Debuting Monday as part of Sundance’s U.S. Documentary Competition, “Holy Hell” is Allen’s first-person story of the 22 years he spent in a West Hollywood cult led by a charismatic ...

Will Allen was in a cult for 22 years. Starting when he was in his early 20s, he lived almost all of his life with the other members of a small spiritual group called The Buddhafield. It was led ...

Allen had spent half his life in the cult when he departed at the age ... When people would leave, he would go break in their homes to get any photos they had. He felt very like no one ...

"Between you and me, I never joined a cult," says Allen, "so I had to capture the evolution of our group into what society considers a cult." Part whistle-blowing documentary, part therapy session ...

As a longtime member of the Buddhafield cult, filmmaker Will Allen manages to capture the group's allure and eventual disillusionment from within. Last year, Sundance pulled a sneaky trick when ...

For 22 years, Allen documented life inside the cult as their videographer. The resulting 35 hours of footage comprises the basis of the documentary Holy Hell, which provides audiences with an ...

For 22 years, Will Allen immersed himself 24/7 in Buddhafield, a Los Angeles cult with hundreds of members and a narcissistic, sociopathic leader named Michel Rostand. The group would live ...