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[DVD Review] Reflect On Your Sins With ‘Holy Ghost People’
In the case of Charlotte, a barmaid, the guilt over her former drug addict sister’s disappearance has her on a mission to save her. The problem lies in that her sister, Liz, has been saved – by the Church of One Accord. Run by a man named Billy, Charlotte makes her way to find Liz with the aid of bar regular Wayne, who is fighting demons of his own. The two think infiltrating the cult like compound will be an easy in and out mission, but they end up being brainwashed in their own ways by the congregation as their own faults are revealed.
Holy Ghost People works on a deep level. If one thinks about their own life too much, the minor “sins” they have committed can become uncontrollably heavy on the heart. This is definitely an area where religion is effective. Desperation can evolve one’s thinking to the point that salvation is only found in the form of a spiritual journey. While that’s not a slasher with a knife, it can definitely inflict fear and severe wounds if someone doesn’t keep with reality and just how human beings exist. We are monsters, plain and simple, and we do things we just have to live with. Chanting a prayer may be comforting, but in the end, as the movie shows, we just have to keep truckin’.
The Holy Ghost People DVD has a bunch of deleted scenes that weren’t really necessary to begin with. The film itself is where the buy value is. If you can think deeply and reflect on your own misconduct in life while watching a movie, you may just enjoy it.
After scaring up a strong theatrical run, Oddity director Damian McCarthy’s Hokum heads home to Digital this week.
Settle in for a spooky supernatural chiller as Hokum arrives on all Digital platforms to rent or own beginning June 2, followed by a Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD Combo and DVD release on August 11, 2026.
Adam Scott (“Severance”) stars in Hokum as reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman. When he retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance draw Ohm into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his past.
Peter Coonan (“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness”), David Wilmot (“Station Eleven”), Florence Ordesh (“Departure”), Michael Patric (“Frontier”), Will O’Connell (“Game of Thrones”), Brendan Conroy (“Bodkin”), and Austin Amelio (“The Walking Dead”) also star.
Get a peek at the upcoming physical media release below, including a few special features.
Spooky Pictures’ Roy Lee (Weapons) & Steven Schneider (Insidious) produce alongside Image Nation’s Derek Dauchy (Late Night with the Devil), Tailored Film’s Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, & Mairtín de Barra, and Cweature Features’ Ken Kao & Josh Rosenbaum.
I wrote in my review for Bloody Disgusting, “A quaint Irish hotel with a deeply haunted history awaits an American writer in McCarthy’s third outing, continuing his streak for folkloric tales of supernatural karma and spine-tingling terror with a dark sense of humor.”
What’s next from Damian McCarthy? He’s currently writing a haunted house movie, but recent comments suggest he may be moving into other genres beyond that upcoming project.
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