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Them That Follow (2019)
Directed by Daniel Savage, Britt Poulton
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A Pentecostal pastor, Lemuel Childs, and his believers handle venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. Lemuel’s daughter, Mara holds a secret that threatens to tear the church apart: her romantic past with a nonbeliever, Augie. As Mara’s wedding to a devoted follower looms, she must decide whether or not to trust the steely matriarch of their community, Hope, with her heart and life at stake.
Length 98 minutes
Actors
Alice Englert | Walton Goggins | Thomas Mann | Olivia Colman | Kaitlyn Dever | Jim Gaffigan | Lewis Pullman | Annie Tedesco | Brooks Roseberry | Katherine DeBoer | Royce Joseph | Erik Andrews | Catherine Albers | Kevin Yon | Bradley Gallo
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/10/2019 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 6.5 stars |
| (Average) 6.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Don’t know a whole lot about this but dig the premise. Only showing at a few theaters in Chicago so had to truck out here but gonna make it a double feature to maximize my trip.
Worth viewing for the fringe religious horror and staying for the Goggins / Colman combo with a side of Kaitlyn Dever. In fact, the entire cast is pretty good. Not sure why this was panned b/c it’s a decent story of these mountain people and their extreme practices of snake handling as a form of worship. Perhaps it’s the ending which doesn’t really offer any finality to it but leaves it open.
Even tho this isn’t a horror movie by definition those snake handling scenes are effective and gave me anxiety. And Goggins is delightfully scary as the preacher / father.
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