God Told Me To (1976)
- Directed by
- Larry Cohen
- Genre
- horror film, science fiction film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 159 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A religious New York police detective investigates a series of random murders and attacks. The suspects all claim God told them to kill. The detective looks into a cult leader who may have psychic influence and also finds clues about his own mysterious birth.
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What happens
God Told Me To (released in some theatrical markets as Demon) is a 1976 science fiction horror film written, directed, and produced by Larry Cohen. Like many of Cohen's films, it was shot on location in New York City and incorporates aspects of the police procedural. The film depicts sniper attacks, mass stabbings, mass shootings, and familicides performed by seemingly normal people, who all claim that God told them to kill. A religious NYPD detective suspects that the perpetrators were influenced by a cult leader with apparent psychic powers. During the investigation, the detective also investigates his own past and the identity of his birth mother. He discovers that both he and the cult leader were the result of mysterious virgin births. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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