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(fire crackling) (suspenseful music)

- What you carry inside you, Carrie-Ann,

is a gift far greater than one could possibly imagine.

- Like what?

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- How about we do a trial run

to see how far your powers have come?

- Okay.

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- Close your eyes.

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I was about your age when mother showed me this trick.

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Now I want you to hold out your hands, and keep them apart.

Think of the space between them as an extension

of your mind and energy and manifest it before you.

(fire crackling) (suspenseful music)

- Is anything happening? - Concentrate.

(fire crackling) (suspenseful music)

(chime whirring) (suspenseful music)

Open your eyes.

- How can this be?

We didn't cast a spell.

- There's some things

that can be controlled by your thoughts.

- How will I know which to use?

- In time, it'll all come to you.

(fire crackling) (suspenseful music)

(Mary breathing hard) (suspenseful music)

- Carrie-Ann, you must run to the abandoned cottage

on the far side of Council Bluff,

and stay there until daylight.

- What's going on?

(fire crackling) (suspenseful music)

- There's no time to explain.

We must hurry.

- Mom, what's happening?

- They're coming for us, and if you are discovered,

our bloodlines will be severed forever.

(fire crackling) (suspenseful music)

- Where is father?

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- Your father is dead, Abigail.

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You remember the spell I taught you?

The transference of souls?

- Why are they doing it? - Do you remember?

- Yes, but I don't know

when I -- - Your soul will tell you

when the time has arrived.

Listen, you must continue.

You or your offspring will bring us back,

and make future generations of this town suffer.

(fire crackling) (suspenseful music)

- Why can't you come with me?

- Because if we go with you, they'll hunt us down

and kill us all.

(fire crackling) (suspenseful music)

- Your sister is right.

If you are found, our existence will end tonight.

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- I'm scared.

- Don't be, Carrie-Ann.

You're such a brave girl.

You can go on knowing

that one day we will be together again.

We love you and we always will.

(fire crackling) (suspenseful music)

- We will see you again.

(fire crackling) (suspenseful music)

- Now, you must go, and keep running,

no matter what you hear, and don't look back.

(fire crackling) (emotional music)

(footsteps rustling) (emotional music)

(crowd yelling) (emotional music)

- Leave us alone. - Witch.

- Leave my daughter alone.

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- We welcomed you into our community

only to have you betray that trust

by practicing the ways of Satan.

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- [Florence] We have done no such thing.

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- We have seen it with our own eyes.

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- Leave them alone.

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- Where is the youngest one?

Where is she?

(spitting echoes) (suspenseful music)

It matters not.

She will be found, and made to pay for her sins.

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Thou shall not practice witchcraft ever again.

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The Lord shall cleanse this settlement

of all that is unholy.

- You do this and you all shall burn in hell

for condemning innocence.

- Thou are not innocent.

Through the grace of the High Almighty,

we shall be free of these servants of Satan.

(suspenseful music) (crowd chanting)

- [Crowd] Sinners.

Sinners.

Sinners, sinners, sinners, sinners,

sinners, sinners, sinners, sinners,

sinners, sinners, sinners,

sinners, sinners, sinners, sinners, sisters.

- Sisters.

Our body, our minds, our essence flows from our --

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No.

(Mary gasping)

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- Burn her. - Sinners,

sinners, sinners, sinners -- (Mary screaming)

(somber music) (birds chirping)

- Wait up. (somber music)

- You better hurry before the Lord opens up the skies.

- What? (footsteps echoing)

- Rain. - Oh yeah.

(birds chirping) (footsteps echoing)

Do you mind if I walk with you?

(birds chirping)

- Of course.

(birds chirping)

- Reading our favorite book, I see?

- Yeah.

Reading verses about...

- About what?

(birds chirping)

- Never mind.

(birds chirping)

- I'm sure you're aware that Amber will be back in town

tomorrow for a few weeks from college.

(birds chirping)

- Yeah.

(birds chirping) I envy her

for moving out of this town,

but it's the Lord's doing that showed her the way,

just like He showed you.

- Trust me, I'm gonna need all the help I can get from Him.

Small town, homeschooled boy, going to a large university.

- We were all homeschooled,

but that only demonstrates the power of prayer.

(birds chirping)

- What about you?

(birds chirping)

- I think it's the Lord's plan for me

to stay here with my parents,

and to take over for my father.

(birds chirping)

- Out of everyone,

(birds chirping)

I'm gonna miss you the most.

(birds chirping)

- I'm gonna miss you too.

(birds chirping)

(footsteps rustling) (birds chirping)

Thanks for walking with me.

- It was my pleasure.

Maybe next time I can join you,

and we can read passages together?

(birds chirping) (crickets chirping)

- I'd like that very much.

(birds chirping) (crickets chirping)

(footsteps echoing) (crickets chirping)

(somber music)

(door creaking) (somber music)

(door slamming) - Mama, Papa.

(shoes rustling) - In the kitchen.

(footsteps echoing)

- Hi, Papa. - Hi, Nikki.

- Hi, Mama.

- Hi.

- Is that what I think it is?

- It is.

Marie's famous chocolate layer cake.

Nikki.

You know I don't like when you do that.

(Nikki and Marie laughing)

- What are you writing?

- Oh, just taking some notes for service.

- Can I take a look?

(James chuckling)

- You'll have to wait till Sunday.

- Your Papa always thinks he's working on the best sermon

in the history of sermons, don't you, Dear?

- Well, this here will go down

as the best sermon ever written.

- I'm sure it will be. (James laughing)

- Oh, and after service on Sunday,

there's a special studies class.

- Looking forward to it.

- Why don't you go get ready for dinner?

What's this?

How did this happen?

- I'm sorry, Mama.

Must have happened as I was reading.

- Take it off and wash it.

(Marie sighing)

Where are you going? - To take off my skirt.

- You'll take it off here and wash it now

before the stain sets in.

(Marie sighing)

Wash it here.

(bowl clanking)

(water running) - Um...

Jake reminded me that Amber will be back

in town for a few weeks.

I was hoping I'd be able to see her tomorrow?

- Out of the question.

(water running)

- Why?

(water running)

- She's been corrupted by the devil's playground.

- She's not the devil's playground,

and I haven't heard from her since she's been gone.

(water running)

- It certainly is with all the booze

and lust that happens there.

- Mommy, you know Amber wouldn't do any of that,

and I'm going to see her at service anyway.

(water running)

- And we'll be with you. - Mama, Please.

- Do you question your Mother's decisions?

(water running)

- No, she's just the only true friend I have.

- Do you question the Lord's decisions?

(water running)

- No, Papa, that... - Do you see that?

He died for the sins of people like Amber.

She's been exposed to all the devil's workings,

and has fallen into his hands,

and we, we will not let you be exposed to that.

(water running)

- Amber's a wonderful girl,

but she's been poisoned by the devil's doings.

(water running)

- Let's pray for Amber's soul.

(water running)

My Lord, give Amber the strength

to fight off the work of the devil.

- Yes, Lord. - And with your guidance,

she shall become pure once again.

Amen.

(Marie sighing)

- Go get ready for dinner.

(footsteps echoing)

(crickets chirping) (suspenseful music)

(Rosary clanking) (suspenseful music)

(blanket rustling) (suspenseful music)

(birds chirping) (suspenseful music)

- [Mary] Nikki.

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- Hello?

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Hello?

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(intense suspenseful music)

- Whoa, what's going on?

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- Amber? - Nikki,

are you all right? - I missed you so much.

- I missed you too.

You really must have been into whatever verse

you were reading. - I guess so.

(birds chirping)

Is that perfume I smell? - Do you like it?

- I do, but did your parents approve?

- Are you kidding?

They spent an hour lecturing me

how the big guy don't approve,

and if I smelled like this in college,

I'm inviting the lust of the devil to fall upon me.

(birds chirping)

- Has it?

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- Guys see me with my Bible and they run away.

Guess they don't wanna be preached.

- Their loss.

So tell me everything.

What's it like?

- Didn't you read the letters I sent you?

(birds chirping)

Oh, your parents never gave 'em to you, did they?

- When I didn't hear from you,

I thought you didn't wanna talk to me anymore

now that you're in college.

- I'm sorry.

I sort of knew they get intercepted.

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Let me guess.

They still call it Satan's playground.

- Devil's playground.

- Oh, my bad.

(Amber laughing) (birds chirping)

Well, they're right,

sex, drugs, temptation, it's everywhere.

(leaves rustling) (birds chirping)

Sororities I wanted to be a part of pushed me aside,

and I had several roommates that they moved,

I guess they didn't like my praying every night.

(leaves rustling) (birds chirping)

Oh, I did meet a friend.

She's really wonderful and so outspoken.

She's always invited me to go out with her,

and her friends,

and after a while, we all became close.

- I'm so happy for you.

(leaves rustling) (birds chirping)

It's been so lonely since you've been gone.

- You have Jake.

(leaves rustling) (birds chirping)

(Amber gasping)

Nikki Strange.

You can't have those feelings.

- What feelings? - Nikki.

- I don't.

I don't.

- Here I thought I'd be tempted by flesh.

- Oh, stop it.

- I'm only joking.

(somber music) (birds chirping)

I better get going.

It's so nice to see you again.

When do you wanna get back together?

- I'll be at the service on Saturday afternoon at three.

- Great, I'll see you then.

(somber music) (birds chirping)

(door creaking) (Pastor speaking on radio)

- Conceived because birth is sin.

- Hi, Papa. - What is --

- Hi, Nikki.

Come join me.

Pastor Roberts is on.

- [Pastor Roberts] Lust is a temptation,

and an evil that overcomes many of us.

They had some of flesh were obvious.

- Have you decided what verses to read for Sunday?

(Radio continues) - I think so.

I had some trouble deciding on the message

I wanted to convey. - Witchcraft.

- And what did you come up with?

- Jealousy. - I'd like that to be

a surprise. - Ho-ho.

- Temptation. - All right,

fair enough. - Sections, factions and envy.

It is born of Satan, and the flesh,

but the body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality,

but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

No temptation has overtaken you,

except what is common to mankind.

God is faithful.

He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.

- What is that smell?

Perfume?

- I don't know, Papa.

(Radio continues) - Marie, get in here.

(suspenseful music) (Radio continues)

- What is it?

(somber music)

You saw her, didn't you?

Didn't you? - I'm sorry, Mama,

I'm sorry. Papa. - You disobeyed our wishes.

You disobeyed the Lord's wishes.

- She's my friend. - She has been stained

by Satan's hands.

- Stench of hell hangs over you.

- Come here.

(somber music) (Radio continues)

(lashes echoing) - And under His wings,

you'll find refuge.

(Nikki crying) (somber music)

(lashes echoing) (radio continues)

(Nikki sobbing) Nor the pestilence --

(lashes echoing) (somber music)

- Come here.

(radio continues) (somber music)

- What does this stand for?

(somber music)

- It stands for... - Did Jesus cry

when He died for your sins?

- No, Papa.

(Nikki sobbing)

- We will not allow you to take the path she has.

Let's go.

(somber music) (Nikki sobbing)

(James sighing) (somber music)

(Nikki sobbing) (somber music)

I'm disappointed in you.

- No, Mama. - Please don't, I'm sorry.

(Nikki crying) (somber music)

- You should be apologizing to the Lord, not to me.

- I beg for your forgiveness, my Lord.

(Nikki crying)

- It hurts me more than it hurts you.

(somber music) (brush rustling)

(water running) (somber music)

I hope you learned your lesson.

(Nikki sobbing) (somber music)

You'll stay with us in our room tonight,

and we'll pray together.

(somber music)

- Yes, Mama.

(Nikki sobbing)

- You're a beautiful girl, Nikki.

Don't let the sin of temptation get the better of you.

(somber music)

- I won't, Mama.

(somber music)

- We just want what's best for you.

(somber music)

Amber has been tainted by sin,

and we can't let that happen to you.

- I know, Mama, but Amber is strong.

Why can't you believe that?

- Because persuasion is a powerful tool of the devil.

Even when you have the strength of God with you.

(somber music)

- Don't you trust me?

- Of course we do, sweetheart.

But it's our job as your parents to keep you safe.

And in order for us to do that,

we have to keep you away from anyone who may do you harm.

(somber music) (footsteps echoing)

- Have you learned your lesson?

- Yes, Papa.

(somber music)

- She'll sleep with us in our room tonight,

and we'll pray together.

(somber music)

(footsteps echoing)

Now finish up, get ready for bed, and meet us in our room.

- Yes, Mama.

(somber music) (water running)

- I'm sorry, my Lord.

Amber is my dearest friend,

and I hope you can find it in you to forgive me.

(somber music) (water running)

(Nikki sobbing) (somber music)

(suspenseful music) (Nikki gasping)

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

The Almighty will give you the strength

to be by His side.

- Nikki Strange. - I'm sorry, Mama.

I can't concentrate.

- [James] You can't concentrate to pray?

- [Nikki] No, Papa.

- [James] What did Amber tell you?

- Nothing, Papa.

Just that she was happy to be back.

- The Lord knows when you're lying.

- I promise, Mama, that was it.

- Let's call it a night.

(bed rustling)

(birds chirping) - To close out

today's service, a reading from Peter 5:8-9.

"Stay sober and alert,

for your opponent, the devil,

(birds chirping)

is prowling like a roaring lion,

seeking out someone to devour.

Resist him.

Solid in your faith,

realizing that the brotherhood of believers

is undergoing the same suffering throughout the world.

(birds chirping)

The God of all grace, who called you

to His everlasting glory in Christ will Himself

restore, confirm, strengthen and establish those

who have suffered a little while."

Dominion be His throughout the ages.

(birds chirping)

Go in peace, go with God.

Amen.

- Amen. - Amen.

(birds chirping) (congregation chattering)

- Thank you, Nikki.

(birds chirping)

Hey little man, how's it going?

Thanks for coming.

(birds chirping)

- Oh, thank you. - Beautiful sermon.

- Thank you.

(birds chirping)

- Always enticing.

(birds chirping)

- Great sermon. _ Thank you so much.

Appreciate that.

(birds chirping)

- Wonderful sermon.

- Very enticing.

- Thank you.

It was a pleasure giving it.

David, so glad you could make it.

It's always good to have a Collins at one of the services.

- Well my great, great...

Well either way, he would've been proud.

- That makes me happy to hear.

(birds chirping)

Look at you, young man.

(James chuckling)

Your father tells me you're having trouble

in a certain subject at school.

- Yeah, arithmetic, well it's not my strongest point.

- [James] I think it's none of ours.

(birds chirping)

- I heard Amber was back in town.

Where is she?

- I don't know.

Hopefully she'll be here for Sunday service though.

(birds chirping)

- I can't believe how big the two of you have gotten.

It seems like just yesterday,

I was reading you Bible verses with Noah,

and now you're,

well, you were just this big, and now you're this big.

(group chuckling) (birds chirping)

- Whatever happened to Noah?

(birds chirping)

- I'm right here, Jake.

(birds chirping)

- [Nikki] It's a shame you don't bring them out anymore.

(birds chirping)

- Well...

I thought he needed a rest.

(birds chirping)

Thank you for doing my breaks.

- Oh, it's my pleasure.

Try not to go on too hard, 'cause that'll save your life.

- I'll see what I can do.

- Well if you guys will excuse me,

I have to go back to the shop.

(birds chirping)

- And we need to head out also.

- Go ahead.

I'll be home in a few.

(birds chirping)

- Okay, but don't be too long.

(birds chirping)

- You ready to go home?

(birds chirping)

- You go ahead, dear.

I need to pick up some things from the store for dinner.

- Well, I could drive you.

(birds chirping) - You know, it's a nice day.

I think I'll walk.

(birds chirping)

(somber music)

- I made you something. - Oh?

(somber music) (birds chirping)

- It's beautiful.

(birds chirping) (somber music)

- I carved it myself. - I'll cherish it forever.

(somber music)

- I wanted to do something special for you before I left.

(somber music) (birds chirping)

You look very pretty in that.

- Thank you.

(somber music) (birds chirping)

- So I'll see you Sunday?

- See you Sunday.

(somber music) (birds chirping)

(door creaking)

(box creating)

(money rustling)

(box creaking)

(doors creaking)

(birds chirping)

(equipment clanking) (footsteps echoing)

- What can I do for you, Ms. Strange?

- Oh, I was just taking a stroll in town.

Thought I'd stop by and see how you were doing.

- I'm doing pretty good,

considering I just saw you 30 minutes ago.

- Is it wrong of me to think about you

all alone in the store?

- How's the hot water?

- It's working well.

Can't complain.

- That's good.

I don't have to keep coming over.

Don't want to get a bad reputation.

- Trust me.

I wouldn't worry about that.

- We should probably close the garage.

It's gonna get...

(somber music)

(Marie and Jeremy breathing hard)

- It's about to get a lot hotter.

(somber music)

You know how to handle sinners.

- You know how I feel about sinners.

(Marie giggling) (somber music)

(footsteps echoing) (kissing echoing)

- Well, I need you to lead me on the path to redemption.

(somber music) (Marie sighing)

(furniture clanking)

Come, punish me.

(somber music)

(Marie groaning)

Oh...

Oh, oh, yeah.

(somber music) (Marie moaning)

(crickets chirping) (somber music)

(Mary humming "Amazing Grace")

- Mama?

(Mary humming "Amazing Grace")

(suspenseful music)

Mama?

(suspenseful music)

(footsteps echoing) (suspenseful music)

Mama?

(footsteps echoing) (suspenseful music)

Mama?

(footsteps echoing) (suspenseful music)

- Nikki.

It is time to come home, my granddaughter.

- Mama.

Papa. - Scream all you want.

They can't hear you. - Why?

What do you, what do you want?

- [Mary] For you to come home.

- My Lord, Savior,

please save me. - He can't help who you are.

You are so much more than this.

(suspenseful music)

- This isn't real.

(Nikki breathing hard)

- This is as real as it gets, Nikki.

It's time to come home to your rightful family.

- My family is here, and also is God.

(suspenseful music) (Mary sighing)

- It saddens us to see how you fall into such darkness.

If only you could see what really happened

to your true mother, my beloved daughter,

you would see you've surrounded yourself

with nothing but sinners, just like you have become.

- I'm not a sinner.

I gave my soul to Jesus.

(suspenseful music)

- Would Jesus allow the impure thoughts

that control your mind,

or the pleasure you get when you're punished

by your imposter mother and father?

- I don't have impure thoughts.

God will protect the lives of His faithful ones

and deliver them from evil. (Mary laughing)

- God will not protect you,

for the very blood that runs through your veins

He considers evil.

- No.

(suspenseful music)

- Come home.

Nikki, let us show you the way to immortality,

and help you bring us back.

- Our Lord, Savior all,

please cover me with your love and vanquish

the evil before thee.

(suspenseful music)

- Your soul has been corrupted, my granddaughter.

Let us help you to break free from the deity

that holds you back from discovering your true heritage.

(suspenseful music)

- The Lord is my Savior.

(suspenseful music) (Nikki gasping)

- Belong with us, not these sinners.

- I'm not a sinner.`

(suspenseful music) (Nikki sobbing)

- In time, my dear Nikki,

you will see the truth

that's been concealed from you by those

you hold close to your heart.

(suspenseful music) - No.

(Nikki sobbing) (suspenseful music)

- Sinners, sinners, sinners. (suspenseful music)

(voices echoing) (suspenseful music)

(Nikki sobbing) (suspenseful music)

- There's no need to be afraid, Nikki.

- I'm not afraid when the Lord is with me.

- If He's with you, then why are you scared of me?

- He's testing me.

- I can assure you, this is not a test.

Such cruel punishment for something

as trivial as seeing a friend.

- I disobeyed my Mama and Papa.

I deserved it.

- Did He deserve it? - He died for us.

- Who exactly did He die for?

You, me, my family,

whose followers of His faith murdered us?

- I don't believe you.

He's not cruel, He loves everyone.

- Does He?

Does He love everyone,

or does He choose who to shower His love upon?

Everyone you know hides their most serious flaws

behind the veil of the deception of faith.

- What are you talking about?

- In time you will understand.

- The woman with the burnt skin.

Who is she?

- She's my mother, and your grandmother, Mary,

and I'm your Aunt Abigail.

- It's impossible.

I don't know who any of you are.

- That's because you've been deceived.

- By whom?

- Everyone.

There is so much more for you to see,

much more than this book can ever teach you.

It's taken us a long time to find you,

and make the circle complete.

- Who is us?

- Take my hand and I will show you everything.

- No.

- Nikki, please.

We need you to come home.

- Leave me alone.

- Not until you realize that everything around you

is nothing more than a lie.

This gift given to you by someone

you can never truly enjoy the pleasures of.

I know it troubles you that the boy you desire

is so close, yet so far away.

- It's the way that God wants it.

- It doesn't need to be.

This is the symbol that holds the truth.

(suspenseful music)

(Nikki screaming) (suspenseful music)

(Nikki breathing hard) (suspenseful music)

(birds chirping)

(knocking on door)

- Good morning, baby. - Morning, Mom.

- Let's find you something nice to wear.

- It looks like you're adding a little something there,

just like your father was.

- It's your cooking.

(kiss echoing)

- Just like your father used to say.

You know, he used to love to do a little slow dance with me

sometimes before he'd get dressed in the morning.

- I can tell by the look on your face that you enjoyed it.

- I'm so happy I have you.

- Mother, I don't have to leave.

- Oh sweetheart, don't be silly.

I only want the best for you.

- I don't want you to feel alone.

I'll call you every day.

- Let's get you dressed now, my dear Richard.

- That was father's name, Mom.

- I know, sweetheart.

So what would you like for breakfast today?

- Whatever you'd like to make.

- Okay.

(clothes rustling)

(footsteps echoing)

(door clanking)

(birds chirping)

(footsteps echoing)

(plate clanking)

(footsteps echoing)

- Excuse me.

We pray first.

- Of course.

- Bless us, oh Lord, for these Thy gifts,

which we are about to receive from Thy bounty,

through Christ, our Lord.

- Amen.

- It's good to have you home, Honey.

- We really have missed you.

- I've missed you too.

And let me say that you were right.

Satan is at work there.

But my faith will never succumb to his pleasures.

- We know, sweetheart.

- Is something wrong?

(somber music)

- Look, we know you've been really enjoying college,

but... - But what?

(somber music)

- Things are hard.

(somber music)

- No, you can't pull me out, I found my calling there.

- I'm sorry, but the crops, they just, they just aren't...

(somber music)

- Mom, you can't let this happen.

- Sweetie, if we could do something, we would.

College is expensive,

and we barely have enough money

to keep a roof over our heads.

- You can't pull me out now.

What is wrong with you?

- Lower your voice when you speak to us.

Now we've risked everything to send you there,

and you insult us with this attitude?

Have the temptations of Satan infiltrated your soul?

- No.

(somber music)

- Go to your room.

Ask the Lord for forgiveness.

- Fine.

(somber music)

- I'm sorry.

(somber music)

(door slamming) (somber music)

(Amber screaming) (somber music)

(bag rustling) (somber music)

(notebook rustling) (somber music)

(knocking on door)

- Come in.

(door creaking)

(door closing)

- Amber, good to see you.

- Good to see you again, as well.

Welcome in, ladies, this is Amber,

and Amber, this is Kelly and Jennifer.

- Hi.

We've heard so much about you.

- You have? - Yeah, Kimberly told us

that you're here to teach us the ways of the Lord.

We got so excited.

- We could use a little God in our lives.

(Sorority Girls giggling)

- Well, it's a pleasure to be here.

- Please, have a seat.

- I must admit I didn't think I'd find any friends here.

- Well, no need to worry about that now.

- So Kimberly told us where you're from, how exciting.

- Nothing really exciting about it.

So I figured we'd start with --

- Your friend, Nikki.

She sounds like a wonderful person.

- Please tell us about her.

- Well, she's very sweet and she's...

- Well ladies, let's not distract from why we're here.

- Of course.

- Please, Amber, continue.

- So I figured we start with one of my favorite verses.

(knocking on door)

- Yeah.

- May I come in?

(drawer clanking)

- Sure.

(door creaking)

- I know you're upset,

but please understand that this was not an easy decision

for your father and I to make.

- You don't know what it feels like

to finally feel like you belong somewhere

other than in Perfect.

- You're right.

I don't, and I'm not gonna sit here,

and tell you that I do.

But what I do understand is what it's like to be stuck

in the same place your entire life.

- I know, Mom.

I should feel blessed that I was given this chance

that so many never had.

But you can't just take that away from me.

- We're not, Sweetheart.

We'll do our best to make sure you can go back,

it just can't be now.

- You don't understand.

Through the Lord's teachings,

I've reached a group of girls that needed guidance,

and now you're telling me

that I have to walk away from that?

You and father didn't want me to go to college,

because you thought I'd be tempted,

just like the strangers thought I would be.

You're no better than them.

- You have no idea what we sacrificed,

so you could go to college,

and I don't appreciate you taking

that condescending tone with me.

Decision's been made.

It's in God's hands to help us raise enough money

to send you back,

and until then, I don't wanna hear another word about it.

- God?

The Lord Jesus?

It's always about them.

Why do you have them control our lives?

It's not up to them, it's up to you.

He's nothing.

(slap echoing) - Don't you dare

speak like that in this house.

(somber music)

- I'm sorry, Mom.

(somber music)

- It pains us to do what we had to do,

but I promise on the Lord,

you will go back, no matter what it takes.

(somber music)

What do you say that we make

some of my renowned chocolate chip cookies?

Even let you eat some of the cookie dough.

- You sure know my weak spot.

I'll be down in a minute.

- Everything will be fine.

(footsteps echoing)

- Everything will be fine.

(somber music) (birds chirping)

(chairs clanking) (birds chirping)

- Did you get a metal sliver?

- I think so.

- Yeah.

I see it here.

Let me help you.

(somber music) (birds chirping)

Got it.

(somber music) (birds chirping)

- What are you two doing?

- Nothing.

(somber music) (birds chirping)

- Nikki Strange.

Are you having impure thoughts about Jake?

- Of course not. - Jake?

- You know it's a sin to think

about such things before marriage.

- It's a sin to do, not to think about it.

- Amber. - Guess what I found out?

- What would that be?

- I found out there was once a coven of of witches

that lived in Perfect back in the 1600s.

When the townspeople found out,

they were hung and burned.

- Yeah, right. - I'm serious.

I found about it in college.

(birds chirping)

I know exactly where they were hung.

What do you say we check it out?

(birds chirping)

- Everything okay? - Yeah.

Yeah.

(birds chirping)

- What do you say we head out there tomorrow?

- I'm up for it. - Nikki?

- Sure, why not?

(birds chirping)

- Jake, Amber. - Mrs. Strange.

- Mrs. Strange.

(birds chirping)

- Tell me, Amber, is college as corrupted

with evil as we know it is?

- Oh, very much so,

but I've been doing my best

to spread the love and Word of Him.

- Him?

You can't say His name? - Mama.

(birds chirping)

- It's okay, Nikki.

I assure you, Mrs. Strange,

He knows who I'm talking about.

(birds chirping)

- Come with me, Nikki.

It's time to get ready.

(birds chirping) (footsteps rustling)

- Mama, can I ask you a question?

- Sure, Honey.

(birds chirping)

- Did Amber ever send me any letters while she was away?

- Sweetheart, you know we would never hide those from you.

- Okay, just you know you feel about her.

(birds chirping)

- Can we change the subject?

(birds chirping)

- Did you know about any witches who once lived in Perfect?

- Who told you that?

Amber?

(birds chirping)

- No... (birds chirping)

Yes, Mama.

(birds chirping)

- Those stories are folklore.

Nothing more.

Perfect has always been a town

of faith since its beginnings.

So there'll be no more talk of witches or witchcraft.

Is that understood?

- Yes, Mama.

- I always knew Amber would be influenced in college.

- By hearing a story? - I said no more talk

about that, you're to stay away from her.

Do I make myself clear?

- Yes, Mama.

(birds chirping)

- Go get ready.

(birds chirping)

- Everyone must give according

to what he has inwardly decided, not sadly, not grudgingly,

for God loves a cheerful giver.

And to close out the service, I would now like

to introduce my daughter, Nikki, to come up and read for us.

(birds chirping)

- [Mary] Come home, Nikki.

Come home, Nikki.

(birds chirping)

- Good afternoon, everybody,

I'd like to read a few of my favorite passages from...

(birds chirping)

(heart throbbing) (suspenseful music)

(pages rustling) (suspenseful music)

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked

or stand the way that...

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

That sinners take...

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

Or...

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

Sit with...

In the company of mockers.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

But those delight is in the law of the Lord

and who meditates on His law day and night.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

A person is like a tree.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

He's planted by streams of water,

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

which yields his fruit in season,

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

and his leaf never withers.

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

Have...

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

Heavenly due prosperous.

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

John 1:16.

"From His abundance, we have received one gracious...

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

One gracious blessing after another...

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

Corinthians 7.

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

"For the unbelieving husband is made holy

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

From his, because of his wife...

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

Because of his wife...

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

- This town isn't what you thought it was.

Is it?

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

Your mother is a cheating whore.

Your father lives off greed

and his impure thoughts about you.

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

The mother of the boy you desire

uses him to fill the vacancy of her husband,

and your best friend, stealing the boy

who is clearly for you.

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

Worst of all, the woman you all looked up to as children

committed the ultimate of sins.

Shall we go on?

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

- Let go of your faith and commit to us,

and together we can lead them to salvation.

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

You, Nikki, can be their savior.

- Leave me alone.

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

- Come home with us.

Be with your family.

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

- Please help me.

- Thank you all for coming.

Unfortunately, my daughter's not feeling well.

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

Nikki.

- Get your hands off me.

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

- What's gotten into you?

- Whore. (slap echoing)

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

- Nikki, are you okay? - She'll be fine.

- Do you need anything?

(suspenseful music) (heartbeat throbbing)

- Thank you, Jake.

I'm gonna get her home.

- We'll come by to check on you later, Nikki.

- No, she needs her rest.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

(suspenseful music) (crickets chirping)

(suspenseful music) (owl hooting)

(knocking on door)

Nikki.

(door creaking)

(chair creaking)

- God is always with you, always there to protect you,

no matter what evil comes for you.

Pray together.

Together, we can stop her from corrupting your mind,

but we must do it as one.

Pray with me, Nikki.

Please.

(kiss echoing)

(floor creaking)

(footsteps echoing)

We love you.

God loves you.

(door creaking)

(suspenseful music)

- I am sorry you had to see what you did.

Mother thought that'd be the only way to convince you.

I thought otherwise.

(suspenseful music)

- What do you want from me?

(suspenseful music)

- We are outcast from Perfect,

killed because our beliefs didn't agree with the town.

We need you to help us bring justice to the evil

that was brought upon us.

- Your beliefs must have been rooted in evil.

- That life should be enjoyed to its fullest?

- That can be done without turning to Satan himself.

(suspenseful music)

(Abigail laughing)

- Who says we've turned to Satan?

- Amber said there was a coven of witches

who lived in Perfect.

- She's right.

You saw the others today.

- I don't believe you.

Perfect has always been true to the Word of God,

and would never commit such crimes.

(suspenseful music)

This is a test God is putting forth to test my faith.

(suspenseful music)

- Go to our sacred grounds, Nikki, and find out.

- I'm not going to do anything you ask.

(suspenseful music)

- My mother won't stop

until you've come to accept who you are.

- I do accept who I am.

(suspenseful music)

(door creaking) (intense suspenseful music)

- [Mary] You believe in your faith

no matter how horrid it may be, don't you, my Dear?

- I'm fearless.

(suspenseful music)

- Then your faith allows you to believe

in divine interventions, does it not?

- Even though impure thoughts fill your mind?

- Stop saying that. - No,

it is time for you to rescind your devotion to Him,

and allow yourself to become who you are.

- Leave me alone.

- This town, your friends, your dishonest parents,

and even you, Nikki, are nothing but sinners.

- No. (intense suspenseful music)

(Nikki sobbing) (birds chirping)

- Morning.

Nikki?

Is everything okay?

- Yeah.

I'm fine.

Mind if I ask you a question?

- Sure.

(birds chirping)

- Do you believe God tests us?

- Do you mean our faith? - Yeah.

- I think He does in a way that we are not aware that He is.

- Never mind.

(birds chirping)

- If there's something bothering you,

you can always tell me.

(birds chirping)

- It's nothing, really,

I'm just blessed to be here with you.

(birds chirping)

- I feel the same way.

(birds chirping)

So you think we'll find any witches out there?

(suspenseful music)

- What?

(suspenseful music)

- Nikki?

- Did you two behave while you waited for me?

(suspenseful music)

- I don't think I wanna go.

- Come on, it'll be a quest,

just like we used to do when we were kids.

- Yeah, come on Nikki.

(suspenseful music) - Please.

(suspenseful music) - Fine.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

(footsteps rustling) (suspenseful music)

(birds chirping) (suspenseful music)

- So this is where they were hung and burned.

- So the original settlers killed witches?

- Perfect was founded on religion.

So when a group of their own practiced Satan's beliefs,

they took it upon themselves to cleanse the town.

They were later referred to as the Perfect Eight.

There were rumors that the youngest one

survived for centuries under spell transference,

waiting until the time was right

to bring them back and get revenge.

- What were their names?

- The witches? - Yeah.

- I don't know.

(suspenseful music)

- If it's true,

it's hard to believe the atrocities committed here.

- Help us, Nikki. (suspenseful music)

(footsteps rustling) (suspenseful music)

- Help us, Nikki.

(suspenseful music)

- You were brought here for a reason

to see the horrors that were done to us.

(suspenseful music)

- She's right, Nikki.

(suspenseful music)

We can correct everything that was wrongfully done to them.

- What are you doing? - What does it look like?

(suspenseful music)

Giving into the pleasures

that you hide from and what awaits for you.

- Betrayal is a sin one cannot escape from.

(suspenseful music)

- Get away from him.

- Who are you talking to?

- Sinners is what they are.

- I said, get away from him, you sinner.

- What's gotten into you?

(suspenseful music)

- Can't you see them? - See who?

- Mary, Abigail, the other witches.

- There's no one here but us.

(suspenseful music)

- They were just hanging from the trees.

Abigail just opened her eyes and spoke to me.

- Who's Abigail?

(suspenseful music)

- She's like...

(Nikki whimpering) (suspenseful music)

- Nikki.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

(footsteps echoing) (suspenseful music)

(door slamming) (suspenseful music)

(pages rustling) (suspenseful music)

(Nikki sobbing) (suspenseful music)

(birds chirping)

- [Jake] Mother.

- I'm in here, Honey,

- Sorry I'm late.

- Your father was always late, but it didn't matter.

I loved him just the same.

A love that I'll always have with me

for the rest of my life.

I always asked myself why God would take him away from me.

Every night after he passed,

I thought that God decided that I did not deserve

such an amazing, good-hearted man.

I thought I did something to offend God,

that something I did, that I deserved to lose Him.

Took a long time for me to come to the realization

that I didn't.

- You didn't do anything wrong, Mother.

God decided that it was father's time to join Him.

He's still with us, and he always will be.

- I see so much of him in you, Jake.

I put this on especially for you.

He used to love when I wore this outfit.

- You look very pretty in it.

- You're so kind.

- We should start dinner before it gets too late.

- You are right, my dear.

(footsteps echoing)

(birds chirping)

(door creaking) (footsteps echoing)

- Thank you.

(footsteps echoing) (birds chirping)

- Haven't seen Nikki yet.

- Oh, she's upstairs in her room sleeping.

(birds chirping)

Keep thinking about the other day.

(birds chirping)

- You know what happened at the reading?

- Yeah.

(birds chirping)

- Well, look, I don't think it's anything

we should worry about.

She was probably just stressed out.

It's the first time she's read in front of that many people.

- I don't know, James.

(birds chirping)

- I'm sure it'll be fine.

- I guess so. - Listen to me.

I won't let anything happen to our daughter.

(birds chirping)

- I know.

(birds chirping)

- Lisa.

Glad to see you.

(birds chirping)

- I'm not interrupting, am I?

- Of course not.

Would you like a glass of lemonade?

- No, thank you.

(birds chirping)

I was wondering if I could speak to the Pastor alone.

- Of course.

I'm gonna go into town,

and tell Jeremy that the hot water isn't working again.

(birds chirping) (swing creaking)

(footsteps echoing) (birds chirping)

- How may I help you?

- I know that donations allow you

to keep the church going,

and we truly appreciate all your hard work.

- You know, I said it before and I'll say it again,

it's my pleasure.

(birds chirping)

- Here's the thing.

As you're aware, Rob and I are having a hard time,

and it pains me to say this,

but we can't donate anymore.

(birds chirping)

- Believe me when I say, I feel your pain,

but you must keep your faith strong.

We have to keep the church open.

(birds chirping)

- We don't have anything left, and Amber is angry at us,

because she can't go back to college, and --

- Lisa, keeping faith may be the only thing

that allows you to keep your home,

and possibly allows Amber to go back.

(birds chirping)

- I'm not losing my faith, Pastor.

- Are you not?

(birds chirping)

I've known you for years, and I've always been honest

and open with your family.

I have never asked you for anything

other than your devotion to God,

and because I am His messenger, you're devotion to me.

(birds chirping)

You trust me, don't you?

- I do.

(birds chirping)

(James sighing)

(birds chirping)

- I'm sure we can work out something.

(birds chirping)

- Pastor, you aren't suggesting that we...

- No, of course not.

(birds chirping)

No, what I'm thinking is that I give you and Rob

a couple weeks to sort things out,

(birds chirping)

and then we can discuss back payments.

(birds chirping)

- I don't know.

(birds chirping)

- Go home, talk to Rob,

I'm sure he'd be more than happy

to agree with what I'm saying.

(birds chirping)

- Sorry it had to come to this, Pastor.

- No, no.

Don't let it bother you.

(birds chirping)

The Lord and I are always on your side.

(birds chirping)

(suspenseful music)

(door creaking)

(suspenseful music)

(door creaking) (suspenseful music)

- That room contains the truth.

- Bullshit, if it did, you would've told me before.

- Go look.

(suspenseful music)

But don't be afraid of what you may find.

- I'm not afraid.

Now will you leave me alone?

God damn it.

(door clanking)

- What did you say, young lady?

(suspenseful music)

- I'm sorry, Papa...

- Have you been in our room?

(suspenseful music)

I asked you a question.

- No, no, Papa, I swear.

(suspenseful music)

- You can end this suffering by going to our sacred grounds

and repeating what I say.

- Leave me alone.

(James grunting) (slap echoing)

- I have had enough of you.

(suspenseful music) (footsteps echoing)

- Papa, please, I'm sorry.

(suspenseful music) (door slamming)

- Your attitude towards our Savior

will not be tolerated in this house.

(suspenseful music)

To use His name in vain is unacceptable.

(suspenseful music) (Nikki grunting and crying)

- You enjoy these punishments, don't you?

You've endured them for so long, they become a part of you.

You get pleasure,

though you hide it behind a wall of tears,

and this is the God you worship?

One who allows for such abusive treatment?

(suspenseful music) (Nikki grunting)

- Now recite the "Hail Mary"

(suspenseful music) (Nikki sobbing)

- Hail Mary, pray for us sinners

until the hour of our death.

Hail Mary...

Hail Mary, please pray for us sinners

until the hour of our death.

(suspenseful music) - Again.

(suspenseful music)

- Hail Mary, please pray for us sinners

until the our hour of death.

(suspenseful music) (Nikki sobbing)

Hail Mary, please pray for us, sinners,

until the hour of our death.

(suspenseful music)

(birds chirping) (suspenseful music)

(car door clanking) (suspenseful music)

- I thought you'd never get out of here.

- Christ.

(suspenseful music)

- You shouldn't use the Lord's name in vain.

- I've done it on more than on one occasion.

- I just wanted to let you know

that the hot water isn't working properly.

(somber music)

There's no one out there.

- Are you sure you wanna take that risk?

- I'm taking a risk every time I come to see you.

The town's Pastor's wife having an affair with the handyman.

- And why is she having that affair?

(somber music)

- I have my reasons.

(somber music)

- Care to tell me those reasons?

(somber music)

(kiss echoing) (somber music)

- By the time I get done, it won't matter.

(somber music)

- It does matter.

(somber music)

- Sometimes a woman just needs a change.

(somber music)

- You mean to sin?

(somber music)

- Call it whatever you want.

Sin, revenge.

(somber music)

- Revenge?

(somber music)

- There are things that are just better left unsaid.

- You know, if you love me, you would tell me.

(somber music) (Marie laughing)

- Who said I loved you?

(somber music)

- You're just using me to get revenge on your husband?

(somber music)

- I'm using you because you're a great fuck.

(somber music) (kiss echoing)

You have two options.

I can get out of this car, and you can watch me walk away,

or you can take me right here.

(somber music)

What's it gonna be?

(somber music) (birds chirping)

- We're going to hell.

- Honey, we're already on the way down.

(somber music) (kisses echoing)

(birds chirping) (suspenseful music)

(Nikki sobbing) (suspenseful music)

- Maybe your mother was right.

(Nikki sobbing) (suspenseful music)

Maybe I do enjoy the pleasures of the pain.

(Nikki sobbing) (suspenseful music)

- Only you know the answer.

- Everything seems to be falling apart since you've arrived.

I've used the Lord's name in vain.

I hit my best friend...

(Nikki sobbing) (suspenseful music)

- Falling apart or showing you what you've known all along,

but were afraid to admit?

(suspenseful music)

- What happened...

What happened with Amber and Jake, that wasn't...

That wasn't real?

Was it?

(Nikki sobbing) (suspenseful music)

- What do you think?

- I don't know what to believe anymore.

(Nikki sobbing) (suspenseful music)

- But you know the only way to find out.

(suspenseful music)

(birds chirping) (suspenseful music)

- You know what you'll find.

- I'm going for a walk, nothing more.

(birds chirping)

- Amber and Jake at our sacred ground.

- I'm not listening to you anymore.

- And yet here you are, still talking to me.

- If your kind are gonna fuck with me,

I'd rather it be Abigail.

(birds chirping)

- Not until you see for yourself.

- You're trying to make me see something

that's not even there.

Perhaps you're the false prophet they speak of.

- I'm no prophet.

Just part of you.

- Get the fuck away from me.

- Our creation has been and always will be within you.

(footsteps echoing) (birds chirping)

- So we haven't had much time since I've been back to talk.

- A lot going on with Nikki.

I don't understand who these people are

she's been talking about.

Mary, Abigail...

I've never heard of them..

- Maybe she knows them from somewhere.

- She's never left Perfect,

and I don't recall anyone living here by those names either.

- How about we don't discuss Nikki right now.

(birds chirping)

I wanna know how you've been doing.

I'm not gonna lie, I've really missed you.

- I've missed you too.

(birds chirping)

You'll have to tell me what college life is like.

- How about we discuss that later?

Say, at my place, where we can be more alone?

- You're definitely different since you've been there.

(suspenseful music) - How so?

- You're more... - More what?

(birds chirping) (somber music)

Tell me, Jake.

The lust you feel flow through your veins,

how does it make you feel?

(birds chirping) (somber music)

- [Jake] The Lord does not permit such feelings until...

- Love must be sincere.

Hate what is evil, cling to what is good.

(birds chirping) (somber music)

Be devoted to one another in love,

honor one another above yourselves.

Do you believe in that verse, Jake?

- I believe all in the Bible

are sacred writings of the Word of God.

- Will you be devoted to me? - Amber, I...

(birds chirping) (somber music)

- Time to give in to the desires you have longed for.

(birds chirping) (somber music)

- The Lord does not permit it.

(birds chirping) (somber music)

- The Lord permits nothing that is pleasurable.

Do you not find me enticing?

Did my kiss not boil the lust inside you?

(birds chirping) (somber music)

- I cannot sin.

- Sin is nothing more than a word.

(birds chirping) (somber music)

There's an entire world out there for you

to experience within yourself

if you break away from the teachings

of a deity that teases you.

(birds chirping) (somber music)

- Nikki is -- - Nikki can't give you

what you want.

The Lord brought us to this place for a reason,

for us to be together.

Do you really want to disappoint

the one hold close to your heart?

(birds chirping) (somber music)

- No.

(birds chirping) (somber music)

(grass rustling) (somber music)

- It's always been this way.

- How could she do this to me?

- They use the words of your Savior

to hide their true selves.

Some even use it as an escape.

- She praised the Lord for their actions.

- I know how much this troubles you, Nikki.

(birds chirping) (somber music)

- It doesn't trouble me.

That's what God has planned for them.

So be it.

- That is untruthful and you know it.

I know what you're thinking.

How can they get away with this and you can't?

You are punished for the sins you commit.

Why can't they be?

Give your soul to us and learn the truth.

- I don't know what the truth is anymore.

- Is that why you ventured out without your favorite book?

(birds chirping) (suspenseful music)

- I must have dropped it.

- You didn't take it with you.

Perfect is not a town of saints, Nikki.

(birds chirping) (somber music)

- Fuck it.

- There's so much more to life

if you escape from this tyranny.

- Stop with that shit.

(birds chirping) (somber music)

- You take your anger out on the wrong person.

- I know what you and your mother are trying to do.

(birds chirping) (somber music)

- We are only trying to show you the way home,

and who you really are.

- I'm not related to you,

or any of your kind.

- You are in more ways than you know,

you are us and we are you.

- You're nobody.

- We are the ones

who show you what's hidden from you.

Search your feelings, Nikki,

and you'll realize we are the ones being honest.

(birds chirping) (suspenseful music)

- Everything, okay, Nikki?

(car tires rustling) (suspenseful music)

Do you need a ride?

(birds chirping) (footsteps echoing)

(car door clanking) (birds chirping)

Okay.

(birds chirping) (car door slamming)

(car whirring)

How's it going back there?

- Couldn't be better.

(car whirring)

What's my mama doing today?

- I don't know.

I haven't seen her.

- You sure?

I swear I can smell the perfume she wears

on special occasions.

(car whirring)

It's okay.

I know you're fucking my mama.

(car whirring) (Jeremy clearing throat)

She any good?

(car whirring)

- I'm gonna forget the vile words you just said,

and pray for God's forgiveness on your soul.

- Perhaps you should pray for your own.

Care to try the daughter, or are you only into older women?

(car whirring)

- I'm gonna act like this conversation never happened.

- What if I don't?

(car whirring)

Mary and Abigail told me everything,

like how Mama loves to be punished by you,

like how her and Papa punish me.

(car whirring)

- Who's Mary and Abigail? - That doesn't matter.

What matters is that they showed me the truth

about this town, and the lies you all perpetuate.

(car whirring)

I didn't wanna believe it at first,

but then it all started to make sense.

Amber and Jake, you and my Mama, Papa,

they showed me the light that God would never have.

- Perfect is in God's hands.

He watches over us, He keeps us free from sin.

- Free from sin?

All I've seen from this town is nothing but sin.

(car whirring)

I know everyone's secrets, the way I see it?

You're all gonna burn in hell.

- Sit back.

- And you all deserve it.

Sinners.

You know what this stands for?

(car whirring)

Of course you do.

(car whirring)

At one point, this symbol meant everything to me,

(car whirring)

and now it represents nothing but lies.

(car whirring)

- Nikki, I just wanna get you back to your house.

- "You are of your father, the devil,

and your will is to do your father's desires.

He was a murderer from the beginning,

and does not stand to the truth,

because there is no truth in him.

When he lies, it is out of his own character,

for he's a liar and the father of lies."

(suspenseful music)

- John 8:44.

(suspenseful music) - Very good.

You should keep that verse in your head.

(suspenseful music)

- Why?

(suspenseful music)

- Because...

They're coming.

(Nikki laughing)

(suspenseful music)

- Who's coming?

(suspenseful music)

(birds chirping) (suspenseful music)

(car door slamming) (suspenseful music)

(car window whirring) (suspenseful music)

- May God have mercy on your soul, Jeremy.

(suspenseful music)

(footsteps rustling) (suspenseful music)

Mama.

(footsteps rustling) (suspenseful music)

(birds chirping) (phone ringing)

(car door slamming) (footsteps rustling)

- What's going on?

(footsteps rustling)

- Nothing.

(footsteps rustling)

- Jeremy.

(birds chirping)

- It's over.

(birds chirping)

- What are you talking about?

(birds chirping)

- We can't see each other anymore.

(birds chirping)

- What did you do?

- Nothing, nothing, I swear to God,

but I have to leave.

(footsteps echoing)

She knows, Marie.

Somehow she found out, and if this gets out,

it's not gonna end well for both of us.

- What did she say to you? - Doesn't matter.

- You're not leaving until you tell me what's going on.

- She went on about two people named Abigail and Mary,

and they told her everything about us,

and apparently, everyone else in the town,

and before I dropped her off,

she said something about "They're coming."

Now it didn't sound like Nikki when she was talking,

and she sounded like a completely different person.

Now, if you'll excuse me,

the Thompsons have a raccoon problem.

(footsteps echoing) (birds chirping)

(car door slamming) (car whirring)

- Do you believe us now?

- Why am I the only one that can see you?

- Because we are bonded.

Only those within our bloodlines can see us.

Only a pure child from our bloodlines

that lives among us can bring us back.

- Why isn't your face burnt?

- I realized it was wrong of me to show you

the results of what was done to me,

to scare you the way I did,

doesn't make me a very good grandmother now, does it?

- Oh, so now you got a conscience?

(Mary chuckling)

- We are not bad people, Nikki.

You're just misunderstood.

- Why would I trust witches?

- Witches is such a derogatory word.

We like to think of ourselves as beings of life itself.

Besides, have we lied to you?

Why would you trust those who have clearly misguided you?

All we wanted was to practice our own faith,

and that scared them.

You call us witches, just as they did,

but do you not understand who we were?

We waited centuries for you.

We knew. one day, we'd be awakened with word you'd arrived.

- Who awoke you?

- Our religion carried on

long after we were banished from this earth.

Someone made it known to our followers,

and with it, unlocked the door that kept us hidden.

- I want to know who it was that brought you to me.

(door clanking)

(slap echoing)

- What did you say to Jeremy?

Answer me.

How dare you insinuate that I am unfaithful to your father?

How dare you suggest that I am sinful?

(suspenseful music)

- You know them. - Know who?

- You saw her when you came into my room.

- What are you talking about?

- Mary.

(suspenseful music)

- It's her, isn't it?

That tramp has infected you with ideas.

I knew the moment I heard she was going

to that college that this would happen.

(suspenseful music)

Whatever she told you was lies.

(suspenseful music)

Your father and I love each other, and the Lord.

(suspenseful music)

I would never do anything to betray that love.

(suspenseful music)

It hurts me deeply that you could even think

that I would do something like that to your father,

(suspenseful music)

my own daughter believing

that I could commit such atrocities.

(suspenseful music)

- I'm sorry, Mama.

(suspenseful music)

- As you should be.

Your father and I need to go out tonight.

Dinner's in the oven.

I want you to pray for 10 minutes to redeem yourself.

Is that understood?

- Yes, Mama.

(suspenseful music)

(birds chirping)

- Excuse me, Pastor? - Fran, so good to see you.

(birds chirping)

How may I help you?

- I was hoping you had a moment.

- Of course.

Have a seat.

(chair clanking) (birds chirping)

Hopefully you're here to tell me

that Noah will be making an appearance on Sunday.

(birds chirping)

- I need to make a confession.

- Oh.

(birds chirping)

Well, as you know, we've...

Times have been hard and...

(birds chirping)

So what's been troubling you?

(birds chirping)

- You can assure me that this will remain between us?

- Fran, whatever you tell me does not leave this place.

(birds chirping)

- I know in teachings that life is sacred,

(birds chirping)

and we're all God's children.

For what I've done, I don't think I can be forgiven.

(birds chirping)

- Please, Fran.

God is forgiving.

(birds chirping)

- Not after what I've done, I don't think so.

- Tell me and together we can pray on it.

(birds chirping)

- No.

No, I can't.

I made a mistake coming here.

- I'm here to help, you came to me for guidance.

(birds chirping)

I won't be much good to you if you don't let me help you.

- I'm sorry I wasted your time, Pastor.

(birds chirping)

- Papa, what was that about?

- Confession.

(birds chirping)

- Oh.

I'm going over to Jake's for a little bit.

(birds chirping)

- Just be home for dinner.

(birds chirping)

- And the second roommate I had,

puked all over herself one night.

Even with my silent prayers running through my head,

I couldn't block out that awful sound.

Oh, and this date, I actually had a boy come up

and talk to me.

At the first mention of my faith, he was gone.

It was that bad.

- So Jake has a hard road in front of him.

- Hmm.

He'll be fine, I'll give him a few pointers.

(suspenseful music) - I'm sure you will.

(suspenseful music)

- What does that mean?

- How close are you and Jake?

(suspenseful music)

- You know, we've all been friends,

since we were kids.

- Closer than just friends, the two of you?

- What are you talking about?

We're nothing but friends.

- I saw you two at the location

where you said witches died yesterday.

(suspenseful music)

- I was here all day.

- You're a fucking liar.

- What did you call me?

- Is he a good kisser?

Did you like opening your blouse for him?

- I honestly have no idea what you're talking about.

I told you, I was here all day.

- I can't believe my own friend would take

the one I have affection for.

Did you fuck him? - What?

(intense suspenseful music) (Amber gasping)

- I saw everything you did to him.

Did you find pleasure in it?

Was mama right when she said you had been corrupted?

(suspenseful music) - I, I don't...

I don't know what you're talking about.

- Liar. - I love you, Nikki.

I would never betray your trust.

(suspenseful music)

- I've seen this stuff before.

Why did you draw this?

- I don't know, I...

(suspenseful music)

It's the truth, Nikki.

(suspenseful music)

- It's over, for all of you.

(door slamming) (suspenseful music)

(Amber coughing) (suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

- You wanted me?

Here I am.

(birds chirping) (suspenseful music)

- Do you believe all that's been shown to you?

- I've seen enough.

- Then close your eyes and repeat after me.

From the fires of damnation --

- What's going to happen to me?

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

- My dear, a whole new world will open up to you,

one you never imagined existed.

Anything you dream of, anyone at your fingertips,

the possibilities are endless.

From this point forward,

your life will continue forever.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

- From the fires of damnation...

- [Nikki] From the fires of damnation...

- My blood is our blood. - My blood is our blood.

- Your knowledge is my knowledge.

- [Nikki] Your knowledge is my knowledge.

- My life extends to those wrongfully accused.

- My life extends to those wrongfully accused.

- And return the flesh to those long perished.

- And return the flesh to those long perished.

- I ask for the visions of all

who have been unfaithful to me.

- I ask for the visions of all

who have been unfaithful to me.

(witches chanting in unison) (suspenseful music)

(birds chirping) (suspenseful music)

- Everything you showed me was the truth.

(birds chirping) (suspenseful music)

- Welcome home.

(birds chirping) (suspenseful music)

- I want to know who it was that brought you to me

and who my real mother was.

(birds chirping) (suspenseful music)

- It is time for you to bring justice, not only for us,

but to those who led you down the path of deceit.

- I want to know.

- In due time.

(birds chirping) (suspenseful music)

The final sacrifice begins tonight.

(birds chirping) (suspenseful music)

("Ave Maria" playing on radio)

♪ Ave ♪ - Our Father

who art in heaven.

- How can you pray after what you've done?

♪ Maria ♪ - Nikki?

- You meant so much to all of us growing up.

You have no idea what it's like

to find out the truth about you and what you did.

(suspenseful music)

You're just like the rest of them, destined to burn in hell.

♪ Gratia Plena ♪ - How do you know?

- Everything has become much clearer.

♪ Gratia Plena ♪ My family has shown me

the truth about everyone.

- Your mom and dad doesn't know.

(suspenseful music) - They're not my real family.

(suspenseful music) (aria continues)

- Why, Mother?

(suspenseful music)

(Fran gasping)

- I was scared.

(suspenseful music)

- Were you scared when you were conceiving me?

- I was foolish.

- Did you not think the judgment would fall upon you?

(suspenseful music)

- You are so beautiful.

(suspenseful music)

I ask for your forgiveness.

I made a terrible mistake.

- You ask for my forgiveness?

There was so much I could have done with my life,

and you took that from me.

(suspenseful music)

- I would do anything that my Lord asks of me

to have you here with me.

(suspenseful music)

- It's too late for that, Mother.

(suspenseful music)

- Justice must be served, Fran.

- Justice must be served.

(Fran gasping) (suspenseful music)

- Out of everybody, you disappointed me the most.

(suspenseful music)

(Fran gasping) (suspenseful music)

No one is going to save you now.

(suspenseful music)

It felt as if my body was on fire.

(suspenseful music)

- As it should.

- What does it mean?

- It means your soul is being cleansed.

(suspenseful music)

(somber music)

(knocking on door)

(somber music)

- Amber, good to see you again.

- Nice to see you again, as well.

(suspenseful music)

Be kind of hard to read without the lights on.

- If it's too much, we could always turn on the lights.

- It's okay.

It won't be my first time reading via candlelight.

(suspenseful music)

- Please, have a seat. - Thank you.

(suspenseful music)

(Amber chuckling)

I must admit I feel out of place.

All of you in black, and me in white.

- It's the way we dress on special occasions.

- What's this special occasion?

- Well, it's not that often we get someone

with such religious commitments here at Kelly University,

especially once we're willing to teach us

the ways of the Bible.

- And willing to tell us all about your friend back home.

- Nikki?

She so sweet.

She would love this.

- We wish she was here, as well.

(suspenseful music)

- I must say what you told me about what happened in Perfect

makes a very scary, but interesting tale.

(suspenseful music)

- Do you trust us, Amber?

- I have no reason not to.

You've all been so nice and inviting.

- We just wanna make you feel like you're at home.

- And I'm very grateful for that.

- We admire your dedication to your religion,

and letting us into your world.

Would you be willing to allow us to let you into our world?

(suspenseful music)

- I cannot let myself be persuaded

into dealings of the dark.

(sorority girls laughing)

- Well, there's nothing dark about this.

- Allow us to show you what your book won't.

(suspenseful music)

- I don't know.

(suspenseful music)

- We gave you a chance.

Please give us one.

(suspenseful music)

You'd be helping people in ways

you never thought possible.

- Helping people how?

(suspenseful music)

- By allowing them to find someone

they've been searching for

for a long time, and bring them home.

(suspenseful music)

- You wanna help them, don't you, Amber?

- Yes.

(suspenseful music)

- Close your eyes and repeat after us.

(suspenseful music)

- I don't know. - There's nothing

to worry about.

(suspenseful music)

- My soul and mind to us.

- My soul and mind to us.

- To witness the Perfect Eight.

- To witness the Perfect Eight.

- To bring justice to those ancestors

and lead them back to their rightful place.

- To bring justice to those ancestors,

and bring them back to their rightful place.

- To carry on their faith as we have.

- To carry on their faith as we have.

- What do you see, Amber?

- Death, women hung,

pleading for help with her last gas of air.

A little girl scared and alone?

Perfect.

A daughter.

Nikki?

- Is this the faith you believe in?

- No.

- Do you wanna help them, Amber?

- Yes.

(suspenseful music)

(sorority girls chanting) (suspenseful music)

(Amber screaming) (suspenseful music)

(sorority girls laughing) (suspenseful music)

- [Spirit Voice] Nikki has come home.

The circle is complete.

(suspenseful music)

(footsteps echoing) (suspenseful music)

- What are we going to do, Rob?

(suspenseful music)

(Rob sighing) (suspenseful music)

- We just have to have faith in the Lord

that we're gonna get through this.

(suspenseful music)

- Unless the Lord has a whole lot of money,

I don't think He's gonna be much help.

(suspenseful music) (Rob chuckling)

- We can get through these things.

We've done it before.

(suspenseful music)

- I know.

(suspenseful music)

We have to watch how much we're donating to the church.

I understand how important it is, but at what cost?

The house?

Amber's education?

(suspenseful music)

- We can cut back, all right?

Amber's just gonna have to understand

that she's not going back.

(suspenseful music) (footsteps echoing)

Okay?

It's okay.

(suspenseful music) (footsteps echoing)

What are you wearing, young lady?

- You're gonna take that off right now.

(suspenseful music)

- I'm going back and there's nothing you can do about it.

(suspenseful music)

Don't be afraid.

(suspenseful music)

Judgment day has fallen upon us.

- The devil is upon you.

- The devil has nothing to do with it.

- Amber...

(suspenseful music)

- You know, I understand Mrs. Strange

getting out with Jeremy,

but you my, dear mother, I give you credit for doing

with Mr. Strange to save the family a few bucks.

- What is she talking about, Lisa?

- She's lying.

I would never do anything like that.

Confess to your husband before it's too late.

- Lisa, what is she talking about?

(suspenseful music)

- I made a deal with James.

(suspenseful music)

When I found out that we can never pay for the church,

I did what I had to do to keep the church going.

I'm sorry.

(suspenseful music)

- And you did it in the middle of the living room.

Tsk-tsk-tsk. (suspenseful music)

- Amber, you need to stop whatever you're doing right now,

and let us go.

(suspenseful music)

- I'm not finished. - Yes, you are.

(suspenseful music)

I know we should have never sent you to that place.

It's a haven for evil.

I swear if there was anything that I --

(neck snapping) (Lisa screaming)

(suspenseful music) (body rustling)

(suspenseful music) (Lisa crying)

- Nikki will decide the fate of this town,

and believe me when I say, I will be doing you a favor.

(suspenseful music)

- Please.

I love you.

Let God back into your life.

(suspenseful music)

- I'm sorry, Lisa.

It's too late for that.

Don't worry.

You'll be seeing Him.

(suspenseful music) (Lisa screaming)

(suspenseful music) (Amber grunting)

(suspenseful music)

God damn in.

Look what you did.

(suspenseful music)

I love these heels.

(suspenseful music) (Amber grunting)

(suspenseful music)

(crickets chirping) (suspenseful music)

- Hey, baby. (suspenseful music)

- I didn't mean to startle you.

(suspenseful music)

- Little creepy hanging out in the back over there.

- I'm sorry, baby.

Why don't you come here, and I'll make it up to you.

- I still don't think this is a good idea.

(suspenseful music)

- Because of what Nikki said?

You don't need to worry about that.

She hasn't been feeling much like herself lately.

- That may be true, but this still isn't right.

- You're really gonna let this opportunity pass you by?

(suspenseful music)

- What the fuck?

(suspenseful music)

- It's not a very nice thing to say now, is it?

- Where's Marie? - Doesn't matter where she is.

I'm here now and the deal still stands.

(suspenseful music)

- Listen, everything that happened between me and your mom,

it was all her idea.

It was her fault.

- Interesting. - Nikki, I broke it off.

Moving forward, there's nothing that's gonna be

happening between me and her.

(suspenseful music)

- Promise me?

- I swear to God.

(suspenseful music)

- Oh, Jeremy, I told you, may God have mercy on your soul,

and now you're swearing your life to Him?

Not a good idea.

(suspenseful music)

(Jeremy grunting) (suspenseful music)

It's times like these I'm glad I was shown the truth.

(suspenseful music) (Jeremy gasping)

- Nikki, please stop.

- Oh, do you think I have anything to do

with what's happening to you?

(suspenseful music) (Jeremy gasping)

- I made a mistake. - A mistake?

You know what a mistake is?

Believing anything any of you had to say.

(Jeremy crying) (suspenseful music)

May your insides burn like the flames of hell.

(suspenseful music) (Jeremy screaming)

(suspenseful music) (crickets chirping)

(door creaking) (crickets chirping)

- Nikki?

What's going on here?

Where did you get that shirt?

(suspenseful music)

(furniture rustling) (suspenseful music)

(paper rustling) (suspenseful music)

- "I miss you so much.

College life has been stressful to say the least,

but I know I have God to guide me through it."

Aw, isn't that sweet?

(suspenseful music)

"I'm still waiting to get a letter from you.

I hope you didn't forget about me.

Anyways, I'm already looking forward

to seeing you in the summer.

Love you, Nikki.

May God be with you.

Love, Amber."

(suspenseful music)

Quite the entrepreneurial thing Bob has got going on,

(suspenseful music)

and this, found this little piece of wardrobe

in the same closet as all this shit.

(suspenseful music) (footsteps echoing)

- [Marie] You had no right to go into our room.

- Now I know where you've been hiding all these years,

you whore. (suspenseful music)

(Marie breathing hard) You know something,

Mama?

(suspenseful music)

I have lived my entire life under yours and Papa's rules,

but those days are over.

(suspenseful music)

You know what really pissed me off?

It wasn't that you were fucking Jeremy,

which won't ever be happening again,

or that Papa was scamming the entire town.

(suspenseful music)

No, it was this.

(suspenseful music)

You hid these from me.

- [Marie] We were trying to protect you.

- Liar.

(suspenseful music)

You used the Word of God to mask the truth, to lie.

You did nothing as Papa thought his sick fantasies of me,

and to fuck with me even more,

I found this, as well.

(suspenseful music)

Is this why you didn't want me hanging around Amber?

Is it?

- Ask her what her and James did to my daughter.

Your true mother.

(suspenseful music)

- What did you do?

(suspenseful music)

Answer me.

(suspenseful music)

- I met Carrie-Ann in college.

She was so outgoing, and we connected immediately.

She was a member of a sorority, a leader of a group of women

who followed the same faith that your mother did.

(suspenseful music)

The magic they performed

was mesmerizing and amazing.

They worshiped her like I did,

'cause she taught them how to get anything

or anybody that they wanted.

(suspenseful music)

She would tell these stories about

how her family was slaughtered

by the townspeople of Perfect,

how one day they would come back and seek revenge,

(suspenseful music)

and when that day happened, that she would reward them

with unimaginable treasures.

(suspenseful music)

She said that she was the only one

who escaped that horrible night.

It never occurred to me how crazy that sounded,

because she would have been centuries old.

- Simple-minded fools.

(suspenseful music)

- When I met your father, he not only took my heart,

but he showed me the ways of the Lord.

Yes, your mother despised this,

but she found him desirable.

She used magic to force him to conceive a child with her,

a child conceived with a follower of God

and a resident of the town that killed her forefathers.

(suspenseful music)

A child that she waited centuries to bring into this world,

a child who would bring her family back from the dead.

(suspenseful music)

He didn't know what happened,

(suspenseful music)

but I knew what she did.

(suspenseful music)

When I found out, I was so angry,

(suspenseful music)

(Marie sighing)

but I forgave him,

and we kept it in for months, knowing what we must do.

(suspenseful music)

I couldn't harm the precious life growing inside her,

but once you were born, we had to protect you.

So we...

(suspenseful music)

- What did you do?

(suspenseful music)

- We couldn't...

We couldn't let you fall into the same evil

your mother came from.

(suspenseful music) (Marie sobbing)

We had no choice.

(suspenseful music) (Mary sobbing)

- What did my mother look like?

(suspenseful music)

- You have it in your mind to see her.

- [Carrie-Ann] You turned out to be

a beautiful young girl, Nikki.

(suspenseful music)

- Mom?

(suspenseful music)

- It's a pleasure to see you again, my daughter.

- It's good to see you too, Mother.

- How could you possibly be my mother?

- The possibilities of the craft

from which you were conceived are endless.

The powers you hold within,

you can do amazing things, Nikki.

My life would've continued on forever if it wasn't for her.

(somber music)

I could have watched you grow up with my own eyes.

I could have protected you

from the deception you were raised in.

(somber music)

I suppose I can only be grateful

(somber music)

for the one who allowed our followers to find you

and bring forth the resurrection of our people.

- Don't listen to these demons.

(somber music)

Let God back into your life, Nikki.

(somber music)

- Now that you are where you truly belong,

we can be together again.

(somber music)

- I'm sorry, Nikki.

(somber music)

I only wanted to keep you safe.

(somber music)

Please, they're not who they seem to be.

They stand against everything

that you were brought up to believe.

(somber music)

- And what's that?

- To love and cherish the people close to you.

(somber music)

- You know what I think?

(somber music)

I think it's jealousy.

I think you couldn't stand that I wasn't your real daughter.

That I was a child, a bastard child from an affair

between father and my real mother.

- It's not true.

I love you, Nikki.

- You love no one

(somber music)

besides the blind hatred towards my mother.

That's why you allowed Father

to stare at me when I was vulnerable,

to fuck Jeremy, so you could feel the pleasure

of cheating on Father, just like he did you.

(somber music)

(Marie crying) (suspenseful music)

You murdered my mother. - God, save me.

(somber music) (Marie screaming)

- He's not listening.

(somber music) (Marie screaming)

(brush rustling) (Marie screaming)

(suspenseful music) (head slamming)

(suspenseful music) (Nikki gasping for air)

- We must go.

(suspenseful music)

The sacrifice has begun.

(suspenseful music)

- There's two I don't wanna hurt.

- We know, dear.

He is spared and you may enjoy his pleasure

whenever you desire.

(suspenseful music)

- There's one last thing I need to do.

(suspenseful music)

(door creaking) (suspenseful music)

- Welcome home, Papa.

(suspenseful music) (light switch clicking)

(footsteps echoing) (suspenseful music)

- Nikki, what are you doing?

(suspenseful music)

- I've sinned, Papa,

I need to be punished.

(suspenseful music)

(James sighing)

- What's going on here?

(suspenseful music)

Where did you get that?

- The belt?

- The stuff on the floor.

(Nikki laughing) (suspenseful music)

- That.

You know, Mama had the same very question.

(suspenseful music)

- Where's your mother?

(suspenseful music)

- You're taking the fun out of this.

(suspenseful music)

(Nikki sighing) (suspenseful music)

Mama committed adultery,

and I tried to get her to pray with me,

but she couldn't see her way to do it.

(suspenseful music)

She's in the bathroom.

(footsteps echoing) (suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music) (James gasping)

- No, no, no, no. (suspenseful music)

Marie. (suspenseful music)

No. (suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music) (James gasping)

- You neglected your wife, James.

She was unfaithful, so I did

what I thought needed to be done.

(suspenseful music)

I'm taking care of your greed.

I'm cleansing the world of sinners.

I'm doing the Lord's work, Papa.

The least you could do is thank me.

- Please, stop. (suspenseful music)

- The Lord will never have mercy on your soul.

(James grunting) (suspenseful music)

(Nikki sighing) (suspenseful music)

(birds chirping) (suspenseful music)

- Mom.

Mom, where's everyone going?

Mom, what are you doing?

Mom.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

- Where are the rest of them?

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

- Our apologies.

Some of us took it upon ourself to follow our Savior

and eliminate most of the town's people

before the sacrifice.

- It's fine, Mother, for today, our lives begin again.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

- You two.

Come forward.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

There's something about you.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

- What's going on here?

- Your roots are buried deep in this town.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

- Matthew...

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

What have you done to him?

- Answer my question.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

- My family started the town.

- Does the name Arthur come to mind?

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

- Well, yeah.

He's the one that started Perfect.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

I don't see what this has to do with anything.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

- Oh, what a handsome young man.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

I too have a beautiful daughter

who died at the hands of Arthur.

Do you have any idea what it's like

to watch the one you love die right before your very eyes?

- I swear to God, if you harm him --

- God?

(Marie laughing)

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

Free his mind.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

- Dad.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

- Tell him everything's gonna be all right.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

- It's gonna be okay, son.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

I'm going to -- (rope rustling)

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

- Matthew.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

- May that image be the last you see

before you're sent to burn in hell,

your body, your mind for us to control.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

This is the beginning of our glorious return,

for our lost prodigy has returned home

to give us back the flesh and blood

that was so wrongfully taken from us,

my granddaughter, who suffered through the torture

of falsehoods and pain, has seen the light

of the treacherous murder of her mother, my daughter.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

(footsteps rustling) (suspenseful music)

- My family.

The time has come for us to cleanse this town,

and begin a new chapter in Perfect.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

Come forward, Jake.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- What's going on, Nikki?

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- I know this may all seem out of the ordinary,

but trust me when I say, everything is going to be fine.

- What's going on with my mom?

Who are these people?

What have they done to everyone?

- I know her thoughts about you, as does my family.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

Jake, this town is nothing like what we were led to believe.

- What are you talking about?

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- My heart to your heart, may they beat as one.

May our desires carry us into a world full of lust,

love and sin.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

Your love for me shall never waver.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- You've broken free

from what blinded you from what you wanted.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- It's best you don't see what's about to happen.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

You all will now face judgment

for the crimes of your ancestors.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

Sinners. - Sinners.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

(ropes rustling) (necks cracking)

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

Don't worry, Madeline,

I'll take good care of your son.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

- It was a pleasure to witness,

all made possible by the three of you.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

Nikki, it is these three ladies who led us to you.

Without them, we'd be lost forever.

- It is an honor to finally meet you, Nikki.

- We've heard so much about you.

- Our studies of your people's craft have brought us life.

- But we can't take all the credit.

- We were, as you would've said, blessed

to find someone who would allow us

to deliver your family to you.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- Amber?

I'm sorry I had to come to this,

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

but we knew it would be too difficult

to break you away from your beliefs.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- It was you? - When I met these girls,

my life changed forever, just like yours has.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- Why would you do this to me?

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- I didn't do anything except help open your eyes.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- Where are your parents?

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- We gave them to God just like they would've wanted.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- Without Amber, we would've never have found you,

and we would've been trapped in the darkness forever.

- Think of the possibilities.

We can spread our devotion anywhere we want,

a new religion to consume the fraud

that we once gave our hearts to.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- This is what you were born to do.

You are our savior.

- It's because of you

this town has been cleansed from imperfection.

We may now move forward to seize the opportunity

to perfect all those who will listen,

just as your mother had done.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- You are of pure bloodlines,

and I can only imagine the knowledge that flows through you,

and I would be honored, as your friend,

for you to teach me everything you know.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- What have I done?

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- What you've done is to fulfill your destiny.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- Give in to your desires.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- Your new life begins tonight.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

We can be together like we were always meant to be.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- I call upon the winds of death.

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

- Nikki, what are you doing?

- To cast us all into a never-ending darkness.

- If you do this, you're throwing yourself

into that darkness, as well.

- Daughter, don't do this.

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

- May the winds of death

carry our souls forever into the night.

(suspenseful music) (witches shrieking)

- I never got to tell you how much you mean to me.

- Nikki?

(suspenseful music) (birds chirping)

(body sizzling) (emotional music)

(emotional music) (birds chirping)

(Police Radio speaking)

- Jake, I know this isn't easy for you,

but we need to find out what happened.

- Please, son, you are the only one at the scene,

so you need to understand, this does not look good.

(Police Radio speaking)

- The seventh deadly sin, sloth, if I remember correctly.

Did you avoid your spiritual belief?

- Do you believe in the human soul?

- That has nothing to do with this.

- But it does.

There's so much more to this than you can imagine.

(Police Radio speaking)

- What else is there to imagine?

An entire town has been slaughtered.

Your own mother was found hanging with several others,

not to mention the bodies scattered throughout town.

- Please, Jake, what happened

to Nikki Strange and Amber Holden?

Their bodies were never found.

Do you know where they went?

(birds chirping)

- Oh, you think this is funny?

Right now, you're an accessory to murder.

You know what that means?

That means that you will be locked up for life,

unless you cooperate.

(crickets chirping) (Police Radio speaking)

- Let him sit here for a while.

(Police Radio speaking) (crickets chirping)

(footsteps echoing) (Police Radio speaking)

(suspenseful music)

- Everything's going to be fine, Jake.

- Will I be with God now?

(suspenseful music)

- You'll be with me.

(suspenseful music) (crickets chirping)

(Police Radio speaking) (suspenseful music)

(Police Radio speaking) (suspenseful music continues)

(Police Radio speaking) (suspenseful music continues)

(suspenseful music continues)

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(suspenseful music fades out)