Underplayed Gems

Diabolic (2025)

Diabolic poster
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 59 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman seeking a miraculous treatment for an illness encounters the vengeful ghost of a witch. The spirit wants to use her body as a host for its malevolent power.

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What happens

Diabolic is a 2025 Australian supernatural horror film directed by Daniel J. Phillips, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mike Harding. The film stars Elizabeth Cullen as a young woman who, a decade after a baptism ritual went wrong in the fundamentalist sect she was raised in, returns to her former community and is targeted by a vengeful spirit. It is Phillips's second feature, after Awoken (2020). Backed by the South Australian Film Corporation and Sunjive Studios, Diabolic screened at the Marché du Film and won the award for Best Australian Feature Film at Monster Fest 2025. It was released in Australian cinemas by Monster Pictures on 20 November 2025, followed by a United States release in February 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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