Mexican director Rene Cardona Jr. brings us the unauthorized story of Jim Jones and his famous Jonestown suicide cult. Being unauthorized basically just means that they changed Jones' name to James Johnson. I'm not exactly sure how close to reality the gay rape as punishment and torture of children as discipline are but I'm sure it's possible. This did get released only a year after the actual tragedy and is ostensibly an exploitation movie and not a history lesson so that's probably a good way to view it. Unfortunately the version I own of this cuts down some of the more lurid scenes. I'm guessing the version with the CULT OF THE DAMNED might be the more complete cut. Either way though it's way too long at 107 minutes cut or 115 minutes uncut with a lot of down time. Also everyone knowing the ending makes it less than spectacular when it finally occurs. It was nice to see Yvone "Lily Munster" DeCarlo as Johnson's henchwoman though.
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