Red State made me cringe.
Not because it was jump out of your seat scary.
Not because it was close your eyes gruesome.
Not even because it was horribly cruel (though it was).
Though it was scary, it was gruesome, and it was utterly cruel, Red State, made me cringe be cause it was 100% believable. The film is basically about a wacked out cult, set on sending sinners to hell, and doing "the lord's work" by condemning different people groups as they see fit. The film opens by giving the viewer a glimpse at the group holding picket signs outside a funeral home as a homosexual student is laid to rest after having been murdered. The viewer later ventures into the group's chapel, on a secluded commune, and gets a chance to hear the pastor deliver a sermon that sounds both deranged and familiar.
Throughout the movie, the viewer comes to despise both the good guys and the bad guys in this film, and is left contemplating the reality of the situation at hand. Hmm....
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