediscovery of his faith. | 2004 | Renny Harlin | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 5.1 (36.4K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Exorcist, TheWhen a 12-year-old girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her. | 1973 | William Friedkin (*) | Horror | 8.0 (384.5K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| FallenHomicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution, the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style. | 1998 | Gregory Hoblit | Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (80.5K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| FaustThe demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul. | 1926 | F.W. Murnau (*) | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 8.1 (14.9K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| HäxanFictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe. | 1922 | Benjamin Christensen | Documentary, Fantasy, History, Horror | 7.7 (13.8K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| HellraiserA woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body so he can escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their sadistic underw | 1987 | Clive Barker | Horror, Thriller | 7.0 (115.5K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| HereditaryA grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences. | 2018 | Ari Aster | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (280.4K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Horror HotelA young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants. | 1960 | John Llewellyn Moxey | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (7.2K votes) | 76 | 20211228 |
| House of the Devil, TheIn 1983, financially struggling college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger. | 2009 | Ti West | Horror, Mystery | 6.4 (43.9K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| I Drink Your BloodA group of Satanic hippies wreak havoc on a small town where a young boy, whose sister and grandfather were victimized by them, tries to get even - with deadly results. | 1970 | David E. Durston | Horror | 6.0 (3.6K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| IncubusOn a strange island inhabited by demons and spirits, a man battles the forces of evil. | 1966 | Leslie Stevens | Horror | 6.2 (1.9K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Invocation of My Demon BrotherExperimental short, featuring strobe-like erotic imagery with several shots of the Rolling Stones in performance and an original synthesizer score by Mick Jagger. | 1969 | Kenneth Anger (*) | Short, Horror | 6.5 (1.8K votes) | 12 | 20211228 |
| Jacob's LadderMourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of de | 1990 | Adrian Lyne (*) | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 7.5 (104.6K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Jaws of SatanA preacher whose ancestors were cursed by Druids battles Satan, who has taken the form of a huge snake. | 1981 | Bob Claver | Horror | 4.0 (799 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Last Exorcism, TheA troubled evangelical minister agrees to let his last exorcism be filmed by a documentary crew. | 2010 | Daniel Stamm | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 5.7 (49.5K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Lords of ChaosA teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the early 1990s results in a very violent outcome. | 2018 | Jonas Åkerlund | Biography, Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller | 6.6 (14.9K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Lost SoulsA Catholic teacher meets an atheist journalist, whom a group of Catholics and Priests believes has been chosen by the devil to be the Antichrist. | 2000 | Janusz Kaminski | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 4.8 (10.9K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Lucifer RisingEgyptian gods summons the angel Lucifer - in order to usher in a new occult age. | 1972 | Kenneth Anger (*) | Short, Fantasy | 7.2 (3K votes) | 29 | 20211228 |
| Masque of the Red Death, TheA European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land. | 1964 | Roger Corman (*) | Drama, Horror | 7.0 (14K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Mephisto Waltz, TheAn old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist. | 1971 | Paul Wendkos | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.0 (2.8K votes) | 115 | 20220731 |
| Mother Joan of the AngelsA priest is sent to a small parish in the Polish countryside which is believed to be under demonic possession and there he finds his own temptations awaiting. | 1961 | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 7.6 (3.2K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Needful ThingsA mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected. | 1993 | Fraser C. Heston | Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | 6.3 (24.5K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Night of the DemonAmerican professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshiper Julian Karswell. | 1957 | Jacques Tourneur (*) | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (13.3K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Ninth Gate, TheA rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones. | 1999 | Roman Polanski (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 6.7 (176.5K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| Noroi - The CurseA documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the "kagutaba." | 2005 | Kôji Shiraishi | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (11.8K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Omen 2 - DamienDamien the Antichrist, now about to turn thirteen years old, finally learns of his destiny under the guidance of an unholy disciple of Satan. Meanwhile dark forces begin to eliminate all those who suspect the child's true identity. | 1978 | Don Taylor, Mike Hodges | Horror | 6.3 (31.4K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Omen 3 - The Final ConflictThe now adult Antichrist plots to eliminate his future divine opponent while a cabal of monks plot to stop him. | 1981 | Graham Baker | Horror | 5.6 (19.9K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Omen, TheMysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son? | 1976 | Richard Donner | Horror, Mystery | 7.5 (115K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Prophecy, TheAt the scene of a bizarre murder, L.A. homicide detective Thomas Dagget discovers a lethal heavenly prophecy now being fulfilled on earth. In his fight to stop the forces of evil, he finds an unlikely ally in an elementary school tea | 1995 | Gregory Widen | Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (30.8K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Race with the DevilTwo couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual. | 1975 | Jack Starrett | Action, Horror, Thriller | 6.6 (6.4K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Rite, TheAmerican seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donaghue) travels to Italy to take an exorcism course. | 2011 | Mikael Håfström | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.0 (95.8K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Rosemary's BabyA young couple trying for a baby move into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, but find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors. | 1968 | Roman Polanski (*) | Drama, Horror | 8.0 (207.9K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Sentinel, TheA young woman moves into an apartment in a building which houses a sinister evil. | 1977 | Michael Winner | Horror | 6.4 (10.1K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Seventh Victim, TheA woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village, and finds that they may have something to do with her sibling's random disappearance. | 1943 | Mark Robson | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 6.8 (6.6K votes) | 71 | 20211228 |
| Spirits of the Dead [Histoires extraordinaires]Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel princess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil. | 1968 | Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 6.5 (6.2K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Stand, TheAfter a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a malevolent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evi | 1994 | Mick Garris | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (35.2K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| StigmataWhen a young woman becomes afflicted by stigmata, a priest is sent to investigate her case, which may have severe ramifications for his faith and for the Catholic Church itself. | 1999 | Rupert Wainwright | Horror | 6.2 (70.1K votes) | 103 | 20230424 |
| Tombs of the Blind DeadMedieval knights executed for their black magic rituals come back as zombies to torment a group of vacationing college kids. | 1972 | Amando de Ossorio | Adventure, Horror, Thriller | 6.2 (5.7K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Wicker Man, TheA puritan Police Sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, whom the Pagan locals claim never existed. | 1973 | Robin Hardy | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (78K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Witch, TheA family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic, and possession. | 2015 | Robert Eggers (*) | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 6.9 (232.6K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Witchfinder GeneralA young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch-hunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancée and kills her uncle. | 1968 | Michael Reeves | Drama, History, Horror | 6.7 (10.6K votes) | 86 | 20220423 |
| The Babysitter | 2017 | Greg Klepper | Short, Horror, Thriller | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |