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A review by mslestat
Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s by Leslie Hatton, Gil Nault, Kier-la Janisse, Liisa Ladouceur, Gavin Baddeley, Paul Corupe, Forrest Jackson, Kurt Halfyard, David Flint, David Canfield, Adrian Mack, Joshua Graham, David Bertrand, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Wm. Conley, Alison Lang, Samm Deighan, John Schooley, Kevin L. Ferguson, Adam Parfrey, Alison Nastasi, Ralph Elawani, Stacy Rusnak
4.0
This is a bit of twisted nostalgia for anyone who grew up in the 70s and 80s. If you were under 16-ish, you likely recall the “threat” of everything from backwards masking on records and Dungeons and Dragons to your impending kidnapping and sale into a satanic cult. Technology, from VCRs to the *gasp* telephone were also thought of as sinister mechanisms to lure us to the dark side. We couldn’t even trust our toothpaste manufacturer, since Proctor and Gamble had THAT mark on their products.
If any of the above rings a bell, you’ll likely enjoy this well researched and well written collection of essays that dig into the root cause for much of the hysteria and deftly illustrates that keeping people scared is an excellent tool for manipulation.
If any of the above rings a bell, you’ll likely enjoy this well researched and well written collection of essays that dig into the root cause for much of the hysteria and deftly illustrates that keeping people scared is an excellent tool for manipulation.