A film becomes a cult classic when it acquires a following outside of mainstream or mass culture. This so-called cult can be defined by a devoted set of fans who proselytize about the movie’s ...

Every movie lover has a favorite “cult classic.” Sometimes called “cult films” or “cult movies,” there is no one definition of a “cult film,” but most broadly, they are films with a dedicated fanbase ...

Brooke Walker grew up in an Arizona church community. Families, side by side, in communion with God and each other. But the church, she says, was actually a cult. Walker spent her formative years, ...

Why can’t we look away from stories about cults? The real story may not be about those who fall prey, but about realizing that we’re all vulnerable to manipulation. From streaming documentaries to ...

Professional cult deprogrammer Rick Alan Ross joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about cults. What makes a cult a cult exactly? What are some signs you’re in one? How do cults ...

People are claiming that a $38 yogurt is making them hotter than ever. It's called Coconut Cult, and it has a cult following on TikTok. It comes in fun flavors and is said to contain clean, simple ...

In videos, TikTok dancers associated with 7M Films, like Miranda Derrick, are bubbly and smiling. Is it possible that they are actually in a cult? According to a civil lawsuit filed March 2023, yes.

It's scary to think about, but you might fall for a cult. Just ask "One Tree Hill" actress Bethany Joy Lenz. Lenz spent 10 years in a religious cult she calls the "Big House Family" – something she ...

As a psychologist, I am a scientist of human behavior. I am accountable to what can be understood scientifically through empiricism. And yet empiricism is not the only method we use to explore reality ...

Defining religion isn’t as simple as it seems. Is it belief in God, a system of rituals, or a cultural tradition? Scholars have debated this for centuries, offering competing definitions from ...