Satanis: The Devil's Mass

Satanis: The Devil's Mass

86 mins | Documentary | March 1, 1970

The film is a study of Anton Szandor LaVey, leader of a cult of devil worshipers in San Francisco. He and his Church of Satan are shown performing a black mass, in which a nude woman serves as an altar and a boa constrictor wraps itself around a naked witch. Newsreel footage is included in which LaVey's neighbors are interviewed about the lion which he kept in his house until complaints resulted in the animal's removal to a zoo. The ideology of the Church of Satan is discussed--guilt rejection, sexual freedom, and self-indulgence.

Satanis: The Devil's Mass

86 mins | Documentary | March 1, 1970

Satanis: The Devil's Mass
The film is a study of Anton Szandor LaVey, leader of a cult of devil worshipers in San Francisco. He and his Church of Satan are shown performing a black mass, in which a nude woman serves as an altar and a boa constrictor wraps itself around a naked witch. Newsreel footage is included in which LaVey's neighbors are interviewed about the lion which he kept in his house until complaints resulted in the animal's removal to a zoo. The ideology of the Church of Satan is discussed--guilt rejection, sexual freedom, and self-indulgence.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers
Original title Satanis: The Devil's Mass
Directors Ray Laurent
Writers

Cast

Isaac Bonewits

as Himself

Anton LaVey

as Himself

Diane LaVey

as Herself