List of occult themed movies
recommended by Occult-Study.com
updated 25.07.2019
Occult-Study is offering a list of cinematographic recommendations from the beginnings of cinema (silent era) to the present, from B-Movies to cinematographic masterpieces, from the classical movies with exorcists and satanists to movies about jewish mysticism and Thelema.
The list is about movies with occult themes or a tint to the occult. As we are doing with our website, we will not promote subjects such as: spiritism, haunted houses and ghosts, vampires, werewolves, mummies, zombies, conspiracy theories etc.
Since I haven’t found a better way to present them, I shall list them in chronological order of apparition.
Enjoy!
Dante’s Inferno/L`Inferno (1911) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0002130/?ref_=fn_al_tt_6
The Golem/Der Golem (1915) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004026/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
The Golem/Der Golem (1920) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011237/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Haxan (1922) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013257/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Faust (1926) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016847/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Seventh Victim (1943) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036341/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Weird Woman (1944) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037453/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047114/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Curse of the Demon/Night of the Demon (1957) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050766/?ref_=nv_sr_4
The Devil’s Eye/Djavulens oga (1960) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053772/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3
Black Sunday (1960) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054067/
Burn, Witch, Burn/Night of the Eagle (1962) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056279/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Witchcraft (1964) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058753/
The Masque of the Red Death (1964) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058333/
The Witches (1966) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060307/
Doctor Faustus (1967) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062898/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
Rosemary’s Baby (1968) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063522/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Devil Rides Out (1968) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062885/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Satanist (1968) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416207/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Witchfinder General (1968) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063285/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Invocation of my Demon Brother (1969) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064493/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Bloody Judge (1970) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064727/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Cry of the Banshee (1970) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065597/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Witches’ Hammer/Kladivo na carodejnice (1970) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064546/
Mark of the Devil (1970) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065491/?ref_=nv_sr_1
The Dunwich Horror (1970) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065669/
Simon, King of the Witches (1971) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067757/
Don’t Deliver us from Evil/Mais ne nous deliverez pas du mal (1971) –
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066040/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
The Devils (1971) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066993/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Brotherhood of Satan (1971) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066863/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066849/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Blood Sabbath (1972) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068289/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Witching/Necromancy (1972) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068994/
Virgin Witch (1972) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069464/
The Mephisto Waltz (1972) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067419/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
All the colors of the dark/Tutti I colori del buio (1972) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069390/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Master and the Margaret (1972) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068894/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4
Lucifer Rising (1972) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066019/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Demons (1973) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068522/?ref_=nv_sr_2
The Wicker Man (1973) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070917/?ref_=nv_sr_1
The Exorcist (1973) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
Race with the Devil (1975) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073600/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Devil’s Rain (1975) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072869/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Satanico Pandemonium (1975) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070636/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
To the Devil… A Daughter (1976) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075334/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby (1976) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074815/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Omen 1: The Birthmark (1976) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075005/?ref_=nv_sr_1
The Exorcist 2: The Heretic (1977) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076009/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076312/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Suspiria (1977) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076786/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
The Omen 2: Damien (1978) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077394/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Satan’s Blood (1978) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075999/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_23
Alucarda (1978) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075666/?ref_=tt_rec_tt
Malabimba (1979) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079512/
The Omen 3: The Final Conflict (1981) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082377/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Entity (1982) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082334/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Angel Heart (1987) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092563/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Witches of Eastwick (1987) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094332/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Spellbinder (1988) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096152/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Paganini Horror (1989) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095812/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Exorcist 3: Legion (1990) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099528/?ref_=fn_al_tt_
The Omen 4: The Awakening (1991) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102585/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Master and the Margarita (1994) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110476/?ref_=fn_al_tt_6
Faust/Lekce Faust (1994) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109781/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Dark Angel: The Ascent (1994) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109542/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Prophecy (1995) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114194/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Craft (1996) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115963/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Little Witches (1996) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116897/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Devil’s Advocate (1997) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118971/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Prophecy 2 (1998) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118643/?ref_=tt_rec_tt
The Ninth Gate (1999) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142688/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Stigmata (1999) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145531/?ref_=nv_sr_1
End of Days (1999) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146675/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120663/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Dogma (1999) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120655/?ref_=nv_sr_1
The Gift (2000) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0219699/?ref_=nv_sr_2
Bless the Child (2000) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163983/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Lost Souls (2000) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160484/?ref_=nv_sr_1
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183678/?ref_=tt_rec_tt
The Exorcist 4: The Beginning (2004) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204313/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Prophecy 4: Uprising (2005) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365658/?ref_=tt_rec_tt
The Prophecy 5: Forsaken (2005) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439771/?ref_=tt_rec_tt
The Skeleton Key (2005) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397101/?ref_=nv_sr_1
The Exorcist 5: Dominion (2005) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449086/?ref_=tt_rec_tt
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404032/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Constantine (2005) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360486/?ref_=nv_sr_2
Chemical Wedding (2008) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974536/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Antichrist (2009) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0870984/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Dorian Gray (2009) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235124/?ref_=nv_sr_1
The Rite (2011) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1161864/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Season of the Witch (2011) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479997/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3
Rosemary’s Baby (2014) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3087752/?ref_=nv_sr_2
The Witch (2015) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4263482/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2548418/?ref_=nv_sr_1
The Zohar Secret (2015) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3355014/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Shelley (2016) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5013688/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
A Dark Song (2016) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4805316/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Hagazussa (2017) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7323600/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
The Golem (2018) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8329290/?ref_=tt_sims_tt
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An impressive quantity of movies with “satanic” thematic between 1970’s and 1980’s can be easily observed. This is due to a predominant artistic trend of that period. Between the end of the 1960’s and culminating with what the world called “satanic panic” (end of the 80’s and beginning of the 90’s) there has been an explosion of literary material, but also other important social movements. We can say that the 60’s represented a satanic renaissance, a rebirth, beginning with the foundation of Church of Satan (1966) which attracted a lot of celebrities (among them being Marilyn Monroe, who is said to have been in an affair the C.o.S. founder, Anton LaVey) and influenced movies (at the foundation of C.o.S., Anton LaVey declared that the year 1966 is the “Year One”, Anno Satanas, or the beginning of the era of Satan. The same declaration can be heard in the 1968 classic movie Rosemary’s Baby). In 1968 is the release of The Satanic Mass, an audio material of C.o.S., which has been followed by the controversial Satanic Bible, written by Anton LaVey and published in 1969.
The beginning of the 70’s is also dominated by Church of Satan, which appears in a documentary entitled Satanis (1970). LaVey collaborated with movie director and occultist Kenneth Anger at the movie Invocation of the Demon Brother (1969) but also with movie director Robert Fuest at the movie The Devil’s Rain (1975), the debut film of actor John Travolta. Another important organization was Temple of Set, founded in 1975, but also the organization Order of Nine Angles, founded in the same period but developed at the beginning of the 80’s.
We can talk about the same influence in the music industry, which can be clearly found at bands such as Coven (founded at the end of the 1960s), Black Sabbath (1968) and Black Widow (1969) and later, between 1970s and 1980s about thousands of bands, most important probably being Iron Maiden (1975), Venom (1979), Mercyful Fate (1981), Slayer (1981) and others.
The same thing can be said about occult literature, which can be presented chronologically as such: The Meaning of Witchcraft by Gerald Gardner (1959), Le Diable. Erotologie de Satan by Roland Villeneuve (1963), Satanic Cult by Gerhard Zacharias (1964), The Black Arts by Richard Cavendish (1967), Weird Ways Of Witchcraft by Dr. Leo L. Martello (1969), Satanic Bible by Anton LaVey (1969), Satanic Rituals by Anton LaVey (1972) and Messa Niger by Aubrey Melech (1986).
Therefore, at a cultural level, we can say that this period was a time of glory for Satanism and thus, a great influence in cinema.
For more information about the influence of Satanism in Cinema I recommend The Satanic Screen by Nikolas Schreck and Satanica Sexualis by Candice Black.