The Veil is a 2016 American supernatural horror film directed by Phil Joanou and written by Robert Ben Garant, and starring Jessica Alba, Lily Rabe, Aleksa Palladino, Reid Scott, and Thomas Jane.

After setting up camp for the night, Sarah wakes from a nightmare to find that the grip, Ed, has disappeared with their van.

The group watches the lost tapes, in which Jim Jacobs, the quasi-Christian occultist leader of Heaven's Veil, describes how he uncovered the secret to eternal life though alchemy.

Sarah holds a seance to communicate with her mother, who demands that she convince the filmmakers to stay at the house.

In the final reel, Jim reveals that the poison administered to the cult members was supposed to be counteracted by the antidote.

When the team felt found footage had run its course, Robert Ben Garant re-wrote his script to make it more traditional.

Jane was inspired by religious leaders Jim Jones and David Koresh, but he also mixed in elements of a rock star.

Joanou said the conversion from found footage format left him little time to complete the film, as the scenes became necessarily more complex.

[5] In February 2014, it was announced that Universal Pictures would be distributing the film, a part of their first-look deal with Blumhouse Productions.

Citing Jane's acting, Hanley concluded, "Overall, even if it doesn't fully connect, The Veil is an ultimately-fascinating horror effort that is worth a watch.

"[13] Staci Layne Wilson of Dread Central rated it 3/5 stars and wrote, "The Veil could have been a truly-scary supernatural thriller about the power of a collective consciousness, but instead it's just a halfway-decent time waster that's mostly memorable for Jane's performance.

"[14] Jim Hemphill of Filmmaker praised the film as "one of the best American suspense thrillers of the last ten years.