Best "paganism" Movies of All Time

30 movies found (page 1/1):

Midsommar(2019)

A-18

3.6/5 (with 3,167 votes)

Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.

Directed by Ari Aster - With Jack Reynor, Florence Pugh, Will Poulter, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Archie Madekwe, ...

Exorcist: The Beginning(2004)

1h 54min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

2.7/5 (with 332 votes)

Having lived through traumatizing events during WWII, Father Lankester Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to conduct archaeological excavations in British-administered East Africa. Merrin unearths an ancient Byzantine church believed have been built and then immediately buried to keep down evil from the crypt below. The natives are convinced that uncovering the church has unleashed a demon, and begin to violently clash with the British military troops. As the village rapidly disintegrates into chaos and war, Merrin must face-off with the demon which has taken possession of somebody close to him.

Directed by Renny Harlin - With Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy, Julian Wadham, Ben Cross, David Bradley, ...

Children of the Corn(1984)

1h 33min | Horror, Thriller

2.8/5 (with 418 votes)

A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.

Directed by Fritz Kiersch - With Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R. G. Armstrong, John Franklin, Courtney Gains

The Lair of the White Worm(1988)

1h 33min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

2.9/5 (with 94 votes)

When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.

Directed by Ken Russell - With Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Amanda Donohoe, Peter Capaldi, Paul Brooke, Gina McKee, ...

Irati(2023)

1h 54min | Drama, Adventure, Fantasy

3.3/5 (with 34 votes)

Western Pyrenees, year 778. When his land is threatened by the ruthless armies of the Frankish emperor, a Basque warlord asks for help from his ancestral gods.

Directed by Paul Urkijo - With Eneko Sagardoy, Edurne Azkarate, Ramón Agirre, Patxi Bisquert, Itziar Ituño, Iñigo Aranbarri, ...

November(2017)

1h 55min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance / Love, Horror

3.6/5 (with 61 votes)

In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.

Directed by Rainer Sarnet - With Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Arvo Kukumägi, Katariina Unt, Dieter Laser

The Borderlands(2013)

1h 29min | Horror

2.7/5 (with 95 votes)

Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.

Directed by Elliot Goldner - With Gordon Kennedy

Sword of God(2020)

1h 44min | History, Horror, Mystery, Drama

2.0/5 (with 9 votes)

In the early Middle Ages, two Christian knights set off to christen a small pagan village hidden deep in the mountains. Despite the differences in their views and perspectives on religion, the two men become travel companions and create a father-son relationship. As they settle into the local community, their faith, belief system and the bond between them are all put to the test. Soon, love is confronted with hate, dialogue with violence, madness with rules and many will have to die.

Directed by Bartosz Konopka - With Krzysztof Pieczyński, Karol Bernacki

The Prodigal(1955)

1h 52min | Drama

2.4/5 (with 2 votes)

A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the High Priest as well.

Directed by Richard Thorpe - With Lana Turner, Edmund Purdom, Louis Calhern, Joseph Wiseman, Francis L. Sullivan, Walter Hampden, ...

Cult Girls(2019)

1h 23min | Horror

3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

Dalia and her two young sisters grow up in a pagan apocalyptic cult led by an ancient Baltic goddess of death and reincarnation. On the night of an important cult ritual, a police raid rescues Dalia as cult members flee with her two sisters. Years later, as the guilt eats away at her, Dalia finds a potential link to the cult through a prominent and despised black metal artist sequestered in the woods. Dalia journeys to find her sisters but her quest for the truth becomes a descent into Hell.

Simon, King of the Witches(1971)

1h 39min | Drama, Horror, Comedy

2.8/5 (with 7 votes)

Simon is a modern day warlock. Though he lives in a storm drain and sometimes talks to trees, he's deadly serious about his witchcraft. After being picked up for vagrancy, Simon spends a night in jail with Turk, a young hustler with connections to powerful people such as Hercules, an aging hipster who hires Simon to work one of his groovy parties. There he meets Linda, the DA's pill-popping daughter. In between romanic dallances and colorful sex magic ceremonies, Simon must contend with those who dare to challenge his magical prowess causing him to summon the dark world for his revenge.

Directed by Bruce Kessler - With Andrew Prine, Brenda Scott, Isabelle Collin Dufresne, Norman Burton

Simonetta's eyes(2023)

11min | Fantasy, Mystery

Walking in her home, Evelia experiences the past, the present and the future at the same time. In the symbolic life she leads, governed by the god Janus, everything around her seems to speak to her, until random visions are born poetic. Through the trance state that awakens the inner gaze, Evelia's anima connects with the anima mundi. Simonetta's eyes is about the memory that a person will leave behind; Evelia tells the viewer, with the language of the gaze: "one day, we will only be memory".

Directed by Alondra Berber Mijangos, Diana Mijangos - With Diana Mijangos

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Armageddon Gospels(2019)

1h 35min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

1.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Refugee gods, transposed to flesh and blood, wash ashore to rouse the myths of ancient Britain, half-drowned in a forgotten past. They disperse through shifting realities to awaken the giant Albion and find the holy grail in a ritual to save England from the rot of darkness and hatred that's strangling its soul.

Directed by FoolishPeople

The Sea Bat(1930)

1h 13min | Action, Romance / Love, Thriller

2.8/5 (with 2 votes)

The sister of a sponge diver killed by a stingray loves an escaped convict posing as a priest.

Directed by Lionel Barrymore, Wesley Ruggles - With Raquel Torres, Charles Bickford, Nils Asther, George F. Marion, Boris Karloff, Mack Swain, ...

Black Sun(1998)

1h 30min | Documentary

3.3/5 (with 1 vote)

A historical analysis of how groups such as the Nazi’s may use language, symbols, and religious connotation in order to come to power. It raises questions that deserve in depth analysis and consideration. Questions include: Where do legends expand our thinking and where do they bury it? When does spiritual pursuit suddenly turn into fanaticism and violence? Last, have we as a society learned from our past, and if so have forgotten the lessons of the 20th Century? Are we now embarking on a new level only to learn the same old lessons about humanity again? In addressing these questions we are taken into the back drop of the history of Germany beginning in the late 1800’s through the late 20th Century at the eve of the 21st. “A society that does not take archetypes, myths, and symbols seriously will possibly be jumped by them from behind.”.

Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged(2001)

1h | Documentary

2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

Does Witchcraft/Wicca actually have power? If so, what is it's source? Does the Harry Potter series ' presentation of child-friendly Witchcraft make it's philosophy any more acceptable just because it is packaged as "children's fantasy literature"?

St. John's Fire(1939)

1h 23min | Drama

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Directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt - With Anna Dammann, Ernst von Klipstein, Gertrud Meyen, Hans Brausewetter, Otto Wernicke, Maria Koppenhöfer, ...

Shadows of Light(2020)

41min | Documentary

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Shadows of Light combines the loud and soft tones of life. The centerpiece is an Austrian mountain pasture where the summer solstice is celebrated with international artists and where tradition and zeitgeist are not contradictory.

Legend of the Witches(1970)

1h 25min | Documentary

3.1/5 (with 6 votes)

A visual exploration into the origins of witchcraft in the UK and in particular the demystification of symbolism still embedded today within many modern religious artefacts and rituals. X-rated upon its original release, this documentary looks in detail at previously hidden magic rites and rituals. Sharing the secrets of initiation into a coven, divination through animal sacrifice, ritual scrying, the casting of a 'death spell', and the chilling intimacy of a Black Mass.

Mania(1985)

1h 32min | Adventure

2.2/5 (with 3 votes)

It is on Ascension Day that Zoe, a brilliant computer analyst, visits the National Park in the center of Athens with her daughter, Katerina. That afternoon in the park, Zoe experiences an overwhelming array of instinctive compulsions and transforms into an ancient Maenad in ecstatic frenzy, even capable of murder. Instincts and animals get loose and panic takes over.

Directed by Giorgos Panousopoulos - With Alessandra Vanzi, Stavros Xenidis, Antonis Theodorakopoulos

Pagan Invasion: Halloween: Trick or Treat(1991)

43min | Documentary

2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

All the seemingly innocent symbolism of Halloween – blackcats, snakes, broomsticks, bonfires, “trick or treat,” jack-o’-lanterns, apple dunking and costumes – has its roots in Sorcery, Witchcraft and Satanism. Parents’ responsibilities are challenged to decide whether to allow their children to participate in celebrations which glorify Pagan Occultism. This highly informative video traces the pagan origins and history of Halloween. The Pagan Occult calendar of Druids, Witches, Pagans and Satanists marks Halloween as one of their highest “holy days.” This video uncovers the mystic Druidic rites and ceremonies with which “Samhain” (Halloween) was originally observed 4,000 years ago. The occult rituals seen in this video are real and not re-enactments.

Pagan Invasion Volume 2: Invasion of the Godmen(1991)

48min | Documentary

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Chuck Smith and Caryl Matrisciana report on the mushrooming god-consciousness movement sweeping across the world. During the sixties the Beatles made their famous pilgrimage to India, and in the process, they inspired a flower-powered, drug-induced generation to seek pagan enlightenment from Indian holy men. Today thousands of self-proclaimed godmen continue to invade our western culture. Incredible film footage from mystical India highlights this shocking expose.I am God! I Am God! Actress Shirley MacLaineI am God. My power is divine. Indian Guru Sai BabaGod wants you to become God. Chri Chinmoy Indian Guru to the United States"And ye shall be as gods" Satan in the Garden of Eden, Genesis 3.

Hors-jeux(1980)

1h 27min

A summer landscape in the south of France. Eleven boys seek pleasure through performing pagan rituals.

Order Inside(2019)

21min | Horror, Thriller

With his parents away from home, teenager Harry agrees to let old friend Jason stay for the night in his suburban mansion, allowing buried demons from their past to inhabit the house.

The Occult Experience(1985)

1h 36min | Documentary

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

An examination of occultism as practiced in different parts of the world.

Directed by Frank Heimans

Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man(2001)

50min

3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The cast and main players in the crew come together to discuss the making of cult British horror film The Wicker Man. They discuss the adaptation of the source material, the casting process and the difficult shoot which dealt with everything from a summer film being shot in late autumn and the troubles of the actual wicker man itself.

Revival Of Evil(1980)

50min | Documentary, Documentary

4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Is today's Revival Of Evil setting the stage for the antichrist? Join David Hunt in this fascinating journey into the world of the occult. See candid shots inside Anton LaVey's First Church of Satan, hypnotic regression to "prior lives", and psychic "revelations" from UFOs. Occultism also masquerades as the latest in science, education, parlor games & movies. Through candid interviews learn the truth about witchcraft in famous rock groups, psychic powers and seances among teenagers, demonic possession through yoga, and the true power behind Ouija boards as told by those who are still involved and others who have been triumphantly delivered through Jesus Christ.

Revelation - The Bride, The Beast & Babylon(2013)

1h 2min | Documentary

3.6/5 (with 2 votes)

Going to the very heart of the Bible's most challenging Book, this one hour documentary decodes the visions of Revelation 12 and 17 for everyone to understand. Journeying from the birth of Christ through the Christian era, this amazing video pulls aside the veil of hidden history to reveal the rise of Babylon, the persecution of the bride of Christ, and the real-world identity of the beast. Educational and inspiring, Revelation delivers the keys to understanding the epic conflict between Christ and Satan and what it means for your life today.

The Land of Blue Lakes(2021)

1h 13min | Horror

Five friends go camping on kayaks to the lakes where once old Latvian pagans lived, and decide to film all this trip for their social media, unaware of the ancient evil that's awaiting them there.

Beneath the Trees(2019)

1h 12min | Thriller, Horror

2.3/5 (with 2 votes)

Against her better judgment, young American student, Emily, agrees to a weekend camping in the English countryside with her new boyfriend, Jay and his strange cousin, Julia. A simple walk in the woods becomes a lethal brush with nature when Emily discovers that her new friends aren't who they seem - and her life is in danger - Beneath the Trees.

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