Holy Hell (I)

While “Holy Hell” only offers answers about this particular group and the experiences of these individuals, it’s a riveting piece of work, a look into a tightly-controlled and private world of brainwashing, abuse and exploitation in the name of spiritual fulfillment. Despite those traumas, many of these people, clear-eyed, and on the other side, are vocally grateful for at least one thing they gained in The Buddhafield—each other.

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While “Holy Hell” only offers answers about this particular group and the experiences of these individuals, it’s a riveting piece of work, a look into a tightly-controlled and private world of brainwashing, abuse and exploitation in the name of spiritual fulfillment. Despite those traumas, many of these people, clear-eyed, and on the other side, are vocally grateful for at least one thing they gained in The Buddhafield—each other.

2908d ago

While “Holy Hell” only offers answers about this particular group and the experiences of these individuals, it’s a riveting piece of work, a look into a tightly-controlled and private world of brainwashing, abuse and exploitation in the name of spiritual fulfillment. Despite those traumas, many of these people, clear-eyed, and on the other side, are vocally grateful for at least one thing they gained in The Buddhafield—each other.

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With Holy Hell, a cult survivor shares 22 years of footage from the inside.

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There's reason for skepticism when you hear that a new documentary plays like a thriller.

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There's reason for skepticism when you hear that a new documentary plays like a thriller.

2908d ago

With Holy Hell, a cult survivor shares 22 years of footage from the inside.

2908d ago

With Holy Hell, a cult survivor shares 22 years of footage from the inside.

2908d ago

There's reason for skepticism when you hear that a new documentary plays like a thriller.

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Filmmaker Will Allen had unfettered access as a member of Los Angeles’ 1980s Buddhafield cult, but his documentary only scratches the surface.

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Filmmaker Will Allen had unfettered access as a member of Los Angeles’ 1980s Buddhafield cult, but his documentary only scratches the surface.

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Mr. Allen has made an engrossing and tense documentary, though his insider knowledge is sometimes a hindrance.

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Mr. Allen has made an engrossing and tense documentary, though his insider knowledge is sometimes a hindrance.

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Filmmaker Will Allen had unfettered access as a member of Los Angeles’ 1980s Buddhafield cult, but his documentary only scratches the surface.

2908d ago

Mr. Allen has made an engrossing and tense documentary, though his insider knowledge is sometimes a hindrance.

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Holy Hell is generally slipshod in its construction.

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A longtime cult member and many fellow defectors tell their story.

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A longtime cult member and many fellow defectors tell their story.

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Holy Hell is generally slipshod in its construction.

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Allen’s film is as much a self-reckoning as it is a cautionary tale for other spiritual seekers, and as such it offers invaluable insights into how cults – and especially cults of personality – function and grow. “Namaste,” for the record, is also an anagram for “Me Satan.”

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Allen’s film is as much a self-reckoning as it is a cautionary tale for other spiritual seekers, and as such it offers invaluable insights into how cults – and especially cults of personality – function and grow. “Namaste,” for the record, is also an anagram for “Me Satan.”

2908d ago

A longtime cult member and many fellow defectors tell their story.

2908d ago

Allen’s film is as much a self-reckoning as it is a cautionary tale for other spiritual seekers, and as such it offers invaluable insights into how cults – and especially cults of personality – function and grow. “Namaste,” for the record, is also an anagram for “Me Satan.”

2908d ago

Holy Hell is generally slipshod in its construction.

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"Holy Hell," a documentary by Will Allen, is an account of an American religious cult as told by a filmmaker who was right in the middle of it in the 80s, and whose skills were put in service of glorifying it.

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It hopes to jolt audiences with OMGs instead of edifying them about the empty lure of Buddhafield’s cult mentality.

2908d ago

"Holy Hell," a documentary by Will Allen, is an account of an American religious cult as told by a filmmaker who was right in the middle of it in the 80s, and whose skills were put in service of glorifying it.

2908d ago

It hopes to jolt audiences with OMGs instead of edifying them about the empty lure of Buddhafield’s cult mentality.

2908d ago

It hopes to jolt audiences with OMGs instead of edifying them about the empty lure of Buddhafield’s cult mentality.

2908d ago

"Holy Hell," a documentary by Will Allen, is an account of an American religious cult as told by a filmmaker who was right in the middle of it in the 80s, and whose skills were put in service of glorifying it.

2908d ago