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* Tipper Gore, wife of UsefulNotes/AlGore, organized the Filthy Fifteen. Although most of the songs were placed on the list for sexual explicitness or drug use, Music/{{Venom}}'s "Possessed" and [[Music/KingDiamond Merciful Fate]]'s "Into the Coven" were put on for encouraging "the occult".
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* Tipper Gore, wife of UsefulNotes/AlGore, organized the Filthy Fifteen. Although most of the songs were placed on the list for sexual explicitness or drug use, Music/{{Venom}}'s "Possessed" and [[Music/KingDiamond Merciful Mercyful Fate]]'s "Into the Coven" were put on for encouraging "the occult".
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* ''Series/UnsolvedMysteries,'' which aired right during the peak of the phenomenon, wasn't above suggesting Satanic cults as a possible suspect in various cases, often missing persons (and even suggesting one was responsible for the Son of Sam killings.)
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It can also be understood as a response to the sweeping social and political changes of the 1960s and '70s -- namely, the UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement, the Black Power movement, the second wave of UsefulNotes/{{feminism}}, and the nascent gay liberation movement. With American society becoming increasingly secular and pluralistic, a lot of conservative Christian evangelicals began to feel increasingly like the world was changing in ways they didn't like or understand. In their view, a drift away from their definition of Christianity had to be a drift ''toward'' evil, and so, in their view, their opponents [[WithUsOrAgainstUs were not simply people with different worldviews who disagreed with them, but literal agents of the Devil]].
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Devil]]. Typically, it overlapped with existing anti-Catholic sentiment common among conservative evangelicals as well.
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It was also believed to be inspired in part by the turn towards TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse paranoia in media of TheSixties and TheSeventies. The popular success of ''Film/RosemarysBaby'', ''Film/TheOmen'', and ''Literature/TheExorcist'' and its following [[Film/TheExorcist adaptation]], and [[FollowTheLeader the many, many Satan-themed paperback horror novels that followed in their wake]], are believed to have inspired it. ''Rosemary's Baby'' is the TropeCodifier as it depicts a Satanic cult in a New York City of the BigApplesauce variety; Creator/IraLevin even went on record to say that he felt partially responsible for the ensuing Satanic Panic as he believed he had played some role in mainstreaming it. Real-life cult activity throughout the late '60s and '70s (most notoriously, those led by UsefulNotes/CharlesManson and UsefulNotes/JimJones) and occult-adjacent serial killers (like the Zodiac Killer and David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz, the latter of whom--like later serial killer Richard Ramirez, who was active at the height of the panic in TheEighties--genuinely claimed to be a Satanist) gave the whole thing a patina of "but it really happened" plausibility.
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It was also believed to be inspired in part by the turn towards TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse paranoia in media of TheSixties and TheSeventies. The popular success of ''Film/RosemarysBaby'', ''Film/TheOmen'', and ''Literature/TheExorcist'' and its following [[Film/TheExorcist adaptation]], and [[FollowTheLeader the many, many Satan-themed paperback horror novels that followed in their wake]], are believed to have inspired it. ''Rosemary's Baby'' is the TropeCodifier as it depicts a Satanic cult in a New York City of the BigApplesauce variety; Creator/IraLevin even went on record to say that he felt partially responsible for the ensuing Satanic Panic as he believed he had played some role in mainstreaming it. Real-life cult activity throughout the late '60s and '70s (most notoriously, those led by UsefulNotes/CharlesManson and UsefulNotes/JimJones) and occult-adjacent serial killers (like the Zodiac Killer and David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz, the latter of whom--like later serial killer Richard "Night Stalker" Ramirez, who was active at the height of the panic in TheEighties--genuinely claimed to be a Satanist) gave the whole thing a patina of "but it really happened" plausibility.
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* ''Film/LateNightWithTheDevil'', set in the late 70s, features the nascent Panic as a major backdrop of the story, with late night talk show host Jack Delroy bringing on Dr. June Ross-Mitchell (a [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed parody]] of various pop psychologists who fed into the Panic in real life) and cult survivor Lilly for a RatingsStunt that plays off the Panic in the form of an occultism-themed Halloween episode where he and June will commune with the devil through Lilly. Predictably, things go very badly, [[spoiler:as it turns out that Jack was involved with the cult he's sensationalizing and a demon he cut a deal with for the sake of fame is using Lilly as a host to get back at him live on television for not keeping his end of the bargain.]]
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* Music/OzzyOsbourne was frequently accused of being a Satanist. In Geraldo Rivera's documentary, he appeared as a guest and was essentially described (along with other metalheads) as a blood-drinking grave robber.
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It can also be understood as a response to the sweeping social and political changes of the 1960s and '70s -- namely, the UsefulNotes/Civil RightsMovement, the Black Power movement, second-wave UsefulNotes/{{feminism}}, and gay liberation. With American society becoming increasingly secular and pluralistic, a lot of conservative Christian evangelicals began to feel increasingly like the world was changing in ways they didn't like or understand. In their view, a drift away from their definition of Christianity had to be a drift ''toward'' evil, and so, in their view, their opponents [[WithUsOrAgainstUs were not simply people with different worldviews who disagreed with them, but literal agents of the Devil]].
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It was also believed to be inspired in part by the turn towards TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse paranoia in media of TheSixties and TheSeventies. The popular success of ''Film/RosemarysBaby'', ''Film/TheOmen'', and ''Literature/TheExorcist'' and its following [[Film/TheExorcist adaptation]], and [[FollowTheLeader the many, many Satan-themed paperback horror novels that followed in their wake]], are believed to have inspired it. ''Rosemary's Baby'' is the TropeCodifier as it depicts a Satanic cult in a New York City of the BigApplesauce variety; Creator/IraLevin even went on record to say that he felt partially responsible for the ensuing Satanic Panic as he believed he had played some role in mainstreaming it. Real-life cult activity throughout the late '60s and '70s (most notoriously, those led by UsefulNotes/CharlesManson and UsefulNotes/JimJones) and occult-adjacent serial killers (like the Zodiac Killer, David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz, and Richard Ramirez, the latter two genuinely claiming to be Satanists) gave the whole thing a patina of "but it really happened" plausibility.
It can also be understood as a response to the sweeping social and political changes of the 1960s and '70s - namely, the Civil Rights movement, the Black Power movement, Second Wave feminism, and Gay Liberation. With American society becoming increasingly secular and pluralistic, a lot of conservative Christian evangelicals began to feel increasingly like the world was changing in ways they didn't like or understand. In their view, a drift away from their definition of Christianity had to be a drift ''toward'' evil, and so, in their view, their opponents [[WithUsOrAgainstUs were not simply people with different worldviews who disagreed with them, but literal agents of the Devil]].
It can also be understood as a response to the sweeping social and political changes of the 1960s and '70s - namely, the Civil Rights movement, the Black Power movement, Second Wave feminism, and Gay Liberation. With American society becoming increasingly secular and pluralistic, a lot of conservative Christian evangelicals began to feel increasingly like the world was changing in ways they didn't like or understand. In their view, a drift away from their definition of Christianity had to be a drift ''toward'' evil, and so, in their view, their opponents [[WithUsOrAgainstUs were not simply people with different worldviews who disagreed with them, but literal agents of the Devil]].
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It was also believed to be inspired in part by the turn towards TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse paranoia in media of TheSixties and TheSeventies. The popular success of ''Film/RosemarysBaby'', ''Film/TheOmen'', and ''Literature/TheExorcist'' and its following [[Film/TheExorcist adaptation]], and [[FollowTheLeader the many, many Satan-themed paperback horror novels that followed in their wake]], are believed to have inspired it. ''Rosemary's Baby'' is the TropeCodifier as it depicts a Satanic cult in a New York City of the BigApplesauce variety; Creator/IraLevin even went on record to say that he felt partially responsible for the ensuing Satanic Panic as he believed he had played some role in mainstreaming it. Real-life cult activity throughout the late '60s and '70s (most notoriously, those led by UsefulNotes/CharlesManson and UsefulNotes/JimJones) and occult-adjacent serial killers (like the Zodiac Killer, Killer and David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz, and the latter of whom--like later serial killer Richard Ramirez, who was active at the latter two genuinely claiming height of the panic in TheEighties--genuinely claimed to be Satanists) a Satanist) gave the whole thing a patina of "but it really happened" plausibility.
It can also be understood as a response to the sweeping social and political changes of the 1960s and '70s- -- namely, the Civil Rights movement, UsefulNotes/Civil RightsMovement, the Black Power movement, Second Wave feminism, second-wave UsefulNotes/{{feminism}}, and Gay Liberation.gay liberation. With American society becoming increasingly secular and pluralistic, a lot of conservative Christian evangelicals began to feel increasingly like the world was changing in ways they didn't like or understand. In their view, a drift away from their definition of Christianity had to be a drift ''toward'' evil, and so, in their view, their opponents [[WithUsOrAgainstUs were not simply people with different worldviews who disagreed with them, but literal agents of the Devil]].
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It was also believed to be inspired in part by the turn towards TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse paranoia in media of TheSixties and TheSeventies. The popular success of ''Film/RosemarysBaby'', ''Film/TheOmen'', and ''Literature/TheExorcist'' and its following [[Film/TheExorcist adaptation]], and [[FollowTheLeader the many, many Satan-themed paperback horror novels that followed in their wake]], are believed to have inspired it. ''Rosemary's Baby'' is the TropeCodifier as it depicts a Satanic cult in a New York City of the BigApplesauce variety; Creator/IraLevin even went on record to say that he felt partially responsible for the ensuing Satanic Panic as he believed he had played some role in mainstreaming it. Real-life cult activity throughout the late '60s and '70s -- most (most notoriously, those led by UsefulNotes/CharlesManson and UsefulNotes/JimJones -- UsefulNotes/JimJones) and occult-adjacent serial killers -- like (like the Zodiac Killer and Killer, David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz, aka "The Son of Sam", and Richard Ramirez, the latter of whom two genuinely did claim claiming to have been part of a Satanic cult -- be Satanists) gave the whole thing a patina of "but it really happened" plausibility.
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It was also believed to be inspired in part by the turn towards TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse paranoia in media of TheSixties and TheSeventies. The popular success of ''Film/RosemarysBaby'', ''Film/TheOmen'', and ''Literature/TheExorcist'' and its following [[Film/TheExorcist adaptation]], and [[FollowTheLeader the many, many Satan-themed paperback horror novels that followed in their wake]], are believed to have inspired it. ''Rosemary's Baby'' is the TropeCodifier as it depicts a Satanic cult in a New York City of the BigApplesauce variety; Creator/IraLevin even went on record to say that he felt partially responsible for the ensuing Satanic Panic as he felt believed he had played some role in mainstreaming it. Real-life cult activity throughout the late '60s and '70s -- most notoriously, those led by UsefulNotes/CharlesManson and UsefulNotes/JimJones -- and occult-adjacent serial killers -- like the Zodiac Killer and David Berkowitz, aka "The Son of Sam", the latter of whom genuinely did claim to have been part of a Satanic cult -- gave the whole thing a patina of "but it really happened" plausibility.
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* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' - "Hilloween". An [[Literature/{{Misery}} Annie Wilkes]] {{Expy}} wanted to ban Halloween in Arlen because she claimed Satanists use it to corrupt children. After accidentally running over her own cat, she presents the corpse as "proof" of animal sacrifices.
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* Music/SamSmith and Music/{{Rihanna}} have been targets of this in 2023. Smith [[https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/sam-smith-unholy-grammys-satanism-panic-gop-1234674687/ got it]] for their performance at the [[UsefulNotes/GrammyAward Grammys]], and Rihanna for her [[https://www.indy100.com/news/rihanna-super-bowl-satan-devil Superbowl half-time show]]. Music/DemiLovato also brushed up against it, with [[https://www.nme.com/news/music/demi-lovato-holy-fvck-poster-banned-due-to-blasphemy-3378814 the poster for their album Holy Fvck]] being banned by the Advertising Standards Agency in the UK and getting some attendant accusations, though not as prominently as Smith or Rihanna.
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* ''ComicBook/ChickTracts'' exploited every example of the Satanic Panic imaginable, describing the Vatican as a huge child-sacrifice cult; there are HumanSacrifice cults everywhere, and if the tract ''ComicBook/DarkDungeons'' is to be believed, ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' is a front for Satanism.
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* ''Devil Worship: The Rise of Satanism'' by Jeremiah Films
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* In ''Let Me Out'', a horror comic set in a small conservative New Jersey town in 1979, a shady government agent covers up his own failed attempt to harness the power of Satan, by leaning in to the burgeoning Satanic Panic and framing the local punk, queer outcasts as murderous Satanic cultists. This is depressingly easy, since typically for a conservative town in the 1970s, the town is full of violent bigots who already think Mitch, Lupe, Terri, and Jackson are freakish sinners. But luckily for them, [[EvilIsNotAToy Satan doesn't appreciate the agent trying to boss him around]].
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* Music/LilNasX reignited the Satanic Panic in mainstream media in 2021 with the music video for his single "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)", an allegorical video about his sexuality rich in Biblical and Greco-Roman imagery, which ends with him descending to hell and giving Satan a lap dance. Most of the outrage tends to ignore the fact that Lil Nas X subsequently kills Satan with a NeckSnap.
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->''Where darkness lurks\\
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* ''Series/DeadOfSummer'': The series is set in 1989 when this was in full tilt, with news on the TV and radio that are frequently reporting on lurid stories that stoke fear. However, real Satanists or similar people still really exist, with them being the villains who murder other people in league with demons.
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* ''Film/SonOfSam'': Everyone is convinced that the Son of Sam is a Satan worshipper, and so they go to increasingly desperate lengths to figure out who would be a Satanist, utilizing stereotypes from the then-ongoing panic. For this reason, they settle on punk rocker Richie. Vinnie is concerned that Richie is in a cult.
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