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The Thuggee
The Cult: The Thuggee spend most of their time in a massive underground cave, devoting sweat, blood and tears to Kali, (the Hindu goddess of death).
How To Join : It appears that you just need to be uncommonly evil.
An all-consuming hatred of children should help, too.
Real World Equivalent: The Thuggee cult actually existed in India right up until the twentieth century, where the hooligans were mostly involved in robbing and murdering travellers. Thoroughly unpleasant.
Summersisle #1
The Cult: The inhabitants of Summersisle are an odd bunch. Far removed from society, they have reverted back to the Pagan way of life, worshipping soil, goats, wombs, that sort of thing.
How To Join: You need to be OK with walking around in the nip. And singing, there's lots of singing.
Whatever you do, don't mention Christianity.
Real World Equivalent: If the members of Castaway 2000 had been left on that island any longer, they'd probably've sacrificed Ben Fogle a long time ago.
Summersisle #2
The Cult: In the 2006 remake, Summersisle is inhabited by an extreme matriarchal society, whose practises don't seem to make much sense, even at the film's conclusion.
How To Join: You need to be female, and you need to float around looking pretty with a dreamy, vacant expression.
Real World Equivalent: It's pretty much just a rather extreme form of feminism. Bloody feminists.
The Neighbourhood Watch Alliance
The Cult: *Spoiler Alert!* A group of the Sandford's most toffee-nosed fuddy-duddies join forces to make sure the village remains the nation's best.
How To Join: Just make sure you keep your geraniums well pruned and invest in a creepy hooded cloak. And a shotgun.
Real World Equivalent: It's likely that the NWA is inspired by the Freemasons, a secret organisation made up of the most influential members of society. They get things done.
The Hunters
The Cult: When their plane crashes on an island, a group of boys are left stranded. Without any grown-ups around, they form their own micro-societies.
How To Join: You have to be about 12, and filled with an insatiable bloodlust.
Real World Equivalent: There aren't any known examples of child-only cults, but this could make a jolly good Shipwrecked special.
Crumb's Crunchy Delights
The Cult: An intergalactic fast-food company descend upon Earth. It turns out they want humans to be their dish of the day.
How To Join: It seems easy enough - Frank, from the The Astro Investigation and Defence Service (AIDS) managed to fit in well enough, just by drinking the sick.
Real World Equivalent: It's an almost minute-for-minute reenactment of a Scientology meeting! Haha, that was a joke.
The Children
The Cult: When Isaac, a boy-preacher, arrives in the sleepy town of Gatlin, Nebraska, everything changes.
All that effort to keep the corn yield up. They must really like corn. We'd probably just get some Green Giant.
How To Join: Like The Lord Of The Flies boys, there's an age limit. And it's pretty strict.
Real World Equivalent: We wouldn't put it past those kids down our road. They've got bricks in their pockets.
The Sisterhood
The Cult: It might be more of a coven , but we're pretty sure their parents would call it a cult.
They're pretty cultish: They're ritualistic, chanty, symbol-worshipping nutcases.
How To Join: Got to be a bit magic. And feel sorry for yourself a lot.
Real World Equivalent: Goths (they wish).
The Jedi
The Cult: Jedi-ism is a tricky one. They have a temple, and they have an internal hierarchy. So it could be a religion - though its exclusivity suggests you've got to be "chosen". Sounds cult-ish to us.
Real World Equivalent: Well, if you count the fact that 0.8% of the British population classed themselves as Jedi in the 2001 census, there are more Jedi in the UK than there are Sikhs, Jew, or Buddhists.
The Order
The Cult: A religious group who shelter in the abandoned church. They live in fear of "the demon", and are no strangers to ritual witch-burning and other nasty practises.
How To Join: Move to Silent Hill and have a really terrible life.
Real World Equivalent: We've had worse experiences in Reading on a Saturday night.
The People of Skull Island
The Cult: It's little wonder the people of Skull Island are a bit loopy.
They soldier on, though. They worship lovely Kong, and feed him people.
How To Join: You've got to be comfortable with wearing tiny leaves to cover your bits.
Real World Equivalent: Naturists. Although they're usually a peaceful people. Skull Islanders are mental.
Covington Village Folk
The Cult: *Another Spoiler Alert!*
How To Join: You've got to be born into this one, really. Unless you're really crazy and just want to join in for a laugh.
Real World Equivalent: The Amish, probably, for their reluctance to conform to the trappings of technology and the modern way of life. At least most Covington folk have never even heard of KFC, so there's nothing to crave.
The Lisbon Sisters
The Cult: Possibly the most exclusive of all the movie cults, the Lisbon sisters are a really, really creepy one.
How To Join: You have to be female. And a Lisbon. We doubt you're eligible.
Real World Equivalent: The Nolan sisters are pretty creepy. It's those dead, soulless eyes. Their new album's out now!
The Bright And Shiny Cult
The Cult: When Jake Gyllenhaal's Jimmy runs away in a giant bubble (he has his reasons), he comes across the Bright and Shiny bus.
How To Join: Put your hair in bunches and get your teeth whitened.
Real World Equivalent: They're isanely happy - a bit like Mormons, if Mormons travelled around in a bus and ate nothing but sherbert dips.
The cult-tastic Horsemen is released exclusively on DVD and Blu-ray on 19th October.
