David Heath is a List Writer from the UK specializing in video games, movies, TV shows, and the occasional anime. Bring up the term ‘cult’, and some of the most notorious groups will come to mind. The ...

Jonathon Norcross is a feature writer for Collider. He's also written for People, InsideHook, and Brooklyn Magazine, among other outlets. He co-produced the feature documentary Break the Game, which ...

Ever had an experience with a cult or controlling relationship? Have a friend or family member caught up in a black-and-white, all-or-nothing conspiracy cult, multi-level marketing, religious or ...

Why can’t we look away from stories about cults? The real story may not be about those who fall prey, but about realizing that we’re all vulnerable to manipulation. From streaming documentaries to ...

“We all have an idea of what constitutes a cult,” writes author Jane Borden in “Cults Like Us – Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America” (One Signal Publishers). “The word cult conjures a mental picture: ...

When I began writing my novel, The Atmospherians, I didn’t expect to release the book into a world obsessed with stories about cults — nor did I anticipate a global pandemic, but that’s another matter ...

Throughout history, humanity has been fascinated and horrified by the existence of cults. These secretive groups, often shrouded in mystery and controversy, have left a dark mark on societies around ...

Eleanor is a writer living and working in Naarm, Australia. She enjoys writing about film and TV, with a special interest in outdated fashion, pretty things, and absolute stupidity. Ever since the ...

For the first 15 years of her life, Daniella Mestyanek Young’s entire world was The Family. Born to a mom who’d gotten pregnant with her at 14, Young lived with more than 100 people in a commune in ...

Every movie lover has a favorite “cult classic.” Sometimes called “cult films” or “cult movies,” there is no one definition of a “cult film,” but most broadly, they are films with a dedicated fanbase ...

Many of us will never forget Reverend Jim Jones’ cult committing mass suicide in Guyana in 1978. He told over 900 followers that the government was planning to raid them and that they should therefore ...

Clay Tweel's four-part HBO Max docuseries explores the Heaven's Gate cult beyond the 'Star Trek' obsession, cheap website and matching Nikes in 'Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults.' By Daniel Fienberg ...