The continuing Satanic Panic and religious hysteria surrounding Led Zeppelin’s most famous recording.
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Suburban Conformity: Looking Back At The ‘Burbs
Joe Dante’s most biting satire of suburban America sadly loses its nerve at the last minute and becomes as reactionary and curtain-twitching as its central characters.
Exorcism At The Home Depot
An attempt to deal with demonic lumber thwarted by the police.
The God Movie Makers: Exploring The Delirious World Of Jeremiah Films
The paranoid and conspiracy-driven films of America’s biggest fundamentalist production company.
Classic Albums Revisited: Bathory’s Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
Looking back at one of the pioneering moments in the Black Metal story.
Scream Greats: Fangoria Explores Satanism And Witchcraft
The horror movie magazine’s short-lived video series took a curious turn towards the Satanic in its second edition.
The Sons Of Sam And The Slippery Nature Of Conspiracy Theory
There might be more to the Son of Sam case than meets the eye – but that doesn’t necessarily mean that Maury Terry’s Satanic Panic conspiracies should be believed.
Devils In The Flesh
A World of Demonic Dolls, Baphomet Burlesque and Satanic Smut.
Naked Witches And Sexy Satanists: The Erotic Occult Magazine Explosion
The boom in lecherous, kinky and erotic occult magazines at the height of the Satanic Sixties and Seventies.
Making A Monster: The Scapegoating Of Colin Stagg
The demonisation of an innocent man over lurid sex fantasies and the belief that there is no smoke without fire – a cautionary tale.
The Outer Fringes Of Horror Cinema: Oddball Anthology Night Train To Terror Dissected
An eccentric slice of cinematic cannibalism, as obscure and unfinished films are chopped, changed and rendered incoherent in a portmanteau of pointlessness.
Viktor Wynd’s Online Lectures Of Curiosities
A series of lectures on sex and death by The Last Tuesday Society.