There’s a new wave of dark content, often featuring occultic or satanic elements, taking over on cable and streaming services.
Recently Amazon Prime Video dropped a new animated series called Hazbin Hotel, which centers on Charlie Morningstar, the cheerful, optimistic and kind-hearted daughter of… Lucifer and Lilith.
Move over Andy Griffith, Hollywood has a new favorite father figure: The devil.
This plot device was most recently used for FX’s Little Demon, another animated series which featured the devil as the relatable “everyman” who is just trying to forge a relationship with his rebellious teenaged daughter. And last year Disney+ announced plans to import Pauline, a German “coming-of-age” story about a teenaged girl who becomes pregnant after a one-night-stand with the devil.
Hollywood’s fascination with the occult is nothing new, of course; films like Rosemary’s Baby, The Omen, and The Exorcist are proof enough of that. What has changed is the way these stories are told, and what they suggest about the nature of good and evil.
