‘Hail Satan?’ Review: Religion as Trolling | Sundance 2019

Satanism is on the rise, and that’s okay! As explained by Penny Lane’s new documentary Hail Satan?, modern-day satanists aren’t worshipers of evil but rather civic-minded citizens who want to uphold America’s religious pluralism by trolling evangelical figures who want to push Christian nationalism. Unfortunately, that seems to be all there is to The Satanic Temple and its followers, so while they seem like a nice bunch of folks with a worthwhile mission, they’re not interesting enough to sustain a feature-length documentary. Rather than dive into what makes a religion or how …

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