Demons & Boogeymen

Supernatural horror films, typically featuring demons and folklore-based monsters

Pre-1980s

• Night of the Demon (1957)
  


• It! (1967)
  


• The Devil Rides Out (1968)
  


• Equinox (1970)
  


• Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971)
  


• Gargoyles (1972)
  


• Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)
  


• The Exorcist (1973) & Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
  


• The Devil's Rain (1975)
  


• The Oily Maniac (1976)
  


• Spectre (1977)
  

1980s

• The Pit (1981)
  


• The Incubus (1981)
  


• Poltergeist (1982)
  


• Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
  


• The Keep (1983)
  


• Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
  


• Amityville 3-D (1983)
  


• Mausoleum (1983)
  


• Ghostbusters (1984)
  


• Cat's Eye (1985)
  


• Demons (1985)
  


• Monster in the Closet (1986)
  


• Rawhead Rex (1986)
  


• Trick or Treat (1986)
  


• Spookies (1986)
  


• The Golden Child (1986)
  


• The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
  


• The Outing aka The Lamp (1987)
  


• The Gate (1987)
  


• Hellraiser (1987) & Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
  


• Cellar Dweller (1988)
  


• The Unnamable (1988)
  


• Black Roses (1988)
  


• Spellcaster (1988)
  


• The Unholy (1988)
  


• 976-EVIL (1988)
  


• The Church (1989)
  


• Peacock King (1988)
  


• Curse of the Blue Lights (1988)
  


• Waxwork (1988)
  


• The Toxic Avenger Part III (1989)
  


• Headhunter (1989)
  

1990s

• The Gate II: Trespassers (1990)
  


• Sgt Kabukiman NYPD (1990)
  


• Nightbreed (1990)
  


• Night Angel (1990)
  


• Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
  


• The Guardian (1990)
  


• IT (1990)
  


• The Willies (1990)
  


• The Resurrected (1991)
  


• Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)
  


• The Boneyard (1991)
  


• Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)
  


• Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)
  


• Highway to Hell (1991)
  


• The Runestone (1991)
  


• Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)
  


• Dust Devil (1992)
  


• Winterbeast (1992)
  


• Revenge of Billy the Kid (1992)
  


• Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
  


• Dust Devil (1992)
  


• Necronomicon (1993)
  


• Doppelganger (1993)
  


• Stepmonsters (1993)
  


• Little Devils (1993)
  


• Jason Goes to Hell (1993)
  


• The Stand (1994)
  


• Lurking Fear (1994)
  


• In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
  


• Lord of Illusions (1995)
  


• Day of the Beast (1995)
  


• Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo (1995)
  


• Jushin Thunder Liger: Fist of Thunder (1995)
  


• Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)
  


• Amityville Dollhouse (1996)
  


• Wishmaster (1997)
  


• Spawn (1997)
  


• Shrieker (1998)
  


• In the Woods (1999)
  


• Warlock III (1999)
  

2000s

• Faust: Love of the Damned (2000)
  


• Curse of the Talisman (2001)
  


• Soulkeeper (2001)
  


• Hellborn aka Asylum of the Damned (2003)
  


• Demons at the Door (2004)
  


• Blade Trinity (2004)
  


• Headspace (2005)
  


• Ancient Evil 2: Guardian of the Underworld (2005)
  


• It Waits (2005)
  


• Shapeshifter (2005)
  


• Sands of Oblivion (2007)
  


• Dark Floors (2008)
  


• Dying God (2008)
  


• Lo (2009)
  

2010s-2020s

• Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010)
  


• Red Clover (2012)
  


• Knights of Badassdom (2013)
  


• Digging Up the Marrow (2014)
  


• I Am Not A Serial Killer (2016)
  


• The Devil’s Revenge (2019)
  


• Psycho Goreman (2020)
  


• V/H/S/94 (2021)
  


• The Cellar (2022)
  


• The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
  


• The Nun II (2023)
  


• Tarot (2024)