Satanic Panic (2019) - Crazily amusing

I came up with the title to this review about three quarters of the way through the film.  I was really quite enjoying the stupidly-horrific black comedy.  However, the last act kind of let it down, but that's not as bigger negative as it could have been.

It's about a pizza delivery girl who regrets delivering to a well-to-do mansion, only to find it's the setting of a devil worshiping cult, hell bent on ushering in the next age of darkness.  Oh, and they're looking for a virgin.  And would you believe it, but the pizza delivery girl is a very - er - 'nice' young lady who just so fits the bill.

The bulk of the film is about the cult chasing her round the neighbourhood.  It's not an overly-long movie (and it doesn't need to be) and it moves nicely from one gory and over-the-top set-piece to the next.  It's actually quite fun, never really taking itself too seriously and definitely fitting into the 'black comedy' area of the horror genre.  However, the story's best assets are its characters.  The primary protagonist is very down-to-earth and very easy to root for.  Contrast this to the cult themselves who are deliciously over-the-top and evil, making a nice, simple contrast for the conflict which follows.

Overall, it was a lot of fun to watch.  But I did mention the ending.  I saw another couple of reviews mentioning they had problems with the endings.  And I get where they're coming from.  It's not a terrible ending which ruins the overall film, it just sort of comes out of nowhere and doesn't really feel like it was part of everything which had come before.  It's literally the last ten minutes, so, up until then, it's all good, daft, horrific fun, so don't let the 'left turn' that sort of comes out of nowhere spoil an otherwise enjoyable horror B-movie.

7/10 if I woke up on Groundhog Day and had to watch this again, I could live with that