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The Devil on Trial 2023
Documentary
Explore the first – and only – time “demonic possession” has officially been used as a defense in a U.S. murder trial. Including firsthand accounts of alleged devil possession and a shocking murder, this extraordinary story forces reflection on our fear of the unknown.
The sides of The Devil on Trial
- A 1981 Connecticut murder trial
- A defense of demonic possession
- A family's account of a boy they say was possessed
Good for you if
- you like weighing a true case with no easy answer.
- you like the chill of exorcism stories told by those who were there.
- you want the real case behind The Conjuring 3.
Bad for you if
- you need claims that hold up to science.
- you can't take a real killing and a family torn apart.
About: faith · justice · fear of the unknown
El exorcista 1973
Película
Regan es una niña de doce años víctima de fenómenos paranormales como la levitación o la manifestación de una fuerza sobrehumana. Su madre, aterrorizada, tras someter a su hija a múltiples análisis médicos que no ofrecen ningún resultado, acude a un sacerdote con estudios de psiquiatría. Éste está convencido de que el mal no es físico sino espiritual, es decir, que la niña es víctima de una posesión diabólica. Por eso, con la ayuda de otro sacerdote decide practicar un exorcismo.
Las caras de El exorcista
- Una niña poseída
- Dos sacerdotes
- Una escalera
Buena para ti si
- quieres pasar miedo con un demonio que habla por la boca de una niña de doce años.
- te gusta una madre que ve cambiar a su hija.
- te gusta el terror que se toma su tiempo.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas las escenas impactantes y crudas. Una niña poseída se hace daño en pantalla.
- buscas una película de Halloween para los niños. Una niña poseída es terror solo para adultos.
Temas: la fe · el mal · la maternidad
My Scientology Movie 2016
Documentary
After being denied access to the Church of Scientology's headquarters, documentarian Louis Theroux teams up with ex-Scientology official Marty Rathbun to stage re-enactments of alleged abuses within the organization. Theroux soon discovers that the church is watching his every move.
The sides of My Scientology Movie
- Louis Theroux shut out of Scientology
- Actors auditioning to play its leader
- Cameras filming the man who films them
Good for you if
- you like Louis Theroux's deadpan face to face moments.
- you like actors re-enacting scenes described by former members.
- you like Theroux being followed and filmed by the people he's filming.
Bad for you if
- you want answers, and the church never lets him in.
- you'd rather not hear former members describe alleged abuse.
About: control · faith · fear
Deliver Us from Evil 2006
Documentary
Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. Victims' stories and a disturbing interview with O'Grady offer a view into the troubled mind of the spiritual leader who moved from parish to parish gaining trust ... all the while betraying so many.
The sides of Deliver Us from Evil
- A priest who abused children for decades
- A Church that moved him from parish to parish
- Victims and their families speaking out
Good for you if
- you want survivors and their families to be heard.
- you want to understand how one priest escaped justice for so long.
- you want to see how an institution protected itself.
Bad for you if
- you can't take child abuse described in detail.
- you need a story that ends with justice served.
About: betrayal · faith · accountability
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple 2006
Documentary
Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.
The sides of Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
- Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple
- Former members and survivors speaking
- The move to Guyana in 1978
Good for you if
- you want to understand how ordinary people followed Jim Jones.
- you like archive footage that shows a story from the inside.
- you can watch a slow descent you know will end in tragedy.
Bad for you if
- you can't face the deaths of more than 900 people, children among them.
- you need some hope at the end of a story.
About: faith · manipulation · belonging
Evil 2019
Series
Skeptical forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins priest-in-training David Acosta and technology expert Ben Shakir as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to assess for a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.
The sides of Evil
- A psychologist, a priest in training and a tech expert
- Possessions checked one case at a time
- A demon visiting at night
Good for you if
- you like nightmares and demons that feel close to home.
- you like horror that makes you laugh at the worst moments.
- you like never quite knowing if it is science or the devil.
Bad for you if
- you need every case explained by science.
- four seasons is too much for you.
About: faith · doubt · evil
Outcast 2016
Series
Kyle Barnes has been plagued by possession since he was a child. Now an adult, he embarks on a spiritual journey to find answers, but what he uncovers could mean the end of life on Earth as we know it.
The sides of Outcast
- A man haunted by possessions since childhood
- A small town in West Virginia
- A reverend fighting demons
Good for you if
- you like demonic possession horror.
- you like dread that builds slowly in a quiet town.
- you can take a dark story with little comfort.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand violent exorcisms and beatings.
- you can't watch family abuse and possessed children.
About: evil · guilt · faith
The Exorcist 2016
Series
Follow the lives of two very different priests tackling one family’s case of terrifying demonic possession.
The sides of The Exorcist
- Two priests facing a demonic possession
- A Chicago family under attack
- A young priest and a veteran exorcist
Good for you if
- you like being scared by possession scenes in a family home.
- you like a slow build of dread around the Rance family.
- you like a season that turns everything upside down partway through.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand brutal, bloody exorcism scenes.
- you'd rather not watch a family torn apart and a child in danger.
About: faith · evil · family · guilt
30 Coins 2020
Series
Father Vergara—an exorcist, boxer and ex-convict—lives in a remote village in Spain. Hoping to be lost and forgotten, Vergara’s demons catch up to him.
The sides of 30 Coins
- An exorcist priest hiding in a Spanish village
- A coin said to have paid Judas
- Demons and grotesque creatures
Good for you if
- you like religious horror in a quiet Spanish village.
- you want Álex de la Iglesia's excess, monsters and all.
- you like a conspiracy built around the thirty coins of Judas.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand gore and monstrous bodies.
About: faith · guilt · evil
Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi 2022
Documentary
Rome, 1983. After leaving a music lesson, 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi vanishes — embroiling the Vatican in a decades-long mystery.
The sides of Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi
- A 15-year-old girl who vanished in Rome in 1983
- A brother who never stopped searching
- Questions that reach the Vatican
Good for you if
- you want a careful account of a real family's long search.
- you like following theories and leads across four decades.
- you want to see how powerful institutions answer hard questions.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for an Italian documentary.
- you need a case with a clear answer at the end.
About: grief · secrecy · the Church · justice
Holy Hell 2016
Documentary
An inside look at a West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually imploded.
The sides of Holy Hell
- A spiritual group in 1980s West Hollywood
- A charismatic teacher called Michel
- Footage shot by a member for two decades
Good for you if
- you like a cult story told from the inside, with its own home videos.
- you want to understand how one man held a whole community.
- you're drawn to strange lives, like a guru staging ballets for his followers.
Bad for you if
- you can't hear accounts of sexual abuse by a leader.
- you need some hope to hold on to. Former members look back on twenty years they can't get back.
About: belief · manipulation · belonging
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief 2015
Documentary
The film profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.
The sides of Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
- Eight former members of the Church of Scientology
- How a science fiction writer founded a religion
- Testimony about abuse inside the church
Good for you if
- you like hearing people explain how they came to believe, and how they left.
- you want to know how an organisation keeps control of its members.
- you like long testimonies where people choose every word.
Bad for you if
- you can't listen to accounts of psychological abuse and broken families.
- you lose track when names pile up. Eight former members, two church leaders and a few film stars come and go.
About: belief · control · leaving
Haunted 2018
Documentary
Real people sit down with friends and family to share terrifying true stories from their past, re-created through chilling re-enactments.
The sides of Haunted
- People telling their own ghost stories
- Friends and family listening
- Reenactments of the scariest moments
Good for you if
- you like being scared by stories told as true.
- you like hearing people recount what happened to them.
Bad for you if
- you need proof before you believe in ghosts.
- you want a calm watch before bed. Every story is someone's worst night.
About: fear · family · memory
The Keepers 2017
Documentary
This docuseries examines the decades-old murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik and its suspected link to a priest accused of abuse.
The sides of The Keepers
- The unsolved 1969 murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik
- Former students of a Baltimore Catholic school
- Two women searching for answers decades later
Good for you if
- you like an old case reopened by people who refuse to drop it.
- you want survivors telling their own story.
- you like the former students who become investigators in their sixties.
Bad for you if
- you can't hear accounts of child sexual abuse.
- you need a case that ends with someone convicted.
About: abuse · cover up · justice
The Nightmare 2015
Documentary
Eight people experience sleep paralysis, a condition which leaves them unable to move, speak or react.
The sides of The Nightmare
- Eight people describing sleep paralysis
- Reenacted shadow figures in dark bedrooms
- The fear of falling asleep
Good for you if
- you like being scared by stories real people swear happened.
- you're fascinated by what the mind does between sleep and waking.
- you want first-hand accounts rather than invented ghosts.
Bad for you if
- you want a doctor explaining the science behind it.
- you want something calm to watch before going to bed.
About: sleep · fear · the mind
Hail Satan? 2019
Documentary
The story of The Satanic Temple, a controversial movement that combines religion and activism with the apparent purpose of questioning the basic foundations of US society.
The sides of Hail Satan?
- The Satanic Temple and its members
- A goat-headed statue at a state capitol
- Fights over religion in public life
Good for you if
- you want to meet the real people behind a movement that sounds like a joke.
- you like activists using Satan to make a serious point with a grin.
- you like a film about religion, the law and who gets a say.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not see black masses and Baphomet statues.
- you want devil-worship horror, and this is about lawsuits and town councils.
About: religious freedom · activism · belonging
Titicut Follies 1967
Documentary
Employing methods of direct cinema–observation, limited stylization, and non-intervention–this stark look into the State Prison for the Criminally Insane in Bridgewater, Massachusetts shows its denizens, who were often kept in barren cells and infrequently bathed, forced to strip naked publicly, force feeding, and the indifference and bullying by many of the hospital's staff.
The sides of Titicut Follies
- Bridgewater State Hospital in 1967
- Patients and guards with no narration
- A variety show put on by staff and inmates
Good for you if
- you want to see a real prison hospital with no narrator telling you what to think.
- you like raw black and white footage from the 1960s.
- you want to see what total power over patients looks like.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch patients stripped, mocked and force fed.
- you need some hope by the end.
About: confinement · dignity · cruelty
The Ripper 2020
Documentary
For five years, from 1975 to 1980, the Yorkshire Ripper murders cast a dark shadow over the lives of women in the North of England. 13 women were dead and the police seemed incapable of catching the killer. No one felt safe – and every man was a suspect.
The sides of The Ripper
- Thirteen women killed in the North of England
- A police hunt that lasted five years
- Women of Yorkshire recalling the fear
Good for you if
- you want the victims and their families heard, not just the killer.
- you like a portrait of Yorkshire in the late 1970s.
- you want to understand why the police took so long to catch him.
Bad for you if
- you can't listen to families talk about murdered mothers and daughters.
- you need a story that leaves you with some hope.
About: violence against women · police failure · fear
Spotlight 2015
Película
Cuando el tenaz equipo de reporteros de la sección "Spotlight" ahonda en los alegatos de abuso dentro de la Iglesia Católica, descubren en su investigación el encubrimiento llevado a cabo durante décadas por parte de las altas esferas de organizaciones religiosas, legales y gubernamentales de Boston, desatando una ola de revelaciones alrededor del mundo.
Las caras de Spotlight
- Periodistas que investigan los abusos en la Iglesia
- Entrevistas con sobrevivientes
- Una ciudad que miró hacia otro lado
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una historia contada con entrevistas y documentos.
- quieres ver cómo se hizo una investigación real.
- te gusta una presión que sube despacio sobre los poderosos.
Mala para ti si
- los abusos a menores, aunque sean contados, son demasiado para esta noche.
- quieres acción. Son llamadas y papeles.
Temas: la verdad · el poder · la complicidad
Expediente Warren: Obligado por el demonio 2021
Película
Los investigadores paranormales Ed y Lorraine Warren se encuentran con lo que se convertiría en uno de los casos más sensacionales de sus archivos. La lucha por el alma de un niño los lleva más allá de todo lo que habían visto antes, para marcar la primera vez en la historia de los Estados Unidos que un sospechoso de asesinato reclamaría posesión demoníaca como defensa.
Las caras de Expediente Warren: Obligado por el demonio
- Ed y Lorraine Warren en un nuevo caso
- Un joven acusado de asesinato
- Una defensa basada en la posesión demoníaca
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un exorcismo que sale mal desde la primera escena.
- te gusta ver a Ed y Lorraine correr para salvar a alguien de una maldición.
- te gusta que los Warren investiguen algo más que una casa embrujada.
Mala para ti si
- no puedes ver cuerpos, sangre y un asesinato real en pantalla.
- no te crees los demonios, ni siquiera en una película sacada de un juicio real.
Temas: la fe · el matrimonio · la culpa