A heartbreaking and fascinating look at a terrible tragedy that never sensationalizes and goes to get lengths to present both sides of the argument. A very sad film where you feel terrible for everyone involved.

It's easy to judge others when we are not in the same situation but in this case I felt it was a mix of deeply held religious beliefs, hysteria and group mentality caused the death of this young woman. To make matters worse it almost cost the life of her daughter as well.

I've always found films that tackle the clash between cultures or old world spiritual beliefs vs modern science to be extremely interesting and this is no exception. 4.5/5 stars.

This is a tough movie to watch. And it's even tougher if you have any experience dealing with someone in the throes of a full-on psychotic breakdown. I'm not a spirtiual person, I don't believe in possession or demons. But plenty of people do. And this docudrama consisting of recreations of the actual events combined with real life accounts from some of the people who dealt with the aftermath paints a sobering but fair portrait of a group of people who wanted to help but who fell victim to a group madness that led them to do anything but. I felt crushed when it was all over. That's powerful filmmaking.

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I kind of feel bad every time I put on a documentary in the background while I play ps4 and it turns out to be a harrowing story of how a family was ripped apart. I thought it'd be cool exorcism shit.

Superb and completely devastating. 

(To all my local pals this is streaming on TVNZ on demand) ❤️

I don't normally watch documentaries with a heavy emphasis on re-enactments. The end product is usually just so wooden or stupidly overdramatic that it loses the plot in the interim.

This was well performed, and truly terrifying, an aspect that it probably would've lost if it had simply been talking head interviews.

the fact that this happened so recently makes me so glad i wasn't around 100 years ago. my god. docudrama is powerful, isn't it? i definitely wanted to bawl my eyes out this early in the morning.

Sad, disturbing and well made documentary which poses some interesting and heavy ethical questions.

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I defy you to watch this and have your prejudice remain intact. Powerful and fair.

Based on a true story, this film reflects how far love and fear leads humans actions in the name of their beliefs.

What I expected was something fairly cliché, and perhaps it was to an extent, but what I took away from this doco was a small glimpse into Māori culture and beliefs that has me eager to learn more. It may not be for everyone but for me it was worth a watch, it is refreshing to see other cultures represented in these kind of documentaries/movies.

I kind of feel bad every time I put on a documentary in the background while I play ps4 and it turns out to be a harrowing story of how a family was ripped apart. I thought it'd be cool exorcism shit.

It was really hard to rate this because I don’t know how I feel about the stance the documentary itself is taking. 

I’ll just say this is a tragic story that I didn’t know about, and now I know about it and ....yeah. 

Gonna go for a depression nap now

What a strange film. It’s competently shot but the story and re-enactments are not very great. The info given is sparse and the style feels slow. I feel like it’s meant to mask a story that’s not quite as interesting as it seems.

Documental que habla de los peligros del fanatismo religioso, los dogmas y las supersticiones.

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What the frick.

Dokumentarisch wird in Belief die wahre Geschichte eines Maori-Mädchens erzählt, deren Familie dachten sie sei vom Teufel besessen und sie 4 Tage lang exerzieren, woran sie schlussendlich elendig verendet.
Harter Tobak, dachte erst mich erwartet irgendwas in Richtung *Emily Rose*, erhoffte mir etwas von der herausragenden Qualität des deutschen *Requiem*, bekam aber etwas völlig Anderes. Gerade weil man es hier durch Interviews, Bildmaterial und Rückblicke dokumentarisch nacherzählt und nicht versucht irgendeine Geschichte drumherum zu konstruieren spürt man die komplette Wucht der Geschehnisse. Unglaublich das so etwas heute noch möglich ist.

Not what I expected.
Thought provoking.