Review: Q: Into the Storm, directed by Cullen Hoback

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Book Review| November 01 2021 Review: Q: Into the Storm, directed by Cullen Hoback Q: Into the Storm. Directed by Cullen Hoback. HBO Documentary Films, 2021. Television Series, Six Episodes. Joseph P. Laycock Joseph P. Laycock Texas State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2021) 25 (2): 133–136. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2021.25.2.133 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Joseph P. Laycock; Review: Q: Into the Storm, directed by Cullen Hoback. Nova Religio 1 November 2021; 25 (2): 133–136. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2021.25.2.133 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentNova Religio Search Cullen Hoback’s six-part documentary Q: Into the Storm is required viewing for anyone attempting to understand the origins of the QAnon phenomenon. The documentary’s title is a reference to “the storm,” a sort of millennial prophecy in QAnon lore in which Donald Trump and the military will round up a cabal of Satanic pedophiles acting as “the deep state” and publicly execute them. The opening credits to the series feature a computer-rendered moving model of Washington D.C. in the style of Game of Thrones. The model grinds away like a sort of Rube Goldberg machine as lasers begin to shoot out of buildings to form pentagrams and other esoteric symbols. I found this sequence to be a metaphor for the entire series: We still do not understand the purpose of this machine or who set it in motion, but we can at least recognize the major pieces and watch... You do not currently have access to this content.