Holy Ghost People

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Holy Ghost People

R

Released Feb 21, 2014

1h 33m

Mystery & Thriller

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To find her sister, a young woman hires an alcoholic ex-Marine to help her infiltrate the Church of One Accord, a cult of snake handlers risking their lives to seek salvation.

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

The horror-oriented turns one might expect from these filmmakers never really arrive, and the eventual plot revelations feel a bit undercooked even for a straight thriller.

Mar 24, 2015

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Inkoo Kang

Los Angeles Times

Long before its feeble, drawn-out ending, it's clear no miracle can cure this film's many frailties.

Feb 20, 2014

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Rob Staeger

Village Voice

Director Mitchell Altieri helms the thriller with a sure hand ...

Feb 18, 2014

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Strong performances help showcase the slippery slope of getting mixed up in a misguided group of religious fanatics, though the film itself seemed to not want to comment on those ideas so much as present them.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 20, 2023

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J Hurtado

ScreenAnarchy

Holy Ghost People holds back at all the wrong times and turns into an entirely different, and inferior, film in the last reel.

Nov 6, 2017

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Scott Weinberg

TheHorrorShow

Manages to touch on some compelling points before committing to its familiar but satisfying finale

Aug 22, 2015

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not so much but i loved the preacher's hair doo!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Not sure what to make of this. Was it a fever dream state or just poorly paced? There are some key times when things really clicked and at other times the viewer is left wanting more cohesion.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

Interesting indie Gothic horror about a snake handlind cult. Good performances. Effective but a bit overly dramatic soundtrack though.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

Watchable but nothing special and just a bit of a flat story with no real outcome of any interest

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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If you're gonna to tell a story, it's best to tell it straight & true. But what if the truth ain't straight? This here's the story of two sisters torn apart. The question is: By What?--The Holy Ghost People of Sugar Mountain!!

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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I was really excited getting this psychological thriller directed by Mitchell Altieri and written by Kevin Artigue, Joe Egender, Altieri, and Phil Flores. I loved the subject and I was expecting this deep and mysterious movie which will give an opportunity to Emma Greenwell, Brendan McCarthy, Cameron Richardson, Roger Aaron Brown, Donald Patrick Harvey and Joe Egender to shine as stars! The story of Charlotte, a woman who goes in search of her missing sister, who has joined an isolated religious group had so many opportunities for a story development, and one by one, most of them were lost during the 88 minutes of the film. Acting was good, directing was up and down, but the weakest link was the screenplay which never fully delivered anything of any significance. Holy Ghost People was meant to be a balanced portrayal of Pentecostal Christians, and the film was written to explore both the positive and negative aspects of faith using the documentary Holy Ghost People as partial inspiration. Power and religion needs extra effort to be presented successfully, but here the exploration of these subjects was very eerie. If you don't mind extensive narration with underdeveloped screenplay plus excellent acting , check it out.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Synopsis

To find her sister, a young woman hires an alcoholic ex-Marine to help her infiltrate the Church of One Accord, a cult of snake handlers risking their lives to seek salvation.

Director: Mitchell Altieri
Producer: Jeffrey Allard, Mitchell Altieri, Kevin Artigue, Joe Egender, Phil Flores, Don R. Lewis
Screenwriter: Kevin Artigue, Mitchell Altieri, Joe Egender, Phil Flores
Distributor: XLrator Media
Production Co: Anthem Films, Indie Entertainment, Found & Lost Productions
Rating: R (Violence|Some Drug Use|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 21, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 18, 2017
Runtime: 1h 33m

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