Them That Follow (2019)

Set deep in the wilds of Appalachia, where believers handle death-dealing snakes to prove themselves before God, a pastor's daughter holds a secret that threatens to tear her community apart.

Directors:

Britt Poulton, Dan Madison Savage

Writers:

Britt Poulton (as Brittany Poulton), Dan Madison Savage

Stars:

Olivia Colman, Walton Goggins, Kaitlyn Dever

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Olivia Colman	...	Hope
Walton Goggins	...	Lemuel
Kaitlyn Dever	...	Dilly
Alice Englert	...	Mara
Thomas Mann	...	Augie
Lewis Pullman	...	Garret
Jim Gaffigan	...	Zeke
Annie Tedesco	...	Connie Ray
Brooks Roseberry	...	Jed
Bradley Gallo	...	Man in Van
Katherine DeBoer	...	Bridgette
Catherine L. Albers	...	Old Woman (Deb)
Connor Daniel Lysholm	...	Jace
Erik Andrews	...	Harold

Storyline

Deep in Appalachia, Pastor Lemuel Childs (Walton Goggins) presides over an isolated community of serpent handlers, an obscure sect of Pentecostals who willingly take up venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. As his devoted daughter, Mara (Alice Englert) prepares for her wedding day, under the watchful eye of Hope Slaughter (Olivia Colman), a dangerous secret is unearthed and she is forced to confront the deadly tradition of her father's church.

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Plot Keywords:

teenage girl | snake | directorial debut | snake handling | church | 

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Taglines:

We All Have Our Sins

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some disturbing violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Roger Petan has worked in this film with Lewis Pullman and with his father Bill Pullman in Singles.

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Goofs

In amputating Augie's arm, they would have severed the brachial artery and without surgical intervention, he would have died within minutes.

The brachial artery is the major blood vessel of the (upper) arm. It is the continuation of the axillary artery beyond the lower margin of teres major muscle and carries a great deal of blood.

User Reviews

The actors are good but story line, plot, most of dialogue and pacing are horrible

The first 2/3 of this film are very slow paced, interminable burden on the viewer. The last 1/3 is a series of predictable jump scares and tropes. They are shallow and silly, but I guess the point of the first 2/3 is to put you in such a torpor that you fall for the jump scares.

The acting is not bad at all. But over all this just fails on several core levels due to script pacing and hamfisted directing.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 August 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Them That Follow

Filming Locations:

Youngstown, Ohio, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$13,137, 4 August 2019

Gross USA:

$159,218

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$172,952

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amasia Entertainment, G-BASE

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1