cult
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Like “Possession,” Anderson’s 1997 space horror, “Event Horizon,” took its time becoming a cult classic.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
No wonder he was a cult figure with supporters.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
A revamped vampire tale: The Lost Boys, one of the 1980s’ campiest cult classics, just got adapted into a Broadway musical.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2026
Stalin’s death in 1953 sparked a succession fight and ultimately a process of “de-Stalinization” that dismantled his personality cult and program of mass terror.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
They sounded like some other secret cult thing.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
But as with most cults, it is very secretive, and Swaine ran up against a brick wall — until he found a whistleblower who had a cache of documents.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
In other words, cults are as American as McDonald’s apple pie.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Perhaps a book that couched Castaneda’s story more deeply in the context of the ’70s counterculture and the nature of cults past and present would make his story clearer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Since Niyazov's death in 2006, successive presidents -- Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and his son Serdar -- have kept the system in place, along with the cults of personality and grand architecture.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
The more extreme tone cults try to burn their deadish, to make it permanent, but ambudrones usually get to them first.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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World Religions
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The Ancient Period, Before 600 BCE
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