Prophet's Prey

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Prophet's Prey

2015

1h 28m

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Filmmaker Amy Berg sheds light on the sexual, financial and spiritual abuses heaped upon members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by their former leader, Warren Jeffs.

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Prophet's Prey finds documentarian Amy Berg striking again at evil masquerading as righteousness -- and, as she did with Deliver Us from Evil, hitting her targets with impressive precision.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

05/30/2016

The sadness and hopelessness of the story becomes overwhelming.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

10/01/2015

Berg has a secret weapon in the sermons Jeffs recorded for his flock: his bland, droning voice epitomizes the banality of evil.

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Kerry Lengel

Arizona Republic

10/01/2015

3.5/5

A chilling portrait of a megalomaniac.

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Morgan Rojas

Cinemacy

11/09/2018

What results is a riveting documentary, an unintentional horror film that exposes what truly goes on behind the doors of one of the world's most evasive religious sects.

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Roger Catlin

rogercatlin.com

10/13/2015

What's shocking about the film, which is as effective in its way as HBO's Scientology expose, Going Clear is how widespread his ugly cult still is.

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Christopher Lawrence

Las Vegas Review-Journal

10/08/2015

Just in time for Halloween, Showtime is unleashing one of the creepiest, most depraved characters you'll ever see on television: Warren Steed Jeffs.

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12/22/2020

Its sad that people seem to think they need other humans to lead them spiritually. NO ONE NEEDS THAT.

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eduardo b

@Eduardohsb 04/26/2016

The story needed to be told and Warren Jeffs is a monster. But his followers were so stupid and everyone's motivation was so twisted that I can't help but think this should have been the main topic of this documentary. It felt overly long and all the blame was pointed solely on Warren Jeffs' direction while it is clear everyone there was to blame.

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03/25/2016

This is a really well done and interesting documentary for those interested in the subject matter.

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11/14/2015

Wow, what an amazing story. For me no clear demarcation between good vs. evil or right from wrong. Too easy to say William Jeffs is simply a perverted pedophile as he is depicted. The emotional control and power he and his doctrine have over his faithful is incredible as is the fact that so many thousands allow themselves to be dominated and controlled in such a manner. William Jeffs himself is eerily otherworldly. Could go on for hours regarding all the issues involved here. An amazing story.

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11/08/2015

Interesting but not great.

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11/02/2015

disturbing to my core. how Warren Jeff was able to manipulate and control many innocent children and believers is beyond my comprehension...especially with modern accessibility to information in everything.

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Amy Berg sheds light on the sexual, financial and spiritual abuses heaped upon members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by their former leader, Warren Jeffs.

Director: Amy Berg
Producer: Katherine LeBlond
Screenwriter: Nick Cave
Production Co: Artemis Rising Films, Imagine Entertainment, Showtime Documentary Films, Disarming Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 29, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.5K
Runtime: 1h 28m