Holy Hell 2016 Watch Free in HD

Filmmaker Will Allen documents the time he spent with the Buddhafield, a Los Angeles spiritual group to give us an inside look at the West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually imploded.

Genre:

Documentary

Actors:

Amy Allen, Cristala Allen, Gina Allen, Will Allen, Jennifer Baca, Alessandra Burenin, Vera Cheiffo, David Christopher, Phillipe Coquet, Radhia Gleis, Julian Goldstein, ...»

Director:

Will Allen

Country:

United States

Release:

2016

IMDb:

7.0

Quality:

Duration:

100 min

Variety

Like watching a takedown of Hitler by a disillusioned Leni Reifenstahl, what emerges is one of the decade's strangest and most unsettling documentaries, especially given its as-yet-unwritten ending.

May 27, 2016

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Guardian

An uneven blend of news program, suspense narrative and toward the end, somewhat saccharine self-help exercise.

May 27, 2016

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Movie Mezzanine

Allen's gentle compassion for his fellow cult survivors is understandable, but is ultimately unsatisfying. Still, for fans of cult documentaries, Holy Hell is worth it for its insider footage alone.

July 12, 2016

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The Playlist

With unprecedented access to archival footage and former members of The Buddhafield, it's impossible to look away from Holy Hell.

May 28, 2016

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One Guy's Opinion

Tries to get across the ambiance of a community under the sway of a weirdly magnetic figure, but inevitably it comes up short; nonetheless the taste that it provides is chilling.

June 01, 2016

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Georgia Straight

Even with admitted self-censorship, this intimate and often fascinating footage reveals a megalomaniac who genuinely inspired his early disciples.

July 13, 2016

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The Young Folks

The foundation is there for a good documentary to happen, but the fact that amateurish filmmaking got in the way of the story really does a major disservice to the overall story.

June 05, 2016

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New York Times

Mr. Allen has made an engrossing and tense documentary, though his insider knowledge is sometimes a hindrance.

May 26, 2016

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TheWrap

Does a sub-par job probing the psyches of both Buddhafield's leader and its members.

May 26, 2016

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Paste Magazine

What begins as a video memoir evolves into a much larger portrait of betrayal, grief and healing.

June 09, 2016

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RogerEbert.com

"Holy Hell" should have dug a lot deeper and told its story with a lot more finesse. What happened? Maybe, after all these years, Allen was still too close to his subject?

May 28, 2016

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