Holy Ghost People (1967)

★★★★★ · great movie · Mallory Ann · 2010-05-05

I'm writing a paper on this subject and this has to be the best movie about it. Most have a judgmental tone about what the people do and how it's wrong because it's not how they worship. I'm glad that my instructor recommended this to me.

★★★★★ · eerie · punkfrog · 2006-01-29

A look into the christian cults of the american backwaters. Well done.

★★★★★ · There are all sorts of indigenous people. · nighthouse66 · 2013-11-20

I come from the south, and i went to a church like this (except we didn't handle snakes). people spoke in tongues, threw each other around, pounded on the pulpits and frothed at the mouth. i found it fascinating and bizarre even then. as time has gone on i have counted myself luckier and luckier to have witnessed the pentecostal people firsthand. and i also realize that, just as another reviewer pointed out, this is in fact an indigenous cultural phenomenon just like anything else you would read about in national geo. just because it is american, and christian, many people overlook this. all…

★★★★★ · Nice and non-judgmental · bestpbx · 2009-06-06

I do not practice Christianity the way these folks do. But, it was very interesting to watch and I like that the film does not make fun of these people for their belifs. They seem like very sweet people.

★★★★★ · all religion is a form of mental illness · jenjon · 2013-01-12

If you ever doubted the lunacy and self delusionary nature of religious belief this movie might help convince you. Talking in tongues is a learnt behavior in response to group peer pressure. I know because I've been there and done it. Although the pentacostals are a little more theatrical than mainstream church goers the basic group madness and denial of reality is shared by all the religionist wackadoodles.

★★★★ · Yay! Snakes! Wee! · Spuzz · 2013-04-25

YEARS ago on the archive, there were quite a number of videos (not film) set in the Appalachian mountains about religion, music and just general townswpeople, but mostly it was about religion, and I found that INCREDIBLY fascinating, full of speaking in tongues, faith healing, baptisms, and other fun stuff (and a few boring things). They've dissapeared (maybe because I gave some damning reviews to some of them), but they've always stuck out in my mind as some of the most unique vids ever on the archive. The Holy Ghost People is similar to these, maybe a wee bit more talky, grainy and…