Film Review – The Sacrament

Reviewed at Fantastic Fest 2013

Writer/director Ti West has made quite an impression in the horror genre
where many of his contemporaries have failed. With 2009’s “The House of
the Devil” and 2011’s “The Innkeepers,” West successfully reworked
formula to fit his own vision for chills, showing a healthy amount of
invention in an industry that’s content to refuse such ambition. “The
Sacrament” is a slight detour from the boogeyman routine, taking on the
reverberation of a real-world nightmare as West dramatizes the Jonestown
incident from 1978. However, instead of pushing the heavily reported
story in a fresh direction, the helmer clings to the basics of
manipulation and sacrifice, keeping “The Sacrament” predictable,
cranking up violence and extended scenes of suffering to help the
picture leave the audience with a lasting bruise. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com