Diabolic (2025)

[bunniefuu]

[dramatic music playing]

[music continues to play]

[Wilkey] May your souls rejoice

in heaven.

We baptise you for

and on behalf of these souls...

who are dead.

[eerie music playing]

[water gurgling]

[gasps, pants]

[Kelder] Let these dead souls

enter heaven

by using your body as a vessel.

Let them speak forth anthems

of eternal praise

to the King Emmanuel

who hath ordained.

[all] And enable us to

redeem them out of their prison.

For the prisoners shall go free.

Where are the other girls?

[Kelder] Not much longer, Elise.

Patricia Whitlock.

[all] Patricia Whitlock.

-[water gurgling]

-[gasps]

[Wilkey] Eleanor Golding.

[all] Eleanor Golding.

-[gasps]

-[water gurgling]

[dramatic music playing]

[Wilkey] Heidi Crowe.

[all] Heidi Crowe.

[water splashing]

[tense music]

This is too far.

I have just come

from the elders.

They all agree.

Larue.

[Elise gasps]

[screams]

[screams]

[screams]

[Kelder grunts]

[grunts] Help me!

[eerie music playing]

[music crescendo]

Help me! Help me! Help...

[silence]

["How Would You Know"

by Margaret Lewis playing]

You say

Scarlett's my name

Temptation

My game

That my love

Is free as dirt

That I am not worth

The salt of the earth

You say

There's nothin' in me

But a desire

Go on to cheat

-[Adam] Pace.

-[door opens]

-[Adam] Or you keep pace.

-[door closes]

-[Adam] All right, later.

-[phone clicking]

-Good morning, beautiful.

-Morning.

New piece? How's it going?

It's going. [sighs, scoffs]

Is this, uh, you for today?

Uh, this is the morning.

The afternoon's work

will be done in the garden,

I think.

[Adam] Okay.

Very cute.

What about tonight's work?

-[Elise] Hmm.

-[Adam] Oh, what's this?

[Elise] Oh, I don't know.

-Does that hurt?

-Ow!

I don't know, just...

Hey, stop. [chuckles]

Or love me too

-You know.

-[Elise] Hmm?

I could be convinced

to stay a little longer.

Not now.

I'm so tired.

I haven't showered.

-I'm gross.

-No, you're not gross.

You're gorgeous.

[Elise] No.

Okay. Cool. Uh...

gotta go.

I will bring

something back for dinner.

I love you.

Love you more.

But don't say

I'm not worthy of your shadow

That I'm the kind of girl

He can love

And never marry

[dogs barking]

[sighs]

[trowel thuds]

[dramatic music playing]

[trowel thuds]

[handbrake ratcheting]

-[Adam sighs]

-[keys clattering]

Honey?

[sighs]

[Elise digging]

[tense music playing]

Hey, Elise! Honey!

Hey, hey, hey! Hey!

-Stop! Elise!

-[gasps]

[Adam] You're okay.

-[pants]

-[sighs]

No, no, no.

I... I was just in the garden.

I was just in the garden.

I was just in the garden.

I was just in the garden.

I was...

-I was just in the garden.

-Hey, hey, you're okay.

It's okay, baby. It's okay.

[gasps]

[dramatic music playing]

[Elise] I haven't had any issues

with my memory for ten years.

Every time I wake up,

I've either totally humiliated

myself...

-hurt myself...

-[pen scratching]

...or something worse.

Has...

something else happened?

The other morning,

I was in the garage.

And I smelled

something horrible.

And I found something.

It was the neighbour's.

I k*lled that poor little dog.

I can't live like this.

Well, Elise, I'm gonna

have to be honest with you.

The episodes

seem to be lasting longer

and becoming more violent.

We're close to thinking about...

the hospital until this

improves.

What, like an institution?

[chuckles] No, I...

I can't do that.

No, I... I won't do that. No.

There is one last thing

we can try.

You know, there's a reason

why you can't remember

much of your experience

in the church.

Your mind is suppressing

these memories to protect you.

But why is it just

some of the memories?

I can remember food that I ate

and things I said,

but when I try to think

of people, names and faces,

everything is just blank.

We don't know

why some memories are clear

and others are just... gone.

These blackouts...

are a way

for this unresolved trauma

to force its way to the surface.

Other survivors

who have left the FLDS,

many of whom are my patients,

have had similar experiences.

Now consider what you told me

about your lack of sex drive.

Which Adam is fed up with.

I mean, he's supportive,

but everyone has a limit.

Your strict upbringing

within the FLDS has caused

this suppression

in your sexuality.

It's not unusual.

And it's not even

the most important thing here...

but a common indicator

of past trauma.

These repressions are causing

these issues

in your life, Elise.

And you need to unearth

these secrets.

I'd like to try

an alternative form of therapy.

I found some healers

from your old church.

Located right outside

of Haventon.

And I'd like to contact them.

-What?

-[Malcolm] Yes.

I think you need to tackle this

at the source.

From where your trauma began.

FLDS?

Fundamentalist healers?

The same h*m*,

polygamous freaks

that kicked you out of

the Mormon church

in the first place.

Not... only does he want

to put you back near them,

he wants to have them

give you hallucinogens.

Yeah, I know. It's insane.

What even is Datura root?

Apparently it's like

the local version of ayahuasca.

[Adam] "Datura has been used for

centuries by Native Americans

to induce visions".

"Modern use is said to help

with depression, MS".

I just don't see

how forcing you back

into their world can help.

I mean, these people are crazy.

Yeah, but what if

I have to do this

just to stay out of a hospital?

I have never taken

drugs like that before.

What happens if I freak out

or something?

[Adam] Hey. Hey, listen.

We're going to

figure this out, okay?

You're not going to have

to do it alone,

and you're not going to

any f*cking nut house.

It's your choice.

But if you do decide to do it...

I will do it with you.

Okay?

[soft music playing]

-[wood thudding]

-[Adam gasps]

[wood clattering]

[clattering]

[Adam] Elise?

[dramatic music playing]

[Adam] Honey?

You okay?

I can't do this anymore.

[sobs]

[cries]

[sighs]

-Uh-huh. Hand him over.

-Oh, yeah.

You can share the drive

with Gwen.

[Adam] Yeah,

if she ever gets here.

Sure we need someone else

in on this?

-You know, I can handle it.

-Yeah, I know.

But I don't want to put

any extra pressure on you.

Might be good

to have someone else there.

-And besides, she offered so...

-[car door closes]

-Hmm.

-[footsteps approaching]

[Adam] Look who decided

to show up.

[Gwen] Hey, sorry I'm late.

Hey, babe.

[Elise] Thanks for coming.

It means a lot.

-Oh, my God, of course.

-Hey, Gwen.

I didn't know

you were coming.

Don't you have a crystal

convention or something

to attend this weekend?

I think we got this.

Oh, oh, so you're trusting

those FLDS fanatics

to be the sober ones when

you guys are off your faces?

Good point.

[Gwen] So, I'll stay clean

and make sure everyone's

on the up and up.

Capisce?

Well, in that case,

welcome aboard, chaperone.

The moon is rising.

Hands need to be held.

I say we get this show

on the road.

Shall we?

-[footsteps receding]

-[car door opens]

[Gwen] Come on!

[dramatic music playing]

[music continues to play]

[upbeat music

playing over speakers]

Sounds like a rough one

the other night.

Fingers felt like I rubbed them

on a cheese grater for an hour.

But apart from that,

I'm just peachy.

[phone vibrates]

Healers are confirmed.

7:00 p.m. sharp in Haventon.

It's happening.

Whoa.

Check this out.

-Should we stop?

-No, we don't have time.

They'll be fine.

[dramatic music playing]

[birds chirping]

[soft music playing

over speakers]

[door opens, closes]

[footsteps approaching]

Morning, Mother.

What did you do to your hair?

I got it cut. Do you like it?

You look like a little boy.

Like a ten-year-old child.

How are you supposed to marry

if you don't look like a man?

I see your friend, Jacob,

has taken his third wife

just last week.

-Mother.

-And here you are. Single.

Still.

What is this?

Our new patient.

We no longer perform

the service, end of the matter.

Mother, look.

It's Elise.

Elise Decker.

It is meant to be.

An explicit act

of Heavenly Father.

-He is calling upon us.

-No.

I remember her.

She was so pretty.

A kind girl.

And if she is in need,

then we should help.

Because it was my fault

that she--

Silence!

You did your duty

to Heavenly Father.

Her kind will find no help here.

End of the matter.

[dramatic music playing]

[Gwen] How much longer?

-[Adam] "Are we there yet"?

-[Gwen] Shut up.

I think I see it up here.

This is it.

This is Haventon.

[Adam] Well.

I guess I was expecting

less forest

and more town, but...

okay.

How is this even here?

There was a river

that ran through over there.

Flashed in 1910 and washed away

all the buildings.

Or so I was told.

The baptistery, somehow...

was the only thing

that survived.

It's exactly the same.

I think this is

going to be great, Elise.

A confrontation of yourself,

your ego, and what ails you.

You know, exposure therapy.

It's a real thing.

It can really work.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

This is all just a bit intense.

We'll take it one step

at a time, you and me.

[sighs]

Okay.

Guess I'll just unpack

by myself, then.

[sinister music playing]

[Gwen] Crazy.

Smells horrible.

What is it?

It's a...

baptismal font.

You know, dunk you in...

lift you out

into the comforting hands

of Heavenly Father,

kind of thing.

To each their own.

Don't worry.

The Mormons will get you

when you're dead.

Wait, what's that

supposed to mean?

"Except that a man be born

of water and of the Spirit...

he cannot enter

into the kingdom of God".

You've lost it.

If you're not baptised

in the Mormon church,

then you can't enter

their heaven.

So what they do is they accept

the names of deceased people.

Non-Mormon friends.

Anne Frank is a favourite.

And then they will save

these poor souls

by baptising

a living person by proxy.

So, they dunk some living person

as a stand-in body

to get the dead person

into heaven?

Baptism for the dead, baby.

Have these people

never heard of consent?

Geez.

Is this knocking loose

some memories?

So many things are cloudy.

I can remember parts

of my upbringing...

like how my father

was super strict

because he was a man

of the community, and...

it was expected.

And how my mother

was so obedient to him.

And one of the last things

I can remember is the baptism.

Which, for some reason,

was held here that night

instead of in the town,

like usual.

I can't imagine

what that's like.

To be missing a chunk

of your life like that.

I remember most of it.

But...

when I look around the room...

I can't see any faces.

I don't know who's there.

Jesus.

Disturbing, right?

On that note, um...

do you think maybe we can

explore someplace else?

You go.

I'm gonna stay for a minute.

Are you sure?

Exposure therapy, right?

I'm okay.

Okay.

[footsteps receding]

[door opens, closes]

[ominous music playing]

No way.

[Clara] Follow me!

-[chuckles]

-[chuckles]

[man 3] Elise!

-Quick! [chuckles]

-[chuckles]

[dramatic music playing]

[man 3] Elise!

Coming, Father!

I know you.

[fingers tapping]

[eerie music playing]

[Adam] Elise!

[car door opens]

-[Alma grunts]

-Mother?

-[car door closes]

-You carry our name with you.

Best someone who knows

what they're doing

deals with the gentiles.

Let us be done with it.

[car engine starting]

[Gwen]

Was she a friend of yours?

I think so.

I think her name was...

Clara?

My head's like

a melting pot right now.

There's lots of memories

flooding in.

I can't believe

this is all still here.

[Elise] Hmm.

[Gwen] Hopefully this jogs

some more stuff.

[Adam] It's a good thing

we came then.

Yeah.

We should set up camp.

Hey.

Everything okay?

Yeah.

Couldn't curb the hipster thing

for one weekend,

brought a flashlight

like a normal human being?

Kerosene light

is higher quality.

What does that even mean?

Think listening to vinyl

versus streaming.

-Jesus.

-Hmm.

[indistinct chatter]

[sinister music playing]

You know, I actually can't see.

-Uh-huh! There we go.

-[Gwen] Mm-hmm.

-All right. So this lines up...

-There.

-...to this.

-[car engine revving]

-Right on time.

-[car door opens]

You must be Hyrum.

We've been texting, I'm Elise.

You don't remember me.

Uh, no, sorry.

-I, uh...

-Hey.

I'm Adam. This is Gwen.

Oh, this is my mother...

Sister Jessop. She, uh...

You can call her Alma.

We will go gather our equipment.

We'll meet you inside.

[footsteps receding]

-[Gwen] Thank you.

-[car door opens]

-You ready for this?

-[car door closes]

I remember the names

being read out.

And being cold

in the water, and then...

These blackouts

are ruining my life.

I really hope this works.

I'm scared what I'll do.

You have been through so much.

But you have called upon us

because we are healers

of the natural order.

Followers

of the true Mormon faith

that requires

observations of tenets

set down by our founder

and Prophet, Joseph Smith.

Tenets being the belief

in psychedelics.

[Hyrum] Yes,

what you speak is true.

But Joseph Smith himself

was a classic shaman.

In that he promised his converts

visions of the Lord.

And what better way

to fulfil that pledge

than through the employment

of entheogen-infused sacraments?

-Hallucinogens.

-Yeah, I got it, Gwen.

So that explains

why early Mormons

experienced visions of angels

and spiritual ecstasies.

They were drugged.

Why hadn't I heard

of this before?

Well...

you might have

had you paid attention to me.

I'm... I'm sorry?

In grade school...

I lived two blocks

from you in Spring Creek.

Once I even gifted you

pine nut sweets.

I'm... I'm sorry, I don't

remember much from that time.

[Alma] Hyrum...

please.

Unfortunately, the church,

ever self-conscious

of outside prejudices,

banned such devices,

requiring my forefathers

to choose their own path,

the path of true faith,

as founded by our prophet.

Nowadays, it is our mandate

to help those in need

achieve balance and relief

or whatever ails them

through the use

of non-traditional,

non-Western medicines.

Henbane, Datura root.

All in the name

of Heavenly Father.

Trust that we will do

everything in our power to...

bring you relief...

Elise.

[Alma whispering]

What is she doing?

We offer our souls to you.

[Hyrum] The Datura medicine

is a powerful hallucinogen.

It'll lead you

to an altered state

of spiritual consciousness.

But you must know what you want

to learn about yourselves.

[Alma whispering continues]

How long does it last?

Several hours.

You'll feel the effects soon.

Then you'll be taken

into the dream state.

But you will be returned

by daybreak.

[Alma whispering continues]

To relief.

-To relief.

-To relief.

[dramatic music playing]

-[Adam grunts]

-[Elise clears throat]

-[sinister music playing]

-[Elise retching, coughing]

Are you okay?

[Alma whispering continues]

Do not fight the medicine.

Listen to it.

Enter its world.

Communicate with the spirits

and with our Lord.

I'm so sick.

What am I supposed

to be feeling?

[Hyrum] Everyone is different.

Everyone is different.

Look at me.

Breathe. Breathe.

Some people feel euphoria.

[echoes]

Some are anxious. [echoes]

Some feel

impending doom. [echoes]

I can't do this.

-[chuckles]

-[Adam] I can't.

I'm a f*cking fraud.

Welcome the visions.

Embrace every emotion.

Reach deep

into your core understanding

and let your self-being feel.

[dramatic music playing]

You okay?

I don't know.

[ethereal music playing]

Whoa!

[gasps]

-[Clara chuckles]

-[chuckles] Hey!

[chuckles]

-[chuckles]

-[chuckles]

-[chuckles]

-[chuckles]

[chuckles]

What's wrong?

She's coming.

Who?

[Clara] She'll be here soon.

She'll show you.

Show me what?

Everything.

-Elise, what happened?

-She must have torn internally.

What the f*ck do you mean

torn internally?

-I... I don't... I don't know!

-I don't feel well.

-Something's not right.

-Mother! Mother, help.

[Gwen]

Elise, you're gonna be okay.

Everything's gonna be all right.

-[grunts]

-[Gwen] What are you doing?

[Alma] Righting a wrong.

-Stop touching.

-Let her walk.

[pants]

You are a vessel

of Heavenly Father.

-[grunts]

-Mother.

Silence.

[grunts]

[Alma]

We must get it out of her.

We must get it out of her now.

[Gwen] Get what out of her?

[shudders]

[Elise choking]

-[coughs]

-[Gwen shudders]

[screams, sighs]

[Gwen] Elise, breathe.

-Hey, breathe.

-[pants]

[eerie music playing]

[Gwen] Hey, say something.

Elise.

[tense music playing]

There's someone inside.

[shudders]

You're good. We're here.

[sighs]

How do you feel?

-Elise?

-[shudders] Okay. I'm okay.

[sighs]

I actually feel...

better.

Different.

Your illness shouldn't

trouble you any longer.

Thank you.

Both of you.

[Alma] Now,

you must leave this place.

[soft music playing]

Evil is here, Hyrum.

And it is my burden to bear.

My burden.

[footsteps receding]

[chuckles]

sh*t. What time is it?

[Adam] Nearly midday.

What? f*ck.

Wait, where's Elise?

You didn't just let her go off

on her own, did you?

Don't worry.

She's right over there.

[Gwen] Is she okay?

Truthfully?

I don't know.

What the hell

was that last night?

Scared me shitless.

Learn anything?

[Adam] Apparently...

I'm an egotistical monster.

Aren't we all?

Morning. Hey. [chuckles]

-[Adam] How are you feeling?

-I'm feeling good. Yeah.

See? What did I say

from the beginning?

-Embrace the mysticism.

-Your eyes are so clear.

It's like I had this weight

in my stomach all these years.

It was... causing

so much dread and stress,

and I knew it had something

to do with the blackouts,

and now it's just gone.

Honey. It's amazing.

Hmm.

Should we, uh,

go get you to see a doctor?

I mean, the stuff

that came out of you last night.

Sorry. I don't mean

to bring it up.

-I just--

-No, it was, um,

It was seriously messed up.

But honestly, I feel great.

Like the best I have in years.

I'll go and see a doctor

when we get back,

just to be sure. I promise.

Honestly, this is even better

than I expected.

-[Elise chuckles]

-Should we, uh, get going?

Uh, slow down. I know it's

nowhere near

bourbon time, but...

-we need to celebrate.

-What?

[Adam] You up for it?

Screw it. [chuckles]

Can't we do that

when we get back?

I am so proud of you.

You deserve this.

I love you.

Love you more.

[ominous music playing]

[upbeat music

playing over speakers]

To Elise and her healing.

-Cheers.

-Cheers.

That Datura jogged

a few memories.

Things I'd forgotten.

[Gwen] Like what?

Um...

You can tell us anything.

Okay.

Clara.

I remember more details.

What details?

Well, she was

the Bishop's daughter.

And we...

we're more than friends.

I... I think it was sexual.

Wait. You...

you slept

with the Bishop's daughter?

I think so. I don't know.

[chuckles] Wait.

Wait, what happened, girl?

Spill the tea.

When I think of her...

all I feel is...

I don't know.

Um, feelings about...

-sex. [chuckles]

-[chuckles]

Is this why you

and I have issues with this?

I mean, with us?

-What?

-[Adam] You know exactly

what I mean.

Is this why you

and I don't have sex anymore?

Uh, Adam, can we talk

about this later?

Is there any other secrets

you're hiding?

[dramatic music playing]

This is as much of a surprise

to me as it is to you.

Guys, maybe I should go

for a walk.

You haven't looked

at me once in years.

Every single pass

I make is shot down.

Every single one.

It's like the thought

of kissing me makes you cringe.

-That is not true.

-[Adam] And now I find out

you're so into sex it got you

kicked out of the church.

That is not what I said,

you prick!

[Gwen] I'm just gonna go

for a walk.

No, stay.

-I'll go.

-[cup clangs]

-[footsteps receding]

-sh*t.

[Elise] Where are we going?

-[chuckling]

-[Clara] Come on!

[dramatic music playing]

Praise be.

Isn't it amazing?

And look.

-Elise.

-[Elise gasps] Jesus.

Listen, I don't know

what happened.

No, no, no,

wait, wait, wait. Listen...

what I did back there,

I was out of line.

Okay? I...

Your stuff, your past,

it's yours.

It's not my place to judge

or feel insecure about.

And it was my sh*t,

and I took it out on you.

And I'm a d*ck.

Truthfully, I'm just happy

you're feeling better, and...

I hope that you can forgive me.

Elise.

Hey.

I want something, Adam.

Anything.

What can I do?

[Elise grunts]

-[dramatic music playing]

-[Adam groans]

[belt clattering]

This is for me, not you.

-[sighs]

-[grunts]

[moans]

f*ck.

[door opens]

Hello?

Hello?

[door creaking]

Oh, Elise, you naughty girl.

-[door closes]

-[Gwen] Hey!

-[door knocks]

-[Gwen] Hey!

Help me!

-Somebody open the door!

-[door knocks]

[matches clattering]

[Gwen] Help!

-Damn it. sh*t.

-[matches clattering]

[Gwen breathes heavily]

[Larue]

Do you feel Heavenly Father?

-[Gwen screaming]

-[ominous music playing]

-[door knocks]

-[Gwen] Let me out!

Let me out!

[Gwen screaming] Let me out!

-Help me!

-Gwen, we're here!

-[gasps]

-It's okay. You're okay.

What the f*ck?

God, that really scared

the sh*t out of me.

We're here, okay?

What did you see in there?

I don't know. Um...

Nothing, nothing. I just...

Oh, God, I'm obviously losing

my f*cking mind.

No, no, no one

is losing their mind.

We're all good.

Let's go.

[footsteps receding]

[ominous boom]

Guys, what the f*ck is this?

[sinister music playing]

There's no way.

[Elise]

This one's head's been skewered.

This one's had its head crushed.

Someone's f*cking with us.

[car engine clicking]

See? Nothing.

It's definitely the battery.

Someone must have left

the lights on last night.

You left the lights

on last night.

Well call AAA.

Let's get this fixed

so we can leave.

No, we're in the middle

of nowhere.

It'll take forever for them

to get out here.

We could call Hyrum.

Huh?

Seriously? You want me

to call that weirdo?

I'll call him.

He has to be closer

than anyone else,

and I'm sure

he'd be happy to help.

Great idea.

Sooner the better.

-[Elise] Hmm.

-[car door closes]

[dramatic music playing]

You should leave it running

for at least a half an hour.

You don't want to stall on

the side of one of these roads.

Listen, you should know.

Mother confessed to seeing

a spirit latched onto you.

It took great effort,

but she removed it.

Excuse me?

[Hyrum] You can feel it,

can't you?

Her illness is not a joke

to be toyed with.

This is no joke.

She removed the spirit

that was living inside you.

Listen, I think it's time

that you leave.

You should go.

Mm-hmm.

Well, I suggest

that you all do the same.

Because whatever

that thing was...

it's free now...

to do as it pleases.

Just look

what it's done already.

[car door opens, closes]

-[car engine starting]

-Hyrum...

I know this is

gonna sound weird, but...

do you remember a girl

named Clara from Spring Creek?

You should clear out of here...

-as soon as you can.

-[car engine starting]

[Adam] That guy's batshit.

We should probably pack up camp.

Do you guys mind

if I take one last look around?

Elise, we need to leave,

like, now.

Hyrum said we need to run the

car for at least half an hour.

Probably don't need to run

the car for half an hour.

Look, I know

this is gonna sound nuts...

but I need to learn more

about what happened to Clara.

This is the first time I've had

any memories of my past.

Do you know what that's like,

to not know who you are?

-Elise.

-[Elise] Please?

We'll leave before dark,

I promise.

[dramatic music playing]

[music continues to play]

I would like

to bear my testimony...

that I know the church is true.

This sin is great...

but I ask for forgiveness

in the Telestial Kingdom

in return

for a life lived faithful

to our Heavenly Father

and to our Prophet Warren Jeffs.

I... I must beg for it...

for there is no other way.

I say this...

in the name of Jesus Christ.

Amen.

[sinister music playing]

Take my offering.

Grant my family peace.

[chair thuds]

-[dramatic music playing]

-[wood clattering]

Clara, what happened to you?

-[garage door closing]

-[handbrake ratcheting]

[dramatic music playing]

[Hyrum] I'm back, Mother.

You were right

about those gentiles.

They haven't the faintest...

Mother!

-Oh, no, no, no, no!

-[coughs]

[Hyrum] Oh, what have you done?

No, what have you done?

What have you done?

-[grunts]

-Okay, you're gonna be okay.

You're gonna be okay.

-You're gonna be okay.

-[sobs]

[Hyrum] Uncle,

mother's hurt real bad.

-[coughs]

-Gather the family, come quick.

Okay.

[bucket clattering]

[sinister music playing]

[Gwen] Oh, there she is.

Adam wouldn't let me break down

camp until you got back.

Can we please go now?

[Adam] You okay?

I just need to be

by myself for a minute.

[footsteps receding]

[choir] Anywhere with Jesus

I can safely go

Anywhere he leads me

In this world below

Anywhere without him

Dearest joy

I need to speak with her.

Anywhere with Jesus

I am not afraid

I need to speak with her! Now!

-[Alma wheezing]

-[ominous music playing]

Why?

The witch grows stronger,

Hyrum...

and will reclaim its host.

What do you speak of?

What witch?

The spirit we removed. Larue.

Larue? Who is Larue?

We were told she was

a settler of Haventon...

a devoted member of the church,

and a mentor to the young women.

[sinister music playing]

[Alma] It was not known

to the other settlers,

but her deep devotion

to the doctrine and covenants

masked a diseased mind,

that of a witch.

The bodies were never found.

She consumed them.

That night,

your great-great-grandfather

and his search party came upon

all that remained

of the young girls.

[ominous music playing]

In her final breath...

Larue vowed that even death

would not stop her

taking revenge on the church.

We held Elise's baptism

for the dead ritual

at the old font in Haventon,

so as not to sully

our own temple with her sin.

It was me who gave

the witch's name to be spoken,

to shame the girl Elise

for what she did.

[sobs] I did not know the witch

would claim her as a host.

And now Larue

will claim her again.

-[Larue] Alma.

-[gasps]

[dramatic music playing]

[gasps]

[Hyrum] What's wrong?

Mother?

No, mother.

No.

-[Alma sighs]

-[Hyrum] No, no. [sobs] No.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

[dramatic music playing]

[Gwen] We need to leave.

She's been in there for like

an hour. What is she doing?

-Say something.

-[Adam] Don't worry.

We're leaving soon.

-[sighs]

-Adam.

-Adam.

-Just hold on a sec.

Hey.

Just checking in.

Everything okay?

I'm fine.

Uh.

Gwen's a little weirded out.

Thinking we should hit the road.

Yeah, okay.

All right.

Adam...

thank you...

for your support today.

I know it was a weird request.

I'm sorry

for being so f*cked up.

No. No, no, no. If anything...

I'm the one

who should be apologising.

I just maybe thought

more memories

would come back to me.

You know what I mean?

Like some kind of closure?

[Adam] Yeah.

No, I... I get it.

And...

I'm sorry again

for losing my sh*t.

I'm a horrible drunk.

I admit it.

I love you.

Love you more.

Uh...

Can I take a quick leak

and then pack the car?

Okay.

[footsteps receding]

[urinating]

-[zip zipping]

-[Adam gasps] Jesus, Gwen.

Not the time

to be sneaking up on people.

[door opens, closes]

[Gwen] I've been sitting here

patiently the whole time.

Just waiting.

Endlessly waiting.

[Adam] What is it

that you want me to do?

Oh, my God, it's too much.

Okay. I...

I'm... I'm done.

I won't wait any longer.

Gwen, I am doing the best

that I can.

Just please try to calm down.

-[Gwen] Jesus.

-[Adam] Hey, hey, hey.

Hey...

nearly there.

-No.

-[Adam] Oh.

[Gwen] The deal was once Elise

was healthy and better,

you would leave her.

I'm not going to wait

another four months.

[Adam] Gwen, it's been

less than 24 hours. It's...

[grunts]

Elise, listen to me.

-[Elise] How could you?

-Just hear me out.

-Stay away from me.

-f*ck.

-What the f*ck did we do?

-Adam, stop.

[Elise sobs]

[sniffles]

-[dramatic music playing]

-[Clara] Elise. Elise.

[Elise] Are you sure

we're alone?

Alone as a shepherd

without his flock.

I love you.

[ominous music playing]

[inaudible]

[thunder rumbling]

I'm sorry I'm late.

The rain just came.

Father?

Father?

John 4:18 says...

"There is no fear in love.

But perfect love

casteth out fear,

because fear hath torment".

I love her.

And she loves me.

Please, Father.

The young girl said

you bullied her into it.

That it was all your idea.

No, that's not true.

She would...

she would never say that.

I didn't do anything wrong.

"What is right holds no water

if in the eyes of the church

it is wrong."

[door opens]

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Please, Father, please

don't let them take me away.

Please don't do this to me.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. [cries]

Please, please, I'll be better.

You'll be staying

in the compound

until tomorrow afternoon...

when the orphanage worker

arrives to pick you up.

I want you out of my house.

No, no, no, Mother, please

don't let them take me away.

Please. [cries]

Please, Daddy. No.

Please, no.

-[screams] No! No!

-[door opens, closes]

[thunder rumbling]

[dramatic music playing]

Maybe we come back

in the morning for her.

Leave the campsite set up?

What do you think?

We're not going anywhere, Gwen.

We're going to wait here

until she comes back.

Well, you're sure as sh*t

not staying with me?

Hey...

I really need your support

right now, okay?

It's been

a really tough night for me.

Oh, f*ck off, Adam.

Go wait in the car.

Gwen, come on.

Please.

[sighs]

as*h*le!

Unbelievable. How could you be

so careless, you f*cking prick?

f*ck.

[fingers tapping]

-[car thuds]

-[gasps]

[Larue] Gwen.

-[dramatic music playing]

-[shudders]

-[screams]

-What's wrong? What's wrong?

There's someone in there!

I swear to f*cking God!

Adam, please!

We have to f*cking go!

There's nothing in there.

What was it?

[Gwen] There's a woman in there,

I swear.

-f*ck this!

-[Adam] It's empty.

-[car engine starting]

-Gwen!

No! Gwen!

Hey!

f*ck!

[sinister music playing]

[music continues to play]

Hello, Elise.

-Clara.

-It's me. It's really me.

-Clara, I've missed you.

-Dig!

-Huh?

-Dig!

-What am I digging for?

-It's a surprise.

Oh, I love surprises.

I've missed you so much, Clara.

My heart aches for you.

-If only my heart still beat.

-[chuckles] Yes, if only.

Praise be, what is it?

It's a bone.

-A rib, I think.

-Wonderful. There must be more.

Lord, I hope so.

Shall I keep digging?

Did Joseph Smith have ten wives?

-[chuckles]

-[chuckles]

[sighs]

What'd you find?

That is most certainly a skull.

Aren't I pretty?

The prettiest.

-[soft music playing]

-[footsteps approaching]

[Clara] They're looking for you.

There's someone here

to take you away.

[footsteps receding]

I'm sorry for what I did.

I just... I panicked.

I didn't know what to do.

Do you hate me?

No.

Oh, no.

I'm thankful.

[chuckles]

Elise... [chuckles]

...what are you doing?

Elise.

[Clara groans]

[groans]

-[dramatic music playing]

-[Clara groans]

[ominous music playing]

[gasps]

No, no, no, no, no.

What did I do?

What did I do? Clara!

-[fingers tapping]

-[dramatic music playing]

Oh, it's you.

I remember you now.

You've been with me all along.

[tense music crescendo]

[music stops]

[gasps]

[gasps]

[groans]

[sighs]

-[brakes screeching]

-[gasps]

[handbrake ratcheting]

[seatbelt clicking]

[ominous music playing]

[shudders]

-[shudders, pants]

-[screams]

-[Gwen screams] Elise, please!

-[screams]

How does it feel?

Do you feel Heavenly Father?

[screams]

Elise, please.

I know what I've done

is unforgivable.

Do you really think an apology's

gonna make everything okay?

-Let go of me, Elise.

-[bone cracks]

-[screams]

-[bone cracks]

[Adam] No, Elise. Hey!

Come on.

Elise.

Elise.

Jesus.

Oh, your face. What happened?

-[grunts]

-What the hell are you doing?

-Elise, stop.

-[grunts]

[groans]

[door opens]

Help her.

Flesh give birth to flesh.

Spirit birth to spirit.

Spirit birth to spirit.

[grunts]

[Adam] My God!

Oh, sh*t. Oh, sh*t! No! No!

-Hey! Hey! Let me out!

-[door knocks]

Spare her, Larue.

Spirit birth to spirit.

-[breathes heavily]

-[door knocks]

Come on! [grunts]

In the name of Heavenly Father,

she is innocent.

Please.

Mercy is grace.

-[grunts]

-[groans]

Oh, no! No! [groans]

[screams, grunts]

Drown!

-No, no, no.

-[screams]

[Adam grunts]

[Hyrum groans]

[chuckles]

No, no, no, no!

Drown in it!

[chuckles]

-[Adam grunts] sh*t!

-[door knocks]

Come on! [grunts]

[flesh tearing]

No, no! Please. Let me out!

[grunts]

[Elise] Adam.

Adam.

Elise.

Please.

I love you.

I love you more.

-[dramatic music playing]

-[screams]

[sighs]

[chuckles]

[sinister music playing]

[silence]

I trust you've all practised

holding your breath.

They are ready, Bishop Franklin.

May your souls

rejoice in heaven.

[dramatic music playing]

[dramatic music playing]