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"Puh-LEEZ. Now if we go see it, we're Satanists."

That's a stretch. In no way did I say anything remotely like the words you are putting in my mouth.

I said the story uses Satanic imagery. This includes Satanic sex rituals which Brown purports to be Christian.

I guess this is the Satanic denomination of the Christian Church. You not being bothered by such imagery does not make you a Satanist. I suggest that there are some things which should make us uncomfortable to watch.

"At this point, I don't see how anyone could go to the movie without knowing what it's about!"

Years ago (I hate to date myself) I went to Basic Instinct without knowing what it was about. I was even in a very unspiritual condition but still had to walk out. The movie began with a graphic sadomastic sex scene which ended with a graphic murder with an ice pick. Even more troubling was the family seated in the row in front of me which included a girl of about eleven or twelve. They did not flinch, cover her eyes, or react at all; just merrily munched on their extra large pop corn while their little girl was being visually assaulted. I wish I had known not to go in the first place.

I do not know if the sex rituals in the book will be depicted. Even if everything is done tastefully, I do not personally wish to financially support Brown or the producers of this film. If a few people avoid this movie, it will be worth the effort to me.

I never did see "Basic Instinct"; I'm not a Sharon Stone fan, so I pretty much just know about the ice pick and the leg-spreading scene. I agree with you that I'm often in films where there are small children (younger than you describe) and I think, WHAT are they doing here?

I do think that children are the ones more likely to be influenced by film because they don't have the skills to sort out what's being thrown at them. When my husband was nine, and his younger brother was six, their mother dropped them off at the movies so she could have some time to go shopping on her own. The movie was Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" and after the first fifteen minutes, the boys were sitting on the curb out front, waiting for her to come back!