THEME EXPLORATION

occult practices

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Battle on the Great River
Battle on the Great River
1950 · Jean Rouch
Hereditary
Hereditary
2018 · Ari Aster
Rosario
Rosario
2025 · Felipe Vargas
Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova
Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova
1976 · Federico Fellini
The Dead
The Dead
1987 · John Huston
Superstizione – Non ci credo!
Superstizione – Non ci credo!
1948 · Michelangelo Antonioni
The Devil Rides Out
The Devil Rides Out
1968 · Terence Fisher
Water from the Land
Water from the Land
1946 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Inferno
Inferno
1980 · Dario Argento
The Keep
The Keep
1983 · Michael Mann
A Return to Salem's Lot
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987 · Larry Cohen
Go! Go! Go! World
Go! Go! Go! World
1964 · Antonio Margheriti
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ari Aster United States

His films 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' deeply explore occult rituals, folk magic, and pagan practices as central narrative and thematic elements.

 Roman Polanski Poland/France

His psychological horror masterpieces like 'Rosemary's Baby' and 'The Ninth Gate' weave occult conspiracy and demonic themes into compelling narratives.