The Devil has been featured in countless horror movies, including some that rank among the best that the genre has to offer.

This isn't recency bias talking: The 21st century has given us some pretty great horror films. Sure, the last millennium was rather awesome, too, with the Universal monsters (Dracula, Frankenstein ...

Candace Cameron Bure is concerned that horror movies may open a “portal” to a demonic world in her home. The devout Christian and Full House star has stated that she doesn’t like when her family ...

This list was originally published in 2017 as part of Vulture’s Witch Week. We’ve since added more movies to the cauldron, including Wicked. For our favorite TV witches, cast your eyes on this ...

When it comes down to what’s in the witch’s brew, there’s not much else to say other than The Sudbury Devil is the best historical/folk/witch horror movie ever made now and forever. OK ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Columbia University professor Jeremy Dauber about his new book, "American Scary: A History of Horror from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond." ...

American movie history is full of classic horror stories involving demonic possession. And then, there’s Hollywood. The iconic 1999 film, “The Blair Witch Project,” the first movie to ...

It may not be a horror movie, but "The Devil's Bath" is easily the scariest thing that Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz have ever made. Upper Austria, 1750. A middle-aged woman holding a baby ...

Sometimes, it’s good to be bad. The 1896 short film “House of the Devil” is widely regarded as the first horror movie ever made. In a handful of minutes, the devil conjures a woman from a ...

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