‘Satanic Panic’ is something beyond a quickly moving, 88-minute horror-comedy with an appealing name. Joining films like Emma Tammi's 'The Wind', Mitzi Peirone’s ‘Braid’, and Danishka Esterhazy’s ‘Level 16,’ first-time director Chelsea Stardust shows that some of the most unusual and thrilling horror movies are coming from female directors currently.

I have to admit, my reason for watching _Satanic Panic_ was solely because Clarke Wolfe appeared in it; I wanted to help support her career. It turns out she’s only on screen for around nine seconds, so if that had been all there was, I would have felt cheated. Luckily, that wasn't the situation at all. The dynamic between Hayley Griffith’s and Ruby Modine’s characters doesn’t truly click until about halfway through,…