Hail Satan?

Hail Satan?
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPenny Lane
Produced byGabriel Sedgwick
Starring
CinematographyNaiti Gámez
Edited by
  • Amy Foote
  • Aaron Wickenden
Music byBrian McOmber feat. Angel Deradoorian and Jordan Dykstra[1]
Production
company
Hard Working Movies
Distributed byMagnolia Pictures
Release dates
  • January 25, 2019 (2019-01-25) (Sundance)
  • April 19, 2019 (2019-04-19) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$424,284[2]

Hail Satan? is a 2019 American documentary film about the origins of The Satanic Temple, including the group's grassroots political activism.[3] Directed by Penny Lane, the film premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, and was released in the United States on April 19, distributed by Magnolia Pictures.[4][5] The film follows Satanists working to preserve the separation of church and state against the privileges of the Christian right.[6]

  1. ^ "'Hail Satan?' Soundtrack Released". Film Music Reporter. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "Hail Satan? (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  3. ^ Robinson, Tasha (January 26, 2019). "Hail Satan? puts the fun in Satanic fundamentalism". The Verge. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  4. ^ "Hail Satan?". Sundance Institute. Archived from the original on 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  5. ^ "Sundance: Hail Satan? Documentary Picked Up by Magnolia Pictures". The Hollywood Reporter. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  6. ^ ""I Was Watching Midcentury Hollywood Biblical Epics, Anti-Communist Propaganda Films, and 1970s B-Movies about Devil Worshippers": Penny Lane on Hail Satan?". Filmmaker Magazine. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-27.