cult start 20 year ago on the quinling mountain range and southern china a a guy call owen quinlin ( robert berson ) find an ancient amulet say to have magical power and cut to california where quinlin have set up a cult and the member be about to sacrifice themselves when one of them ( cazzy golomb ) foil his evil scheme . jump forward to the present day a five college student and mindy ( rachel miner ) and cassandra ( taryn man ) and bailey ( glenn dunk ) and alex ( joel michaely ) and morgan ( victoria venegas ) be research the event of twenty year ago that have become know a the quinling massacre for a school project . unfortunately morgan decides to kill herself which unleash the evil spirit of owen quinlin for reason that be rather tenuous and he set about complete what he start all those year ago by claim soul so he can finally inherit the magical power of the amulet for his own evil use . edit and co produce and direct by joe knee this be not a good film and that be kind to it . the script by benjamin oren which seem to take itself very seriously be a dour supernatural tale about a cult leader who come back from the dead to finish what he start a few year prior and a you would expect the character involve now have link to what happen all those year ago and it as dull a it sound . the character be bland and forgettable and the dialogue just as much so and there no proper horror or exploitation in it and it slow go at time and it predictable and it clichéd and it go completely off the rail at the end and doesn not make much sense when you think about it . the story never grip or engage you and it never excite or particularly interesting and i would struggle to even call it average . there be very little here by which i could recommend cult and do not bother with this one . director knee do alright but the film have that bland shot on video make for tv look about it and it utterly forgettable and flat stuff throughout . there no scare and there no atmosphere and it lack any tension . there be no gore either and sure there a fair amount of blood splatter but no proper actual special make up effect gore scene . with a supposed budget of about $ 950 and 000 cult look cheap although it not a badly make a some low budget horror film i have see recently . the act isn not even worth mention . cult be a poor film that do not do anything for me and i would struggle to call this average . there be much good horror film out there .