He’s coming for us all…
During the 1980s and ‘90s the world was gripped by the cultural hysteria known as the Satanic Panic. Ignited by Michelle Remembers; a lurid memoir by psychiatrist Larry Pazder and his patient Michelle Smith, rumors of “Satanic Ritual Abuse” spread through panic-stricken communities worldwide. Although Dr. Pazder’s methodology relied on controversial recovered-memory therapy to expose Michelle’s childhood abduction by baby-stealing satanists, the book became a bestseller and left a wave of destruction and wrongful convictions in its wake. Filmmakers Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams dive deep into the untold story of how Dr. Pazder and Michelle Smith became international sensations, supported by the Catholic Church and amplified by law enforcement and America’s Daytime TV boom. The film features shocking, never-before-heard audio recordings of the pair’s original therapy sessions and interviews with a high priestess of the Church of Satan, a Wiccan police detective, an FBI ‘Mind Hunter’ as well as the devastated families of both Michelle and Lawrence. Satan Wants You is a compelling investigation into the roots of moral panics, cult conspiracies, and the making of contemporary legends, revealing how these events still impact and distort our reality to this day.
Satan Wants You has been a festival darling and is now coming to a theatre near you to scare the pants off of you. Your chance to win tickets to the opening night screening this Friday at 7PM at the Bloor Hot Docs cinema simply couldn’t be easier.
E-mail us at ITSContests@hotmail.com with your full name, ‘Satan Wants You’ in the subject header and the answer to the following question. What was the name of the book that kicked off the ‘Satanic Panic’ of the 80’s?
The contest is open to all residents of Toronto, one entry per household please. It will run until Friday Aug 11th at 11:59AM. All winners will be informed after the contest has closed.
