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The eight films recommended by the Church of Satan

In 1990 the Church of Satan was published: history of the religion with worse reputation, the book in which Blanche Barton collected the chronology and preferences of the organization that its companion, the famous Anton LaVey, founded during years 60. Few noticed that in that volume a profuse list of the films and books that the organization recommended, and that at the moment can be consulted in its web page, along with the commercial availability of the same, and that soon will be updated with more recent films only on Free movie torrents.

As anyone who has been minimally interested in the Church of Satan will know well, his purpose was not to drink virgin blood while singing songs to Beelzebub, but to claim individuality and human will over the docile conformism that Christianity had advocated during Millennia. In short, a sort of countercultural compromise between Friedrich Nietzsche and Ayn Rand. Hence in the list not only do not abound demonic films, but appear feature films that, apparently, have nothing of satanic.

The current High Priest of the Church of Satan, Peter H. Gilmore, has been interviewed by I09 about this movie list. As he clarifies, his creed is based on the acceptance of all human passions as healthy, performing rituals for therapeutic purposes, not worship, and promoting justice and epicurean video style. Values ​​all of them that appear collected in the films of the list (in which also Simon Simon of the desert of Luis Bunuel).

Pennies from Heaven, Herbert Ross, 1981

It's not about the movie starring Bing Crosby, but the eighties musical led by Steve Martin. Gilmore points out that it is a work that "juxtaposes reality with fantasy" and reflects the longing to improve us through song and music. “Black Sabbath? Nothing of that. The High Priest remembers that LaVey admired the songs of the Tin Pan Alley like the one that gives title to the film since considered them "superb unions of music and letter that can teach us much on the human nature". The scene with which Satanists feel identified? That of this voluptuous Christopher Walken dance.

Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)

In Gilmore's words, "a film that explores what we can find in our future if man-made beings can achieve self-consciousness and, in some respects, superiority." As he explains, LaVey defended the idea of ​​creating "artificial human companions" that would meet the emotional and sexual needs of real human beings without their having to curb their darker desires, as would happen in case of wanting to satisfy them with other beings humans.

Artificial intelligence, Steven Spielberg, 2000

Dark update Pinocchio devised by Stanley Kubrick prolongs assertions about Blade Runner, but also helps to highlight xenophobia and cruelty inherent in our species. Gigolo Joe, the character played by Jude Law, is precisely the kind of robotic sexual extension that LaVey fantasized about.

Strangers on a Train, Alfred Hitchcock, 1951

Patricia Highsmith's novel was based on a moral assumption: what would you do if you had the possibility of eliminating someone who has hurt you without being discovered? It might seem that the Church of Satan promotes individual interest over the general interest, but in reality, is concerned about justice and its application: "the film examines the wrong path of justice in the context of the fantasy of eliminating Someone who has done you wrong, when this becomes a nightmare when a psychopath enters the equation; A warning not to pursue punishment beyond what crime demands as penance. " In other words, every punishment must be proportionate.

Death Wish, Michael Winner, 1974

Yes, the Satanists are fans of the Charles Bronson films, like this one, in which the protagonist takes justice by his hand after his wife and daughter, are mugged. ”The city’s justice shows how justice can turn into personal persecution when the force of law fails in its mission," explains Gilmore. Although Harry the Dirty is not on the list. Visit for more details about full movie downloads site.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, John Huston, 1948)

The story of Fred C. Dobbs and his cronies across the border mountains is, in Gilmore's view, a good description of human yearnings and weaknesses. ”The treasure of the Sierra Madre is very realistic when it comes to delimiting human types, and although they finally lose the much-desired gold (a vain dream against which Satanism alerts), the characters end up getting what they have sought through his actions".

Soylent Green, Richard Fleischer, 1973

The feature film that caused millions of people to wonder why they are being taken to the mouth every day, and which Gilmore defines as "a probable dystopia in which the rampant overpopulation of our species and the lack of interest in the rest of the planet Leads to cannibalism as the pragmatic solution to survival. " What is the position of Satanists in the face of euthanasia? "The scene in which a peaceful and humane life ends voluntarily shows a compassion for pain and freedom of choice that generally do not offer most religions, but it is an alternative that the Satanists approve in the case That life becomes completely insufferable.”

Rosemary's Baby, Roman Polanski, 1968

Finally a really diabolical film! The reader will be telling us. No, he is not on the list because of his occult side, but because, as Gilmore asserts, "it shows that Satanists can cover a wide range of human types, from a shipping magnate or an obstetrician to the kind, side". It is one of the few films that talk about the devil that appear in the list, and as the priest points out, "it surprises us when a movie about the devil appears something that right on Satanism." Poor people.