The scariest movie since The Bababook is not It Follows. It’s this comprehensive expose of the Church of Scientology by documentarian Alex Gibney. Chronicling its origins as a moneymaking enterprise by hack conman L. Ron Hubbard it shows how since his death it has carried on dodging the taxman and making life hell for the people it preys on. This is the same ideology and tactics of any of the 20th century worst tyrants only on a smaller scale and the most chilling statistic is that the organization has fewer members than ever—and its biggest profits. HBO’s Going Clear is an act of bravery.
Going Clear