Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was on TV yesterday, and just for the fun of it I looked up thuggee:
http://www.answers.com/topic/thuggee
Apparently the movie was only "true" to the word and the name of the goddess; it certainly didn't follow the prescribed methods of murder given.
tsuwm, it was nice to see your listing!

Geez, I HATE it when people misrepresent religious practices.....

Geez, I HATE it when people misrepresent religious practices.....
That pretty much rules out television and movies then.