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Cults prey on the very attributes that make us human: our desire to belong; to find a deeper meaning in life; to live everyday with divine purpose. Their existence creates a sense that any one of us, at any time, could step off the cliff's edge and fall into that daunting abyss of manipulation and unhinged dedication to a misplaced cause. Perhaps it's this mindset that keeps us so utterly obsessed and desperate to learn more, or it's that the stories...
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"A broken promise reveals a terrifying legacy in this electrifying novel from the New York Times bestselling author of When All the Girls Have Gone. A painter of fiery, nightmarish visions throws herself into the sea--but she'll leave some of her secrets behind... Seattle gallery owner Virginia Troy has spent years battling the demons that stem from her childhood time in a cult and the night a fire burned through the compound, killing her mother....
3) MURDER LIST
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A psychologist with a shady reputation asks the audience to make a wish list of people whose disappearances would make the world a better place.
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Pendergast novels volume 9
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After New York Times reporter William Smithback and his wife Nora Kelly, a Museum of Natural History archaeologist, are brutally attacked in their apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side, Pendergast--the world's most enigmatic FBI Special Agent--returns to New York City to investigate a murderous Obeah cult.
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When a group of parishioners is burned to death in a German cathedral, the U.S. sends in the SIGMA force. The tragedy is more than a case of arson; someone has stolen the priceless treasure stored in the cathedral's golden reliquary: the bones of the biblical Magi, the legendary Three Kings.
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In a story of liberation and self-empowerment, the author shares her hauntingly intimate coming-of-age narrative of growing up in and escaping from the Children of God, an oppressive, extremist religious cult. Faith Jones was raised to be part of an elite army preparing for the End Times. At twenty-three, thirsting for knowledge and freedom, she broke away, leaving behind everything to forge her own path in America.
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"As an adult, Lauren Hough has had many identities: an airman in the U.S. Air Force, a cable guy, a bouncer at a gay club. As a child, however, she had none. Growing up as a member of the infamous cult The Children of God, Hough had her own self robbed from her. The cult took her all over the globe-to Germany, Japan, Texas, Chile-but it wasn't until she finally left for good that Lauren understood she could have a life beyond "The Family." Along the...
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Explores the shocking practices of NXIVM, a cult run by Keith Raniere and many enablers, detailing its rise as a personal development company, its ability to evade prosecution for decades, and the investigation that finally revealed its dark secrets to the world.
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Director Bruce McDonald explores living in a northern Ontario native reservation. This Canadian drama based on a book by W.P. Kinsella, examines the tension between Native Canadians and Anglos in Canada from a Native perspective. Silas Crow, who lives on a Northern Ontario reserve, wants to take a mechanic's course in Toronto with his friend Frank Fencepost. But before he can enroll, the teen must write a short narrative describing his home. The film...
10) Nightbreed
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Boone (Craig Sheffer) may be a troubled young man, but his troubles are just beginning. Set up as the fall guy in a string of slasher murders, he decides he'll hide by crossing the threshold that separates “us” from “them” and sneak into the forbidden subterranean realm of Midian. Boone will live among the monsters. Based on Clive Barker's novella "Cabal".
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They are East Berlin teenagers. They want to be free – to dance to rock’n’roll, trade forbidden western goods and get away from the constraints of their parents and the state. This classic 1950’s teen cult film became a box-office hit and was greeted with suspicion by East German officials. Ranked by film critics among Germany’s 100 Most Important Films, this Kohlhaase-Klein collaboration makes an important contribution to the international...
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A film that has it all… a mad astro-scientist reviving corpses at his laboratory; two gore-crazed, solar-powered killer robot zombies; communist spies; deadly secret agents and an intrepid CIA agent Wendell Corey hot on their trail and trying to figure it all out. This cult favorite was written, produced and directed by cult legend, Ted Mikels melds into a high-powered fusion the films of Ed Wood, Russ Meyer and George Romero with undead cannibal...
13) Nightmare Beach
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Convicted murderer Edwin "Diablo" Santor, head of "the Demons", a vicious motorcycle gang, has just been executed. Before dying, he swears to Gail that he did not kill her sister. During Spring Break, the annual hordes of college students from the frozen North invade the beaches of sunny Florida for the Easter vacation bash. Skip and Ronnie, two college students, are in the same hotel. They meet local resident Gail pushing beers at the beside bar....
14) Dracula's Dog
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Following a military explosion, a dormant horror is suddenly re-awakened when the tomb of the Dracula family is unearthed. From the tomb walk Veidt Smit and a large dog, Zoltan, both formerly enslaved under Count Dracula's evil spell. The tomb collapses, burying the coffin of Dracula, leaving Veidt and Zoltan the task of finding a new master.
15) Reefer Madness
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High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens. In his story, a drug supplier entices several restless teens, including sister and brother Mary and Jimmy Lane and Mary's boyfriend, Bill, into frequenting a "reefer" house. Gradually, Bill and Jimmy are drawn into smoking dope, which affects their family lives and leads to a terrible crime. *"...probably the granddaddy...
16) Ape
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A freighter peacefully glides the still waters of a soft Pacific night; their cargo: a recently captured 36-foot ape. A giant fist comes up through the deck sending the sailors sprawling and in a matter of seconds, the A*P*E (Attacking Primate Monster) is loose! An American actress arrives in South Korea to appear in a film, at the same time, A*P*E has also arrived and lays waste the city of Inchon and continues his march forward, destroying everything...
17) Society
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After producing Stuart Gordon's hit *Re-Animator*, Brian Yuzna (*Bride of Re-Animator*, *Return of the Living Dead III*) turned his hand to directing with 1989's SOCIETY, and gave birth to one of the ickiest, most original body horror shockers of all time. Teenager Bill Whitney has always felt like the odd one out in his wealthy, upper-class Beverly Hills family. For some reason, he just doesn't seem to fit in. But his sense of alienation takes a...
18) Parasite
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Paul Dean, a scientist, discovers a deadly parasite which can be used for the good of mankind. But some unscrupulous people have other uses in mind. To prevent his discovery from being put to ill use, Dean destroys his lab and flees, taking two parasites with him, one he keeps in a tin but the other he keeps in his stomach - with potentially fatal consequences. Dean not only has to escape from his pursuers, but he also has to find an antidote to save...
19) King Cohen
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This is the true story of film maverick and exploitation auteur, Larry Cohen. Told through interviews, film clips, the people who helped fulfill his vision, and industry icons such as Martin Scorsese, J.J. Abrams, Joe Dante, John Landis and many more. Official Selection at **Fantastic Fest**. "*Whether you're a long time Larry Cohen fan or never even heard of him before, King Cohen is a joyous watch.*" - Bobby LePire, ***Film Threat***
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In the mid 1990’s, Roger Corman, the legendary Hollywood B movie producer, opened a production studio in the west of Ireland. This is the man who launched the directorial careers of Coppola, Scorsese and Jonathan Demme, as well as introducing the world to Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper and Robert De Niro. Over five years Corman’s Irish company produced twenty feature films, with a largely Irish crew and a cast of Irish and Hollywood actors. Featuring...
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