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Review by Dean Galanis |
Produced by Joe Egender, Kevin Artigue,
Phil Flores, Mitchell Altieri, Jeffrey Allard
Written by Kevin Artigue, Joe Egender.
Mitchell Altieri, Phil Flores
Directed by Mitchell Altieri
Starring Emma Greenwell, Brendan McCarthy,
Cameron Richardson, Roger Aaron Brown,
Donald Patrick Harvey, Joe Egender
Interesting if minor film examines a way-off-the-grid religious sect. Charlotte (Emma Greenwell) pays an alcoholic ex-Marine and Afghanistan conflict vet (Brendan McCarthy) to drive her to the Church of One Accord to find her estranged, drug-addicted sister.
What they find is a cloistered, seemingly well-meaning group of religious fanatics who employ snake-handling into their worship.
Holy Ghost People is always interesting, if mostly low-key, yet in the end, it doesn’t add up to much.
Still, it’s very much worth seeing, for its palpable backwoods atmosphere and for a detailed look at a very specific sect.
The only major problem I had with the film involved the snakes.
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