After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard to find. As flashbacks continue to torment her, Martha fails to shake a terrible sense of dread, especially in regard to the cult's manipulative leader.
Acting
Olsen's trembling restraint—every blink tells a story.
Direction
Durkin blurs past and present until you doubt your own perception.
Sound
The silence screams louder than any cult chant.
Director
Sean Durkin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title comes from cult leader Patrick renaming each woman: Martha becomes Marcy May in the house, Marlene when answering phones for 'recruiting.'
Durkin researched real cults including the Manson Family and the Source Family; John Hawkes based Patrick's vocal patterns on an actual cult leader's recorded speeches.
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