Satanic Panic (2019)

Director: Chelsea Stardust
Writer: Grady Hendrix
Story by:Ted Geoghegan

Danica (Rebecca Romijn from Marvel's X-MEN franchise) is having a bad
day. Being a high priestess of Satan in order to maintain a wealthy
lifestyle is demanding work. Especially when the worms that comprise the
coven, led by Gypsy (Arden Myrin MADtv), look to overthrow her rule at
every turn. Even worse, they don't have a virgin to use in their ritual
to Baphomet. What's a girl to do?

Enter naive pizza delivery person Sam (Hayley Griffith THEY/THEM). It's
her first day on the job and she's been stiffed on all her runs. Broke
and angry, she can't take anymore when she's stiffed yet again while
delivering to a posh mansion in the affluent Mill Basin suburb. She
enters the lavishly decorated house looking for a tip when she stumbles
across Danica and the coven dressed in their best Satanic regalia. Oh,
it just so happens that Sam is a virgin.

In this horror / comedy Sam spends the majority of the running time
evading not only the coven members but also countering their spells and
incantations. Along the way she meets with Danica's husband, played by
Jerry O'Connell (real life wife and husband), who is in the film just
long enough to take his shirt off. She teams up with their daughter Judi
(Ruby Modine HAPPY DEATH DAY) who has grown tired of the Satanic
lifestyle. Look for Jeff Daniel Phillips (THE MUNSTERS) and Jordan Ladd
(CABIN FEVER) as coven members. AJ Bowen (YOU'RE NEXT) portrays one of
Sam's co-workers at the pizza joint.

First time feature director Chelsea Stardust competently handles things,
especially considering the low budget. While not particularly scary or
tension filled the practical FX will appease gore hounds and keep them
watching. The humour, not laugh out funny, keeps things light and
maintains the brisk pace of an 85 minute long film.

SATANIC PANIC is an enjoyable diversion for genre fans

**1/2 out of ****

https://letterboxd.com/thevidiot/film/satanic-panic-2019/