The only "true events" of the real-life Satanic Panic of the 1980's are that a bunch of charlatans made a lot of money selling fear, and a bunch of innocent people (mostly day care workers) went to prison for crimes they didn't commit. It was all rumor, innuendo, and outright lies, just like the witch panic in Salem. To make a movie suggesting there was any truth to such nonsense, especially when there are still innocent people fighting to have their wrongful convictions overturned, is reprehensible.As for the movie itself, it's extremely poorly made and not worth watching.

This is one of the worst attempts at horror I've ever seen, and there are LOADS of bad horror movies out there. Abysmal acting from EVERYONE, just about every character is a complete moron, directed terribly, extremely amateurish filming and the worst music score this side of porn to boot. The writing is atrocious too. If you don't know who the bad guys are you've probably never seen a movie at all. One of the writers is the guy who plays the staple idiot inbred hick. Something that tells me he actually didn't ACT much for his role considering his writing skills. And to top it all of - the ending is the dumbest I've ever seen I think. If I had paid to see this film I would have demanded my money back or even considered suing them - it's THAT bad. Thank *beep* for torrents. :) Avoid at all cost!

When i read that this movie was "supposedly" based on true events i thought hmm maybe its a good one cause usually the people that make films of that sort put into it a lot of effort to make it justice. But since the first few minutes of this Satanic Panic crap it is more than obvious that the people who made it took it as a freaking joke. If it really was Based on a true story then i feel sorry for the people that were the real victims of it cause when and if they watch this poor excuse for a movie, they'll be victims once more of the idiots who decided "hey, we could grab our cam, a few people out of the streets, pay them with twinkies and make a movie!" I'm glad i didn't watch the whole thing cause otherwise i probably would've rolled my eyes to the back of my head. This is definitely one of the worst movies ever known to mankind. The only horror in it was the fact that you were watching it. I say don't waste your time on this crap.

In better hands with a better cast this might have been something but as it stands now its a real mess. the film opens with an explanation of what Satanic Panic is, of how in the early 1980's people began to say that they were kidnapped and tortured by satanists. Some people began to think that the majority of people going missing were sacrificed to Satan. The film then shifts into reenactments of the supposed rituals and news footage before settling into the story of a girl who was kidnapped, escaped and then goes on a camping trip where she runs into another (the same?) cult.The script works. the blending of "fact" and fiction works nicely in drawing us into the story. The problem is that outside of the script nothing works. the performances are weak and unbelievable, especially in the all important news footage. The performances are so bad (the Church of Satan guy is a hoot) that all credibility is lost after that. Worse still is the direction which never manages to create any sense of terror or reality. It all seems like someone's home movies. This should have been a great film. It could have been a great little film that re-sparked the Satanic Panic, but the script is let down by everything else.I'd take a pass.