The film relates the supposed true story of the Cult of the Bryans who took over a small Arizona town in 1993.

The plot revolves around a 32-year-old psychotherapist as he begins to suspect that the local religious cult has been murdering the town's citizens.

Critical reception for the film has been mixed to negative,[2][3] with Dread Central criticizing the film's lack of realism, saying "Watching “found footage” shouldn’t have the viewer asking questions like, “Why is everyone acting so overly evil?”"[4] About.com's Mark Harris negatively reviewed the film, stating that "Bryan is mostly made up of drawn-out moments of inconsequential activity loosely tied together by a scenario that never delivers.

"[5] JoBlo.com reviewed the film positively, giving it three-and-half "Arrows in the Head", and writing that despite the film's resemblance to previous horror works such as Clockwork Orange, the movie "still feels fresh and inventive".

[6] MovieWeb called the film "a masterfully creepy ride through religious fundamentalism gone horribly awry".