Even if it hadn't been the largest mass suicide on U.S. soil, the deaths of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult in March of 1997 would have been attention-grabbing.
Every aspect of the cult and its demise — from the fascination with Star Trek to its eerie bald leader to the matching death uniforms including Nike Decades to the associations with the Hale-Bopp comet to a rudimentary website that remains up today with its '90s design — was kibble for both serious media attention and late-night comic mockery.
Arriving in a cult-obsessed media landscape that may just be grateful for something that isn't NXIVM-related, HBO Max's Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults is sure to initially frustrate and possibly even bore viewers with an appetite for.
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