I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Pretty Good

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Oh my god!!! I bought a DVD of this film cos it was on special and i am a fan of true crime /cult stories .As most of the big ones ,like ....heavens gate ,Jim Jones ,waco Texas ,etc...happened prior to my leaving high school. I have to say i was horrified with what this man had seemed to be allowed to get away with and decided to look him up and find out some more info.Now i am grateful the film was quite tame in comparison to some of his antics.....he was an awful man .....who manipulated people he was supposed to love ,like a common trashy spouse who abuses their partner.This film was a remarkably well filmed ,well directed piece of film and my hat has to go off at Luc Picard for his portrayal of "moses".....he made me get chills in some scenes . In particular the bar scene with the backache...ugh!...i will not divulge further for risk of entering a spoiler]. I urge all true crime /cult researchers like myself to watch this film as it was a rather gritty and well told story of a very sick individual .And as always ....it left me wondering how some people can let someone con them so blindly and treat them so badly ? How can someone be so desperate to be loved ....to take what he dished out ?? God doesn't condone these acts !

Roch Theriault was a charismatic leader of a tiny religious group near Burnt River, Ont., between 1977 and 1989. His religious cult became increasingly bizarre and cruel, however, and soon social workers and police were investigating reports of abuse of the women and children and eventually the death of an infant. Theriault chopped off the hand of one of his concubines and killed his wife by disemboweling her. Theriault, who wanted to be called Moses, was brilliant at manipulating both the legal system and vulnerable individuals, but he also had a maniacal streak that triggered brutal punishment and even torture. He is one of the craziest and sickest criminal(s) in Canadian history. He is serving a life sentence after being convicted of murder in 1993.

The subject matter of the film is pretty gritty, compelling stuff. It was very hard to watch at times. The main character, the commune leader is played perfectly by Luc Picard. He's EXTREMELY creepy, and gets creepier as his world starts to fall apart. The courtroom sequence where one of the little girls tells in explicit detail the kind of debauchery that's been passing for recreational activity at the commune is absolutely disgusting. The cult leader's final attempts to regain control of his commune are deeply disturbing.There's something unique about Canadian films. The early Cronenberg films had it... like Rabid, Scanners and Videodrome. Strange Brew had it. This movie has bags of it. It's kind of a 16mm vibe. There are also scenes that are simple and yet brutally honest that are used to develop character, break the tension and probably fill out a lean script. For instance, there's a scene in a bar where a group of women are hanging out. One of the women begins to tell a story about going out to find a man for the night. She's pretty obnoxious about it, using a lot of colorful language to describe her sexual needs. This story goes on and on, much longer than it would in any Hollywood film, but therein lies the real entertainment here.

Very well done for a Canadian film. The film captured the true reality of these children and women whom suffered greatly! Sort of disturbing to know that this is a true story. The only problem that I had with the movie was that I couldn;'t figure out what province they were in. *SPOILER* Roche and his family (if you can call it that) have french accents so there is an assumption this is where it is talking place. When the police show up to do their business they are in OPP cars yet when the movie is finished they literally blurt out that this happened in Nova Scotia.