Horror Movie Podcast Ep. 151: Killing in the Name of – Part 2: Religious Cults

You’re free to leave now, but if you stay you’ll be one of us … we’re HORROR MOVIE PODCAST, where we’re Dead Serious About Horror Movies. In Episode 151 we bring you another of our themed episodes, Part 2 in the 2 Part series, Killing in the Name of… with a focus on horror, drama and documentary films that depict the terrifying life inside a religious cult. We welcome back to the show special guest Allyson Clark (aka Allyson with a “Y” aka The Horror Unicorn) from The Haunted Davenport podcast, to join in the reviews and theme discussion and share her own culty Campfire Tale. This episode you’ll get a special “Screaming Online” review of Riley Stearns’ Faults (2014) and of course Jay of the Dead, Dr. Shock, Wolfman Josh and The Horror Unicorn bring you Feature Reviews of cult classics (get it?) Deadly Blessing (1981), Split Image (1982), Children of the Corn (1984), and Children of Sorrow (2012). And now you do what they told ya …
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SHOW NOTES:
I. Introduction
— Welcome Allyson “with a ‘Y'” Clark, The Horror Unicorn
— Agenda for this episode
-Our focus on Religious Cults, as opposed to Social Cults or Satanic Cults

[ 0:05:37 ] II. Theme Discussion
— Real life Religious Cults, an exploration.
-Cult dynamics and creepy killer cults on film in horror, drama, and documentary.
–Creepy Religious Cult Films: Almost Holy (2015), Apocalypse Cult (2014), The Bad Batch (2017), The Believers (1987), Children of the Corn (1984), Children of God (1994 documentary), Children of Sorrow (2012), Dagon (2001), Deadly Blessing (1981), Deprogrammed (2015), The Endless (2018), Enlighten Us (2016 documentary), The End of the World Cult (2007 documentary), Faults (2014), Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015 documentary), Helter Skelter (1976), Holidays – Mother’s Day (2016 short), Holy Hell (2016 documentary), Holy Smoke (1999), The Howling (1981), Inherent Vice (2014), The Invitation (2015), Jackals (2017), Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006 documentary), Kumaré (2011 documentary), Manson Family Vacation (2015), Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), The Master (2012), Mercy (2016), Moonchild (1974), Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), Prophet’s Prey (2015 documentary), Q: The Winged Serpent (1982), The Sacrament (2013), Santa Sangre (1989), Savage Messiah (2002), Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971), Sound of My Voice (2011), Split Image (1982), The Institute (2013 Documentary?), The Shrine (2010), The Source Family (2012 documentary), The Triangle (2016), The Veil, V/H/S/2 – Safe Haven (2013 short), The Village (2004), Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997 documentary), The Wicker Man (1973), The Wicker Man (2006), etc.

[ 1:12:55 ] III. Campfire Tale
-Allyson shares the story of her family’s run-in with a cult

[ 1:38:37 ] IV. Feature Review: DEADLY BLESSING (1981)
Dr. Shock = 7 ( Rental )

[ 1:49:20 ] V. Feature Review: SPLIT IMAGE (1982)
Allyson = 7 ( Rent or Stream )

[ 1:57:17 ] VI. Feature Review: CHILDREN OF THE CORN (1984)
Wolfman Josh = 5.5 ( Rental )