A collection of essays examining the Satanic Panic of the eighties and the pop-culture paranoia that arose from it.
 
This collection of twenty essays and interviews examines all aspects of the Satanic Panic in the 1980s – a period that may be difficult to imagine in retrospect, especially for those too young to have experienced it, but its profound grip on the British and American mass media cannot be underestimated. The essays here look at how pop culture impacted and was impacted by the phenomenon: heavy metal music; role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons; horror cinema; straight-to-VHS 'video nasties;' snuff movies; even children's TV cartoons. Specific instances of the panic are also discussed: the McMartin children's day-care home scandal in the US, and the 'witch-hunt' against occultist musician-artist Genesis P. Orridge in the UK. This is an important book on a remarkable era of grave import to both the British and American pagan and occult communities, and the impact of which can still be felt today.
 
Godalming, Surrey, UK: FAB Press, 2016. 362 pages. Paperback. New