Cult horror films (as in films about cults) are a dime a dozen, it seems, and with good reason! Not only are cults inherently terrifying, but there are some amazing things you can do with eldritch gods, blood rituals, the whole nine yards. In his new horror feature, The Behemoth (which had its world premiere at the 2025 HARD:LINE Film Festival), director Kai Edmund Bogatzki crafts a unique take on the cult horror film, flipping the script on genre tropes and imbuing this nasty story with as much blood as an indie horror film can spare.