A beautiful young woman and tough blackbelt fighter, Nicki Donato reaches desperation when the disappearance of her younger sister Anna shatters her family. In her search to find her sister, Nicki is thrust into an underground world of drugs, rave clubs, and a religious cult. Nicki's martial arts abilities are pushed to the limit as she infiltrates the inner core of the cult compound and attempts bring down the self-declared messiah of the cult.
But what is the Church of Satan? Who is Anton LaVey? Where is he from? Why does he do that? It does not take much to imagine the worst. Orgiastic ceremonies, where one revels in the blood of virgins, moonlight lamb sacrifices, noise concerts in the basement of a historical building… No, really nothing that amusing among the activities in the Church of Satan. Anton LaVey is nothing like a horned Charles Manson, and his path is all the more unexpected. Nick Bougas allows us to discover the artist, the musician, the philosopher, all through hallucinatory images retrieved from archives, making this rare documentary only two years before the author of the Satanic Bible disappeared.
A historical analysis of how groups such as the Nazi’s may use language, symbols, and religious connotation in order to come to power. It raises questions that deserve in depth analysis and consideration. Questions include: Where do legends expand our thinking and where do they bury it? When does spiritual pursuit suddenly turn into fanaticism and violence? Last, have we as a society learned from our past, and if so have forgotten the lessons of the 20th Century? Are we now embarking on a new level only to learn the same old lessons about humanity again? In addressing these questions we are taken into the back drop of the history of Germany beginning in the late 1800’s through the late 20th Century at the eve of the 21st. “A society that does not take archetypes, myths, and symbols seriously will possibly be jumped by them from behind.”
In a post-apocalyptic world where the Russians have taken over a nuked USA and Elvis is king of Lost Vegas, Buddy is a '50s rocker and wandering warrior rolled into one, too-cool package. Armed with his six-string in one hand and his sword in the other, Buddy is on his way to Vegas to succeed Elvis as King. Along the way, he saves an orphan who decides to tag along.
Padmé Amidala, die haar ambtstermijn als koningin van Naboo er op heeft zitten en nu een plaats in de senaat inneemt, ontsnapt tot tweemaal toe ternauwernood aan een aanslag op haar leven. Jedi-meester Obi Wan Kenobi's leerling Anakin krijgt de taak om haar te beschermen, en er begint iets moois te bloeien tussen de twee. Ondertussen onderzoekt Obi Wan de verbanden tussen de moordaanslagen, een separatistische beweging onder leiding van voormalig Jedi Count Dooku, en de bouw van een kloon-leger op een afgelegen planeet.
De Clone Wars razen naar hun hoogtepunt als Kanselier Palpatine wordt ontvoerd door General Grievous, een inmiddels bekende Jedi-doder. Anakin Skywalker en Obi-Wan Kenobi strijden als broers in dit gevecht om hem te redden en ze gaan een laatste confrontatie aan met de leider van de seperatisten, Count Dooku.
A short documentary about cult actor and criminal Mark Frechette.
Rare footage shot inside the People's Temple gives an insider's look at the tragic Jonestown Massacre that occurred in Guyana in 1978. Interviews with survivors attempt to shed light on how and why 900 Unitedstatians would follow one man to their deaths.
Out of the spiritual chaos of the 1960s, more strange cults and unorthodox messiahs have emerged than ever. Charles Manson is seen as the annoying result of libertarianism of the 1960s - the Cain who murdered the Abel from The Love Generation. Or in the words of one commentator; "the Elvis of alienation."
Een tiener weesmeisje Salome leeft binnen een sekte geleid door de charismatische en meedogenloze Maria Åkerblom. Tijdens een cruciale zomer moet Salome in opstand komen tegen Maria, de vrouw die haar heeft gered.