Movies and TvShows featuring "magic-ritual" theme.
A group of college friends travel to Mexico for spring break and end up playing a supernatural version of Truth or Dare. They soon realize that the game is real and if they refuse to participate or fail to complete a dare, they will be killed. As the group is forced to confront their deepest secrets and face their worst fears, they must find a way to survive the deadly game.
In 10th century Norway, a young shaman is forced to hunt down her outlaw sister.
Liv moves to London and encounters a group of boys with the ability to travel through dreams. They decide to perform a ritual to make their greatest dream a reality, but it comes at a high cost.
Antrum is a found-footage horror film that explores the myth of a cursed movie. The plot revolves around a brother and sister who dig a hole to hell in an attempt to save their recently deceased dog, only to unleash an ancient demon.
In the remote countryside of Wales, a grieving woman enlists the help of an occultist to perform a ritual that will allow her to communicate with her dead son. As the ritual progresses, dark forces are unleashed and the woman must confront her own inner demons. With minimal cast and set in an isolated house, 'A Dark Song' is a gripping story of loss, forgiveness, and the supernatural.
Five young friends are hanging out in the woods and discussing their different views on love. There’s Mary who is happily in love with Toby, Toby who is sort of indifferent about Mary, Joby who has a secret crush on Toby, Caty who is single and satisfied and Freddy, the gang’s own enthusiastic nerd. Freddy tells his friends about an ancient greek myth which suggests that humanity used to consist of people who were literally stuck together with their true loves. He then suggests that they should all pray to the old god Zeus so that Mary and Toby are reunited in their true form. Caty finds this suggestion repulsive but to her horror the others consider it to be a charming idea. The ritual works… but maybe not in the way they intended.
Jackie is a young woman determined to reverse her bad luck. She consults the God of Gold, who advises her to "nurse a ghost". She is given a small figure to worship, and the worship includes dripping three drops of her own blood every three days. At first, all goes well and she falls in love. But this new happiness causes Jackie to forget to worship the figure, and the spirit doesn't like it. With good intentions, her new boyfriend, Raymond, discovers Jackie's strange predicament and attempts an exorcism which goes horribly wrong. The spirit takes over Raymond, who starts doing nasty things.
In Serpent's Lair, a newlywed couple moves into a haunted house in Los Angeles. The wife discovers that she is being manipulated by a seductive female demon who wants to kill her husband. As the plot unfolds, the couple faces various supernatural horrors and attempts to uncover the secrets of the curse that has haunted the house for years.
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".
A short film about self-love and self-discovery.
Yeelen is a story set in 13th-century Mali, following a young man with magical powers who embarks on a journey to escape his father's wrath and fulfill his destiny. Along the way, he encounters various tribal customs, mythical creatures, and ancestral beliefs.
The Brotherhood 2: Young Warlocks is a horror movie set at a private school, where a group of young warlocks form a brotherhood. As they navigate the complexities of teenage life, they discover dark secrets and engage in homoerotic rituals. The story revolves around friendship, magic rituals, and the consequences of their actions.
Powell Davidson and his magician friends summon a spirit in an abandoned pueblo outside of town, unwittingly unleashing a murderous Civil War Major, who is out to kill the descendants of every person who condemned him to death in 1875.
After the fall of civilization, man has repeated the same mistakes again and installed a new system of law based on false science and superstitious beliefs. This reaches its climax when it comes to the “Chisa” flower, because anyone who dares to touch it is banished from the village and has to live a life of loneliness and poverty. The most vulnerable to this deviation are children, as their natural curiosity makes them fall prey to temptation.
A man undergoes a ritual in which he is possessed by three lustful, witchy women of decidedly supernatural pedigree. After his acclaimed Thanatomorphose, genre filmmaker Éric Falardeau is both behind and before the camera in this sensory extravaganza, somewhere between an occult hallucination and a self-portrait of conflicted masculinity, that serves up a heady mix of horror, poetry and unbridled eroticism. A tribute to the magic of Méliès, the early American avant-garde and underground film (think: Kenneth Anger), Asmodeus renders bodies and fluids transcendent through its use of textured black-and-white Super 8 and in-camera special effects. A cinematic memento mori that’s at once carnal and otherworldly.
Short documentary about pagan rites in the countryside.
Covering the second half of Anger's career, from his legendary SCORPIO RISING to his breathtaking phantasmagoria LUCIFER RISING, Fantoma is very proud to complete the cycle with this long-awaited final volume of films by this revolutionary and groundbreaking maverick, painstakingly restored and presented on DVD for the first time anywhere in the world. Contains the films: Scorpio Rising (1964) Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965) Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969) Rabbit's Moon (1979 version) Lucifer Rising (1981)
The Nostril Picker is a dark comedy horror movie about a loser who becomes a serial killer. When a police detective starts investigating the murders, chaos ensues. With elements of cannibalism, cross-dressing, and magic rituals, the movie takes a twisted turn. The story also explores themes of body switching and soul transference. A high school girl gets caught up in the chaos and undergoes a transformation.
Covering the first half of Anger's career, from his landmark debut FIREWORKS in 1947 to his epic bacchanalia INAGURATION OF THE PLEASURE DOME, Fantoma is very proud to present the long-awaited first volume of films by this revolutionary and groundbreaking maverick, painstakingly restored and presented on DVD for the first time. Contains the films: Fireworks (1947) Puce Moment (1949) Rabbit's Moon (1950, the rarely seen original 16 minute version) Eaux d'Artifice (1953) Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)