Let's Start a Cult

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Let's Start a Cult

2024

1h 30m

Comedy

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Having missed out on his cult's long awaited ritual suicide, an obnoxious loser teams up with his bogus ex-messiah to rebuild their doomsday commune. Traveling together through middle America, the constantly-bickering duo induct a military wannabe, a mentally unstable mom, and a mysterious foreign hitchhiker into their cult... but will this family of outcasts fulfill their transcendent destiny, or decide this life might be worth living after all?

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Asia Frey

Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)

The plot twists are as rewarding as they are ridiculous, and they are extremely ridiculous.

Rated: B+

Sep 25, 2025

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Bobby LePire

Film Threat

Let’s Start A Cult is fantastic and worth watching every second of the hour-and-a-half runtime.

Rated: 9/10

Nov 13, 2024

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Edward Douglas

The Weekend Warrior (Substack)

A quirky comedy likely to grow on you, even if there are moments that are quite cringe-worthy.

Rated: 6.5/10

Nov 11, 2024

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Joel Copling

Spectrum Culture

Let’s Start a Cult is based upon an alternately wacky and alarming idea that, thankfully, the filmmakers mine for most of its potential.

Oct 28, 2024

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Refreshingly zany and amusing, but not very funny, bold, witty or clever.

Oct 25, 2024

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

Let's Start a Cult is ridiculous and over-the-top at times, but there's a level of understanding for its despairing characters that keeps it grounded.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 24, 2024

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CRW

Great Comedy! A lot of original ideas. Good cast.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/13/24

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Adrian

Very silly and very funny. Would watch again

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/08/24

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Kaylee C

A hilariously, raunchy adventure. Loved it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/07/24

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Dylan

I’m a big fan of Stavy, so I was willing to go out and give it a try. There were one or two small laughs in the first 5-10 minutes, but after that it got really rough. Cringy and slow. I wanted to get up and leave, but was hoping it would turn around. It did not. Stavros is great in “Tires”, but this just isn’t it.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/04/24

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jugnugget

Great pace, witty, funny, fun!, great casting, all the subtle comedic gestures

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/30/24

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Gunnar

Your new favorite comedy!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/29/24

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Synopsis

Having missed out on his cult's long awaited ritual suicide, an obnoxious loser teams up with his bogus ex-messiah to rebuild their doomsday commune. Traveling together through middle America, the constantly-bickering duo induct a military wannabe, a mentally unstable mom, and a mysterious foreign hitchhiker into their cult... but will this family of outcasts fulfill their transcendent destiny, or decide this life might be worth living after all?

Director: Ben Kitnick
Producer: Greg Newman
Screenwriter: Stavros Halkias, Wes Haney, Ben Kitnick, Wes Haney, Ben Kitnick, Stavros Halkias
Distributor: Dark Sky Films
Production Co: Queensbury Pictures
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 25, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 12, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $104.7K
Runtime: 1h 30m

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