5 SCARY Movies Based On Real Life Cults

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🗓️ 16 December 2019

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Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/scarymysteriesBuy awesome original shirts made by Scary Mysteries https://newdawnfilm.com/scary-mysteri...Subscribe for Weekly Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiE8_________________________________________________________5 Scary Movies Based on Real Life CultsMovies allow us to escape from reality. While most times it’s fun, sometimes, their topics can be a sinister reflection of society and life itslef. The cases on this list depict some terrifying stories of violence, abuse and cults. These are 5 Scary Movies Based on Real Life Cults. 5. The Sacrament (2014)The Sacrament is a found footage horror movie directed and written by Ti West. The movie centers on two VICE journalists looking to document their friend’s attempt at finding his sister after she joins a mysterious and reclusive religious commune. 4. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)When it was first released in 1968, Rosemary’s Baby shocked and titillated audiences with its mixture of the macabre and gore. The film centers on Guy and Rosemary Woodhouse and their eerie Bramford apartment building in New York City. 3. The Master (2012)Released in 2012, The Master is a dramatic film involving a World War II veteran, Freddie, who is having trouble adjusting to daily life after the war. After being accused of poisoning a co-worker from a homemade moonshine, he flees to San Francisco and stows away in the yacht of Lancaster Dodd, a leader of a philosophical movement dubbed as “The Cause.” 2. The Wicker Man (1973)Hailed as one of the best horror films ever made, The Wicker Man is a British film starring Britt Ekland, Christopher Lee, Ingrid Pitt, and Edward Woodward. The film focuses on Neil Howie, a police officer visiting the isolated island of Summerisle, after he receives an anonymous letter about the disappearance of a young girl. 1. Midsommar (2019)Midsommar is said to be the 2019 version of The Wicker Man. The film follows a group of friends who travel to a remote place in Sweden to attend a festival that happens once every 90-years. But instead of revelry and fun, it turns out they’ve walked into the hands of an unusual pagan cult.Support the show

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0:00.0	Five scary movies based on real life cults.
0:10.0	Movies allow us to escape from reality.
0:13.0	Well, most times it's fun, sometimes their topics can be a sinister reflection of society and life itself.
0:20.0	The cases on this list depict some terrifying stories of violence and abuse.
0:26.0	These are five scary movies based on real life cults.
0:30.0	Number five, The sacrament.
0:35.0	The sacrament is a found footage horror movie directed and written by Ty West. The film itself centers on two vice
0:45.7	journalists looking to document their friend's attempt at finding his sister
0:49.7	after she joins a mysterious and reclusive religious commune.
0:54.0	The movie begins with Patrick, a photographer receiving a letter from his sister, Caroline.
0:59.6	She is a recovering addict who is now living in a drug-free community headed by a religious leader called
1:05.9	the father. Patrick suggests to his co-workers, Jake and Sam, they create a feature documentary about the commune, and they agree.
1:16.0	The friends head out there via helicopter since it's the only way to reach it.
1:21.0	Once there, the crew goes around doing interviews. Everything seemed
1:25.8	good but soon they discovered cracks in the utopian-like community. The
1:31.0	visitors get caught in the middle of an uprising between community members wanting to get out,
1:36.2	alleging abuse and brainwashing by the father and loyal members of the group.
1:42.1	As the visitors struggle to escape, the community... and loyal members of the group.
1:43.0	As the visitors struggle to escape, the community members are forced by the father and his
1:47.2	army to take Sinai lace drinks ultimately killing everyone. In real life, the story mimics that of the horrible Jonestown
1:56.1	massacre which happened on November 18th 1978. Created by Jim Jones in 1956, the People's Temple was first based in Indiana before moving to California 10 years later.
2:10.0	In 1973, Jones then moved the group to Guyana.
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