A Son of Satan

A Son of Satan is a 1924 race film directed, written, produced and distributed by Oscar Micheaux. The film followed the misadventures of a man who accepted a bet to spend a night in a haunted house. Micheaux shot the film in The Bronx, New York and Roanoke, Virginia. A Son of Satan ran into distribution problems when state censorship boards rejected the film based on its contents. New York censors objected to the film’s depiction of violence, particularly against women and animals, while Virginia censors complained the film’s references to miscegenation would “prove offensive to Southern ladies.” No print of the film is known to exist and it is presumed to be a lost film.