[Once
again I'm going to attempt to do a horror(ish) movie review a day for
the entire month of October. I've done this the last few years on The
Cleveland Movie Blog. Most of the time I succeeded. Other times I didn't. We'll see if I can
pull it off this year.]
Review by Bob Ignizio
The basic premise of SATANIC PANIC is that the rich are
amoral devil worshipers willing to sacrifice anything, even their own
children, to hold on to wealth and power. So not a whole lot of suspension of
disbelief required. But before we meet the moneyed monsters, we are introduced
to our protagonist, the considerably less well-off Sam (Hayley Griffith), a
teenage singer/songwriter who just started her first ever job delivering
pizzas.
At the end of a tipless shift, Sam agrees to take a delivery
out of the pizza shop’s zone in the wealthy Mill Basin section of town. This
turns out to be a very bad idea, and not just because the mansion she delivers
to doesn’t tip her, either. When Sam gets mad and goes in to demand a tip, she
finds herself in the midst of a Satanic ritual. The problem is, the coven’s
virgin isn’t one anymore. Sam, however, is, and coven leader Danica (Rebecca
Romjin) figures the pizza girl will do in a pinch.
