Mania (1985)

Precuela de "El exorcista" (The Exorcist, 1973), de William Friedkin, que relata el primer encuentro del padre Lankester Marin (Stellan Skarsard) con el diablo, en África, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Una joven pareja que viaja por el medio oeste estadounidense se pierde y llega a una pequeña ciudad en la que todos los adultos han sido asesinados por los niños del lugar, a su vez poseídos por una malévola fuerza surgida de los campos de maíz que alcanzan hasta donde llega la vista.

Una pareja estadounidense que no está pasando por su mejor momento acude con unos amigos a un festival de verano que se celebra cada noventa años en una aldea remota de Suecia. Lo que comienza como unas vacaciones de ensueño en un lugar en el que el sol no se pone nunca, poco a poco se convierte en una oscura pesadilla cuando los misteriosos aldeanos les invitan a participar en sus perturbadoras actividades festivas.

Una carta que hace sospechar que una joven desaparecida ha sido asesinada lleva al sargento Howie de Scotland Yard hasta Summerisle, una isla en la costa de Inglaterra. Allí el inspector se entera de que hay una especie de culto pagano, y conoce a Lord Summerisle, el líder religioso de la isla.

En un apartado rincón del norte de Inglaterra, el joven arqueólogo Angus Flint desentierra una calavera misteriosa que va a causarle infinitos problemas.

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.

En una comunidad de la Estonia pagana, la población tiene que luchar contra el frío, pero también convivir con hombres-lobo, con una plaga y con los espíritus. Nada es tabú, y la gente está dispuesta a vender su alma a unas extrañas criaturas de metal y madera, llamadas kratts. En este contexto encontramos a Liina, que ha decidido recuperar a su amado Hans a toda costa, aunque esto implique recurrir a la magia negra.

En esta historia el protagonista es Simon, un arrogante y carismático personaje dedicado plenamente al arcano mundo de la brujería y las ciencias ocultas, una especie de alter ego del Dr. Extraño, que vive en las alcantarillas de la ciudad de Los Angeles como si fuera un vagabundo, y desde donde ejerce su peculiar profesión, ayudado por su fiel discípulo. Es una especie de bohemio justiciero que castiga a todos aquellos a los que considera miserables por una u otra razón.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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. The DVD features Chuck Smith, Caryl Matrisciana and Hal Lindsey, as well as a number of Witches, Satanists and Law Enforcement Officials.

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.

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.”

Ulterran is a short visual experimentation that follows two women through a pagan ritual to connect to the versions of themselves that exist in another spiritual dimension.

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