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Satanis: The Devil's Mass

1970 · 1h 26m · Documentary · United States of America

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.

Directed by
Ray Laurent
Starring
Isaac Bonewits, Anton LaVey, Diane LaVey, Togare
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