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Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults
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Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults

Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults

Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults

2020
Documentary, Crime
TV Mini-Series
A thorough examination of the infamous UFO cult through the eyes of its former members and loved ones. What started in 1975 with the disappearance of 20 people from a small town in Oregon, ended in 1997 with the largest suicide on US soil and changed the face of modern new age religion forever.

Directed by:

Clay Tweel
Clay-Tweel
7 total credits
Clay Tweel has 7 credits at Criticker, including: Finders Keepers, Gleason, The Innocent Man and Make Believe

Starring:

Robert Balch
Robert-Balch
1 total credit
Robert Balch has just 1 credit at Criticker: Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults
,
Janja Lalich
Janja-Lalich
2 total credits
Janja Lalich has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults and Escaping Twin Flames
,
Benjamin Zeller
Benjamin-Zeller
1 total credit
Benjamin Zeller has just 1 credit at Criticker: Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults

Genres:

Documentary, Crime

AKA:

Heaven's Gate

Country:

USA

Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults

2020
Documentary, Crime
TV Mini-Series
Avg Percentile 60.91% from 27 total ratings

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Rated 21 Jan 2021
64
45th
I'm so fascinated by cults, but this was a bit of a letdown and I couldn't really tell you why. The ex-members they have provide a good picture, especially since some of them still believe in the underlying tenets of the cult. But there's just something missing here that makes it feel more like a tv documentary than the high-quality docs I've come to expect over the last 10 or so years.
Rated 15 Jun 2022
70
72nd
Truly disturbing account of a cult through the years, from the initiation as some kind of New Age-ish Christian-UFO independent group to a desperate band of outsiders led by suicide by a leader who thinks he's simply Jesus Christ reincarnated. Talking heads, archival footage and forgettable animated bits to represent real-life situations, but the result is actually powerful documentary filmmaking, despite the lack of a proper formal novelty.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Clay Tweel
Clay-Tweel
7 total credits
Clay Tweel has 7 credits at Criticker, including: Finders Keepers, Gleason, The Innocent Man and Make Believe

Starring:

Robert Balch
Robert-Balch
1 total credit
Robert Balch has just 1 credit at Criticker: Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults
,
Janja Lalich
Janja-Lalich
2 total credits
Janja Lalich has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults and Escaping Twin Flames
,
Benjamin Zeller
Benjamin-Zeller
1 total credit
Benjamin Zeller has just 1 credit at Criticker: Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults

Genres:

Documentary, Crime

AKA:

Heaven's Gate

Country:

USA
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