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The Blessed Ones – Movie Review

The Blessed Ones – Movie Review

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The opening title sequence of writer/director Patrick O’Bell’s The Blessed Ones is a quick cutting montage of unsettling stock footage, wherein various known cult groups of the last century perform their rituals of worship. The eery imagery pulled from actual events sets an uncomfortable tone that The Blessed Ones attempts to live up to during it’s 79 minute run time, with a fictional tale of rogue members on the run from the leadership of a suicidal cult. With The Blessed Ones, O’Bell has opted for a film structure similar to The Usual Suspects as a man named Spencer tells his tale of escaping The Polaris Society while being interrogated by police. The mystery as to how Spencer came to be entangled with the spacey leader, Elyon and his eventual choice to go on the run with a female member of the group named Ursa is told out of sequence so as to heighten the tension of the final reveal. However the journey to that point is fraught with peril for

The Blessed Ones Is Out Today On VOD

The Blessed Ones Is Out Today On VOD

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Somewhere in the desert, there’s an isolated cult secluded from the rest of the world. They believe the apocalypse is nigh and that the only way to escape the end of the world is to form a simultaneous suicide pact. When two of the members start to become suspicious of their leader’s claims, they decide their only hope is to escape. Now the problem becomes surviving the trip through the desert, while the cult’s enforcer stays hot on their heels. That’s the premise behind The Blessed Ones, which anyone can watch starting today. The film stars Andy Gates, Dave Vescio and Tamzin Brown, and was directed by Patrick O’Bell. It’s officially out on video-on-demand platforms November 27, from Wild Eye Releasing. Here’s the trailer….. An isolated cult hiding in a desert enclave prepare for an prophesied apocalypse, led by a charismatic Jim Jones-like leader. As the end of the world allegedly approaches, he binds them all to a suicide pact, in hopes of transcending earth for a new life in