A Young Cult Member Turns Against Her Flock In 'The Other Lamb'
Polish director Malgorzata Szumowska's film about a young woman (Raffey Cassidy) questioning her place in a remote religious cult wears its broad allegory on its (woolen) sleeve.
by Scott Tobias
Apr 02, 2020
3 minutes
If you're going to put yourself at the head of a modern-day religious cult, you have to look the part, and Michiel Huisman, as the fanatical "Shepherd" in the horror-adjacent drama , is right out of Central Casting. As the self-appointed leader of "The Flock," a rogue sect in search of "Eden" in the Pacific Northwest, Huisman looks like the cover model for , Christ-like in his beard and flowing locks, but with an unmistakably, so his allure is ironclad and battle-tested.
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