The phrase "demonic about" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to have an intense or extreme obsession or behavior related to demons or the devil. Example: She was becoming quite demonic about her obsession with collecting antique Ouija boards.
There is something sexually demonic about her. "Bea Arthur Naked" (1991).
There is something agreeably demonic about their sprawling, energised, living art installation.
Professor Harding, a Milton scholar at Jacksonville State University in Alabama, does not mean to suggest that there is anything demonic about Democrats.
"There was nothing demonic about him; he looked like a bookkeeper who was afraid to ask for a raise".
It was a very introspective time because I had to confront my fears and master every demonic thought about inferiority, about insecurity or the fear of being black, young and gifted in this western culture".
"The Great Battle Under the Table," a summary in minuscule detail of the Napoleonic wars, teeters on the verge of mere comic illustration, but there is a demonic oomph about it — endorsed by neighboring pictures, evocative of Francis Bacon and Philip Guston — that postpones judgment.
It's a scenario that would lend itself to a chilling horror film about demonic possession, or a coming-of-age drama about female empowerment and sexuality, or a sly comedy about adolescent histrionics.
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg, read by Nick McCardle and Peter Kenny (9hrs unabridged, Naxos, £27.99) Given the choice of listening to a novel about the Calvinist doctrine of predestination or a chilling murder mystery about demonic possession, I suspect most people would go for the Jekyll-and-Hyde option.
Both bishop and priest regularly reassure people about demonic possession.
The whole season is like watching a scene from "Ghostbusters": "Dogs and cats, living together," Bill Murray deadpans about demonic forces poised to consume New York.
Vampires were around long before they became popular reading material: superstitions about demonic blood-drinkers can be found in numerous cultures throughout history.
