San Francisco Documentary Festival 2023

Satan Wants You + Q&A

Expired June 12, 2023 6:59 AM
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Satan Wants You tells the untold story of how the Satanic Panic of the 1980s was ignited by Michelle Remembers, a lurid memoir by psychiatrist Larry Pazder and his patient Michelle Smith. Supported by the Catholic Church, the bestselling book relied on recovered-memory therapy to uncover Michelle’s childhood abduction by baby-stealing Satanists. Amplified by law enforcement and America’s Daytime TV boom, satanic rumors spread through panic-stricken communities across the world, leaving a wave of destruction and wrongful convictions in their wake. This film digs deep into the roots of moral panics and cult conspiracies, showing how these events still affect and distort our reality today.

  • Runtime
    88 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Steve J. Adams, Sean Horlor
  • Screenwriter
    Steve J. Adams, Sean Horlor
  • Producer
    Michael Grand, Steve J. Adams, Melissa James, Sean Horlor
  • Cast
    Sarah Marshall, Charyl Proby-Austman, Charles Ennis