A seemingly sunny aerobics tape is secretly the key to accessing Hell—with the completion of five devilish tasks—in the short film Satanic Panic ’87, which you can watch in its entirety right here on Daily Dead.

Written, directed, and edited by Bryan M. Ferguson, Satanic Panic ’87 stars Arran Totten, Yuki Sutton, Amy Clydesdale, and Yoshie Campbell.

"Commissioned by Channel 4’s Random Acts and programmed by Film4 for their FilmFear season 2019.

Synopsis: It’s 1987 and two metalheads have opened a gateway to hell when following the instructions of a satanic aerobics tape.

Writer/Editor/Director: Bryan M. Ferguson
Producer: Aidan O’Mara
Cinematographer: George Harwood
Digital Effects: Vari Ferguson
Art Dept: Nathan Elliott
Make-Up and Prosthetics Artist: Laura McGowan
Sound Recordist: Jonny McLoone
Music: Alex Mackay
1st A.C.: Ross Elliott
Aerobics Videographer: Jimmy Gage
Commissioning Editor: Catherine Bray
Commissioning Assistant: Jake Cunningham
Runners: Misha McCullagh and Matt Cairns"

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    About the Author - Derek Anderson

    Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.

    When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.