31 Day Horror Movie Challenge - Movie #1 The Sacrament

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Happy October everyone!! It's the time of year we horror lovers celebrate all things horror related either through decorations, costumes, blog posting, parties or challenges! For those that follow the blog (thank you) I did the 31 Horror Movie Challenge last year. This year I am still doing the challenge, but I am really challenging myself this time by watching 31 horror movies I have never seen before! So, as usual I will be posting my reviews on the movies I watch and I encourage you to participate. Even if you can't watch 31 horror movies just watching a few you might not have ever watched or had a chance to watch still celebrates the great month of horror.....so, let's get started!


Directed by Ti West (The Innkeepers) The Sacrament tells the story of Peter who discovers that his sister has left the country and moved into a religious community. His boss hears about this and decides that they will film Peter's journey to see his sister and of course things go ire. I understand that this film is based off the Jim Jones story, which is what got me intrigued about this film in the first place. I have read books, viewed documentaries and watched a film based on the tragedy. So, going into this movie I already had a layout of how this film would be. I have to say for a documentary style footage movie it is filmed beautifully, no constant shaky cameras or odd angles that most filmed footage movies have a tendency to do. I also liked that this movie started off on point and stuck with it. A lot of these types of films need to add what I call "fillers" which is a bunch of useless footage to  make you get to know the characters better, most of the time it makes you hate the characters and weighs down the movie and thankfully this movie didn't do any of that. All the scenes worked well and help to weave an eerie tale of madness. Overall, I enjoyed the film, I thought the pace was steady and the acting was pretty top notch. The film was believable because it actually happened and Ti West captured that feeling throughout the film and I have to say this was a great start to this challenge. 
This film is currently available on Netflix. 

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