From writer/directors Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage, the indie drama Them That Follow is set deep in Appalachia, where Pastor Lemuel Childs (Walton Goggins) presides over a Pentecostal sect of serpent handlers. At the same time, his devoted daughter, Mara (Alice Englert), is preparing for her wedding day while also being forced to confront the fact that a dangerous secret could put her directly at odds with the traditions of her family and community. At the film’s Los Angeles press day, Collider got the opportunity to sit down and chat 1-on-1 with actress Alice Englert …

From writer/directors Britt Poulton and Dan Savage, the indie drama Them That Follow is set deep in Appalachia, where Pastor Lemuel Childs (Walton Goggins) presides over a Pentecostal sect of serpent handlers. At the same time, his devoted daughter, Mara (Alice Englert), is preparing for her wedding day while also being forced to confront the fact that a dangerous secret could put her directly at odds with the traditions of her family and community. At the film’s Los Angeles press day, Collider got the opportunity to sit down and chat 1-on-1 with actor Walton Goggins about …

1091 has released the Them That Follow trailer. The upcoming thriller is set in Appalachia and follows Mara (Alice Englert), who is torn between a secret love affair with a fellow church member (Thomas Mann) and following the wishes of her father and pastor (Walton Goggins), who presides over a community of serpent handlers. I caught the movie at Sundance earlier this year and was a bit let down by it. The cast is terrific, but as I said in my review: Them That Follow is more like a soap opera with dramatic secrets and love triangles, but without any …

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If you are reading this movie review, you are in all likelihood not a member of a Pentecostal snake handling church. I am certainly not a member of a Pentecostal snake handling church. Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage’s Them That Follow centers on the members of a Pentecostal snake handling church in Appalachia, but after the film is over, you won’t feel like you have a better understanding of these people or their beliefs. Them That Follow offers a unique setting and the kind of characters we don’t normally see in movies, and yet Poulton and …