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The Devil Comes Calling

A run through a century of Satan's house calls: pacts signed in blood, babies with the wrong father, girls taken over from the inside, and courtly strangers whose names are a little too on the nose.

It's anchored by canonical crowd-shakers like The Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby and The Omen, then goes deeper into silent, Gothic and Polish arthouse territory. Start with the classics on a dark night, and save Faust, Mother Joan and Fire Walk with Me for when you're ready to be patient.

• The Exorcist (1973)
• Rosemary's Baby (1968)
• The Omen (1976)
• The Devil's Advocate (1997)
• Angel Heart (1987)
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
• Faust (1926)
• Night of the Demon (1957)
• Black Sunday (1960)
• The Black Cat (1934)
• Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)