satanic

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Films like “They Will Kill You” and those in the “Ready or Not” franchise incorporate visual elements of the divine and satanic to distract from their mediocre screenplays and recycled ideas.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

The 1980s, during his own youth, was the heyday for conspiracy theories about satanic cults sacrificing children, Uscinski noted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

“When it was the satanic panic, there was glam, heavy and black metal. There’s always a response to mainstream politics, and music is the pendulum swing in effect.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025

This trio works for the Roman Catholic Church to determine whether various strange goings-on are the result of satanic forces or more mundane phenomena.

From New York Times • May 20, 2024

“I suppose he was comparing us to the satanic mills of England— anyhow, it’s a bit romantical, as they say.”

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson