Ten Favorite Satans in Film and TV
(in order of preference, with a soundtrack by INXS)
Harvey Spencer Stephens (in The Omen)
David Warner (in Time Bandits)
Tatsuya Nakadai (in Belladonna of Sadness)
Robin Hughes (in “The Howling Man,” season 2, episode 5 of The Twilight Zone)
Jack Nicholson (in The Witches of Eastwick)
Thomas Jay Ryan (in The Book of Life)
Burgess Meredith (in “Printer’s Devil,” season 4, episode 9 of The Twilight Zone)
Peter Cook (in Bedazzled)
Daniel Wahab Chaudhry (in The Witch)
Greg Proops (in The Nightmare Before Christmas)
— February 10, 2023