O.k for me horror films have four different distinct subjects of evil that bring to life the story’s nightmare. One is the bogeyman (Freddy Krueger, the Creeper man, the clown from It), two is the supernatural(vampires, witches, werewolves and ghosts), three is the slasher (Jason, Michael, Crowley), and the fourth for me are demons. Yes you could argue that demons are supernatural or a type of bogeyman but you could also argue that slashers are bogeyman or demonic entities. My point in keeping demons as creatures separate and equal is because it requires more than one other evil to create the energy that brings them out in a nightmare scene. Usually a culmination of a mixture of evil binds together and gives life to a demonic entity. A spell by dark witches or drunk kids, a slasher that has killed so often that his spirit has grew to become a demon, or a completely fictional urban legend that gains so much superstition that it attracts a demon that takes on the façade of bogeyman. Below is a list of 10 really cool movies were demon is the subject of terror….
1. Curse of the Demon (1957)
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.
2. Demons (1985)
A group of people are trapped in a large West Berlin movie theater infected by ravenous demons whom proceed to kill and posses the humans one-by-one thereby multiplying their numbers.
3.) The Ghoulies
A young man and his girlfriend move into the man's old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need to control ancient demons.
4. Evil Dead (1981)
Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
5. Night Of The Demons (1988)
On the night of Halloween, 10 teens decide to go to a party at an abandoned funeral parlor. "Hull House", rumored to be built on an evil patch of land & underground stream, is the place. While starting the party, the teens gather around a big mirror to perform a seance...BIG MISTAKE. They awaken some evil force and find themselves trapped and taken over one by one. Now it's a battle for who can survive and cross over the stream before going to hell....
6. In The Mouth Of Madness (1994)
An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.
7. Demon Knight (1995)
A man on the run is hunted by a demon known as the Collector.
8. The Gate (1987)
Three young children accidentally release a horde of nasty, pint-sized demons from a hole in a suburban backyard. What follows is a classic battle between good and evil as the three kids struggle to overcome a nightmarish hell that is literally taking over the Earth.
9. Pumpkinhead (1988)
A man conjures up a gigantic vengeance demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy the teenagers who accidentally killed his son.
10. The Church (1989)
An old Gothic cathedral, built over a mass grave, develops strange powers which 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
Now that you have gotten a chance to blacken your soul with these ten demonic gems go out and explore the darkness and discover more evil from the depths of hell. There are literally hundreds of films about demons out there to enjoy….
