Review of Hail Satan? (2019) by Michael Rechtshaffen for Los Angeles Times — 16 Apr 2019
While director Penny Lane (not a pseudonym) energetically goes about shattering our preconceived notions at every intriguing turn, the film is at its most potent tracing society’s history of “satanic panic,” from the Salem Witch Trials to the rise of the evangelical lobby on the shoulders of the Red Scare to the 1980s when Dungeons & Dragons was viewed as a demonic gateway game.
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This review of Hail Satan? (2019) was written by Michael Rechtshaffen and published by Los Angeles Times on 16 Apr 2019.
Hail Satan? has generally received positive reviews.
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