Desc: The Cult Next Door: Directed by Vanessa Engle. With Aravindan Balakrishnan, Chanda Balakrishnan, Peter Clement, Paul Flewers. The extraordinary story of the Maoist cult that came to light when 3 women emerged from a small flat in Brixton, South London in 2013. A tiny political sect formed in the 1970s had turned into a bizarre religious cult.