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.
“A documentary that’s as chilling as any narrative fiction this year” - Variety
"one of the year's wildest and most unmissable pieces of documentary filmmaking" - The Chattanoogan
"At times structured like an atmospheric horror film and at others like a gripping true-crime doc, Satan Wants You explores issues ranging from family abuse to psychiatry to the media" - Realscreen
"Satan Wants You is both a chilling reminder of the era in which these stories were mainstream news and a warning that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it." - Screen Anarchy
"Satan Wants You has all the ingredients needed to stand out: exclusive interviews with close sources, newly surfaced archival material, and, most importantly, a story that’s as lurid as it is bizarre." - The Daily Beast
"As much as Horlor and Adams are sharing the history of Smith and Pazder, they are also studying hysteria and misinformation––both firmly still with us." - The Film Stage
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