The Sacrament (2013)
3/10
When I realized what we were watching, it was disappointing
7 May 2023
Warning: Spoilers
You cannot take a significant tragedy in history like the Jonestown Massacre, tweak a few tiny details, and call it a "found footage" movie. No hate on the actors/acting, cinematography, etc. All of the components that would make a decent horror/thriller flick were there, aside from an original story line. It had potential at first...until it was clearly just a slightly altered version of Jonestown.

Like another review stated - "If you're gonna steal the Jim Jones story, at least call it what it is." It's also a little gross to take a true event such as this and make a movie out of it. Personal and possibly unpopular opinion on the matter, but a documentary on the subject would be the only acceptable "film" with this specific storyline.

Again, no hate to anyone other than the brain trust that thought this was a good idea. It wasn't so bad I'm wishing for the 2 hours of my life back, but I wouldn't recommend.
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