Glaubst Du an den Teufel?
Nicht so richtig, aber manchmal, denke ich an diese "Möglichkeit".
Wenn ich lese wie Menschen grausamste Dinge anderen Menschen angetan haben, dann erinnere ich mich an den Film Fallen (1998)
. Dort übernimmt ein Dämon kurzzeitig die Kontrolle über Menschen. Und auch bei relativ kleinen Dingen in meinem eigenen Leben, habe ich mich schon gefragt, wie kann das sein?
Der Pizza-Vorfall: Ich hatte dieses Erlebnis, dass ich den ganzen Tag enorme Lust auf Pizza hatte. Am Abend rang ich gegen gegenteilige Vorschläge darum Pizza zu bestellen. Als die Pizza endlich eintraf, hatte ich keine Lust mehr darauf.
Der "Jungfrau"-Vorfall: Ich war Single und sehnte mich nach Sex (…). Ich ging also diverse male in Bars und Clubs und sprach diverse junge Frauen an. Das war zwar oft nicht schlecht, aber ich blieb erfolglos. Ich kriegte nicht was ich wollte. An einem Abend verlor ich die Lust. Ich beschloss meinen Drink noch fertig zu schlürfen und zu gehen. Während ich das tat, wechselte das Gefühl von Niederlage und Frustration in ein Glücksgefühl. Ich überlegte wohin ich als nächstes hinreisen könnte und fühlte mich gut und dankbar und war stolz auf mich, wie weit ich (schüchterner) gekommen war und wie selbstbestimmt ich lebte. So schlenderte ich zufrieden Richtung Ausgang. Da lächelte mir meine zukünftige Frau entgegen und (…) sprach ich sie an. Was in der Konsequenz über die Dauer zum weitgehenden Verlust von eben dem führte worauf ich zuvor gerade noch stolz und zufrieden war und ich kriegte das, was ich zumindest meinte nicht mehr (so sehr) zu brauchen (wie noch davor). Zusammengefasst, scheint der Teufel manchmal das Timing zu manipulieren.
Mögen Engel uns beschützen. ;-)
Wishmaster (film) - Wikipedia
1997 American film Wishmaster is a 1997 American fantasy horror film directed by Robert Kurtzman . The film was executive produced by Wes Craven , and is the only film of the Wishmaster series with his name attached. Its plot concerns a djinn , a wish-granting, evil genie who is released from a jewel and seeks to capture the soul of the woman who discovered him, thereby opening a portal and freeing his fellow djinn to inhabit and enslave the Earth. The film stars Andrew Divoff as The Djinn and Tammy Lauren . The film was followed by three sequels, Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999), Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell (2001) and Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled (2002). A narrator ( Angus Scrimm ) explains that when "God breathed life into the universe…the light gave birth to Angels…the earth gave birth to man...the fire gave birth to the djinn, creatures condemned to dwell in the void between the worlds." If a person wakes a djinn they will receive three wishes, but the third wish will free legions of djinn on Earth. In 1127, one of these Djinn ( Andrew Divoff ) asks a Persian emperor to make his second wish. When the emperor wishes to see wonders, the Djinn uses his powers to torture and mutilate people in the palace. The emperor is horrified, but the Djinn tells him to use his third wish to set things right. Before the emperor can make his third wish, Zoroaster (Ari Barak), a sorcerer , explains the consequences of the third wish and reveals a fire opal , which pulls the Djinn inside and traps him. In present-day America, Raymond Beaumont ( Robert Englund ) supervises workers lowering a box containing an antique statue of Ahura Mazda onto a ship. The crane operator Mickey Torelli ( Joseph Pilato ) is drunk and drops the box, killing Beaumont's assistant Ed Finley ( Ted Raimi ) and destroying the statue. A dockworker steals the fire opal from the rubble and pawns it. Eventually the jewel reaches Regal Auctioneers, where Nick Merritt ( Chris Lemmon ) instructs appraiser Alexandra "Alex" Amberson ( Tammy Lauren ) to examine it, which wakes the Djinn. Alex sees something inside the jewel and leaves it with her close friend and colleague, Josh Aickman (Tony Crane), to analyze. As he is collecting data, the gem explodes, destroying the lab and releasing the Djinn. Josh, wounded, wishes for relief from his physical pain, and the Djinn "grants" his wish by killing him. Alex, having been informed of Josh's death by Lieutenant Nathanson ( Ricco Ross ), tracks the gem to the statue which she tracks to Beaumont, who sends Alex to visit Wendy Derleth ( Jenny O'Hara ), a folklore professor, who explains the history of the gem and the nature of the djinn: a djinn grants wishes in exchange for souls, but as djinns are demonic in nature, the wishes will be twisted into curses for the djinn's amusement. Later, Alex learns that the Djinn needs to power the gem with human souls and then grant her (the person who originally released him) three wishes before
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Exorcist: The Beginning - Wikipedia
2004 film by Renny Harlin Exorcist: The Beginning is a 2004 American supernatural horror film directed by Renny Harlin from a screenplay by Alexi Hawley. It is the fourth installment in The Exorcist film series and serves as a prequel to The Exorcist (1973). The film stars Stellan Skarsgård , Izabella Scorupco , and James D'Arcy . The film was retooled from Paul Schrader 's already completed Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist , which Morgan Creek Productions executives feared would be unsuccessful. Exorcist: The Beginning was released in the United States on August 20, 2004, by Warner Bros. Pictures . The film received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed over $78 million against a $50 million production budget. In the age of the Crusades , an injured priest wanders through the aftermath of a bloody and desolate battlefield. He comes across an impaled soldier in his death throes holding a Pazuzu head pendant. The priest looks around him and sees hundreds of Crusaders crucified upside down across the desert. In Cairo, Egypt in 1949, a young Father Lankester Merrin struggles with his shattered faith. He is haunted by an incident in a small village in the occupied Netherlands during World War II , where he served as parish priest: near the end of the war, a sadistic Nazi SS commander, in retaliation for the murder of a German trooper, forced Merrin to participate in arbitrary executions in order to save a full village from slaughter. Merrin is approached by a collector of antiquities named Semelier who invites him to come to a British excavation in a valley called Derati in the Turkana region of British Kenya . The dig excavates a Christian Byzantine -era church built circa 500 A.D. — long before Christianity had reached that region of Africa. Semelier asks Merrin to recover an ancient relic of a demon, thought to be in the church, before the British can find it. Merrin agrees and travels to the dig site. He is joined by Father Francis. Upon arriving at the site with their translator and guide Chuma, Merrin meets the chief excavator, a British man named Jefferies with visible boils on his face and Sarah Novak, a doctor. In addition, Merrin learns that the diggers are disappearing or leaving in droves because the local tribesmen fear the church is cursed. Merrin witnesses a digger inexplicably experience a seizure. Merrin, Chuma, and Francis visit the dig site and find only the dome uncovered; the rest of the church is buried beneath the earth. Merrin discovers that the church is in perfect condition, as though it had been buried immediately after its construction was completed. The three enter the church through the dome and find the place in near-pristine condition, but note two disturbing oddities; the statues of the angels holding weapons point their spears downward instead of triumphantly toward heaven and someone has vandalized and desecrated the church, placing the cross in an upside-down position. Merrin and Francis deduce the s
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Constantine (film) - Wikipedia
2005 American superhero horror film Constantine ( / ˌ k ɒ n s t ən ˈ t iː n / KON -stən- TEEN ) [9] is a 2005 American superhero horror film directed by Francis Lawrence in his directorial debut. Written by Kevin Brodbin and Frank Cappello from a story by Brodbin, it is loosely based on the DC Comics / Vertigo Comics Hellblazer graphic novels. The film stars Keanu Reeves as John Constantine , a cynical exorcist with the ability to perceive and communicate with half-angels and half-demons in their true forms and to travel between Earth and Hell. Rachel Weisz , Shia LaBeouf , Tilda Swinton , Pruitt Taylor Vince , Djimon Hounsou , Gavin Rossdale , and Peter Stormare also feature. Constantine was released theatrically in the United States on February 18, 2005. It grossed $230.9 million worldwide against a production budget between $70–100 million, but met with a mixed reception from film critics. In the following years, it has been considered as a cult film . [10] In 2022, a sequel was announced and is currently in development. [11] In Mexico, a scavenger recovers the tip of the spear that pierced Jesus Christ from a ruined church and, after becoming possessed, takes it to Los Angeles. There, cynical occult expert John Constantine exorcises a demon from a young girl after witnessing its attempt to come through her to Earth, something that should be impossible because of a treaty between Heaven and Hell. Suffering from terminal lung cancer, Constantine meets with the half-breed angel Gabriel to request an extension to his life in exchange for his work deporting Hell's forces. Gabriel responds that performing good deeds for selfish reasons will not secure his way into Heaven. Elsewhere, detective Angela Dodson is investigating the death of her twin sister Isabel who leaped from a psychiatric hospital roof. Angela refuses to believe her sister, a devout Catholic like Angela, would commit suicide and condemn herself to Hell. Watching security footage, Angela hears Isabel say "Constantine", and seeks out his assistance. He refuses to help until he witnesses demons pursuing Angela and fends them off. He uses a ritual to see Isabel in Hell and confirms she killed herself. Constantine tells Angela that he committed suicide as a teenager because he was traumatized by seeing supernatural creatures and, though he was revived, when he dies his suicide attempt has condemned him to Hell. At the morgue, Constantine's friend Father Hennesy discovers a symbol on Isabel's wrist but is killed by the half-breed demon Balthazar. Constantine and Angela discover Hennesy carved the symbol into his hand for them to find. Angela also finds a clue hidden in Isabel's hospital room concerning a chapter of Hell's bible. Before being killed by Balthazar, Constantine's ally Beeman tells the pair the symbol represents the antichrist Mammon , Lucifer 's son, and the chapter prophesies him usurping his father and conquering the Earth, using a powerful psychic and divine assistance; th
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Legion (2010 film) - Wikipedia
2010 American film Legion is a 2010 American supernatural action horror film directed by Scott Stewart and co-written by Stewart and Peter Schink. The film stars Paul Bettany , Lucas Black , Tyrese Gibson , Adrianne Palicki , Kate Walsh , and Dennis Quaid . Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group acquired most of the film's worldwide distribution rights, releasing the film theatrically in North America on January 22, 2010 through Screen Gems . [4] A story of the Second Coming , Legion follows a group of people as they attempt to protect an infant savior from angels and the possessed in an apocalypse. Legion was released to negative critical reception, but was a success at the box office, earning over $67 million on a $26 million budget. A television series titled Dominion , set 25 years after the film, premiered on the American cable television network Syfy on June 19, 2014. [5] The Archangel Michael falls to Earth in Los Angeles and cuts off his wings. After looting a weapons warehouse and stealing a police car from a possessed police officer, Michael travels to the Paradise Falls Diner, near the edge of the Mojave Desert . Meanwhile, Kyle, a single father driving to Los Angeles, stops at the diner. He meets the owner, Bob Hanson; Jeep, Bob's son; Percy, the short-order cook; Charlie, a pregnant waitress; Howard and Sandra Anderson, a married couple; and Audrey, their rebellious teenage daughter. As the diner's television, radio, and telephone fail, elderly Gladys enters the diner and becomes abnormally hostile, biting off a piece of Howard's neck before Kyle shoots her. A massive swarm of flies surrounds the diner and isolates its patrons from the outside world, thwarting their attempt to transport Howard to the hospital. Michael arrives and arms the patrons as the sky turns black. Hundreds of cars approach, filled with possessed people who begin to attack the diner. Michael leads the patrons in the fight, but Howard is dragged away. Later, Michael explains that God has lost faith in mankind and has sent his angels to destroy the human race. He also reveals that Charlie's baby must stay alive, as it is destined to be the savior of mankind; Michael disobeyed God's order to kill Charlie's baby, as he still has faith in humanity. Charlie will eventually come to love her baby, but—quite unlike the Virgin Mary 's acceptance of the unborn Jesus in her womb in the Gospels —Charlie says she hates it. The next morning, Sandra discovers Howard crucified on an upside-down cross behind the restaurant, covered with huge boils. She tries to rescue him, but he explodes into acid. Percy dies shielding Sandra from the blast. Sandra goes insane and must be restrained. Meanwhile, the remaining survivors hear a radio transmission that reveals other pockets of resistance. One such refuge is nearby, but Michael advises them not to go, since they would be too vulnerable on the move. That night, a second wave of possessed people attacks. Kyle is lured into a trap a
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Season of the Witch (2011 film) - Wikipedia
2011 American film Season of the Witch is a 2011 American supernatural action - adventure film starring Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman , and directed by Dominic Sena . [3] Cage and Perlman star as Teutonic Knights who return from the Crusades to find their homeland devastated by the Black Death . Two church elders accuse a young woman ( Claire Foy ) of being a witch responsible for the plague. They command the two knights to transport her to a distant monastery so the monks can lift her curse. [4] The film reunited Sena and Cage, who had previously worked together on Gone in 60 Seconds . Development on the film began in 2000 when the spec script by screenwriter Bragi F. Schut was purchased by MGM . The project moved from MGM to Columbia Pictures to Relativity Media , where the film was finally produced by Charles Roven and Alex Gartner. Filming took place primarily in Austria , Hungary , and Croatia . Season of the Witch was released on January 7, 2011, in the United States, Canada, and several other territories. In 13th century Villach , three women are accused by a priest of witchcraft , and are first hanged before being drowned. The priest performs a ritual on the three woman using a book inscribed from the Key of Solomon so they can never return to life, but one of the women takes on a demonic appearance, sets the book on fire, and hangs the priest. In the 14th century, German Teutonic Knights Sir Behmen von Bleibruck and Sir Felson joins the Smyrniote crusades . After witnessing a civilian massacre during the capture of Smyrna , the two abandon their order and return to Austria . Traveling through Styria , Behmen and Felson encounter people infected with the Black Death . Trying to conceal their identities as deserters, Behmen's sword crest exposes their identities and are arrested They are taken to Cardinal D'Ambroise, who is near death from the plague. The Cardinal asks the knights to escort an alleged witch, suspected of causing the pestilence, to a remote monastery, where monks can perform a sacred ritual to cancel her powers and stop the plague. Behmen refuses, so D'Ambroise imprisons him and Felson where they meet the alleged witch, Anna. Both knights agree under the condition that she be given a fair trial and the charges of desertion against them be dropped. The Cardinal agrees, and they are accompanied by the priest Debelzaq; the altar boy, Kay von Wollenbart, and Hagamar, a well-traveled swindler , who will serve as their guide in return for his pardon. Anna shows hatred towards Debelzaq, while forming a connection with Behmen. The group camp for the night, and when Johann decides to give up the mission and to convince the others to do the same, Anna attacks him and grabs his key to her cage and escapes. The search for her leads the group to a mass grave, where Johann begins having visions of his dead daughter calling to him until he accidentally impales himself on Kay's drawn sword. When Anna is recaptured, she explains that she onl
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