The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
The story of how the Satanic Panic of the 1980s was ignited by "Michelle Remembers", a memoir by psychiatrist and his patient. The book relied on recovered-memory therapy to uncover Michelle's abduction by baby-stealing Satanists.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
17 audience votes
Key crew
- Mark DolmontOriginal Music Composer
- Sean HorlorDirector
- Steve J. AdamsDirector
- Steve J. AdamsWriter
- Sean HorlorWriter
Cast
- Michelle SmithSelf (archive footage)
- Lawrence PazderSelf (archive footage)
- Anton LaVeySelf (archive footage)
- Blanche BartonSelf
- Charles EnnisSelf
- Ken LanningSelf
- Dr. Elizabeth LoftusSelf
- Debbie NathanSelf
- Charyl Proby-AustmanSelf
- Jeffrey S. VictorSelf
- Oprah WinfreySelf (archive footage)
- Sarah MarshallSelf
Stills
Themes
satanismsatanpsychiatristsatanic ritualsatanic cultfalse memory1980sabductionoccultismforgotten memorysatanicdocumentary