Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- eerie
- oppressive
- melancholic
- late night horror viewing
- arthouse film night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Demon's ambitious, beautifully shot folk horror, credible performances, and poised atmosphere, while some found its symbolism heavier than its scares and its third act uneven.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Piotr's possession explicitly draws on the Jewish legend of the dybbuk, while the wedding exposes buried cultural history.
The possession unfolds during the wedding banquet, turning family celebration, drinking, and ceremony into escalating social claustrophobia.
Critics repeatedly identify the film's absurdist humor and physical anarchy alongside its eerie, baleful horror.
The dybbuk story and wedding tensions function as a meditation on historical amnesia and suppressed Polish-Jewish memory.
Films like Demon, and why
The Wailing
shared folk horror, possession, cultural memory, and formally controlled atmosphere
The Exorcist
shared supernatural dread, religious folklore, family tension, and ambiguous symbolism
The Invitation
shared wedding setting, social unease, dark absurdism, and supernatural disruption
The Wedding
shared wedding-party milieu, national trauma, alcohol-soaked tension, and unsettling tonal instability
Movie Details
- Director
- Marcin Wrona
- Release Date
- 2015-10-16
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (159)
Cast
- Itay Tiran
- Agnieszka Żulewska
- Andrzej Grabowski
- Tomasz Schuchardt
- Adam Woronowicz
- Włodzimierz Press
- Tomasz Ziętek
- Katarzyna Gniewkowska
- Cezary Kosiński
- Maja Barełkowska
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Demon about?
- At a Polish wedding, a possessed groom turns communal celebration into an eerie reckoning with buried memory and inherited guilt.
- What is Demon like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Demon as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Demon violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Demon as mild.
- What did critics think of Demon?
- Critics broadly praised Demon's ambitious, beautifully shot folk horror, credible performances, and poised atmosphere, while some found its symbolism heavier than its scares and its third act uneven.
- Which films are like Demon?
- Films with a similar feel include The Wailing, The Exorcist, The Invitation, and The Wedding.
- How long is Demon?
- Demon runs 94 minutes.
- Where can I watch Demon?
- In United States, Demon streams on Amazon Prime Video, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
