The Most Terrifying "Possessing" Demons in Cinema

Pazuzu in The Exorcist

The Exorcist has always been considered one of the most haunting horror films of all time, and is also a monument of the "demon possession" film genre. Released in 1976, the film quickly became a box office fever, the story of the demon Pazuzu in the film also became an obsession for many people. Pazuzu is the son of two gods but fell into a demon himself. With the form of a man with a dog's head and two eagle wings, he represents locusts, the sick winds that destroy crops and spread disease to farmers.

Pazuzu's face in The Exorcist is remembered by many people to this day...

Bathsheba Sherman in The Conjuring

In 1885, Bathsheba, after performing a midwifery procedure, immediately plunged a large sewing needle into the baby's skull as a sacrifice to Satan. In The Conjuring, the main character, mother Carolyn Perron, said that while lying on the sofa, she suddenly felt a sharp pain shoot through her calf and then her muscles began to spasm.

Demons in The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Taking place in Germany, The Exorcism of Emily Rose is based on the true story of the unnatural death of a little girl named Anneliese Michel, who was said to have been possessed by not just one but a whole host of demons. In the film, when the priest asked Emily, who was being controlled by a demon, who was inside her, several entities answered. They identified themselves as: Cain - the son of Adam and Eve, "the first murderer in the world", Nero - the Roman emperor, Judas - the 13th Apostle who betrayed Jesus, Belial - one of the 7 princes of Hell, ... and even the devil Lucifer. Of course, despite attempts to save her, along with prayers, she could not escape the tragic end.

Lamia in Drag me to the hell

Drag me to the hell begins when the main character, a female lawyer, cannot help her client, an old woman, keep her house and as a result, the old woman curses her to be dragged to hell by the demon Lamia. According to Greek mythology, Lamia was a beautiful goddess, Zeus's lover, making Hera (Zeus's wife) jealous and then murdering her child. From then on, Lamia collapsed, fell and looked for children to eat. When she became a demon, Lamia had the body of a beautiful woman with a snake tail.

Lamia's representation in Drag me to hell

The Three-Eyed God in the series Choi Ngai

Thai cinema in the early years of the 21st century caused a fever all over the world when it brought the story of the mysterious black magic of their country to the big screen. In the film, the witch Dis absorbed too much black magic but could not control it, it decomposed from inside his body, leaving a rotting wound. The only way to save himself was to possess the dark power of the 3-eyed god to be able to control the wound. But this god did not cooperate with Dis, forcing him to use force but failed and died from what he caused. The 3-eyed god is a god in the beliefs of Cambodian, Khmer and Thai people. In remote areas of Cambodia and Thailand, the 3-eyed god is sometimes a symbol of black magic practitioners.

Nefas in A DEMON WITHIN

Nefas is a subordinate of Satan, always hiding in the same place for centuries, through a long development process, young girls are always his target. But unlike other demonic compatriots, Nefas does not take over the victims slowly, they attack and make them sick, parasitize their bodies, making their own relatives unable to know what is happening and mistakenly think they died of an undiscovered terminal illness.

About the movie A Demon Within (Original title: A Demon Within), with the participation of actors: Charlene Amoia, Clint Glenn Hummel, Patricia Ashley, Micheal Ehlers.

The Haunting begins when a single mother and daughter move into a new home. However, from the very first days in their new home, their daughter Charlotte begins to show signs of inexplicable illness. They begin to seek treatment at many hospitals but the results are still at a dead end, until Dr. Miller, also the previous owner of this house, intervenes. When he sees Charlotte, Miller remembers Maddie, a similar case in the past that he had helplessly watched her die. The young doctor is determined to find the truth and save Charlotte.

The Haunted Game is released in Vietnam, showing in theaters nationwide from April 14, 2017 and is not suitable for audiences under 18 years old.

The Thanh