The Sacrament (2013 film)

The Sacrament
Film festival theatrical poster
Directed byTi West
Written byTi West
Produced byEli Roth
Jacob Jaffke
Peter Phok
Christopher Woodrow
Molly Conners
Starring
CinematographyEric Robbins
Edited byTi West
Music byTyler Bates
Production
companies
Distributed byMagnolia Pictures
Release dates
  • September 3, 2013 (2013-09-03) (Venice Film Festival)
  • May 1, 2014 (2014-05-01) (United States)
Running time
99 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$9,221[2][3]

The Sacrament is a 2013 American found footage horror film written and directed by Ti West.[4] A. J. Bowen and Joe Swanberg play VICE journalists who document their co-worker's (Kentucker Audley) attempt to locate his sister (Amy Seimetz) after she joins a reclusive religious commune. The film's plot is inspired by the real-life events of the Jonestown Massacre of 1978.[5]

  1. ^ "The Sacrament (2013) (15)". British Board of Film Classification. June 27, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  2. ^ "The Sacrament". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "The Sacrament". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  4. ^ "Ti West's THE SACRAMENT Gets a Release Date!". Ain't It Cool. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  5. ^ Tilly, Chris (December 10, 2013). "CULT FILM". IGN. Retrieved December 23, 2013.