In postmodernity, afarit featured frequently in film and video games. In the "Final Fantasy" video game series, an ifrit appears as a summonable spirit and an enemy. Like their mythological counterparts, they are spirits of fire and can use an iconic spell called "hellfire". In the fifth season of "True Blood" (2012), an ifrit seeks vengeance for murder of Iraqi civilians by U.S soldiers. In both the novel "American Gods" (2001) and the television adaptation by Neil Gaiman an ifrit disguised as a taxi-driver appears, trying to get used to his new role, seeking for intimacy in a lonely world. "Pari", a 2017 Indian horror film, shows a cult centering around an ifrit who progress its bloodline by forcefully impregnating women with its offspring.