
Sub-genre
Demonic & Possession
😈 Every demonic & possession title worth your dread, gathered and ranked by the Crypt Score — our audience-first blend of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and viewer reviews.
792 titles

The Music Box
›2018 · Thriller · 83m · Rachel Daigh, Antonio Lujak, Antonella Salvucci
When six-year-old Sophie is tragically orphaned guardianship is assigned to her estranged aunt Annabelle. The two move into a large, eerie, Victorian house where Sophie unearths a locked wooden box with a strange symbol drawn on it. Desperate to connect with her niece Annabelle pries the lock open revealing a beautiful music box. Each time the music box is wound and replayed it's surprisingly chilling melody plays slightly longer, captivating Sophie even more. When the music box begins affecting Sophie's behavior and health Annabelle seeks the aid of a child psychologist and clairvoyant who soon discover the music box is possessed by an evil spirit who seeks to haunt Sophie and destroy Annabelle. As the haunting intensifies time begins to run out and Annabelle finds herself racing against the music box's melody to defeat the spirit before the last note plays.

They Found Hell
›2015 · Horror, Science Fiction · 90m · Chris Schellenger, Katy Reece, Austin Scott
When a group of gifted college students run a secret teleportation experiment, they accidentally open a portal to another dimension, trapping them in Hell. One by one they are hunted, tortured and killed by the denizens of Hell who are bent on stealing their souls.

Agnes
›2021 · Horror, Drama · 93m · Molly C. Quinn, Jake Horowitz, Hayley McFarland
Rumors of demonic possession at a religious convent prompts a church investigation into the strange goings-on among its nuns. A disaffected priest and his neophyte are confronted with temptation, bloodshed and a crisis of faith.

Bloat
›R2025 · Horror · 87m · Ben McKenzie, Bojana Novaković, Sawyer Jones
After a near-death drowning accident, a young boy's family is horrified to discover he has become possessed by a legendary demon from the depths of the lake. As the family races against time to save the boy's soul, the evil monster inside the child tears the family apart as it seeks to destroy everyone in its path.

The Secrets of Emily Blair
›NR2016 · Thriller, Horror · 95m · Ellen Hollman, Colm Meaney, Will Kemp
Desperate to save his fiancée from a demon that has possessed her soul, a man turns to his longtime priest for help.

Blood Shot
›2013 · Action, Comedy, Horror · 95m · Brennan Elliott, Michael Bailey Smith, Brad Dourif
Based on the award winning short film, Blood Shot is the story of a cop named Rip whose life falls apart as he chases a terminator-like vampire, who happens to be a hitman for the CIA. They must join forces to stop a terrorist cell before its too late, battling through obstacles such as a harem, giant eunuch, demon-genie, and even explosive midgets.

The Thing That Couldn't Die
›NR1958 · Horror · 69m · William Reynolds, Carolyn Kearney, Jeffrey Stone
A 400 year old disembodied head hypnotizes a female psychic, who recovered it using a dowsing rod, to search for the rest of its body.

Devil's Tree: Rooted Evil
›2018 · Horror, Thriller · 75m · Maddy Curley, Eddie Kaulukukui, Logan Gambill
Inspired by true events, The Devils Tree follows Samantha, a college student studying journalism, who needs to finish her thesis with one last breaking news story. Along with her friend Rob, Samantha stumbles across a news article about an old tree in a local park where many horrible acts occurred. The locals have given the tree the name Devils Tree because of its urban legends of mass murders, satanic rituals, and paranormal activity. She decides this is the perfect story to finish her thesis on. As Sam digs deeper into the realm of the tree, she begins to uncover the truth about these urban legends. Struggling with her own demons of her past, Samantha is confronted with a the true demon of the tree and now must expose the truth in hopes to set it free. In the end, Samantha founds the real reason why evil is so rooted at The Devils Tree.

Flying Monkeys
›2013 · Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · Electra Avellan, Maika Monroe, Vincent Ventresca
A teenage girl thinks that the monkey she owns is her innocent pet, but it turns out to be something much more dangerous, an evil shapeshifter capable of unthinkable acts no loyal pet would ever be able to perform.

Freddy's Fridays
›2023 · Horror · 77m · Danielle Scott, Lauren Budd, Matthew Baunsgard
A detective begins to investigate a series of mysterious murders that are connected to a demonic book that brings dolls to life. As the body count begins to rise, the detective soon learns the curse of the demonic Friday and must find a way to stop it before any others disappear.

Nurse Sherri
›NR1978 · Horror · 88m · Geoffrey Land, Jill Jacobson, Marilyn Joi
A hospital nurse is possessed by an evil spirit, and proceeds to kill off the hospital's patients.

Ouija Summoning
›2015 · Horror · 90m · Bronwynn Dehrmann, Marty Dew, Christina Evans
Sara lived a seemingly normal life before she had a Ouija board experience that unleashed a dark spirit. The spirit wants Sara to relive it's tortured past, and compels her to commit murder towards one of her family members or loved ones. Sara resists these threats and tries to stand against the power but she's forced to either watch her loved ones die one after the other, or obey the spirit and kill only one of them herself, as the spirit had done to her own son, long before. Sara must kill only one, and face the regret and pain of committing murder, or watch everyone around her die.

I, Frankenstein
›PG-132014 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · Aaron Eckhart, Yvonne Strahovski, Bill Nighy
200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein's creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind.

The Exorcist: Believer
›R2023 · Horror · 111m · Leslie Odom Jr., Lidya Jewett, Olivia O'Neill
Since his wife's death, Victor has raised his daughter Angela alone. After she and her friend return from a three-day disappearance with missing memories, they begin displaying frightening behavior reminiscent of the MacNeil possession fifty years prior.

Ghosts of Mars
›R2001 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 98m · Natasha Henstridge, Ice Cube, Pam Grier
In 2176, a Martian police unit is sent to pick up a highly dangerous criminal at a remote mining post. Upon arrival, the cops find the post deserted and something far more dangerous than any criminal — the original inhabitants of Mars, hellbent on getting their planet back.

Imaginary
›PG-132024 · Horror, Mystery · 104m · DeWanda Wise, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun
When Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey she finds in the basement. Alice starts playing games with Chauncey that begin playful and become increasingly sinister. As Alice’s behavior becomes more and more concerning, Jessica intervenes only to realize Chauncey is much more than the stuffed toy bear she believed him to be.

The Devil Conspiracy
›R2023 · Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction · 111m · Alice Orr-Ewing, Joe Doyle, Eveline Hall
A powerful biotech company has breakthrough technology allowing them to clone history’s most influential people with just a few fragments of DNA. Behind this company is a cabal of Satanists that steals the shroud of Christ, putting them in possession of Jesus’ DNA. The clone will serve as the ultimate offering to the devil. The Archangel Michael comes to earth and will stop at nothing to end the devil’s conspiracy.

Hellraiser: Hellseeker
›R2002 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Dean Winters, Ashley Laurence, Rachel Hayward
When the puzzle box is once again solved, Pinhead and his legion demolish all who dare oppose them. But standing in his way is the only person who has defeated Cenobites of the past.

Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
›R1999 · Fantasy, Horror · 96m · Andrew Divoff, Holly Fields, Paul Johansson
During a failed art heist, the Djinn is once again liberated. This time, to complete the 1001 wishes that he needs before the final 3, he lets himself go to prison, where he starts his evil reign twisting the hopes of the prisoners. Meanwhile, the woman who set him free accidentally, Morgana, tries to find a way to stop him, aided by a young priest.

Ghost House
›2017 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 92m · Scout Taylor-Compton, James Landry Hébert, Mark Boone Junior
A young couple go on an adventurous vacation to Thailand only to find themselves haunted by a malevolent spirit after naively disrespecting a Ghost House.

Exeter
›R2015 · Thriller, Horror · 91m · Stephen Lang, Kelly Blatz, Brittany Curran
During an all-night, drug-fueled party at an abandoned asylum known for the horrific treatment of its patients, a group of ordinary teens decide to experiment with the occult, mysteriously leading to a violent possession. In an effort to find help, the group rushes to escape, only to find themselves locked inside with no means of communication. Tempers flare, trusts are broken and in attempt to save one of their friends possessed by the demon, the amateurs try to perform an exorcism. Instead of solving the problem, and unbeknownst to them, they unleash an even more powerful and vengeful spirit, one with a distinct motive and which wants them all dead. The teen's only chance of survival is to uncover the asylum's deep mysteries and find a way out before it's too late.

Night of the Demons
›R2009 · Horror, Action, Comedy · 93m · Monica Keena, Edward Furlong, Shannon Elizabeth
Angela is throwing a decadent Halloween party at New Orleans' infamous Broussard Mansion. But after the police break up the festivities, Maddie and a few friends stay behind. Trapped inside the locked mansion gates, the remaining guests uncover a horrifying secret and soon fall victim to seven vicious, blood-thirsty demons.

Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire
›NR2019 · Horror, Mystery · 86m · Gabriel Chytry, Elizabeth Vermilyea, Sam Kazzi
Set one year after the events of Hell House LLC II, the hotel is on the verge of being torn down when it is purchased by billionaire Russell Wynn as the new home for his popular interactive show, Insomnia. He invites journalist Venessa Sheppard and her crew to record everything happening inside the hotel leading up to the performance - but they soon encounter a more nefarious plot, one that threatens to unleash a veritable hell on earth.

976-EVIL
›R1988 · Horror · 92m · Stephen Geoffreys, Patrick O'Bryan, Sandy Dennis
A bullied unpopular high school student named Hoax finds an ad for 976-EVIL, a number that provides daily 'horrorscopes'. But when he calls the number he gains demonic powers, which he uses to seek vengeance against those who bullied him.
