Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults
2020 · Miniseries · TV-MA · 51 min · ★ 6.8
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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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-12-03
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 51 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (39 votes)
Themes
- castration
- cult
- ufo
- alien
- new age
- mass suicide
- doomsday
- religious cult
- ritual suicide
- ascension
- cultists
- ufo cult
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Marshall Applewhite
as Self - Co-Leader of Heaven’s Gate (archive footage)
Bonnie Nettles
as Self - Co-Leader of Heaven’s Gate (archive footage)
- SA
Sawyer
as Self - Former Member
- FL
Frank Lyford
as Self - Former Member
- BZ
Benjamin Zeller
as Self - Religious Studies Professor
- JL
Janja Lalich
as Self - Sociologist
- RB
Robert Balch
as Self - Sociologist
- KC
Kelly Cooke
as Self - Daughter of Members
- NB
Neely Bruce
as Self - Former Student of Herff (“Do”)
- MC
Michael Conyers
as Self - Former Member (archive footage)
Directed by J. Clay Tweel
Episodes1 season · 4 episodes
Season 14 episodes
- S1E1The Awakening51mHBO MaxHulu
- S1E2The Chrysalis51mHBO MaxHulu
- S1E3The Second Harvest51mHBO MaxHulu
- S1E4The Exit51mHBO MaxHulu