Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown
2024 · Miniseries · TV-14 · 135 min · ★ 7.3 · 74% critics
Survivors and eyewitnesses recount the final hours of an idealistic religious community as control, fear, and pressure build toward a devastating mass casualty event. Using firsthand testimony and archival material, the series traces how a tightly controlled world unraveled in a single day.
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Details
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-06-17
- Network
- Hulu
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (15 votes)
About
If you’re drawn to unsettling true-crime documentaries about cult control and survivor testimony, this may appeal to fans of Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence or Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey; Not for you if you avoid distressing real-world tragedy.
Pros: gripping firsthand accounts; haunting atmosphere; strong archival footage | Cons: slow pacing; limited broader context; occasionally sensational tone
Themes
- cult
- miniseries
- massacre
- true crime
- religious cult
Cast & crew
Jim Jones
as Self (archive footage)
Episodes1 season · 3 episodes
Season 13 episodes
- S1E1The Promised Land44mDisney+Hulu
- S1E2How Very Much I've Loved You44mDisney+Hulu
- S1E3Paradise Lost44mDisney+Hulu