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Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult review
This tale of the Studio 54 stunner-turned-extraterrestrial who lured models to his Manhattan apartment for sex, money – or to give them mint face masks – is fascinating … yet fails to explain quite why so many believed his baloney
TL;DR
- The documentary "Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult" examines Frederick von Mierers, who led a cult targeting models in the 1980s.
- Von Mierers claimed to be a vessel for an extraterrestrial being from Arcturus, using this persona to gain followers.
- The cult, Eternal Values, involved practices such as financial exploitation, psychological manipulation via "slamming sessions," and required participation in sexual acts.
- A key witness, former model Hoyt Richards, shares his story of disillusionment and the pain of realizing he abandoned his life for the cult.
- The film struggles to explain the psychological underpinnings of why individuals joined the cult, despite the leader's obvious charlatanism.
- The documentary suggests that individuals involved, including the leader, may have been affected by feelings of loss or being lost in early adulthood.
- Hoyt Richards now works as an exit counselor, attempting to help cult members understand their situation.