Friday, January 1, 2021

The Sacrament ; Eli Roth Presents (2013)



May 4, 2014, in the US.
Filmed entirely in Georgia.
The story: Patrick is a photographic journalist working for Vice TV.
He happens to tell Sam at Vice about his sister, who is a recovering addict and living in a religious community off the grid.
Patrick is worried about his sister and gets the okay from the community she is living in to visit.
Sam believes there is a great story here and wants to go along with Patrick, bringing a camera guy and a sound guy.
When they arrive they are greeted unwelcomely by angry men with machine guns who want no filming done.
This freaks them all out a bit but soon Patricks' sister arrives to get them all through the gate safely.
The sister also tells Sam that she has got the okay from "Father" to do an interview with him.
That evening, at the start of a big celebration, Sam gets his interview with Father in front of all his follower.
Sam leaves the interview feeling mostly convinced that nothing is unusual or unhealthy about the people living there.
That is until later on that night when reality kicks in.
Stars AJ Bowen, Kentucker Audley, Joe Swanberg, Christian Ojore Mayfield, Tovin A Pristell, Amy Seimetz, Gene Jones, Kate Forbes, Conphidance, Derek Roberts, Shirley Jones Byrd, Shaun Clay
Directed by (& story written) Ti West
Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR

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