cult
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The star, whose real name was Vincent Belorgey, enjoyed a slow-burning cult hit with his 2010 track Nightcall, which soundtracked the opening credits to the stylish neo-noir crime movie Drive, starring Ryan Gosling.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Racking up buckets of saves sent Billy Wagner and Trevor Hoffman to the Hall of Fame and turned flamethrowers like Mitch “Wild Thing” Williams and Eric “Game Over” Gagne into cult figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Like “Possession,” Anderson’s 1997 space horror, “Event Horizon,” took its time becoming a cult classic.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 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
Wagner provided his cult with the solemn act of devotion, purification and veneration that is Parsifal.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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
But cults are generally led by charlatans, so that’s not surprising.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
If you’re endlessly fascinated by cults and crave another documentary dose, this month brings two very different offerings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
But any study of cults involves some documentary boilerplate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
There are the tone cults, of course, dressing in sackcloth and worshiping sonic vibrations—but like so many things in our world, they seek to imitate what once was.
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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