Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult - Season 1
Seduced follows India Oxenberg's abuse and her own culpability inside the NXIVM cult, an organization marketed as a self-help group.
June 2, 1979 in Houston, Texas, USA
April 7, 1936 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
June 7, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA
November 01, 2020
The Vow is, for me, still a superior unscripted TV show, but Seduced broadens its lens and fills in details, constructing a fuller picture of Keith Raniere and the damage he did via NXIVM.
October 28, 2020
It was packed with great interviews with cult exit counsellors and therapists who had deprogrammed the children of the rich and famous who were inexplicably persuaded.
October 28, 2020
Much of the insidery footage here is similar to that of The Vow, but Seduced's shorter runtime means the clips of, say, Raniere defending rape (it's only abuse if the woman thinks of herself as a victim, he blusters) don't get lost in the bloated shuffle.
October 24, 2020
Seduced is a strong entry into the post-NXIVM narrative, and one that importantly takes us with India through the recovery process.
October 28, 2020
Allied to a series of interviews with cult experts and NXIVM victims, this docuseries is a terrifying portrait of a nefarious organisation moulded by a narcissistic, corrupt individual.
October 28, 2020
Seduced displays the difficult path to healing necessary before some can even begin to reckon with the pain NXIVM caused them.
