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* ''[[Silent Hill (film)|Silent Hill]]'' has a Manichean-type religion with Puritanical Christian overtones and apparently worships a goddess. It is not the same cult from the [[Silent Hill|game series]].

 

* [[Names to Run Away From|The Doomsday Group]] in ''[[Maximum Ride]]''.

* The cult of Ravinia in ''[[The Pendragon Adventure]]'''s ninth book, ''Raven Rise''.

* The cult led by L. Bob Rife (an apparent portmanteau of Ross Perot and [[L. Ron Hubbard]]) in [[Neal Stephenson]]'s ''[[Snow Crash]].''

* The [[Religion of Evil]] cults in the short stories ''Under the Pyramids'', ''The Horror at Red Hook'' and ''The Call of Cthulhu'' by [[H.P. Lovecraft]].

* ''[[The War Against the Chtorr]]''. The renegades led by Jason Delandro, who worship the alien invaders.

* The Christians are regarded this way by [[Marcus Didius Falco]], a [[Private Detective]] in [[Ancient Rome]].

** There is also a New Doctor Who book which features a cult based around a horrible picture of a clown. The whole book is, essentially, a very paranoid and more than slightly creepy rant about religion (but specifically Christianity). The book's entire message is, literally, "Be very very afraid of [[You Fail Religious Studies Forever|what I imagine religion to be]]".

 

* On ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'': the Go'auld Seth, after spending a long time as a disembodied symbiote in a canopic jar, takes a new host and tries to found a new religion to worship him as in days of old. It takes the shape of a typical TV cult, complete with police stand-off.

* ''[[Law & Order|Law and Order]]'', during an investigation of a bombing, turned up a cult in the middle of Manhattan worshiping a con-man as a new messiah. He was a semi-delusional fraud; as he was convicted, he used thumbtacks to give himself stigmata. His entire "flock" killed themselves hours later.

* In the ''[[Starsky and Hutch]]'' episode "Bloodbath", Starsky is abducted by the followers of the memorably creepy Simon Marcus.

 

* Dogbert in ''[[Dilbert]]'' started his own cult on one occasion:

{{quote|'''Dilbert:''' I think you've taken this cult idea of yours too far.

* The Order of the Neo Solar Temple in [[CHIKARA]]. Led by UltraMantis Black, They've been known for brainwashing and converting enemies. The crowd usually bows to them when they enter, even.

 

* Everywhere in [[Warhammer 40,000]]. Most are devoted to the Chaos Gods, or are set up by [[Face Full of Alien Wingwong|Genestealers]] to call down the [[Horde of Alien Locusts|Tyranid hive fleets]]. But the "[[Black and Gray Morality|good guys]]" have them too - there are many cults dedicated to the Emperor in unorthodox but non-heretical ways, while [[Super Soldier|Space Marine]] Chapters tend to incorporate their Primarch or the beliefs of their homeworld into their religious practices. Naturally, the [[Church Militant|Inquisition's Ordo Hereticus]] keeps a close eye on these tolerated cults.

** In the skirmish game ''[[Necromunda]]'', using a 40K variant and set on the eponymous planet, a player's force could belong to the Redemptionist Crusade, a sect that relates to the normal Emperor-Worshipping Imperial Citizens (you know, dogmatic, intolerant, heretic-burning, etc.) about in the same way that David Koresh-style sects relate to standard Evangelical Christianity. They are TOO fanatic even for Imperial Society, and hence are outlaws to be killed on sight.

* A few pop up in the Freedom City setting for ''[[Mutants and Masterminds]]'', mainly dedicated to [[Hollywood Voodoo|Baron Samedi]] and [[Eldritch Abomination|the Unspeakable One]].

 

* The Cabal in ''[[Blood]]'', and 100 years later Cabalco (essentially the same cult disguised as a multinational coporation).

* The ancient Pagan-Supernatural-Judeo-Christian-Kabbalistic mishmash cult from the ''[[Silent Hill]]'' series. Though it's rather overlooked in the second game, the first game explains it in great detail, and in the third game, {{spoiler|being a chronological sequel to the first}}, that same cult becomes a very important part of the storyline.

 

 

* [[MAG-ISA]]—The antagonists are part of a fictional cult known as [http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119615 ''The Order'']. Their belief system is a mixture of Christianity and New Age beliefs.

* In the [[Backstory]] of ''[[Last Res0rt]]'', Arikos's crimes stem from leading a cult of Talmi who believed that he could turn them (back) into humans. In truth, Arikos used the cult as a means to produce his Celeste offspring, and not only killed off any "failed" offspring , but also any members of the cult who had outlived their usefulness (specifically older members who could no longer work / bear children) throughout the process.

* Nutritionists form a cult around a “Lemonade” soda sticker in ''[[Romantically Apocalyptic]]''.

 

* The Hymn of One in ''[[Lonelygirl15]]'', which was [[Path of Inspiration|actually a front]] for an evil organisation. The Hymn of One also appears in ''[[Kate Modern]]'', which portrays it in a slightly more sympathetic (though still villainous) light.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131101012457/http://www.featherlessbiped.com/filk/evilfilk.htm Here] one more sinister assembly is revealed in the best tradition of Cult Investigation (and they [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|use the dandelion as their symbol]]!).

* Rarity in ''[[Friendship Is Witchcraft]]'' belongs to one that worships the [[Eldritch Abomination]] [[Blob Monster|Smooze]]. Fluttershy is the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|colt]] leader.

 

* On ''[[Family Guy]]'', Meg is drawn into a cult based almost completely on the Heaven's Gate. Although she's got no idea it's a cult. And then there's Peter founding his own, though short-lived (and more benign), cult.

* The Movementarians on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' drew the titular family, and most of Springfield, into a collective based on worshiping a UFO. (They made them eat lima beans, although a diet of low-nutrition gruel was used to break down hard cases. Homer compensated by eating an entire month's supply.)

 

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