📽️ SUCCUBUS (2024): Beauty Devours. Desire Kills.

She asked for a muse. What she found was a monster that wears beauty like skin.

Succubus (2024) dives into the seductive abyss of supernatural horror with a chilling modern retelling of one of the oldest myths in demonology. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Delphine Varga, this psychological thriller fuses gothic sensuality with slow-burn terror, weaving a tale of possession, obsession, and the price of surrendering to your darkest longing.

Set in a crumbling Parisian art academy, the story follows Élise Marceau, a gifted but emotionally fragile painter recovering from a suicide attempt. Haunted by guilt and creative block, she finds herself drawn to a mysterious new model—Liora, a woman of impossible beauty and unnerving presence. As Élise begins to paint Liora obsessively, she also begins to lose time, waking up with bruises, blood beneath her nails, and memories that don’t belong to her.

Her descent into madness is matched only by her rising fame—her paintings become darker, more captivating, and inhumanly powerful. But Liora is not what she seems. Whispers in the walls, mirrors that don’t reflect the truth, and a trail of missing men begin to reveal the horrifying truth: Élise is no longer alone in her body.

The film drips with atmosphere—velvet shadows, candlelit corridors, and the contrast of red on ivory skin. Succubus doesn’t rely on jump scares but instead lures viewers into a fever dream of erotic dread, asking: what if the thing you most desire is also what will destroy you?

Unflinching in its portrayal of sexual power and artistic madness, Succubus is a tale of feminine fury turned supernatural. It’s not just horror—it’s hunger.