The devil’s deal trope spans movie genres from Murnau’s 1926 “Faust” to comedies like “Bedazzled.”

“Him,” Jordan Peele’s football horror film continues Hollywood’s long fascination with Faustian bargains.

The concept originated in Christian theology during Europe’s witch-hunting era.

Since it first premiered in 1926, F.W. Murnau’s “Faust” has been lauded as one of the greatest silent films ever made. And in the century that’s followed, striking a deal with the devil has been one of cinema’s most enduring tropes.

“Him,” the Jordan Peele-produced horror film reaching theaters Friday, is the latest testament to the fact that, in Hollywood at least, the devil’s offer never goes out of style.

It tells the story of an aspiring professional football player, Cameron Cade (Tyriq Withers), who

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