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Prophet's Prey

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Filmmaker Amy Berg sheds light on the sexual, financial and spiritual abuses heaped upon members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by their former leader, Warren Jeffs.
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Prophet's Prey finds documentarian Amy Berg striking again at evil masquerading as righteousness -- and, as she did with Deliver Us from Evil, hitting her targets with impressive precision.

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Jason Bailey Flavorwire 05/30/2016
The sadness and hopelessness of the story becomes overwhelming. Go to Full Review
J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 10/01/2015
Berg has a secret weapon in the sermons Jeffs recorded for his flock: his bland, droning voice epitomizes the banality of evil. Go to Full Review
Kerry Lengel Arizona Republic 10/01/2015
3.5/5
A chilling portrait of a megalomaniac. Go to Full Review
Morgan Rojas Cinemacy 11/09/2018
What results is a riveting documentary, an unintentional horror film that exposes what truly goes on behind the doors of one of the world's most evasive religious sects. Go to Full Review
Roger Catlin rogercatlin.com 10/13/2015
What's shocking about the film, which is as effective in its way as HBO's Scientology expose, Going Clear is how widespread his ugly cult still is. Go to Full Review
Christopher Lawrence Las Vegas Review-Journal 10/08/2015
Just in time for Halloween, Showtime is unleashing one of the creepiest, most depraved characters you'll ever see on television: Warren Steed Jeffs. Go to Full Review
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12/22/2020 Its sad that people seem to think they need other humans to lead them spiritually. NO ONE NEEDS THAT. See more @Eduardohsb 04/26/2016 The story needed to be told and Warren Jeffs is a monster. But his followers were so stupid and everyone's motivation was so twisted that I can't help but think this should have been the main topic of this documentary. It felt overly long and all the blame was pointed solely on Warren Jeffs' direction while it is clear everyone there was to blame. See more 03/25/2016 This is a really well done and interesting documentary for those interested in the subject matter. See more Frances H 01/13/2016 Truly terrifying and horrifying that the monster of perversity and selfishness who is Warren Jeffs gets away with holding 100,00 people in the grip of his brain washing that he cloaks in supposed sanctity. This really proves how gullible and sheeplike people can be. See more 11/14/2015 Wow, what an amazing story. For me no clear demarcation between good vs. evil or right from wrong. Too easy to say William Jeffs is simply a perverted pedophile as he is depicted. The emotional control and power he and his doctrine have over his faithful is incredible as is the fact that so many thousands allow themselves to be dominated and controlled in such a manner. William Jeffs himself is eerily otherworldly. Could go on for hours regarding all the issues involved here. An amazing story. See more 11/08/2015 Interesting but not great. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Amy Berg sheds light on the sexual, financial and spiritual abuses heaped upon members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by their former leader, Warren Jeffs.
Director
Amy Berg
Producer
Katherine LeBlond
Screenwriter
Nick Cave
Production Co
Artemis Rising Films, Imagine Entertainment, Showtime Documentary Films, Disarming Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 29, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$13.5K
Runtime
1h 28m
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