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A review by spaceman5000
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
An interesting read overall but I did not know it was going to be a series of essays. That kind of lessened the experience for me as I was expecting (and would have preferred) an overall assessment of the era. The essay format means a lot of information is repeated (i.e.: Tipper Gore and the PMRC) but it's not a huge deal.
It's worth reading and I think the most interesting chapters are in the first third of the book. The Satanic Film chapter is too long and doesn't add much and the end gets into more regional Satanic Panic stuff (i.e.: Canada)..........so what?
The Genesis P-Orridge chapter was interesting, but only because I'm a Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle and Chris Carter fan.....
Overall I'd recommend but with reservations.
It's worth reading and I think the most interesting chapters are in the first third of the book. The Satanic Film chapter is too long and doesn't add much and the end gets into more regional Satanic Panic stuff (i.e.: Canada)..........so what?
The Genesis P-Orridge chapter was interesting, but only because I'm a Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle and Chris Carter fan.....
Overall I'd recommend but with reservations.