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* DeathBySex: The couple at the campsite are sacrificed shortly after having sex. [[spoiler:Lori and Maggie are killed this way, too.]]


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* SexSignalsDeath: The couple at the campsite are sacrificed shortly after having sex. [[spoiler:Lori and Maggie are killed this way, too.]]
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* SubliminalSeduction: One Leroy Jenkins [[labelnote:note]]no, not [[Machinima/LeeroyJenkinsVideo that]] one[[/labelnote]] hears demonic voices on a record he plays backwards that tell him to kill his girlfriend.

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* SubliminalSeduction: One Leroy Jenkins [[labelnote:note]]no, not [[Machinima/LeeroyJenkinsVideo [[WebVideo/LeeroyJenkinsVideo that]] one[[/labelnote]] hears demonic voices on a record he plays backwards that tell him to kill his girlfriend.

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Not to be confused with the [[Film/SatanicPanic2019 2019 movie of the same name]].

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Not to be confused with the [[Film/SatanicPanic2019 2019 movie of the same name]].
name]] or [[SatanicPanic the trope]], although this actually does fall under that trope.


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* SatanicPanic: The movie begins by saying that Satanic cults are real, the "panic" was BasedOnRealEvents, and it goes on to "prove" it.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Well, it is a movie about the Satanic Panic after all.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Well, it is a movie about the Satanic Panic after all.all.
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Not to be confused with the [[Film/SatanicPanic2019 2019 movie of the same name]].
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* ChekovsGun: Greg's hunting knife can be seen while him and Karen are finishing up packing. [[spoiler:She later uses it on the sheriff.]]

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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: Greg's hunting knife can be seen while him and Karen are finishing up packing. [[spoiler:She later uses it on the sheriff.]]
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** Edgar, the LaVeyan Satanist, explains as [[ChewingTheScenery hammily]] as possible that Satanism is ultimately harmless, and shows a picture of his pet cat and dog.

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** Edgar, the LaVeyan [=LaVeyan=] Satanist, explains as [[ChewingTheScenery hammily]] as possible that Satanism is ultimately harmless, and shows a picture of his pet cat and dog.
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* BaldOfEvil: That creepy tall guy with a shaven head and a [[BeardOfEvil beard]] that the group encounter in the general store? [[spoiler:He’s the leader of the cult.]]
* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: The movie markets itself as “inspired by true accounts”, and the narrations at the beginning try to insist that the Satanic Panic wasn’t all just mass hysteria and that the police and FBI overlooked a lot of evidence, when it’s long since been disproven and all just an attempt at capitalizing on fear.

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* BaldOfEvil: That creepy tall guy with a shaven head and a [[BeardOfEvil beard]] that the group encounter in the general store? [[spoiler:He’s [[spoiler:He's the leader of the cult.]]
* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: The movie markets itself as “inspired by true accounts”, and the narrations at the beginning try to insist that the Satanic Panic wasn’t wasn't all just mass hysteria and that the police and FBI overlooked a lot of evidence, when it’s long since been disproven and all just an attempt at capitalizing on fear.



* ChekovsGun: Greg’s hunting knife can be seen while him and Karen are finishing up packing. [[spoiler:She later uses it on the sheriff.]]

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* ChekovsGun: Greg’s Greg's hunting knife can be seen while him and Karen are finishing up packing. [[spoiler:She later uses it on the sheriff.]]



* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:Karen is rescued from the cult leader by Cindy — who is suddenly a ghost and vows revenge against the cult — and her now-demonic brother. But at the end, she’s inexplicably back in the cult’s captivity.]]

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* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:Karen is rescued from the cult leader by Cindy — who is suddenly a ghost and vows revenge against the cult — and her now-demonic brother. But at the end, she’s she's inexplicably back in the cult’s cult's captivity.]]



* HillbillyHorrors: It’s set out in the countryside, and many of the Satanists are hicks.
* HollywoodSatanism: With the exception of the [[LargeHam flamboyant]] LaVeyan Satanist from the start, every Satanist featured fits pretty much every stereotype in the book, including cannibalism, child murder, animal sacrifice, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and black robes]].

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* HillbillyHorrors: It’s It's set out in the countryside, countryside of Illinois, and many of the Satanists are hicks.
* HollywoodSatanism: With the exception of the [[LargeHam flamboyant]] LaVeyan [=LaVeyan=] Satanist from the start, every Satanist featured fits pretty much every stereotype in the book, including cannibalism, child murder, animal sacrifice, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and black robes]].



* TemptingFate: One neighbor gets the not-so-bright idea to barge in on one of the Satanists and put an end to their reign of terror. In the next shot, he’s tied up and being tortured by said Satanist.

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* TemptingFate: One neighbor gets the not-so-bright idea to barge in on one of the Satanists and put an end to their reign of terror. In the next shot, he’s he's tied up and being tortured by said Satanist.
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* SubliminalSeduction: One Leroy Jenkins [[labelnote:note no, not [[Machinima/LeeroyJenkinsVideo that]] one[[/labelnote]] hears demonic voices on a record he plays backwards that tell him to kill his girlfriend.

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* SubliminalSeduction: One Leroy Jenkins [[labelnote:note no, [[labelnote:note]]no, not [[Machinima/LeeroyJenkinsVideo that]] one[[/labelnote]] hears demonic voices on a record he plays backwards that tell him to kill his girlfriend.

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Satanic Panic is a 2009 American horror movie.

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* BloodFromTheMouth: While on the drive, Karen coughs up blood, revealing her terminal illness.

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* TheBlank: The cultists wear black, featureless masks to cover their faces.
* BloodFromTheMouth: While on the drive, Karen coughs up blood, revealing her terminal illness. [[spoiler:Phil later gets this when he drinks a thermos of spiked blood that was conspicuously placed there by a cultist.]]


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* DeathBySex: The couple at the campsite are sacrificed shortly after having sex. [[spoiler:Lori and Maggie are killed this way, too.]]


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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:A Satanist drives a harpoon through Maggie's head, which impales Lori at the same time. Paul is stabbed in the throat with a dagger shortly after.]]
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** Edgar, the LaVeyan Satanist, explains as hammily as possible that Satanism is ultimately harmless, and shows a picture of his pet cat and dog.

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** Edgar, the LaVeyan Satanist, explains as hammily [[ChewingTheScenery hammily]] as possible that Satanism is ultimately harmless, and shows a picture of his pet cat and dog.
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Satanic Panic is a 2009 American horror movie.

A group of old friends go camping in an effort to make amends, and find themselves attacked by a Satanic cult.

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!!Tropes featured in this work include:

* BaldOfEvil: That creepy tall guy with a shaven head and a [[BeardOfEvil beard]] that the group encounter in the general store? [[spoiler:He’s the leader of the cult.]]
* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: The movie markets itself as “inspired by true accounts”, and the narrations at the beginning try to insist that the Satanic Panic wasn’t all just mass hysteria and that the police and FBI overlooked a lot of evidence, when it’s long since been disproven and all just an attempt at capitalizing on fear.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Norville rescues Karen from the cult and tries to help her escape.]]
* BloodFromTheMouth: While on the drive, Karen coughs up blood, revealing her terminal illness.
* ChekovsGun: Greg’s hunting knife can be seen while him and Karen are finishing up packing. [[spoiler:She later uses it on the sheriff.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil:
** Edgar, the LaVeyan Satanist, explains as hammily as possible that Satanism is ultimately harmless, and shows a picture of his pet cat and dog.
** [[spoiler:Toby, for all intents and purposes, is now a demon, but he only goes after the cultists.]]
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Cindy … [[MindScrew apparently]].]]
* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:The sheriff who released Cindy to her parents mid-interrogation is part of the cult.]]
* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:Karen is rescued from the cult leader by Cindy — who is suddenly a ghost and vows revenge against the cult — and her now-demonic brother. But at the end, she’s inexplicably back in the cult’s captivity.]]
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:Norville had known about the Satanists for some time, and was either in on it with them, or he just didn’t do anything about it. But either way, by the end, he suddenly decides he’s had enough and tries to save Karen, only to get beheaded for his efforts.]]
* HillbillyHorrors: It’s set out in the countryside, and many of the Satanists are hicks.
* HollywoodSatanism: With the exception of the [[LargeHam flamboyant]] LaVeyan Satanist from the start, every Satanist featured fits pretty much every stereotype in the book, including cannibalism, child murder, animal sacrifice, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and black robes]].
* LargeHam: Edgar, the Church of Satan member being interviewed at the start is a little overly passionate about his ideology.
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Did you really think that Norville was one of the bad guys?]]
* SubliminalSeduction: One Leroy Jenkins [[labelnote:note no, not [[Machinima/LeeroyJenkinsVideo that]] one[[/labelnote]] hears demonic voices on a record he plays backwards that tell him to kill his girlfriend.
* TemptingFate: One neighbor gets the not-so-bright idea to barge in on one of the Satanists and put an end to their reign of terror. In the next shot, he’s tied up and being tortured by said Satanist.
* TheTopicOfCancer: Karen is dying of terminal cancer.
* WouldHurtAChild: Well, it is a movie about the Satanic Panic after all.

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