This is a proof of concept for an independent documentary about the Satanic Panic of the 1980s—one of America’s most embarrassing and dangerous collective freak-outs. A time when fear replaced logic. When suspicion became evidence.

When parents, churches, talk shows, and the news decided Satan was hiding in record stores, horror movies, D&D manuals, and the bedrooms of teenagers who dressed a little differently. People lost their lives, their freedom, and their sanity—not because of ritual sacrifice, but because America desperately needed something to be afraid of. Created by

R.J. De León Vega