THE SACRAMENT Interview: Gene Jones — collider.com

Available now on VOD and arriving in select theaters this weekend is The Sacrament, Ti West‘s horrific look at the final hours of the Jonestown inspired cult, Eden Parish, as told through the lens of a VICE documentary.  As the affable cult leader “Father”, Gene Jones delivers a performance that is equal parts engrossing and repellent.  In his standout scene Father sits down in front of his congregation with AJ Bowen‘s journalist, Sam, for a lengthy interview where he reveals himself as a powerfully charismatic and all together convivial man, yet unmistakably shrewd with an ever present threat of menace.  Father is the proverbial razor-filled candy bar incarnate, and he’s one of the best on-screen villains in recent memory.  The Sacrament also stars Joe Swanberg, Amy Seimetz, and Kentucker Audley.

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