Best Occult
Hellboy is a comic book series created by writer-artist Mike Mignola, first published in 1993 by Dark Horse Comics. The protagonist is a demon summoned to Earth as an infant by a Nazi occult ritual who is raised by a professor and becomes a paranormal investigator for the Bureau for Paranormal Resea...
Baldung Grien’s “Witches’ Sabbath” (1510) is a woodcut depicting a scene of nocturnal ritual. The artwork portrays German Renaissance anxieties surrounding witchcraft and occult practices. It showcases a detailed figurative representation of figures engaged in a clandestine gathering, reflecting pre...
Hell Awaits is Slayer's second studio album, released in 1985 by the California thrash-metal quartet. Compared with the band's debut, it features longer compositions, more complex arrangements, extended instrumental passages, and a darker production built around rapid guitar riffs and forceful drumm...
Hellblazer is an American comic book series published by DC Comics under the Vertigo imprint from 1988 to 2013. The narrative follows John Constantine, a working-class occult detective and warlock operating primarily in London. Distinguished by its mature themes, horror elements, and political comme...
*Hereditary* is a 2018 American supernatural psychological horror film written and directed by Ari Aster in his feature-length directorial debut. The narrative follows a grieving family tormented by a demonic entity after the death of their secretive matriarch, driven by Toni Collette's critically a...
The Omen (1976) centers on Damien Thorn, a boy discovered to be an imposter replacing his father after the death of their first child. A series of unsettling events and deaths surround the family as they uncover Damien’s role as a figure prophesied to be the Antichrist. The film is a supernatural ho...
Stained Glass Revelations is the second full-length album by Negative Plane, a New York black metal band. Released in 2011, it combines distorted guitar counterpoint, forceful drumming, echoing vocals, and extended compositions with occult and religious imagery, creating an atmosphere often compared...
Hellblazer presents John Constantine, a British warlock operating as an occult detective. The series, published by DC/Vertigo since 1988, gained recognition for its dark horror themes and Constantine’s portrayal of a flawed, streetwise figure navigating dangerous supernatural investigations. It appe...
Negative Plane is an occult black metal band from New York City, and "Et in Saecula Saeculorum" is their debut full-length album, released in 2006. The record is characterized by its heavily vintage production style, progressive structures, and labyrinthine guitar work. It draws significant influenc...
"Obscure Verses for the Multiverse" is the sixth studio album by the Colombian-American black metal duo Inquisition, released in 2013 through Season of Mist. The record expands upon the band's established signature sound, combining atmospheric tremolo-picked guitar riffs with the distinct, croaking...
The Pale Horse is a 1961 mystery novel by Agatha Christie featuring the writer and amateur investigator Mark Easterbrook rather than Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple. Easterbrook examines a list of names linked to apparently natural deaths and to the Pale Horse, an establishment occupied by women who c...
The First Omen is a 2024 prequel to *The Omen* franchise, exploring events leading up to Damien’s arrival. A U.S. nun investigates a clandestine plot within a Roman orphanage, revealing an effort connected to the origins of the Antichrist. The film stars Nell Tiger Free and features cast members inc...
'Antithesis' is the third full-length studio album by the German black metal band Secrets of the Moon. Released in 2008 through Ván Records, it marked a shift in the band's sound toward orthodox black metal structures while incorporating atmospheric and post-metal textures. The album consists of six...
Longlegs is a suspenseful neo-noir thriller exploring a decades-old FBI investigation. The story follows an agent’s pursuit of a serial killer, “Longlegs,” responsible for unsettling family murders in Oregon during the 1990s. The film blends mystery and supernatural horror elements, utilizing a com...
The Invisibles is a surreal comic book series created by writer Grant Morrison and various artists, published under DC's Vertigo imprint beginning in 1994. The story follows a secret, anarchic organization of the same name as they wage a guerrilla war against interdimensional, demonic entities known...
Witch Doctor is a horror comic book series created by writer Brandon Seifert and artist Lukas Ketner. First published by Image Comics, it centers on Dr. Vincent Morrow, a rogue physician who approaches supernatural curses and demonic possessions as infectious diseases. The series blends body horror...
Invoking the Majestic Throne of Satan is the second full-length album by the Colombian-American black metal duo Inquisition, released in 2002. The band consists of guitarist and vocalist Dagon alongside drummer Incubus. The record is recognized for its distinctive guitar tone and Dagon's unusual, rh...
Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) is the sixth studio album by the Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth, released in 2002. The record was produced by the band's frontman, Adam "Nergal" Darski, and recorded at Hendrix Studios in their native Poland. This album represents a key transition in the...
Dirges of Elysium is the ninth studio album by Incantation, an American death metal band formed in 1989. Released in 2014, the album was produced by the band alongside Bill Korecky. Incantation is recognized for combining death metal with doom metal elements, featuring slow, heavy passages alongside...
"Nefarious Dismal Orations" is the fourth full-length album by the Colombian-American black metal duo Inquisition, released in 2007. The album is characterized by its hypnotic, repetitive guitar riffing, steady rhythmic patterns, and atmospheric production. It prominently features frontman Dagon's h...
The Dain Curse is a 1929 novel by Dashiell Hammett featuring the unnamed Continental Op, an investigator employed by a private detective agency. Beginning with a diamond theft, the inquiry expands into murders, religious manipulation, drug use, and claims that the Dain family is afflicted by a hered...
Thaumiel is the second full-length studio album by the Swedish black metal band Ofermod. The album's title references a realm within the Qliphoth, the representation of evil or impurity in Jewish mysticism, which aligns with the band's focus on esoteric left-hand path theology. Musically, the record...
C.S. Lewis’s That Hideous Strength is a science fiction fantasy novel exploring themes of good and evil within an alternate-history Britain. The story depicts a shadowy organization attempting to corrupt society through technological advancement and occult practices. It's notable for its intricate p...
Death Mark is a 2017 Japanese horror visual novel developed by Experience and the first entry in the Spirit Hunter series. Players control a character afflicted with a supernatural mark that leads them to investigate haunted locations, solve mysteries, and confront ghosts through a combination of ex...
"White Noise and Black Metal" is the third studio album by the Swedish black metal band Craft, released in 2005 via Carnal Records. The record is noted for its raw, nihilistic approach and punk-inflected riffing within an orthodox black metal framework. It features long-time members such as vocalist...
Pamela Love is an American jewelry designer who launched her eponymous brand in 2007 after studying film at New York University. Based in New York City, her designs incorporate mystical, cosmic, and natural motifs, drawing inspiration from various cultural traditions including Native American, astro...
Thelema.6 is the sixth studio album by the Polish extreme metal band Behemoth, released in the year 2000. The record marks a significant stylistic transition for the band, shifting away from their earlier pagan black metal sound toward a more complex, blackened death metal style. Lyrical themes draw...
Feeding the Crawling Shadows is a studio album by the Finnish black metal band Sargeist, released in 2014. The album continues the band's established style of raw, melodic black metal characterized by tremolo-picked guitar work and harsh vocal delivery. Sargeist was formed in 1999 by guitarist Shatr...
"Blasphemy" is the fifth full-length studio album by the American death metal band Incantation, released in 2002 through Necropolis Records. The album features the band's signature style, which combines heavy, slow doom metal passages with fast, aggressive death metal riffing. It explores dark, occu...
