Demons are terrible and ruthless inhabitants of Hell. According to the Bible, these are fallen angels who were cast out of Heaven along with Lucifer. Some of the demons are bound in eternal chains for their sins. Others can move freely and harm people in every way. But how they harm, you will learn by looking best movies about demons and devils... The list of the best includes the most rated films on "Kinopoisk", released from 2000 to 2017.
Read also: List of the best films about angels.
10. Ghost Rider (2007)
Rating - 6.3
How many times have the world been told that deals with the devil will not lead to good. However, the racer Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) sacrificed an immortal soul to save his father. The devil turned him into a Ghost Rider who must seek out and send evil souls to Hell. Great music, good jokes, Cage's burning skull and a flaming motorcycle are all positive aspects of the film. Negative viewers include the predictability of the storyline, mediocre acting and the lack of charisma among the antagonists.
9. Oculus (2013)
Rating - 6.4
The ghost, emerging from the old cursed mirror, killed the parents of the main characters. As a result, the boy ended up in a psychiatric hospital, and no one believed his sister. A few years later, the matured girl decides to prove to everyone that ghosts in the mirrors do exist.
8. Rite of passage (2011)
Rating - 6.5
One of the best films about demons and people exorcising them. In the center of the plot is a young seminarian who became a student of the famous exorcist, Lucas's father (played by Anthony Hopkins). Being a skeptic by nature, and not really believing in either religion or God, the young man comes face to face with forces that science cannot explain.
7. Case N39 (2007)
Rating - 6.6
Emily (Renee Zellweger) works in the care service and does her best to help children in trouble. One of these unfortunates turns out to be a girl named
Lilith, who is afraid of her parents. Taking pity on her, Emily takes Lilith to her home. And this is where the real horrors begin.
6. The Devil (2010)
Rating - 6.7
It is very unpleasant when the elevator in which you are traveling suddenly stops. And it is completely unpleasant if the devil himself is among the unexpected fellow travelers. Of course, in this situation, not the most pleasant events begin to occur in the elevator. Each time the light is turned off, someone trapped in the trap will die.
5. Painted leather (2008)
Rating - 6.8
Warlord Wang Sheng brings home the beautiful Xiaowei he saved. But under the mask of a fragile girl, a demon is hiding, eating human hearts. Sheng's wife Peirong knows Xiaowei's true identity, but her husband does not believe her. For help, Peirong turns to General Yun, who is in love with her. This film is aimed more at Chinese cinema lovers than horror fans. It has a lot of fights with flights typical of Asian cinema, and heroism, sometimes excessive.
4. Hellboy: Hero from Hell (2004)
Rating - 7
In short, this is a story about how a well-bred demon helps people fight badly-bred demons.But seriously, Hellboy is a spectacular, non-standard, humorous and sometimes very romantic film comic strip about the adventures of the Fiend, raised by a human and fighting real monsters of all sizes and colors. His main opponent is Rasputin himself, who, together with his henchmen, is ready to release the forces of Hell. However, for this Rasputin needs a key, which is Hellboy.
3. Hellboy: The Golden Army (2008)
Rating - 7
The top 3 of our cinematic demonic selection opens with another story about a tailed, bearded and charming Hellboy. This time, Red and his team will have to face not a powerful magician and Nazi sadomasochist, but an elf who longs to possess the invincible Golden Army. The film immerses viewers in a unique fairytale atmosphere and introduces the secret side of the world, where tooth fairies, disgusting trolls and monstrous creatures of flora live.
Although Hellboy was conceived as a trilogy, judging by one of Guillermo del Toro's February tweets, the third part about the Boy from Hell is not to be expected.
2. Six Demons Emily Rose (2005)
Rating - 7.2
In second place among the best films about the devil is the picture, which is based on real events. In 1976, the rite of expelling evil spirits from a girl was fatal. And the priest who performed the exorcism was charged with murder. To prove his innocence, the priest studies the story of a demon who possessed a girl and killed her. In court, he will have to prove that otherworldly forces are not fiction.
1. Constantine: Lord of Darkness (2005)
Rating - 7.8
Tops the list of the best devil movies film adaptation of the comics "Hellblazer". Supernatural expert John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) helps the cop prove that her sister's death was not a suicide. In "Constantine" there are no drawn-out, empty dialogues, but there is a lot of action. And the main character, who sends demons roaming around Manhattan to Hell, does not look like a knight in shining armor. He has many problems and the main one is how to find a way after death to go to Heaven, and not to where many clawed and fanged creatures are eagerly awaiting him. "Constantine" will appeal to those who do not like ordinary horror films with an abundance of blood and a minimum of plot, but interesting, noir and ironic films on a mystical theme.