Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults

3.5

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Documentary

Crime

2020

206 min

TV-MA

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. This four-part docuseries uses never-before-seen footage and first-person accounts to explore the infamous UFO cult that shocked the nation with their out-of-this-world beliefs.

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"This #documentary has complete information built with facts and reasoning to support how a cult is built and what they are looking for! Story of the largest suicide mass in the US to date! #cult #truestory #cnn #hbomax "

Daniella (she/her)

"I cannot get enough of documentaries about cults! I don’t know why. This one was just fantastic. "

Amber Martin

"Highly interesting "

Lyndon Bray

"The show went into why people join cults and how they get tricked into it. I originally thought anyone who would think to join a cult wasn’t mentally sound or was weak in some way, but anyone could find themselves in that position. Really made me view cult survivors and those who get sucked in differently. Overall great show and I learned so much I didn’t alr know abt the cult. "

Bree

"Having not known much about this cult, I found this documentary informative and the perspectives from former members was insightful."

Laura Lynne

"Interesting and different"

Katherine Harris-Lovoy

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Andrew Maitner

"It’s crazy and so sad. I guess I’ve always been obsessed with cults and I’ve always wanted to know more about Heavens Gate so I gave it a watch. I learned a lot of information and it was truly heartbreaking but very informative "

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Ellie Waugh

"Listened to the podcast called Heavens Gate and wow. I imagine this doc will be just as good. And crazy. "