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Jan 25, 1980 · Guyana: Cult of the Damned: Directed by René Cardona Jr.. With Stuart Whitman, Gene Barry, John Ireland, Joseph Cotten. Reverend Jim Jones, the priest of an independent church in the South American country Guyana, orders his followers to commit suicide.
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- Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- René Cardona Jr.
- 1980-01-25
Guyana: Crime of the Century (also known as Guyana: Cult of the Damned) is a 1979 English-language Mexican exploitation drama film written and directed by René Cardona Jr. The film, which was shot in Mexico, is based on the Jonestown Massacre.
This horrific dramatization of the Guyana tragedy traces the steps of Reverend Jim Jones, a highly charismatic, but profoundly paranoid clergyman, who after years of evangelism and good deeds, begins his own church in the mid-western United States.
The movie is a gruesome version of the Jonestown massacre of 1978, so badly written and directed it illustrates a simple rule of movie exhibition: If a film is nauseating and reprehensible enough in the first place, it doesn't matter how badly it's made - people will go anyway.
Guyana, Cult of the Damned. A cult leader (Stuart Whitman) and his followers commit mass suicide after a congressman (Gene Barry) tracks them to South America.
- Rene Cardona Jr.
- Drama
- Stuart Whitman
Aug 24, 2021 · Guyana: Cult of the Damned (aka Guyana: Crime of the Century) is a 1970 Mexican-American exploitation drama written and directed by René Cardona Jr. (Tintorera, The Bermuda Triangle). The film was shot in Mexico, was based on the Jonestown Massacre.
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This horrific dramatization of the Guyana tragedy traces the steps of Reverend Jim Jones, a highly charismatic, but profoundly paranoid clergyman, who after years of evangelism and good deeds, begins his own church in the mid-western United States.
- 107 min
