Marshall Applewhite

The story of the Cacophony Society. This documentary follows their evolution from the San Francisco Suicide Club - 1977, the exploits of SF Cacophony, their nexus creating the Burning Man Festival, to the irreverent Los Angeles Cacophony and beyond. This is the history of the most significant American underground cultural movement of our time! 'The Cacophony Society is, 'a randomly gathered network of free spirits engaged in the pursuit of experiences beyond the mainstream.' The credo is 'You May Already be a Member!' It's a non-religious, non-political, non-commercial disorganization of Dada klowns rewiring the neuro-circuits of humanity. The heart of Cacophony is deeply routed in kitsch, weird and nihilism.. It's subversion by way of absurdist pranks and fire!

Documentary chronicling the history of the Heaven's Gate cult, including actual home video footage and interviews with surviving members.

루드(Ruth: 케이트 윈슬렛 분)는 인디아에서 보낸 휴가 동안 인디아의 종파 지도자인 바바에 집착하게 된다. 이로 인해 그녀의 가족은 절망한다. 그녀의 어머니는 딸을 구하기 위해 인디아로 가서 딸에게 거짓말을 하며 오스트레일리아로 돌아가자고 설득한다. 그러나 그 사기극은 곧 발각되고 만다. 루드는 바바 스승의 영역으로 돌아갈 준비가 되어 있지만 그 때 그녀의 가족들은 비싼 돈을 주고 미국인 전문가를 고용한다. 바로 그가 마초이며 종교 엑소시스트인 PJ 월터스(하비 카이텔 분)이다. PJ는 매력적이고 지성적인 루드의 마음을 돌리기 위해 갖은 수단을 동원하는데.

Culticide in California explores the grim events surrounding the mass suicide of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult, led by Marshall Applewhite. This group held strange beliefs tied to the Hale-Bopp Comet. This documentary uses news footage to tell the story of how 39 people could all have such strong beliefs that they would chemically castrate themselves and die in the hope that a passing spaceship would pick them up.

The initiation tape where cult leader talks to the camera. It was made in 1997 5 days before the suicides, trying to convince members to commit suicide in order to join a spaceship behind the comet, driven by his father, God/Te.

"We'll title this tape, "Planet Earth About to be Recycled - Your Only Chance to Evacuate is to Leave With Us." Planet Earth about to be recycled - Your only chance to survive or evacuate is to leave with us. Now, that's a pretty drastic statement - pretty bold - in terms of religion, in terms of anybody's intelligent thinking. To most people who would consider themselves intelligent beings, they'd say, "Well, that's absurd. What's all this doomsday stuff? What's all this prophetic, apocalyptic talk?" You know, intelligent human beings should realize that all things have their own cycle. They have their season. They have their beginning, they have their end. We're not saying that planet Earth is coming to an end. We're saying that planet Earth is about to be refurbished, spaded under, and have another chance to serve as a garden for a future human civilization."

"I'll try to just put it as briefly as I can and as clearly as I can. This planet is about to be recycled, refurbished, started over. That doesn't mean it's going to be destroyed, it doesn't mean it's the end of the world. But it does mean that it is going to be spaded under. Now, you can say, "Well, who are you to say that?" And I'll tell you who I am. As to whether or not you believe who I am is up to you. And whether or not you believe that this civilization is going to be recycled or refurbished is up to you. Now, the purpose of this tape is to warn you that this is about to happen, and that it's going to happen very soon."

The initiation tape where cult leader talks to the camera. It was made in September 1996 to explain their religious beliefs.