Trailer for HBO Max's Documentary Series HEAVEN'S GATE: THE CULT OF CULTS
I remember watching the news in the 90s when I was growing up that covered the Heaven’s Gate cult mass suicide. It was both fascinating and scary. I also remember seeing those videos of the Haven’s Gate leader, Marshall Applewhite, and thinking that he was completely nuts. It was those crazy eyes of his! There was so much about this cult that creeped me out.
There’s a new documentary series coming to HBO Max that is doing a deep dive into the UFO cult and exploring it in ways that have never been explored before.
The docuseries is titled Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults and it offers a “thorough examination of the infamous UFO cult through the eyes of its former members and loved ones. What started in 1975 with the disappearance of 20 people from a small town in Oregon ended in 1997 with the largest suicide on US soil and changed the face of modern new age religion forever.”
The four-part docuseries uses never-before-seen footage and first-person accounts to explore the infamous UFO cult that shocked the nation with its out-of-this-world beliefs. Oh, and in case you didn’t know, the cult’s original website is still live.
The doc was directed and executive produced by Clay Tweel (Gleason) whose projects take viewers on a quest to discover the “why” behind the seemingly unbelievable. “With a genuine compassion, Clay unpacks these sensitive stories and brings viewers into a previously inaccessible world.”
Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults will be released on HBO Max on December 3rd, 2020.