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* ''Film/TheMephistoWaltz'': Duncan's, Roxeanne's, and [[spoiler:Paula's]] Satanic rituals involve lighting a candle within a pentagram and reciting French incantations from a book.
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In either case, the symbolism of open flames and a circle of candlelight help to establish the ritual space as a threshold where the supernatural and material worlds can meet. For bonus points, they might be TechnicolorFire, ColdFlames, or otherwise overtly supernatural -- or they might not. Compare and contrast PostModernMagik, where profound mystic rites might be perfectly well suited to fluorescent bulbs.
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In either case, the symbolism of open flames and a circle of candlelight help to establish the ritual space as a threshold where the supernatural and material worlds can meet. For bonus points, they might be TechnicolorFire, ColdFlames, or otherwise overtly supernatural -- or they might not. not.
As a result of their association with the occult, you can expect copious amounts of candles of all shapes and sizes to crop up on a fairly regular basis in horror settings, from the eerie halls of a [[BigFancyCastle opulent]], yet [[HauntedCastle unnerving Gothic castle]], to the aisles of the temples of a ReligionOfEvil, among many, many other settings.
Compare and contrast PostModernMagik, where profound mystic rites might be perfectly well suited to fluorescent bulbs.
As a result of their association with the occult, you can expect copious amounts of candles of all shapes and sizes to crop up on a fairly regular basis in horror settings, from the eerie halls of a [[BigFancyCastle opulent]], yet [[HauntedCastle unnerving Gothic castle]], to the aisles of the temples of a ReligionOfEvil, among many, many other settings.
Compare and contrast PostModernMagik, where profound mystic rites might be perfectly well suited to fluorescent bulbs.
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* ''Film/HauntedMansion2023'': Harriet conducts a seance to contact the ghost of Gracey, and candles light up as a ''result'' of the seance.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', the ritual to summon the extradimensional entity Bill Cipher involves a circle of candles. Unusually for the trope, it takes place in a sunny meadow for extra DaylightHorror.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Marge Simpson discover her sisters Patty and Selma in the attic. The sisters have a [[HollywoodSatanism pentagram]] on the floor with lit candles at the points. Marge wonders what they're doing and why.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Marge Simpson discover her sisters Patty and Selma in the attic. The sisters have a [[HollywoodSatanism pentagram]] on the floor with lit candles at the points. Marge wonders what they're doing and why.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': The ritual to summon the extradimensional entity Bill Cipher involves a circle of candles. Unusually for the trope, it takes place in a sunny meadow for extra DaylightHorror.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': One episodeof ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Marge Simpson discover her sisters Patty and Selma in the attic. The sisters have a [[HollywoodSatanism pentagram]] on the floor with lit candles at the points. Marge wonders what they're doing and why.
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* ''Webcomic/BloodIsMine'': The ritual that allows the caster to contact the tradesmen requires lighting blue candles. [[spoiler:When Jane notices a similar candle in a bookstore, it clues her in that the owner knows more than she should.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', the red moon ritual is traditionally performed while surrounded by dozens of candles but they are purely aesthetic.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', the red moon ritual is traditionally performed while surrounded by dozens of candles but they are purely aesthetic.
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