The Supernatural category consists of two sub-genres: the Supernatural and the Devil. The Supernatural sub-genre assumes there is a pure, unseen evil. This evil can overtake and destroy a human being. The Devil and Demon sub-genre brings the protagonist into contact with those supernatural forces that are malicious personifications of evil known as the devil or the demon. This contact may lead to the temptation for the protagonist to sell their soul, such as Faust or the poor schmuck in the movie, Bedazzled. Or the contact may lead to possession as is the case of The Exorcist.
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