Five Horror Movies About the Devil to Stream This Week
Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, the Devil – whatever you call him, there are few recurring representations of evil as powerful or as fear-inducing as the ruler of hell in horror.
The Devil has been a fixture for as long as cinema has existed, offering no shortage of depictions in the genre to induce fights or deliver cautionary tales.
This week’s streaming picks highlight some of the best Devils in horror, from a fork-tongued, cloven-hooved beast to Faustian businessmen masking their inhuman side.
Here’s where you can watch them this week.
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Angel Heart – Hoopla, Kanopy
This twisted psychological horror noir follows Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke), a private investigator whom Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) hires to track down missing musician Johnny Favorite. Harry’s search leads him to New Orleans, where he finds voodoo, murder, love, and a deal with the devil. A slow, simmering, hard-boiled detective tale gives way to shocking, taboo-shattering secrets and reveals that will unsettle you as much as Harry. Speaking of hard-boiled, De Niro’s menacing performance ensures you’ll never look at hard boiled eggs quite the same way again.
The Devil’s Advocate – Tubi
Before he was pissing off the Devil as John Constantine in Constantine, Keanu Reeves found himself tempted by Satan as ambitious young lawyer Kevin Lomax in The Devil’s Advocate. He stars opposite Al Pacino as John Milton, aka Satan, the charismatic leader of a high-end law firm, working hard to tempt Lomax with money, power, and lust. As the moral lines blur with every new success, the young lawyer realizes his boss has sinister plans for him. With unadulterated smarm and charisma, Pacino’s version of the Devil is far more outgoing than many of his other onscreen iterations. Nightmarish visions bring a few notable scares, but it’s the scene-chewing performance by Pacino, featuring devilish monologues delivered with over-the-top gusto, that makes this one worthwhile.
The Devil’s Candy – AMC+, Kanopy, Shudder
The Loved Ones and Dangerous Animals director Sean Byrne’s sophomore effort offers an affecting spin on Satanic, heavy metal horror. It’s heavy metal and the deep bonds forged between father and daughter that anchor a tortured artist tale centered around Jesse (Ethan Embry) when he moves his family into a new rural home that previously hosted a grim tragedy. As the same dark forces that drove Ray Smilie (Pruitt Taylor Vince) to madness seek to seduce Jesse, a shared love of heavy metal dangles the possibility of salvation for a change. An earworm soundtrack that includes bands like Ghost, Slayer, and Machine Head, accompanied by metal references throughout, solidifies this Satanic chiller as a can’t-miss horror movie for metalheads.
Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil – Netflix
Errementari is a re-telling of an ancient fable about a Blacksmith who finds himself battling the Devil. In this story, the Blacksmith has captured a demon and lives a life of hermit-like seclusion away from the prying eyes of the townsfolk. All is going well until a desperate little girl, Usue, accidentally stumbles across the Devil and unknowingly releases him. A Basque folktale-inspired dark horror fantasy that features great atmosphere and practical effects, this pick is for those who prefer dark humor and fairy tale whimsy over scares.
Satan’s Slaves – AMC+, Shudder
A loose remake/prequel of the 1980 Indonesian horror film, writer/director Joko Anwar brings the unrelenting scares in Satan’s Slaves. A family in a rural home struggles to survive after mom Mawarni Suwono’s long battle with illness dried up all the royalties from her once-lucrative music career. Her death triggers a series of supernatural occurrences revealing that mom made a deal with Satan; and he’s come to collect. The isolated setting, the atmosphere, and the endless barrage of frights make this a perfect spooky watch for those seeking genuine chills. While the Devil doesn’t make an appearance in the flesh, his imprint looms large. Look for the sequel that’s also streaming on Shudder.
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