Savage Messiah

2002 "He promised them... Love, Healing, SALVATION"
6.3| 1h34m| R| en| More Info
Released: 26 April 2002 Released
Producted By: Astral Films
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Savage Messiah is a docudrama about Roch "Moïse" Thériault, the charismatic former leader of a small religious group based near Burnt River, Ontario, Canada. Between 1977 and 1989 he held sway over as many as 12 adults and 26 children. He used all of the nine women as concubines, and probably fathered most of the children in the group. During his reign, Thériault mutilated several members. His major crime was to kill Solange Boilard, his legal wife, by disembowelment while trying to perform surgery on her. He was arrested for assault in 1989, and convicted of murder in 1993. Along with Clifford Olsen and Paul Bernardo, Thériault is considered one of Canada's most notorious criminals.

Genre

Drama, Thriller

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Director

Mario Philip Azzopardi

Production Companies

Astral Films

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Micransix Crappy film
filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.
Candida It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
andre_linoge-1 Although I have yet to view this movie, the comments tell me that it is a "must see". I am a writer in the horror genre, and, in order to write horror I must research for my works. In my personal opinion, Charles Manson, whom I've read about in many books and have seen the movie Helter Skelter, is an altar boy in comparison with many of the serial killers who have come and gone. This Roch Thériault seems like the person that Manson wanted to be but didn't have the cajones to be. Alain Légère aka the Terror of Miramichi is another Canadian serial killer that makes Manson seem like a boy scout. I will have to rent this movie to get a better understanding of Roch Thériault - the man.
info-590 I happen to know that this film was shot in about 18 days and was extremely low budget. This makes you appreciate even greater the talent of the director who obviously had very few tools to play around with, except for the actors. This is a powerfull film which has been powerfully directed. My marks are 8+ out of 10 and the only reason why I do not give it full marks is because it deserved some more money to be put on screen, and then it would have been so much greater I'm sure.
mikelaurie Luc Picard gives a convincing performance as a crazy leader of a small Canadian cult. Based on a true story a crazy cult leader who views himself as a messiah, and brain washes nine women into being his wives and slaves. A local children's aid worker takes on the cult leader to the save the children and women he is abusing.
BigStick88 This movie touched me very deeply. Without no doubts the best performance from Luc Picard. I really think that he deserves a Jutra for that part; he really was."The Savage Messiah" for me; the kind of man you would be afraid of.Thanks Luc. Nine out of ten.