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Satan Wants You

Satan Wants You

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Satan Wants You

"She was chosen... as the Devil's bride."

2023

1h 28m

6.1(17 votes)

Documentary

Crime

Horror

Overview

The story of how the Satanic Panic of the 1980s was ignited by "Michelle Remembers", a memoir by psychiatrist and his patient. The book relied on recovered-memory therapy to uncover Michelle's abduction by baby-stealing Satanists.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Michelle Smith

Michelle Smith

Self (archive footage)

Lawrence Pazder

Lawrence Pazder

Self (archive footage)

Anton LaVey

Anton LaVey

Self (archive footage)

Blanche Barton

Blanche Barton

Self

Charles Ennis

Self

Ken Lanning

Self

Dr. Elizabeth Loftus

Dr. Elizabeth Loftus

Self

Debbie Nathan

Debbie Nathan

Self

Charyl Proby-Austman

Self

Jeffrey S. Victor

Self

Creative team

Directed by: Sean Horlor
Steve J. Adams
Written by: Steve J. Adams
Sean Horlor
Produced by: Michael Grand
Melissa James

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