Last Exorcism, The (2010)

[bunniefuu]

[Shanna] Cotton! [Cotton]
Hello, what's this?

- No!
- What's this?

- Do you have to be a troublemaker?
- You think you're going to church?

[Giggling]

We're going to church. We're
going to church. We are going!

Come on, come on.

Do you want to get the door?

Thank you, Justin.

Thanks.

One of the most anointed men of God
I've ever met. I think you know my son.

- Yeah!
- I think you know my son. Yeah.

[Applause]

The Reverend Cotton Marcus. Let's
give another hand for Jesus!

'I started preaching pretty young.
My father was a preacher.'

Every preacher has to have a hook to
bring the people in, get 'em saved

and get them in their wallet cos
the church doesn't run on love.

The child preacher
was a great novelty.

He groomed me. Other kids were playing
and I'd be learning the Gospel of John.

By the time he invited me up on the
pulpit one Sunday as a surprise

to let the people in the congregation know
that the Holy Spirit had visited his son,

as spontaneous as that act may
have seemed to the congregation,

we were... we were ready.

I'm sayin' right here, if you want
an answer, if you want to know...

Do you want to know? It's right
here, it's right here, brother.

Cotton is quite a character. He's
what you would call a performer.

A showman. He's a
natural creative.

For example, we have a
local theatre here.

Cotton writes plays and he's making
these little mini-movies now.

He's built props for
them, special effects.

He entertains like
nobody's business.

It starts here with us, but it carries
on into his professional life.

Yes, you do!

'So many churches are boring.
People don't want to go.

'But when Cotton is there,
it is never boring.'

Folks, I'm here to tell you today that the
world is filled with many, many faces.

Amen.

Right? Some of those faces are good.
They're right with God.

- And some faces will lie to you.
- You gotta watch out for 'em!

Absolutely. So I'm here to tell you, make
sure you don't fall for a pretty face.

Cos that pretty face just may
indeed be the Prince of Lies.

- That's right.
- [Applause]

Cos I'll tell you right now,
his lies are everywhere.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah!

You get 'em going, you "hallelujah" and
blood of Christ, they love the blood.

When you get 'em in the right
spot, they're not even listening.

- No, they're listening.
- No, I could talk about anything.

I could talk about my mom's banana
bread recipe. You don't think so?

Now you're underestimating
your crowd.

When I go back in there, I will preach a
banana bread sermon. I bet you ten bucks.

Do you believe that if you allow
the Holy Ghost into your heart,

you can be sent to
the Kingdom of God?

- Amen!
- You gotta get an "amen".

- Amen!
- Gotta get a "hallelujah".

Gotta get a "hallelujah"
and an "amen".

If you get two ripe bananas, you put 'em
in a bowl, put some sugar and bake 'em,

you can have banana bread.
Hallelujah!

- Hallelujah!
- Hallelujah! Yes, you can!

[Applause]

One Jesus! One Jesus!

We're in my dad's office. That's very
special. He doesn't let anybody in here.

- Don't let 'em see the combination, Dad.
- I won't.

Yeah, please don't film this combination.
I'm serious.

To be honest with you, I'm the only one
that knows it. Me and my accountant.

This is the Hortus Delicarum.

There's about 20 in
the whole world.

[Cotton] Show it to them.

This book describes

the various kinds of demons,
helps you identify them,

and then recommends the process
for getting rid of that demon.

We have had exorcists
in our family...

for generations, generations.

And...

How many exorcisms do you think
you've done with this book?



The original story of Lucifer is this.
Lucifer was an angel at one point.

Some people say that he was
the choirmaster of Heaven.

He was helping raise
hosannas to God.

But he decided he wanted the praise
himself and God cast him out of Heaven.

He took a third of the host of Heaven
with him. Those are your demons today.

That is the set-up of the entire Bible.
The soul of man is being fought over.

God wants you to turn to the light of
him and Satan wants to grab your soul.

Satan wants to overthrow
God, so you have this clash.

The Bible is filled with demons.

If you believe in God, you have to believe
in the devil. Jesus was an exorcist.

Therefore, if you're a Christian
and you believe in Jesus Christ,

you have to believe in demons.

Mostly people contact
me by my website.

But this, this is old school.
Here...

That's from lvanwood.

This is from Georgia.

And this one says, "Please
open immediately. Urgent."

Exorcism is alive and
well in the present age.

People think of it as being a
scourge of the Middle Ages

that somehow went away and was cured
by science, but it's never gone away.

Exorcism today is bigger
than it's ever been.

The Vatican used to have 20 or 25
sanctioned exorcists on the staff.

Now they have well over 300. That's
just what they're telling is.

They're not telling us everything.
That's just the Roman Catholic Church.

They get all the press cos they
got the movie, but the reality

is that exorcisms are performed by
every religion all over the world.

"Local boy Cotton delivers
his first exorcism."

As a boy, I thought this was in
every newspaper all over the world.

Tell me what your dad does.

He fights with the demons and
the vampires and the ghosts.

And all the monsters.

He fights all the ghosts and
the demons and the vampires?

- And the monsters.
- Do you believe in ghosts?

Does your dad believe in ghosts?

I do not believe in
actual demons, no.

But when I was doing exorcisms,
you know, I acted like I did.

It's not like I saw any
demons come out of anybody.

So for years, you've
just been a fraud?

That's your word, not mine.

For the last couple of years, I've
been doing what I've always been doing

which is delivering a service for a person
who needs it in a way that they need it.

I'm not saying I'm a doctor, but I
helped heal people from what ailed them.

What ailed them was the thought that
they were possessed by a devil.

If I helped make that thought go
away and they felt better, so be it.

I got a wife, a family to feed. At
least, that's how I used to justify it.

[Shanna] Basically, everything changed
when Justin was born. He was born early,

so there was a while where we weren't
sure our son was going to be alive,

then finally, we found out
that he was going to be OK.

In that moment, Cotton
was so relieved.

He was like, "We are so
lucky, we are so lucky."

The best I could do was
say, "Thank you, Doctor."

I should've been thanking God, but
that wasn't my first thought.

And that realisation really shook me.
That was a real crisis of faith.

I started to question if
I ever believed in God.

I started preaching so
early and kept going.

I was good and I got rewarded for
it, so who wants to stop that?

Even when I had this revelation of
"maybe I don't believe in God",

"yet I'm still presenting myself
as a preacher," it didn't stop me.

I mean, I was on autopilot.
That's what I do.

It wasn't easy. It got harder.
There's no doubt about that.

He would've quit eventually,
at some point anyway,

but there was this one story,
this little boy named Victor.

His name was Victor Turoy
from Harrisburg, Texas.

This little boy was autistic

and he was suffocated to
death during an exorcism

with well-meaning people trying
to get this demon out of him.

I read that article and Justin
was about this boy's age.

I started having this
recurring nightmare.

I was the exorcist wrapping a
plastic bag around my son's head.

I was watching my son die and
I'd wake up in a cold sweat.

Not long after that, I was washing
dishes and he came out of the office

and he had this story about the new
Pope opening an Exorcism Academy.

He was visibly shaken. He said,

"Do you know how many more
people this will hurt?"

That's when I really decided that... I
was done. I had to get out of that.

I'm not interested in
participating in that whatsoever.

What I want to do is expose exorcism
for the scam that it really is.

That's why we're doing this. If I can
help expose it for what it really is

and save one kid from having a plastic
bag wrapped around his face...

That sounds like God's work.

We will open an envelope and follow
that request wherever it takes us.

And I'll let you follow me.

And that way, you can film all the
behind the scenes of my exorcism.

I'll pick the one on top. It's
from lvanwood, Louisiana.

There's a whole bunch of people out there
who are convinced they are possessed

or they have some sort of crop failure
or something wrong with the livestock.

"I feel I am dealing with a case of
possession by the devil himself.

"My livestock is being
slaughtered nightly.

"Little doubt who is
doing this gruesome...

"Please, please..." Looks
like we're going to lvanwood.

Get Daddy's candlesticks, OK?

- See you later. Love you.
- Give me a hug.

Oh! You just really...

Bye, guys. Love you!

It's amazing down here. It's
got a real unique feel.

Nothing like it in any other part
of the country. And it's ancient.

Some plantations here have been
standing for hundreds of years.

It's the only part of the country that's
been flown under six different flags,

so it's a real mix of culture and
superstition and folklore down here.

You've got voodoo, you've got
Roman Catholics, Pentecostalism,

all these different beliefs
rubbing up against one another.

They're all looking to save
you and to be the answer.

There's a lot of illiteracy
and a lot of poverty

and between that and the "stopped
in time" feel of the place,

it's like a perfect breeding ground for...
for demons and evil.

You can't fight the devil
without the armour.

Granted it's linen, but
it's hot down here.

Sorry. Sorry.

Yeah, I'm gonna miss this.

Maybe I'll sell real estate.

I'm turning on to
Louisiana Interstate 39.

I Demons comin' your way... I

If you ask five people about a demon
story, they'll give you ten demon stories.

- Do we have time for that?
- Sure. Absolutely.

- Is Bush that way?
- Yeah. You be careful goin' down Bush.

You hear so many things.

I think that the
very gates to Hell

is right over there off of Bush
Drive, the very gates to Hell!

There was a cult in
this area and a temple.

It's not here. I won't be able
to describe exactly where it is,

but the Sweetzers will be
able to give you specifics.

This guy that ran the
cult was so disturbed

that he actually thought
that he would, like...

He needed to, like,
feed, you know,

feed human souls to the
devil or whatever.

Where's the UFO landing site?

Oh, that is actually
in that direction.

Maybe we could ask this guy.

- He's stopping.
- He is?

- Hey, afternoon!
- Are you guys making a movie?

- A documentary. How's it going?
- I like documentaries.

- We're looking for the Sweetzer farm.
- What's your name?

- Reverend Cotton Marcus.
- Pleased to meet you.

- The Sweetzer farm?
- And yours?

I'm Iris. This is Daniel. We're
a little behind schedule, so...

- No problem.
- The Sweetzer farm, please?

You're going in the wrong direction.
You wanna make a U-turn.

- OK.
- Take this road, go straight.

When you see things you've already seen,
keep on going. You'll hit the highway. OK?

And then I want you to go
back where you came from.

- Are you kidding?
- No, I'm not.

Gotcha. Thank you.

Sorry about that.

- Jesus!
- Keep going!

- What's he doing?
- Jesus Christ, just go, go!

- Are you OK?
- Yeah.

It seems like the end of the road.
There's a tractor. That's a good sign.

Here's a farmhouse of some sorts.
This has got to be it.

Let me just make sure it's him
before you guys get out, OK?

- Mr Sweetzer?
- Yeah.

How are you doin'?
Cotton Marcus.

Nice to meet you. Pardon my
dress, but it's a work day.

- I'm dressed for work myself.
- I understand that.

I can't thank you enough
for coming out here.

I just figured... Oh, hey,
watch out for this kid!

- We just met him on the road.
- I apologise. That's my son Caleb.

- My apologies.
- No. What did he do?

It was probably just a misunderstanding.
We asked for... It doesn't matter.

- Hi. Good to see you again.
- Hi.

- What's your problem, boy?
- You know they got cameras?

- You got cameras?
- I was gonna tell you.

- These are my friends. This is Iris.
- Hi. How are you?

- And Daniel.
- Hi.

I appreciate it. I'd like you
to turn the camera off though.

Let's go ahead and turn it off right now.
And let's go talk about it.

[inaudible conversation]

[Still inaudible]

This is the second
bull I've lost.

Two goats and, I don't
know, several chickens.

Could this have come
from an alligator?

An alligator will bite and
roll and take chunks,

not a big, straight
cut like that.

- Caleb couldn't have done this?
- No, I'm sure it was Nell.

- And Nell is...?
- My daughter.

Right, I knew that. I remember
that from the letter.

I should have read the
letter more thoroughly.

I thought it was
Louis, not Nell.

I don't like working with kids.

That's from last night. One just like
this every time I lose an animal.

- She doesn't remember this?
- No, sir, she doesn't remember anything.

And it really frightened her a lot,
so I just quit asking her about it.

- Hello. Is that Nell?
- Yes. Hello, Reverend Marcus.

- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Come this way.

- This is my room.
- Did you do this?

- Yeah.
- Wonderful.

Thank you.

This is actually the story of Esther
of Antioch. She's not from the Bible.

It was something I dreamed of.

- Oh.
- Yeah.

This artwork and detail, it's really well
thought out. I'm very, very impressed.

Sorry.

If you don't mind, Nell, tell me how
you're feeling, what's been going on.

Your dad told me about the livestock.
What do you know about that?

Well, I can only think one
thing, that I k*lled 'em.

Do you remember k*lling them?

- No, but...
- Do you remember getting out of bed?

- Walking down the stairs or outside?
- No.

Do you remember doing anything
to the animals at all?

- No, but...
- Maybe you didn't do anything at all.

As I mentioned in my letter, my wife
died two years ago. It was cancer.

And she was being treated, we thought,
successfully, for breast cancer,

then six months later, it
metastasised into her bones

and three weeks after
that, she was gone.

It was quite a shock,
especially for Nell.

She's 14, just coming into young
womanhood, so it was very difficult.

I saw that picture. You
look just like your mother.

Really? Thank you so much. That's such
a compliment. She's so beautiful.

- She is. So is her daughter.
- Thank you so much.

- Were you very close?
- She was my best friend.

Yeah, that's safe to say.
She was my best friend.

[Sniffs]

Did Caleb act any different
after your mom passed?

I think Caleb got frustrated.

He got kinda scary. He
started hating God a lot.

How about your father? How
has he been affected?

It hit him very hard.

It hit him, 0h...

If it weren't for my wife Dell and
the faith that she instilled in me,

I don't think I would've
made it through.

Since she died, I
have been determined

to give my children a more
fundamental Christian upbringing.

I'm not real crazy about the influences
that exist in the world today.

Therefore, I decided
to home-school Nell.

For a while, I let her
go to the Sunday school

at our local church, but that
didn't seem right either.

Pastor Manley didn't teach
only religious music,

so that's why he
pulled me out...

- Your dad likes religious music?
- Yeah.

I've tried keeping her as
close as I possibly could,

maybe even a little too
protective, I'll admit to that.

But somehow, still...

the devil got in her.

[She plays tune]

Her mother gave her a small
crucifix and it burns her.

The symbol of our Lord
and she can't wear it.

[Cotton applauds]

I don't know if it's Nell
who's k*lling those animals.

I know she's really isolated out here.
That's got to drive you crazy.

But the burning cross? That's
just like a nickel allergy.

You get a reaction like that on your
skin, especially if you're stressed out.

- Hey, son.
- Hi.

Why were you throwing
rocks at me?

Are you still gonna
perform that exorcism?

An exorcism? Well, I don't know.
That's what I'm here to find out.

Cos apparently, there's deaths involved.
People have died.

If you're worried about that, nothing like
that happens with me. I'm here to help.

We don't need your help, though.

Your livestock do. They're dying left
and right. Do you know about that?

My father's a
superstitious drunk.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Do you think he's superstitious or
drunk enough to harm his own animals?

It's possible. I don't know.

Do you think Nell had
anything to do with it?

No, I don't think
Nell's the problem.

- Nell doesn't need help.
- That remains to be seen...

If anything happens to
her, I will hurt you

and I don't care if the
camera is watching.

It can watch all it wants.
I will hurt you.

Hmm.

- Thank you.
- Thank you, son.

Thank you.

- Nice and relaxed. You're not nervous?
- No.

OK, cos you can't be
nervous when I do this.

- OK.
- Let's try again.

- Feel any pressure?
- A little.

Oh, you do? Oh.

My throat's been sore cos I've
been waking up screaming.

- You have a sore throat as well?
- Cos I've been waking up screaming.

There's nothing to be nervous about.
It's fine.

Night sweats and night fevers

and a little loss of appetite
and fatigue in the afternoon...

- Whoa!
- What?

- [Louis] What?
- And, uh...

- [Louis] What?
- Let me have your finger. Come here.

Right back here. Can you feel that?
That indention. Look straight ahead.

Have you always
had it this deep?

I guess it's deeper now, but...

It's a lot deeper now. Louis, get me a pan
of water, big enough to put her feet in.

- Pan of water?
- Yeah.

I need you to take your socks and
shoes off. Very pretty shoes.

Oh. Thank you.

I like your shoes.
They're real nifty.

Want to try 'em on?

Here you go.

- They look good on you.
- They look...

- They're yours.
- No way, Miss Iris!

- I got a pair in the car.
- No, please!

You look good in them and I'm sure you
can't find them in a 300-mile radius.

This is the nicest thing that's happened.
Dad, Miss Iris gave me her boots!

Let's take them off your feet right now.
How about that for starters?

There you go.

OK, lift them up.

Let's all close our
eyes for a moment.

Let's close our eyes and pray to Jesus
to help us out in this time of need.

Oh, Lord, we ask you to
please give us your strength.

Give us your hope and give us your clarity.
Please help us.

We ask you, please
take care of Nell.

And in this test, may you please
show us an unadulterated sign

of whether or not we should
continue upon this way,

if we should continue
down the path...

Reverend Marcus!

- Is this regular water?
- Yes.

That's the temperature change.

I was afraid of this. We will
proceed with the exorcism.

I'm afraid that I suspect that Nell
is possessed with the demon named...

- "A-BA-lam"?
- "AH-balam".

"Host..." What is this? What
kind of language is this?

- Do you not read Latin?
- No, sir.

It's all right. I got it for you.
What this tells us is...

[Reads in Latin]

- Inside Abalam...
- Right.

[Continues in Latin]

What it says is
he's very powerful,

perhaps the most powerful
demon in the entire book.

Like a snake, he wraps himself around
the coil of the soul of the person.

That is why there's the temperature
fluctuation, up, down, like Nell showed.

The thing about Abalam is he preys
on the flesh of the innocent.

He defiles the flesh of the innocent.
That's what he does.

Defile...?

And it's particularly bad
when he's in young girls.

Look at him.

It says right here that the possessed's
only salvation will come...

in death.

What? The only
salvation is death?

Unless she is exorcised.

Here, fraud!

Hello, Caleb.

You threw something in there.

I saw you. But I won't tell, OK?

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

That was really good.

We won't have any problems now.

This'll shake nicely.

[Door opens]

Come in.

Come now. Stand
here for a second.

Caleb, if you would, over
there, Louis beside you.

Nell, go ahead. Get on the bed.

You can sit or you can lay down.

Whatever makes you comfortable.

- Are you comfortable?
- Yes, sir.

Good. Nothing to
be nervous about.

Gentlemen, I do not need your
help unless I ask for it.

- What I need from you is your faith.
- Yes, sir.

Your courage and your love because
we are here because we love Nell.

And we want Nell to get better.
Isn't that right?

Yes, Reverend.

Let's pray to the Lord our God above.
Let us close our eyes.

Beside restful waters, he leads
me, he refreshes my soul.

He guides me in the right
paths for his name's sake.

Even though I walk in the dark
valley, I shall fear no evil,

for you are by my side with your rod
and your staff that give me courage.

- Do you believe in Jesus Christ, Nell?
- Yes, sir.

- Can he get this demon out of you?
- Yes, sir.

Then let him expel the demon from you.
I say, "Demon, be gone!"

In the name of Jesus Christ, I
say, "Demon, leave this girl!"

In the name of Jesus Christ and the blood
that washes over her, demon, be gone!

I command thee to be gone!

' [Growling] " Ah!"

Oh, no, demon. Don't listen.

Pay no attention.
Don't listen at all.

- [Loud thump]
- Agh!

- Agh, agh!
- Oh, no. No, no.

Don't worry. Don't listen, Louis.
Pay no attention.

Aaaagh!

Pay no attention for he is the Father
of Lies. All he knows are lies.

All we know is the Father of
Love, the Prince of Peace,

the God above who shall
save you all, save you all.

For the power and name and
the glory of Jesus Christ...

Sound is so important.
I got my player.

I go ahead and programme over


Aaaah, aaaah...

[Nell screams]

Trust in the Lord. The Lord shall save you.
The Lord shall provide for you.

- He's here!
- Do you believe in Christ?

Do you believe that Christ shall heal you?
Can Christ heal you?

- Christ can heal me.
- Then be healed.

- Yes, be healed. Say, "I love Jesus."
- I love Jesus.

- Say, "I love Jesus." Believe in Jesus.
- Aaaaagh!

These are two nine-volt batteries
and attached are wires at the end.

Then you run one of the wires down the
sleeve, then you attach it in there.

Believe, believe, believe, believe!
Believe, B E L I EVE!

Aaaaagh!

In the name of Jesus Christ,
I command you to leave!

In the blood of Christ,
demon, get thee out!

[Thumping and growling]

I can't do it!

You have to! You have to!

God, take me!

- Take the demon from this girl, Lord!
- Aagh! Aagh!

Take the demon, oh, Lord!
Let me take the demon!

[Growling]

Praise God.

The demon is gone.

The demon is gone. The demon could
not withstand the sight of our Lord.

Praise God.

[Breathes heavily]

- Are you OK?
- [She sighs]

[Sobbing]

- How's she doing?
- She's sleeping like a child.

- Got a little smile on her face.
- That's fantastic.

- Is it all there?
- There's no reason to count it.

- Take care.
- Thank you all.

- Thank you.
- What?

- No, I was just saying thank you...
- What?

- I can't hear you.
- Reverend?

I don't understand.

Reverend?

The Lord has a prophecy
for you, Louis.

The Lord says he
knows your pain.

He knows you're sad for
your wife to be gone.

The Lord says, "Rejoice,
for she is with him."

The Lord does not want you to bottle it
up inside. The Lord does not want you

to stuff your anger and sorrow into
this bottle and drink from it.

- He does not want you to do that or hide.
- No, I won't.

He wants you to smash that bottle and in
its place he wants you to accept love.

- He wants you to accept the Lord's love.
- I will. Thank you, Lord.

That was highly impressive.

- Thank you.
- Yeah.

Much more than I expected.

- Hey, Louis!
- Yes, sir?

Just remember, I took the
devil out of your house,

but it's your job
to keep him out.

Yes, I'll do that. Are you sure I can't
convince you all to stay with us?

No, thank you for your hospitality. We'll
find a motel up the road. Take care.

Oh, she did? Why don't you put her on?
Can you do that for me?

I love you too. Brush your teeth.
Brush 'em.

Justin said you were crying. Is that true?
What's going on?

We're paid up on that. He needs a new
hearing aid. We are paid up. I'm sure.

Who's Cassandra?

You know, I used to want
to have a TV ministry.

I thought that'd be cool.

And now, frankly, all I really
want is health insurance.

- You got what you needed today?
- Yes, really awesome stuff. Thank you.

- All right.
- You have a good night.

- Good night. Good night.
- [Daniel] Good night.

- What is she doing here?
- I don't know.

I don't know. She
hasn't said a word.

Nell, can you hear me? She
hasn't responded to anything.

- Where's her dad?
- I have no idea.

I woke up and she
was standing here.

- Nell? Nell?
- Just stay back, OK?

Nell, are you OK, honey?

Honey, can you hear me?

I'm going to call her dad.

Honey...

I'm not getting any answer.

Nell, stop!

[Cotton] OK, we need to
get her to a hospital.

Nell, hey...

Cotton!

I've seen people react, but not ten
hours after the fact in my hotel room.

Their farm is five
miles from the hotel.

How did she know where I was staying?
That's why I don't work with kids.

Is there a doctor around? We
have a little girl who's sick.

- Where are you going with that camera?
- He's with us.

- He'll have to turn the camera off.
- He won't sh**t inside.

I need him to take it outside.
We don't allow filming in here.

No problem.

What part of "turn the camera off"
do you not get? Take it outside!

Excuse me, sir.

- Is that the doctor?
- Yes. That camera is turned off?

- Oh, yeah.
- Yes, yes.

We got most of the blood tests back
and everything appears to be normal.

We'll let her continue
to rest right now.

- Can you run psychiatric tests on her?
- No, we need the parents' permission.

We're going to wait for the
rest of the tests to come back.

- This is Mr Sweetzer.
- I'd like to see my daughter.

Mr Sweetzer, wait just a minute. Let
me see if I can get the doctor.

She was standing babbling,
then lying on the bed?

- Why didn't you call me?
- I did, but nobody answered.

Louis, I feel very strongly that
she needs some professional

to take a look at her.
She's a young girl.

- Mr Sweetzer, if you could sign this...
- What is this?

That will be a release
for your daughter.

- It's not about a test or anything?
- No, sir.

Do you have a form for him to
sign to get psychiatric tests?

- He hasn't asked for one.
- Louis...

- No.
- I'll let him talk to the doctor.

It's the sort of thing for a young girl,
considering what she's been through...

- Here she comes now.
- Mr Sweetzer!

Nell, how are you doin'?

Do you remember being at
the hotel last night?

- Did you know you were at his hotel?
- I think so.

- Do you want to talk to the doctor?
- No, I don't.

- What happened, Reverend?
- I believe the demon has gone.

It's as if Nell's house
had been vandalised.

The robber has gone, but we need
somebody else to put things right.

Don't slough it off to the
big city doctor thing!

Eight of 'em could not save my wife.
They could not prolong her life one day!

And psychiatry?

Psychiatry is not of God!

Louis, the tools that God
provides for us sometimes

are not always the tools
that we recognise...

Our weapons of w*r
are not carnal.

They are mighty in God for the
pulling down of strongholds.

Am I right? Am I right?

- Yes, yes, absolutely. Amen to that.
- That's what we're dealing with.

He's stuck in this idea that I'm some
sort of slick, big city preacher.

He's not gonna listen to anything I
have to say. Let's get somebody local.

It's got to be that
one over there.

- Hi.
- Good afternoon.

- I'm Reverend Marcus from Baton Rouge.
- I'm Becky.

- Nice to meet you.
- From where?

Baton Rouge. I'm looking for
Pastor Manley, if he's around?

Yes, he's right back there.
What y'all doin'?

- We're making a movie.
- Oh!

So, are y'all shootin' this now?

- Yeah.
- So will I be in it?

- Yeah, you will.
- Oh!

Pastor Manley, we've
got us some visitors!

Afternoon. Reverend Cotton
Marcus from Baton Rouge.

- Welcome to Second Calvary.
- Thank you.

I know he respects the church, but at
this point, since I'm an outsider,

he's not respecting my opinion.

I'm pushing him to see a
doctor cos she's not well.

I was hoping you
could back me up.

Let me tell you my
history with Louis.

When she was unexpectedly pulled
out of the Sunday school,

we never found out exactly why,
but he was definitely hostile.

He felt that our Sunday School
curriculum wasn't sufficiently medieval.

- This wasn't the same Louis that I knew.
- Did he threaten you?

No, not per se, but there
were voices raised.

So I'm thinking I'm the last guy

that Louis would really
take counsel from.

As I say, I wasn't afraid, but
it was very uncomfortable.

How long ago was this?

Two... I guess since I've seen
Nell it's been two years.

Two years? They haven't
come to church?

No. I heard about the home schooling.
I'm not one to sit here

and say whether that's
right or wrong,

but Nell when she was here
was a vibrant, happy girl.

And I just don't think to be cut off
is the best thing for the child.

- Will you come out to the farm with me?
- If... OK, I'll tell you what.

You get Louis to agree for
me to come to the farm

and I'll be happy to do that.

I also can line
up a good friend,

Psychiatric Head of
Department in Baton Rouge.

All right. I'm going to get back to the
farm. Thank you, Pastor. Appreciate it.

Whoa. What's going on in there?

That doesn't look good.

She's fine! Get that
damn camera off!

'Oh, God!'

- What happened?
- Caleb, you OK?

Can you write?

Here.

[Louis] Caleb? Caleb?

- He needs to go to a hospital.
- What happened?

He was trying to calm Nell down and
she attacked him with a knife.

- She did this?
- Yes.

I gotta get him to the hospital.

- Yeah.
- Could you take him?

What if the demon comes back?

I need to be here for that.

You be well.

What did Caleb write?

"Don't leave her
alone with him."

That's why I wanted to stay.

Nell?

Nell, honey? Can we come in?

[Nell sobs]

Locked-in?

Hey, honey.

Are you kidding me?!

Find something. Help me
get her out of that.

- I'm bad! I am, I'm bad!
- No, you're not. You're not bad.

Nell, you're not bad.

He'll be mad when he comes home!
I'm not gonna go to Heaven!

Honey, yes, you are.
You'll go to Heaven.

I remember hearing screaming
and when I woke up

his face was cut.

Does Caleb frighten you at all?
Does he hurt or tease you?

No, never Caleb.

Has your father ever hurt you?

No.

You can tell me.

No.

Let's put you back in the bed.

OK.

[Cotton] You hear that?

[Baby cries]

[More cries]

[Whispers] Is she sleepwalking?

I don't know.

Nell?

Honey, can you hear us?

Honey?

[Baby cries]

- Nell?
- Nell? Wake up. Nell!

Aaaaiee!

- It's OK. Right here.
- Giving your doll a bath. That's all.

Hey...

There we go.

There we go. It's all right, honey.
It's going to be OK.

Let's take her to the bed.

Well, you look better. I
can see your eyes now.

Did you make this?

No!

This is what I got while
we were in the bathroom.

[Hushed voice]

[Volume up]

I don't know how
she'd know Latin.

- Maybe Louis taught her.
- Uh-uh. He doesn't know.

- So Nell's making those baby noises?
- Yeah.

[Scream on tape]

What's going on?

[Answer machine] 'Hi,
this is Dr Kyle.

'We just want to make sure that
Nell does not take the Halcion.

'The person that prescribed it did
not know that she was pregnant.

'Give her Pepto-Bismol for
her nausea, which is...'

This explains it. There you have it.
Underlying trauma!

You don't know who
she's pregnant by.

- We're dealing with incest.
- You can't go saying that down here.

- It's there! It's obvious!
- Wait and talk to him is what we'll do.

- We need to take her and leave.
- That's kidnapping.

Keep exorcising her while her dad's
raping her upstairs in the bedroom?!

- Can we take a break?
- What kind of break?

- We have to wait for him, no matter what.
- Fine.

- Guys, why don't we take a nap?
- OK, great[!]

[Heavy breathing]

[Cat purrs]

Here, kitty, kitty.

[Cat screams]

[Nervous breathing]

Nell!

What are you doing?

- Good girl. Let go.
- Put the camera down.

- I'm sorry...
- Let's get some clothes on you.

- It seems to be all right.
- Guys! Take a look at this.

- Oh, my God.
- The same cat picture.

Wow. Look at this one.

Something's on fire. Maybe the house.
And look at this one.

- Is that me?
- Yes. It's all of us. All of us dead.

- I'm in the fire.
- I'm in a million pieces.

Danny, you get your
head chopped off.

She's more messed
up than I thought.

Not comfortable with what?

[Danny] Being with someone doing
pictures of my head chopped off.

Relax. It's just a
bunch of drawings.

She k*lled those animals
and cut her brother up.

- You think she'll hack you to pieces?
- We've seen signs she's dangerous.

They're just drawings, Daniel. We're
in the house and in her drawings.

She's a 16-year-old girl.

A girl and a psychopath
are two different things.

She's not capable of
chopping your head off.

- We should be concerned.
- We're all tired and here to help her.

Keep things in perspective.

[Danny] All right. Fine.

[Low voices]

- You hear that?
- It sounds like there's two people.

Who were you talking to?

No one.

[Whispers] I swear there
were two people in there.

'Just make sure that Nell
does not take the Halcion.

'The person who prescribed it
did not know she was pregnant.

'Give her Pepto-Bismol for her nausea,
which is very common at this stage.

'Do not give her the Halcion.'

The book was right.

- The book was right?
- The book was right.

- What?
- The demon defiled my daughter.

My daughter is a virgin.
How did she get pregnant?

The book said it. You
showed it to me.

I don't think the book has any bearing
on this. It's more earthly matters now.

Reverend, I need you to
perform another exorcism.

Get rid of that thing. I will
not let it grow inside of her.

- I won't perform another exorcism.
- Reverend, I need you to help me.

- I need you to help Nell. Please.
- I don't think the demon did this.

I need you to do another exorcism.
I need you to do this.

What she needs is a doctor. I know
this must be really hard to hear,

but Nell's welfare is what
we're all concerned with.

Right, Louis?

Reverend... if you can't
save my daughter's soul,

I Will.

What are you talking about?

I would like you all
to leave my property.

If you're not off it in 5 minutes, I
will consider you all trespassers.

Louis... Louis, you need
to be reasonable. Louis!

I bet he doesn't want to
take her to a doctor.

- What are you gonna do?
- I don't want to wait. He'll hurt her.

[Danny] He's going to k*ll her. Death
is the only salvation, you said.

- You're right. Just grab her and go.
- How are we going to do that?

Just take her and go.

What's he doing?

He's still praying. He's got
a lot of g*ns in the house.

I know.

What happened?

Cotton, what is it?

Somebody upstairs.

[Crashing]

- Nell?
- Nell?

[Thud]

I have a key here.
Hang on, Nell!

[Thudding continues]

Nell!

Come on, honey.

It's us, come on.

There you go.
That's a good girl.

That's a good girl.

That's a good girl. Right here.

It's Cotton. It's Cotton.

You're all right. Come on.
That's a good girl. Good girl.

It's gonna be OK. Here you go.
That's it.

We're gonna go now. We're
gonna get you in the car...

- Ow!
- Are you OK?

Nell!

Nell!

Nell, stop!

Nell?

- You OK?
- It's not that bad.

Nell?

Nell?

Here.

- What is she doing?
- I don't know.

The lights are on.
Louis is there.

- We'll get to the hotel, call the cops.
- Fine. Do you have the keys?

Yeah.

Cotton!

- Nell?
- No, can we please just go?

- Cotton?
- Come here. Come on.

[Nell sobs]

Nell?

Cotton...

Nell, are you all right? Honey?

[Iris] Cotton...

Nell, look at me.
Can you look at me?

Aaaaargh!

Nell, no!

[She screams]

Stop! Stop!

- [Danny] You got it?
- Come on...

[g*nsh*t]

It's Louis!

- Go!
- Put the g*n down, please! Please!

Lock the door! Lock the door!

Lock the door! Get away from the door!
Come here!

Come here!

[Nell screams]

[Screams]

- Let her go!
- No! You're going to k*ll her.

- Move away from her!
- sh**t me, Daddy!

sh**t me!

I was wrong. You were right. I'll
do another exorcism. I'll do it.

[Rumble of thunder]

I set out to save children and
now I'm going to get her k*lled.

- What would you have said?
- I don't know.

It's a no win situation.

She admits she's pregnant - then what?
We'll all have a shotgun in our face.

What could a second exorcism
possibly accomplish?

Hey, Nell.

I didn't get him out. I didn't get
the demon out. It's my fault.

If you can be strong, I need
you to do it one more time.

- Can you do that for me?
- I don't think I can.

I just need to see
him one more time.

It's not that I
don't think I can,

it's just that. - - I don't know how
to do it. It just comes voluntarily.

L-I don't have any control
over what happens to me.

I think you could.

I think if you want to.

- I wanted to get better last time.
- I know, I know.

I really wanted it. I couldn't
want it any more than last time.

I know.

I failed you that time,
but this time I won't.

This time I won't, I promise.

I need you to... I need you to be
willing to bring him up again.

I think you can do it.
I think...

I think if you just allow
yourself, I think you can do it.

- Nell, can you hear me?
- Y-Yeah.

All right. I'm right here.

I feel like I'm falling a lot.

OK, well, you're right here.
I got you right here.

- It's getting hard to see you.
- OK.

Here we go. I'm right here. I'm not
going anywhere, honey. Right here.

- What is that?
- Hm? There's nothing there.

- What is it?
- There's nothing there. I'm right here.

- What? Please, help! It's coming.
- Let him come.

- Let him come now.
- He's coming through my skin!

- Get him out of my skin!
- It's OK.

I'm right here, Nell.

[Bones crack]

[Iris] Oh, my God! Oh, my God...

Nell?

Nell...

[Louis] He has her!

[Nell gasps]

Nell, can you hear me?

Nell?

Reverend Marcus.

I hear you don't believe in me.

Who are you?

Abalam.

Where's Nell?

In the fire.

She's been there for some time.

Soon you'll join her.

Don't believe the
demon's lies, Louis.

A demon's lies?

If I invoke the name of Jesus Christ our
Saviour, you shall leave this girl!

If I beseech our
Lord and invoke Him

and put on the whole armour of God
that He may withstand the Devil,

for we wrestle not against flesh and
blood but against the rules of darkness!

Words! Words! Words!

I'll tell you what. If you can
keep quiet for 10 seconds,

I'll let the girl go.

[Louis] Yes...

Agreed.

One! Aaaargh!

- Two! Aaargh!
- Nell!

- Three!
- Stop it! Stop it!

- Honey... Honey, stop.
- You lose!

- Louis, I'm sorry...
- Do something!

I'll do something, Daddy. Reverend,
how about a blowing job?

Nell!

What did you say?

What's a blowing job?

Tell me what that is.
You don't know, do you?

You don't even know that is not what
it's called. You are not a demon.

A demon would know what that is, but
maybe not a home-schooled girl.

I don't think you're a demon.
You're an innocent girl.

- I think you're a little innocent girl!
- Aaaaaah!

- I think you're an innocent girl!
- No-o-o!

- You're not a demon at all!
- She isn't innocent!

She isn't innocent.
She isn't innocent!

It's OK. Let it out.
It's all right.

Turn that off.

She isn't innocent!

It's OK. Turn it off!

Turn it off!

- She looks like she's resting.
- She is relieved and resting really well.

- Praise God.
- Do you know a boy named Logan?

- No.
- He works in a café or...

- ls Abalam gone?
- Your daughter doesn't have a demon.

Your daughter is suffering from shame.
Nell is pregnant. The father is Logan.

No, sir, that's impossible.

- Louis, if Nell says that's what ha...
- Delirious! Look what she went through.

- Look what she went through!
- Listen to her yourself, OK?

You'll see the truth
that she has.

A couple of years ago when her
mom was dying, he came by

and asked if she wanted to go for a ride
in his car. He was driving a sports car.

It was old, but
still a sports car.

And she got in it and he started
driving out to a field.

Then he turned to her and he asked
her if she wanted to have sex.

And she said, "Yes."

She asked him, "Am I pretty?"

And he said, "Yes."

He said, "I think
you're so pretty."

- Then he took her...
- Stop it!

You were r*ped!

- You were r*ped!
- She said, "Yes." She liked it.

That's enough, honey.

She's right about one
thing, Reverend.

There is a boy that
works at that café.

I've no idea what his name is, but
for all I know he could be Logan.

'Pastor Manley?'

Reverend Cotton Marcus calling.
Could you please call me back?

I'm at the Sweetzer farm.

- Pastor Manley, thank you so much.
- A pleasure.

Good to see you. Welcome.

- Don't forget to smile.
- Hello.

Louis is upstairs with Nell.

- She admitted Logan impregnated her.
- Logan?

- He works at the café down the road.
- Mm-hm. I know him.

Frankly, Pastor, I don't know
what more I can do for them.

Is Louis on board with psychological
help from my friend in Baton Rouge?

- I think Louis would be amenable to that.
- I'll call him first thing.

Louis. It's been too long.

- Thank you for coming, sir.
- My pleasure.

- I'm Louis.
- Becky.

Hi.

- Good to see you.
- It's good to see you.

I cried out to you, O, Lord.
You are my refuge.

Please attend to my cry.
Please attend to this child

for Thou art stronger than any possible
thing that could attack your servant.

Bring this child's
soul out of prison...

I'd be lying if I said I was sure of
everything I did when it came to that.

I've never seen
anything like that.

Poor Nell.

She's going to have to
get some serious help.

Louis could use some as well!

Hey, what was the name of that café
that boy worked at? Riche's, right?

Hi. How you doing?

'She's lying!'

I'm not the father of her child.

At all. I don't even know the girl.
We met once at Pastor Manley's party.

We were both there and she saw me and
talked to me for maybe a minute.

- At Pastor Manley's house?
- Yes.

- Last summer?
- Yes.

- Sure?
- Yes, I'm sure.

I didn't get her pregnant, though.
And another thing. I don't...

She's nice and everything, but
I'm not exactly interested in...

You know?

- Girls.
- Right.

So she's lying.

The Pastor said he hadn't
seen her in three years.

- He's lying. And the kid's obviously g*y.
- Yeah.

- Why would she lie to us?
- To get rid of us? Get us out?

Yeah, but why?

What are you doing?

I'm turning around.

- Going back to the house?
- Yeah.

Louis!

[Knocks]

- [Knocks]
- Louis!

Oh, my God.

The phones have been ripped out.

Ssh.

[Whispers] Do you hear that?

What?

Cotton? Cotton!
Cotton, listen to me.

[Distant scream]

- Cotton, please...
- Ssh!

- This is insane.
- We need to find Nell.

- [Danny] She's got a point, Cotton.
- Ssh!

[Screams]

[Man's voice]

Turn off that light.

[Chanting voices]

[Nell screams]

That's Nell, right
there on the table!

[People chant]

- Is that Louis?
- It is.

Is he tied up? We
should get the police.

- I want to get out of here.
- Wait. Wait.

It's Pastor Manley.

That's Pastor Manley!

[Iris] Is he leading the thing?

- We've got to get help right now.
- What are they doing...?

[Nell screams]

That isn't human!

["Baby" screeches]

[Manley] Hail, Abalam!

[Screech]

We've got to get out of here!
We've got to go!

I want to get out of here!

Right now!

[Flutter of birds' wings]

[Tree creaks]

We gotta go! We gotta go!

[Recites in Latin]

Cotton, what are you doing?

Cotton!

Demon, you cannot have the soul of this
girl for she is a creature of God!

[Man] The one with the camera!
Get him!

They're coming! Run! Run!

Go! Go! Go!

Come back! Come back!

[Iris screams]

- No!
- Let go of me!

[She screams]

[Gasps for breath]

[Breathing settles]

Caleb! Aargh!