Stolen Youth: Inside The Cult At Sarah Lawrence

Every human believe in something, no matter if it is a religion or believe in something spiritual. I have been asked many times over the years what i personally believe in and my answer is very simple. I believe in Universal Soldier with Jean-Clade Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren. This is where i find all the answers to life that i personally have been looking for, especially when Dolph Lundgren´s character Sergeant Andrew Scott prepare to throw a grenade and says:- Are we having fun yet? I don´t think i could get any closer to spirituality than that. I have no problem with people in general who have faith in any specific religion, we should all believe in what we want to. When i think of religion i like to think that most religions are created to be nice towards humans and respect people in general. Unfortunately that is not the case, especially if we are talking about religious cults. There are a lot of very strange religious cults out there who do a lot of crazy things. You have UFO cults who believe Jesus is inside a UFO, and you also have people who believe they are the son of God and you have to have sex with him, to get to God of course. The list is long and we could probably go on forever about what each religious cult believe in. But there is one really good documentary film you should see about one specific religious cult, and that is the documentary film known as Holy Hell from director Will Allen. This is a very fascinating story behind the religious cult known as Buddhafield. The idea behind Buddhafield may have been positive at first, but the real reason of what it was all about was revealed when their male leader Michel used members for his own pleasure, especially having sex with male members while members were not allowed to have sex with each other, only men were allowed to give pleasure to Michel. It is a really insane story from start to finish, so to really understand what happened these years you have to see this film. You can watch Holy Hell on YouTube on the link below: 

https://youtu.be/WGL0SguaYOU

Now and then i try and take a look at documentary films or TV mini series about religious cults, to learn more on how some of them work in society. I recently came across a TV mini series called Stolen Youth: Inside The Cult Of Sarah Lawrence that tells the story of a religious cult at a university that i have never heard about before. Is this a must watch for everyone, or is Stolen Youth not as interesting as i was hoping it would be?

A new group of students begin at Sarah Lawerence College and are looking forward to develope themselves, have fun and discover who they are. But all of that is about to change when the adult man Larry Ray move into the campus to be with his daughter. What happens from here will change everyone´s lives forever.

I have honestly not heard about the case of cult leader Larry Ray ( real name Lawrence Ray ) and how he was able to control so many university students at Saraj Lawrence. When you first hear about him he seems to be a respected man who have done service for the military, but as time goes by you can see that this is a very sick individual. There is no belief any any God or any other religious figure, so Larry is their chosen one as if he was some kind of holy savior. The abuse and humiliation that Larry uses have been seen before in religious cult leaders before, but it is without a doubt sickening to see how he mentally broke all of these young people. We get to hear interviews with the people who lived with Larry and how it all started. The interviews gives a very deep look inside this cult and you understand how it was possible for Larry to contol everyone. It is a very strange behavior by an adult man to move into a university campus to live with students, but he clearly wanted to use them to his own advantage. The fact that the building where these students lived was quite far away from other student room buildings may have helped Larry to plan everything, knowing he wouldn´t be disturbed by other students. There are a few scenes that are horrific to see where you see how Larry abused the young women badly, because he wants them to know how much he cares for them. He also had sex with the women because they needed him, and he knew how to manipulate them. Stolen Youth: Inside The Cult Of Sarah Lawrence is really difficult to watch when you see how one disturbed man destroyed the minds of young people. Director Zack Heinzerling deliver a really powerful TV mini series in 3 episodes that clearly shows the danger of religious cults when sick induviduals take control over people´s minds. If you are very interested in criminal cases and especially very disturbing personalites you should see this TV mini series. Stolen Youth: Inside The Cult At Sara Lawrence will definetely affect you, more than you could imagine.

Rating: DDDD