Striking Demonic Thriller 'Sator' Out on Digital + On-Demand

Secluded in a desolate forest home to little more than the decaying remnants of the past, a broken family is further torn apart by a mysterious death. Adam, guided by a pervasive sense of dread, hunts for answers only to learn that they are not alone; an insidious presence by the name of Sator has been observing his family, subtly influencing all of them for years in an attempt to claim them.

The uniquely spectral horror-thriller SATOR teases the line between fact and fiction as it’s core story, of a demon making contact with an intimate family, is inspired by director Jordan Graham’s own life. “SATOR is quite personal to me,” says Graham. “It delves into my family’s dark history with mental illness surrounding a supernatural entity, and uses home video footage to create an interwoven piece between documentary and fiction.”

For years generations of his family, including his grandmother, have claimed to make contact with a mysterious presence by the name of SATOR, and the film features her own haunting accounts of contact.

The film is written, directed, produced, edited, scored, and lensed by Graham, who took seven years to complete the feature, and stars newcomers Michael Daniel, Aurora Lowe, Gabriel Nicholson, and Rachel Johnson alongside Graham’s late grandmother, June Peterson.

Called “simultaneously heartbreaking and chilling” by Dread Central and “strikingly atmospheric” by Variety, SATOR is a masterful dive into psychologically driven horror and a shockingly real meditation on mental illness, generational trauma, and the occult.