When agrarian cults were mentioned, I was reminded of the short story, "The Lottery," by Shirley Jackson. The townspeople would hold a lottery once a year to determine who would be stoned to death in order to ensure a good corn harvest.
I'm kinda surprised actually that _The Village_ wasn't on here. Maybe it's just the whole "Omigod M. Night Shayamalan killitwithfire" mentality, but that movie's society is genuinely freaky.
+Melvin Shaw I think it's not really included because they kind of were more or less like the Amish where they just retreated from society. They weren't about harming people necessarily.
***** definition of a cult: a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister. < emphasis on the last part. it doesn't have to be solely based on religion
I haven't seen it, but it reminds me of a episode of a show were some scarecrows or pumpkin people were killing people. The children if the parents were doing a lot of screaming and ended up seeing their parents faces on a pumpkin lolol
I saw it when I was 8 and had no idea what was about to happen at the start. I had to sleep in my Mums bed for 2 days ha! Now I love it and laugh but honestly the first time you watch is a shock.
there is an indie movie called the invitation is about a dinner night of friends that end up on a massacre, one of them joined a cult to kill everyone they love
Roberto Velez I saw that and that was pretty good! I had a kind of really awkward feel to it like you knew things were tense and then that ending… Wow!
Rosemary's Baby and The Wicker Man are movies I just can't get through. Talk about a slow creeping feeling, then when it's revealed. Your heart just drops. Both are doomed and they know it. Rosemary's Baby and The Wicker Man are together sad tragic endings.
i dont even think its supposed to be ranked from least creepy to most. I mean Marthys is litteraly number 10 and its considered one of the most disturbing movies ever
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APOSTLE. BELIEVERS. BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES. BIRTH OF A NATION. CONAN THE BARBARIAN. THE DECEIVERS. THE DEVIL'S RAIN. EYES WIDE SHUT. GUNGA DIN. HOT FUZZ. THE KLU KLUX KLAN. MAD MAX FURY ROAD. MAD MAX THE ROAD WARRIOR. SILENT HILL. THE SKULLS. US. THE VILLAGE.
The ’re-make’ was American. It missed the deep background of the original - e.g. thedark horror of the novel that inspired it (The Ritual’by David Pinner).
@@paulziolo9241 I saw both but wasn't aware of the source material. The re-make was generally terrible but I think the choice to make the cult leader female (no offense to Lee) felt intuitively right for the story, as it seemed at least partially intended to evoke fear of a return to primitive matriarchal tribal societies. Though like I said I haven't read the book it's based on
My top 10 picks: Eyes Wide Shut, Ninth Gate, Rosemary's Baby, Conan the Barbarian, Apocalypse Now, Wickerman, Midsommar, The Village, Martyrs, The Invitation
The depiction of Kali in "Indiana Jones" is actually highly inaccurate. According to the legend, she was born from the brow of Devi as a warrior goddess to fight Raktabija, the Demon King and his forces. Although her bloodlust nearly got out of control afterwards, she continued to act as a guardian against evil forces in Hindu mythology. Furthermore, Shiva was not her enemy, but her consort, and is reputed to be the only one who could calm her down.
+Tom, Yeah, I saw Martyrs. What a sadistic sick flick, took me weeks to get over the haunting depression it caused me. I fast-forwarded thru it on this vid so as not to be reminded. Now I'm off to watch some comedies.
+Terry Gascay : I did the same! I NEVER want to see a single image of "Martyrs" ever again. I love thriller / horror movies and I can handle "torture porn" (I don't like it, but I can watch it)... But "Martyrs" was too much for me. It's literally the ONLY movie I really regret watching. I couldn't even watch the ending (I fast-forwarded the movie just too see what happened without actually watching the whole "let's-flay-that-woman-alive" thing. Even so, it made me want to throw up... It was NOT a good idea to watch "Martyrs" while eating lunch.)
what's so weird is that the movie kind of spits on the face of the torture porn genre. most movies of that style understand that the audience want to enjoy how fucked up it is, like being mesmerized by a Plane Crash. think of the human centipede. that movie is fully aware that you're watching cause it's gross and you secretly enjoy Your Own disgust. but this movie... it's not torture porn, it's just torture. its the worst thing you've ever seen and you're not grossed out and exhilarated after you watch, you want to forget it as soon as you've seen it. don't watch this movie. and it's not even like a lure to get you to see it. don't fucking watch this movie. the writer wrote it when he was suicidal. it feels like being plunged into his mindset. you'll be hopeless for days. don't do it man.
@@folklore_of_beth this exactly..i didnt even find it that interesting..like it felt more like acting than cult crazy people..my fav so far is love exposure japanese movie
Daenerys Targaryen Me too, although today the only thing that still scares me about Indiana Jones is the fact that Kingdom of the Crystal Skull actually exists!
+Michelle Blankenship I remember watching that film and 120 days of Sodom around the same time when I was 10 years old and I got proper fucked up in the head. I know what you mean bro.
Theres a movie on Netflix about a really creepy cult. I'm gonna go look it up, but it's good. Edit- it's called Apostle. It's so good, if you like horror, I would highly recommend.
Yeah i agree Ian Astbury is a f-cking weirdo and very creepy to boot, still hasn't got that many followers to be honest, think he needs to do a bit of senseless killing 😂 that seems to bring em in 🍀♠️👀😜🎥
You completely missed Thomas Jane in "The Veil". He was so charismatic, I would almost have bought in to his teachings. If you haven't yet seen it, it is worth a go.
Glad "Red State" at least got mentioned. That movie creeped me the hell out, mainly because of how similar it is to WBC. And you never know what WBC actually does behind closed doors.
reid hawkins *Project Mayhem, fight club was literally just a sport until Tyler started expanding it with "homework" and recruiting the space monkeys for missions.
Nathan Williams Well, isn't Project Mayhem more a terrorist organisation than a cult? Although, you could argue that a terrorist organisation has cultish characteristics...
Nathan Williams Yeah, that's kinda my point about the cultish characteristics within a terrorist ordanisation (I'll admit, I don't have much inside knowledge on terrorist organistions, but one could figure, like in a cult or a religion, that many terrorists are inspired by a charismatic leader, in which category Tyler Durden fits into)
reid hawkins I'd join the Space Monkeys in a flick of a rabbits tail! And Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (and Raiders of the Lost Ark) underlines the hypocrisy of the film ratings board. If it had been made by David Cronenberg, it would have been a hard R. I still think the movies are great, though.
My nominations: "The Believers" in Martin Sheen's 1987 film "The Believers" - Also, the Voodoo cult in 1987 Mickey Rourke's film "Angel Heart" - both classics and creepy.
cRiSpY Jack hahah, I’ll give you props for that comment; though I found them to be the most unkind, rude, judgmental assholes of all time. Literally unbearable and cliquish and withdrawn and just downright unfriendly.
@@JewelCPeach well what i mean is that they are nice to your face...but often in a superficially religious way. Or, they are very friendly to you, amd rude as shit about you behind your back. And VERY judgemental if its against what there religion says is right.
Actually it was original version of Red Dawn that was the first film to get the PG-13 rating, 3 months after Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was released. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was rated PG. It was due to the graphic nature of both Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Gremlins (also PG) that the PG-13 rating was created in July 1984, 2 months after the release of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. (And, yes I looked this all up.)
Raiders of the Lost Ark was almost rated R, the only reason it was PG was because they put the wall of fire in front of Belloq's head when it blew up to sort of cover it up.
SnakeVash I read somewhere that Temple of Doom was one of the REASONS for the PG-13 rating being invented. Haha. I remember when I first saw it as a sensitive little child and the guy got his heart ripped out still beating and I was like, "Agghhh!"
SnakeVash it actually wasn’t. That title goes to Red Dawn (the original) However, that film is one of the reasons for the invention of the PG-13 rating
DamienHurts And the cult leader... I don't know how they did it, but he seemed both capable of any evil act and yet charismatic enough to understand why people would follow and listen to him.
It's not a film so not includable but since it's so much bigger than a tiny community it'd be like saying society is a cult(which I believe is the whole point their trying to make).
Here's some fun fact...the "fictional" Summer Isle in The Wicker man is actually the island of Somersby off the coast of Cornwall, where they make Somersby cider, and the rituals in the original version are based on the religious practices of the Celts as recorded by Julius Caesar and other writers of Classical antiquity, and are somewhat more accurately represented than the Thuggee rituals in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The only good thing about the remake is that it has Nicholas Cage.
My personal fave is the weird asian cult (forgotten their name)from V/H/S 2. Martyrs is such a good movie but I preferred it in its original language (French) with subtitles.
You cannot deny the horror of the cult of the 70's horror movie "Race With The Devil". The Peter Fonda movie had a lot of action and creepiness, like witchcraft from the satanists who were chasing them. Also, the cult members of "The Devil's Rain", another 70's horror movie, was pretty creepy in it's own right. They did not have eyes, and melted when it rained. Ernest Borgnine was sooo evil as the devil! Very eerie movie that caused me nightmares as a kid!
I really enjoyed this list; give me some great recommendations for movies to see it sounds like! Always liked children of the corn and Rosemary’s baby that was great too! Those are my two favorites on this list.
Nightcore Char well to be fair they didnt but the ones here are all religious you know you're right there should be a different word to dintinguish between religoius cults and non religious cults like the hot fuzz coven and femizazis I'd say use Coven but it already has a different meaning hey how about Culvent LOL
The Invitation !!!! Mindblowing movie! Just watched it recently and I enjoyed it in a wah I haven't in a very long time. I haven't heard of it before so I guess it can be considered a hidden gem.
Missed the masked cult in Kubrick's "Eye's Wide Shut"(1999) or the Santeria cult in the film titled The Believers (1987) I particularly like, the Book People from Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Awesome pick for number one...Thugee Cult is actually historically true and Gunga Din is fictionalized story about the British defeating the cult. You can look at Temple of Doom too as a sequel to Gunga Din :)
I think the ones left out that should be on the list or at least got an honorable mention is the people on Kong Island in the 2005 King Kong movie, they were real creepy and the movie The Skulls with Paul Walker basically an insight into what really happens with the wealthy Families in our society.
Seeing the cult from Silent Hill makes me sick bc I remember when Christabella was killed. I almost vomited and I couldn't finish watching it...god it was brutal.
My favorite cult? The Alien toys from Toy Story. "Who is in charge here?" "The Claaaaaawwwww."
Ooooohhhh!!!
hahahahahaha excellent
Yessss
Yeah Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head saved those aliens in more ways than one 🤣🤣🤣
Made me chuckle
That repeat of Nicolas Cage yelling "How did it get burned!" makes me laugh so hard XD
Sillykat
I can’t stop laughing
Sillykat lmfao!
Four times. That clip played four times. And it was hilarious every time.
Sillykat I know! I'm laughing so hard I'm crying right now 🤣
I realize even up to the bees scene that Nicholas Cages acting isnt the best. CGI or fake that cry was fake
When agrarian cults were mentioned, I was reminded of the short story, "The Lottery," by Shirley Jackson. The townspeople would hold a lottery once a year to determine who would be stoned to death in order to ensure a good corn harvest.
Best short story ever
Oof, I had to read that for class last year 🤣
I never knew it was a book, but there is a mid budget movie by the same title.
We saw a film of this book in like 6th grade. It was much too brutal to be showing children.
What is up with sacrificing people for a good corn harvest?
The Paimon cult from hereditary belongs on the list.
Fuck Yeah!!!!!!!!
@Where is Waldo well that's your opinion. I enjoyed it!!!!!!!!
Agreed, though the significance of Paimon could have been made clearer.
Johnnie Walker I liked it actually
Johnnie Walker trippin
Who’s watching this during the quarantine.
Is this another shitty trend now?
Victaur Perreault everyone
@Darth Vader lovely.....
Me
@Warrior of GOD Same
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A TROLL SENT YOU IDEAS???
Oh wait that's his name
Iluminati cult from eyes wide shut?!!?!?!!!!!?
I'm kinda surprised actually that _The Village_ wasn't on here. Maybe it's just the whole "Omigod M. Night Shayamalan killitwithfire" mentality, but that movie's society is genuinely freaky.
+Melvin Shaw trueee
+Melvin Shaw I think it's not really included because they kind of were more or less like the Amish where they just retreated from society. They weren't about harming people necessarily.
Timothy Hale You know, when you exclude the fact that the elders disguise themselves as killer monsters to frighten the Villagers into isolation.
***** the whole community was like a cult. like jonestown, the leaders used fear to keep the people inside.
***** definition of a cult: a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister. < emphasis on the last part. it doesn't have to be solely based on religion
I must say children of the corn was super creepy and full of suspense and can IMO hold any horror fans interest
I haven't seen it, but it reminds me of a episode of a show were some scarecrows or pumpkin people were killing people. The children if the parents were doing a lot of screaming and ended up seeing their parents faces on a pumpkin lolol
@@ld9822 what show is that?
The short story has a much better ending.
I saw it when I was 8 and had no idea what was about to happen at the start. I had to sleep in my Mums bed for 2 days ha! Now I love it and laugh but honestly the first time you watch is a shock.
The movie was fun. I remember reading the short story back in the 80's. I was 12 years old, and it was great in my young mind.
there is an indie movie called the invitation is about a dinner night of friends that end up on a massacre, one of them joined a cult to kill everyone they love
roberto velez yes that was a great movie. I loved it.
Perfect suspense film. Loved it
Yes! That cult should definitely be on this list.
I loved this movie ❤️
Roberto Velez I saw that and that was pretty good! I had a kind of really awkward feel to it like you knew things were tense and then that ending… Wow!
The cult from VHS 2 is CREEPY and scary as hell!
+Richard Williams My thoughts exactly! I wondered why they weren't on here.
what about the 2005 king kong tribe
exactly..... still figuring out what they were for even after 3 years
You should watch "Eyes wide shut"
It's great but a creepy cult is in it
Rosemary's Baby and The Wicker Man are movies I just can't get through. Talk about a slow creeping feeling, then when it's revealed. Your heart just drops. Both are doomed and they know it. Rosemary's Baby and The Wicker Man are together sad tragic endings.
Rosemary's baby sure
But the wicker man a re you kidding me
Rosemary's Baby is a masterpiece
@@katedavis9239 I think hes referring to the original not the remake
WTF the first Wicker Man is the best cult film ever made imo.
But as they opinions are like bumholes ......
Thats what makes them so amazing...the baddies WIN. What!
#1 was the least creepy out of the whole list smh
i dont even think its supposed to be ranked from least creepy to most. I mean Marthys is litteraly number 10 and its considered one of the most disturbing movies ever
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It is spoken Fr(eye)b(ou)rg not Fr(i)b(eur)g
WatchMojo.com soundcloud.com/driscity/in-too-deep
John Doe wow that song is really bad!! XD
WatchMojo.com how about stupidest big screen and Small screen Genres. I vote Found Footage and Reality be on your list.
APOSTLE.
BELIEVERS.
BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES.
BIRTH OF A NATION.
CONAN THE BARBARIAN.
THE DECEIVERS.
THE DEVIL'S RAIN.
EYES WIDE SHUT.
GUNGA DIN.
HOT FUZZ.
THE KLU KLUX KLAN.
MAD MAX FURY ROAD.
MAD MAX THE ROAD WARRIOR.
SILENT HILL.
THE SKULLS.
US.
THE VILLAGE.
The original Wickerman was terrifying and atmospheric. The re-make was lead-footed.
Christopher Lee!
The ’re-make’ was American. It missed the deep background of the original - e.g. thedark horror of the novel that inspired it (The Ritual’by David Pinner).
@@paulziolo9241 I saw both but wasn't aware of the source material. The re-make was generally terrible but I think the choice to make the cult leader female (no offense to Lee) felt intuitively right for the story, as it seemed at least partially intended to evoke fear of a return to primitive matriarchal tribal societies. Though like I said I haven't read the book it's based on
'Apostle' on Netflix is a true gem, and should be on this list.
What about the Neighbourhood Watch in Hot Fuzz? The greater good!
Donny Montana The Greater Good....
jackie blue *SHUT IT!*
Hot Fuzz is one of my favs
Donny Montana came here to say exactly that. They missed the best cult ever. They should have included them for... The Greater Good!
Donny Montana I thought they were just a secret society, not a cult. I mean, they didn't have a religious agenda or anything.
Cults are bad, mmkay? Uh, don't do cults.
GreatWonderMoose I was just watching the Top 10 South Park Songs! XD
If you're in a cult... Your bad m'kay. Because cults are bad
I read that in his voice
I joined every cult, mmkay? And they all were bad mmkay?
WondrousMoose Mmmkay!
How about the Beliebers in 'Never Say Never'?
***** two thousand years mate, give it a few millennia, and there will be a world religion about him.
Tom Branch NOOOOO please NOOOO.
hahahahaha
😂
Oh god please no LOL.
My top 10 picks: Eyes Wide Shut, Ninth Gate, Rosemary's Baby, Conan the Barbarian, Apocalypse Now, Wickerman, Midsommar, The Village, Martyrs, The Invitation
The depiction of Kali in "Indiana Jones" is actually highly inaccurate. According to the legend, she was born from the brow of Devi as a warrior goddess to fight Raktabija, the Demon King and his forces. Although her bloodlust nearly got out of control afterwards, she continued to act as a guardian against evil forces in Hindu mythology. Furthermore, Shiva was not her enemy, but her consort, and is reputed to be the only one who could calm her down.
"Not the Bees, NOT THE BEES " =))
***** "MY EYES! AHHHHH! MY EYES!"
***** Not the mention of the remake, not the mention of the remake amid one of the greatest work of art films ever made, Aaahh!!!
Not the bees not the bees
***** GOTTA GET BURNED!
***** OH Nicolas Cage
Don't watch Martyrs unless you wanna become a depressed empty shell of your former self.
+Tom, Yeah, I saw Martyrs. What a sadistic sick flick, took me weeks to get over the haunting depression it caused me. I fast-forwarded thru it on this vid so as not to be reminded. Now I'm off to watch some comedies.
+Terry Gascay : I did the same! I NEVER want to see a single image of "Martyrs" ever again. I love thriller / horror movies and I can handle "torture porn" (I don't like it, but I can watch it)...
But "Martyrs" was too much for me. It's literally the ONLY movie I really regret watching. I couldn't even watch the ending (I fast-forwarded the movie just too see what happened without actually watching the whole "let's-flay-that-woman-alive" thing. Even so, it made me want to throw up... It was NOT a good idea to watch "Martyrs" while eating lunch.)
God damn ya'll just made me depressed talking about how the movie made you depressed. It must be pretty dang depressing then.
what's so weird is that the movie kind of spits on the face of the torture porn genre. most movies of that style understand that the audience want to enjoy how fucked up it is, like being mesmerized by a Plane Crash. think of the human centipede. that movie is fully aware that you're watching cause it's gross and you secretly enjoy Your Own disgust. but this movie... it's not torture porn, it's just torture. its the worst thing you've ever seen and you're not grossed out and exhilarated after you watch, you want to forget it as soon as you've seen it. don't watch this movie. and it's not even like a lure to get you to see it. don't fucking watch this movie. the writer wrote it when he was suicidal. it feels like being plunged into his mindset. you'll be hopeless for days. don't do it man.
same I almost threw up at the end..I just couldn't stand. it was a soul sucking movie
"HOW'D IT GET BURNED?!"
I don't know!!!
"The Village", where people live like Puritans in modern times, & the elders claim there's a monster in the woods if anyone tries to leave.
More of a gated community with lots of rules like in Florida.
Midsommar was the best cult movie in 2019 yess!
I loved Midsommar!
Nope. Religion still holds bar as the greatest cult. What makes it better than a movie is that it’s real life hahaha
@@tylerwest5623 and how is what you said contradicting to the original comment?
Midsummer was awful. Just a copy of so many other cult movies but stupid.
@@folklore_of_beth this exactly..i didnt even find it that interesting..like it felt more like acting than cult crazy people..my fav so far is love exposure japanese movie
That heart scene in Indiana Jones scared me when I was younger!
Daenerys Targaryen Me too, although today the only thing that still scares me about Indiana Jones is the fact that Kingdom of the Crystal Skull actually exists!
Daenerys Targaryen Yes, and that Fridge!
Daenerys Targaryen Oh the horror! Imagine if Shia Labeouf was leading it too!
UnkeptMoss328 I think Hollywood are missing out here, a full on nuclear war! With nuclear resistant fridges!
Daenerys Targaryen Haha, I think we should be careful though... we don't want to give them too many ideas! :)
what about the Zoltan cult from Dude, where's my car?
Crash Bandicoot Zoltan!
Not horror but fucking awesome movie..... ZOLTAN
Robin Kyllonen FTL Zoltan!
best cult hands down
HOW D'IT GET BURNT!!! haha
+Jack Siesko: And trope. Don't forget trope.
UnkeptMoss328 Magic
UnkeptMoss328 Somebody lit it! Somebody lit it!
What about the family cult in Get Out
...this video came out in 2015...
Sigh,, Get out is not an anthology
Had this come out later, I wouldn't be surprised if the Armitages made the top spot!
zay yaz really wasn’t tho but that’s your opinion
@zay yaz Nupe
The original Wicker Man is probably one of my favorite movies ever (especially during Halloween).
exactly
Eyes Wide Shut??
thats too real
First saw the movie and that definitely enticed me more than scare me...
I find the movie "Jesus Camp" more disturbing than "Indiana Jones and the temple of doom"
It's the most scary move I've ever seen. Poltergeist does not event exist.
I haven't yet seen 'Jesus Camp', but I've heard many people also use that same word to describe it... 'disturbing'. Especially as it is non-fiction.
@@LwJohnL Please watch it!
R.I.P Silent Hills:(
Kyomori Takasu RIP Kojima
Kyomori Takasu soundcloud.com/driscity/in-too-deep
Ikr!?!So fucking mad 😡😡😡😡😡
Forever a classic to me
This needs to be updated with the cults from Midsommar and Hereditary.
both are snooze fests and midsommar is just ass
3:50 that handshake made me think that the movie is a comedy
Really. Since when is a fraternity a cult?
strange enough, i want to watch all of these...
ravishingelite Me too. It's kind of interesting.
I know I'm too wimpy, just read all the plots on Wikipedia. Didn't disappoint 😟😟
Me too
0:50: 10. Secret Philosophical Society - Martyrs (2008)
1:58: 9. Eden Parish - The Sacrament (2013)
3:08: 8. Time Travel Cult - Sound of My Voice (2011)
4:35: 7. Catskill Mountains Cult - Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
5:45: 6. Freiburg Dance Academy - Suspiria (1977)
Lmao, dude just gave up halfway. Ty for your contribution 🙏🏾
@@DefeatLust yeah I was like, where is the rest of it? lmao
"Convoluted Handshake" = Patty cake
*-HOW'D IT GET BURNED!!-*
Midsommar brought me here. And deserves #1 spot now!😃😌🤗
Martyrs got me fucked up legit.
+Michelle Blankenship 2 legit 2 quit
thanatos Δ Legit!
+Michelle Blankenship I remember watching that film and 120 days of Sodom around the same time when I was 10 years old and I got proper fucked up in the head. I know what you mean bro.
@@retardosaurusrex360 wtf how did you live to adulthood? lmao
6:24 Does anyone else find this particular scene extremely creepy?
I was at 6:22 when I read your comment, when I looked back I threw my iPad across the room
Suppress PvP haha lol this made me laugh so hard no joke 😂😂😂
Brittney Rodriguez cx
Daniel N no, I love that scene it comforts me in the woods at night...
matt beef Well, guess there's something wrong with me then
Just one question... HOW'D IT GET BURNED??!!??!!????
Jason Clark lmao
Theres a movie on Netflix about a really creepy cult. I'm gonna go look it up, but it's good.
Edit- it's called Apostle. It's so good, if you like horror, I would highly recommend.
Aye, that's a great film!! I just watched it a wee bit ago. Well done, go watch it!! >^. .^
Can you recommend me another cult movies on netflix?
I used to call my kids children of the corn when they would misbehave. Lol.. As they got older they figured out where the reference came from. Lol
My brother calls my 1 year old niece one lmao
Let's be honest, what cult isn't creepy?
TRUE!
The cult of cat cuddling.
Yeah i agree Ian Astbury is a f-cking weirdo and very creepy to boot, still hasn't got that many followers to be honest, think he needs to do a bit of senseless killing 😂 that seems to bring em in 🍀♠️👀😜🎥
You completely missed Thomas Jane in "The Veil". He was so charismatic, I would almost have bought in to his teachings. If you haven't yet seen it, it is worth a go.
How about Thulsa Doom's serpent-centric cult in Conan: The Barbarian?
"Doooooom, Doooooom!"
Glad "Red State" at least got mentioned. That movie creeped me the hell out, mainly because of how similar it is to WBC. And you never know what WBC actually does behind closed doors.
I don’t know if it’d be considered a cult, but I’ve always wanted that dog tattoo that everyone has in the hostel movies.
Shoulda put fight club somewhere on the list
reid hawkins I don't recall it being creepy, but maybe I'm the weird one?
reid hawkins *Project Mayhem, fight club was literally just a sport until Tyler started expanding it with "homework" and recruiting the space monkeys for missions.
Nathan Williams Well, isn't Project Mayhem more a terrorist organisation than a cult? Although, you could argue that a terrorist organisation has cultish characteristics...
Nathan Williams Yeah, that's kinda my point about the cultish characteristics within a terrorist ordanisation (I'll admit, I don't have much inside knowledge on terrorist organistions, but one could figure, like in a cult or a religion, that many terrorists are inspired by a charismatic leader, in which category Tyler Durden fits into)
reid hawkins I'd join the Space Monkeys in a flick of a rabbits tail!
And Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (and Raiders of the Lost Ark) underlines the hypocrisy of the film ratings board. If it had been made by David Cronenberg, it would have been a hard R. I still think the movies are great, though.
So, uh, no Death Eaters?
......
No Death Eaters.
They're not creepy
@@breakingbadwithmrskywalker they work with Voldemort, they wear creepy masks and they're targeting a child, they're creepy
@Tralala_Beez I'm pretty sure even in magic world they're creepy, but that's just me
My nominations: "The Believers" in Martin Sheen's 1987 film "The Believers" - Also, the Voodoo cult in 1987 Mickey Rourke's film "Angel Heart" - both classics and creepy.
#9 is literally Jonestown, why didn't they use the same names?
Right?!
agreed
Maybe they wanted to give the members families some privacy, no more media attention I guess.
”This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance between these characters and/or situations and real life is purely coincidental."
@@aprilhinds1827 makes no sense as people are still talking about JONESTOWN just about every day, still.
Scariest cult of all time: Utah.
Who’s moving out of Utah ( finally ) in 2020!?!?
This guy.
Im guessing you mean Mormons...freaky nice fuckers...
I'm glad we left utah when we did
cRiSpY Jack hahah, I’ll give you props for that comment; though I found them to be the most unkind, rude, judgmental assholes of all time. Literally unbearable and cliquish and withdrawn and just downright unfriendly.
@@JewelCPeach well what i mean is that they are nice to your face...but often in a superficially religious way. Or, they are very friendly to you, amd rude as shit about you behind your back. And VERY judgemental if its against what there religion says is right.
5:35 Miss Lana Banana!!! Only American horror story fans can understand....
im watching asylum right now its really good
Lana _ i hear ya!!
Fun Fact: Temple of Doom was the world's first PG-13 rated movie.
Actually it was original version of Red Dawn that was the first film to get the PG-13 rating, 3 months after Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was released. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was rated PG. It was due to the graphic nature of both Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Gremlins (also PG) that the PG-13 rating was created in July 1984, 2 months after the release of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. (And, yes I looked this all up.)
Raiders of the Lost Ark was almost rated R, the only reason it was PG was because they put the wall of fire in front of Belloq's head when it blew up to sort of cover it up.
SnakeVash I read somewhere that Temple of Doom was one of the REASONS for the PG-13 rating being invented. Haha. I remember when I first saw it as a sensitive little child and the guy got his heart ripped out still beating and I was like, "Agghhh!"
The heart scene in TOD was heavily cut by Spielberg for the UK release, to avoid the restrictive 15 certificate.
SnakeVash it actually wasn’t.
That title goes to Red Dawn (the original)
However, that film is one of the reasons for the invention of the PG-13 rating
Oh man, that Mary May movie... it got intense.
right? such a subtly terrifying film
DamienHurts And the cult leader...
I don't know how they did it, but he seemed both capable of any evil act and yet charismatic enough to understand why people would follow and listen to him.
Would the society in "The Handmaid's Tale" count as a cult?
+RaynbowSurfer I'd say yes but it was bigger than a "normal" cult
Yes most definitely
That’s not really a cult, because most of the “participants” are unwilling. It’s a dystopian society on the same level as 1984.
It would be considered a dystopia
It's not a film so not includable but since it's so much bigger than a tiny community it'd be like saying society is a cult(which I believe is the whole point their trying to make).
Eyes Wide Shut messed me up. That music during that ritual alone had me freaked out.
don' drink the koolaid kiddies
The cult (mostly unseen until the end) in The Invitation was the creepiest I've seen in a while - emotionally manipulative and frightening.
...Eyes wide shut...?
Yeah, I agree.
+Petrock508 that wasn't a real cult, it's only some rich people fucking each other and some whores, having a goot time...
pedraumbass They seemed very cultish to me. Rituals, masks, passwords, threatening outsiders.
+pedraumbass I think the whole eyes wide shut is definitely something that is real hint illuminati hint hint
Hollywood rich and famous are one giant cult.
Look up the kaballah
Here's some fun fact...the "fictional" Summer Isle in The Wicker man is actually the island of Somersby off the coast of Cornwall, where they make Somersby cider, and the rituals in the original version are based on the religious practices of the Celts as recorded by Julius Caesar and other writers of Classical antiquity, and are somewhat more accurately represented than the Thuggee rituals in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The only good thing about the remake is that it has Nicholas Cage.
"The Order" in Silent Hill, if developed a bit more into the storyline and visuals, could have EASILY made this list!
My personal fave is the weird asian cult (forgotten their name)from V/H/S 2. Martyrs is such a good movie but I preferred it in its original language (French) with subtitles.
Totally agree! The cult from VHS was so wierd and creepy!
That's a good shout that should have been No1
Holy crap yeah, the ones that summon that half man half bull thing? That was grim as hell
SteelAngelVikki Martyrs was fucking amazing. And the english dub sounds stupid.
SteelAngelVikki That was the best segment of all the VHS movies. Yeah, that cult was fucking insane.
Mojo your videos are so addictive
The Invitation was definitely one of the most unsettling cult movies.
#1; basically every movie fandom ever.
This was an unusually interesting and informative list. Good job. edit: oops, spoke too soon. Except for #1. Are you kidding me?
EYES WIDE SHUT!!!!!!!!!!!! by Kubrick, what about The Nine Door by Roman Polanski
yes!
Juan Camilo López García Ninth Gates
The Sacrament, while HEAVILY based on The People's Temple, is really disturbing in its nuances.
I loved it.
Beliebers in "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never"
10:36, "Before we get to our #1 cult-"
"GOTTA GET BUUURNED!"
You cannot deny the horror of the cult of the 70's horror movie "Race With The Devil". The Peter Fonda movie had a lot of action and creepiness, like witchcraft from the satanists who were chasing them. Also, the cult members of "The Devil's Rain", another 70's horror movie, was pretty creepy in it's own right. They did not have eyes, and melted when it rained. Ernest Borgnine was sooo evil as the devil! Very eerie movie that caused me nightmares as a kid!
You guys forgot Jesus camp.
Lol
Star Lord That bitch was crazy
+Star Lord YES
+Star Lord That wasn’t a fictional cult. It was a real one.
Well yeah, but the title doesn't say fictional :)
Jesus Camp better be on here
There's little chance you know the film but the fertility cult in "Short Night of Glass Dolls" (1971) stands out for me..😱
That Thugee ceremony gave me the worst anxiety as a kid equal to the xenomorph birth in Alien
I really enjoyed this list; give me some great recommendations for movies to see it sounds like! Always liked children of the corn and Rosemary’s baby that was great too! Those are my two favorites on this list.
Nothing from Hot Fuzz? Wow watchmojo
+Jasper Smith that wasn't a cult, merely an organisation - nothing religious
+Shadow of Auroura Doesn't have to be religious to be a cult.
***** true, but the definition of of this list this is RELIGIOUS
+Shadow of Auroura when did they specify that? I might be being blind right now xD
Nightcore Char well to be fair they didnt but the ones here are all religious
you know you're right there should be a different word to dintinguish between religoius cults and non religious cults like the hot fuzz coven and femizazis
I'd say use Coven but it already has a different meaning
hey how about Culvent LOL
Martyrs is the most disturbing video ive ever seen...
3:38 That handshake tho, lol
My best friends dad lived by that corn field in his childhood and the corn grew without being tended to for as long as he could remember
The Invitation !!!! Mindblowing movie! Just watched it recently and I enjoyed it in a wah I haven't in a very long time. I haven't heard of it before so I guess it can be considered a hidden gem.
Missed the masked cult in Kubrick's "Eye's Wide Shut"(1999) or the Santeria cult in the film titled The Believers (1987) I particularly like, the Book People from Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
NOT THE BEES.
+Brandon Sosa best waifu
+Willie Stroker NOTICE ME NICHOLAS - SENPAI!
Still we should at least be grateful the bees are thriving unlike in the real world.
Should've included that twisted cult from Lord of Illusions
Awesome pick for number one...Thugee Cult is actually historically true and Gunga Din is fictionalized story about the British defeating the cult. You can look at Temple of Doom too as a sequel to Gunga Din :)
I think the ones left out that should be on the list or at least got an honorable mention is the people on Kong Island in the 2005 King Kong movie, they were real creepy and the movie The Skulls with Paul Walker basically an insight into what really happens with the wealthy Families in our society.
Kali ma! Kali maaaa
Seeing the cult from Silent Hill makes me sick bc I remember when Christabella was killed. I almost vomited and I couldn't finish watching it...god it was brutal.
Very well chosen films! Martha Marcy May Marlene is specially bleak in my opinion, cause it's not the typical machiavellic point of view.
andrebserpa WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME!?
Sonny LoSpeechio I clapped! I clapped because I know what that iiiiiiissssssss!
SUSPIRIA
...is best classic.. after the shining..
And the backsound give u strange unsettling feeling.. drag you to another dimention
"HOW'D IT GET BURNED?" Oh Nick Cage you're an American treasure.
"NOT THE BEES!!! 🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
am I the only that started singing shame shame shame at 3:45 lol
No😹😹😹
Come on, where's the cult from Rob Zombie's Devil's Rejects and House of 1000 Corpses?
GeomorgusNihili In the movie it seemed, they were doing it for fun, not to honor someone, or something, so I wouldn't call it a cult.
3:45 Reminds me of the Handshake from the movie The Parent Trap with Lindsey Lohan
You should have mentioned the 7th Victim. It is one of the earliest films dealing in cults and the psychological effects that had on people.