SXSW 2023

SXSW 2023: SATAN WANTS YOU

SXSW 2023

There are no current or future screenings planned for this film.

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.

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All screenings are General Admission. Seating is subject to capacity and will occur on a priority basis approximately 30 minutes before the screening starts. Attendees are advised to arrive as early as 60 minutes prior to the screening.
1. Primary Access: Film & Platinum Badges with SXXpress Passes
2. Primary Access: Film & Platinum Badges
3. Secondary Access: Film Wristbands, Music & Interactive Badges, Advance Single Tickets
4. Day-of Single Tickets: sold 15 minutes before screening, as capacity allows.

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