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Today I'll show you a horror film: "The Old Ways"
Spoiler ahead, watch out and take care
In the middle of a forest at Veracruz, Mexico,
a grandma is performing a native exorcism ritual to a woman
The woman then tells her daughter not to be afraid
She also assures her daughter that everything will be fine
As she tries to gently hold her daughter's hand, she releases a demonic scream,
that freaks the shit out of her daughter
Several years after, an American investigative journalist with a Mexican origin,
"Cristina," comes back to her hometown Veracruz, to do some fieldwork
It seems that the locals hold her as a captive,
she appears to be locked up in a room while her hands are tied up, and her face is covered by a sack
A local man, "Mr White Beard," walks in and removes her sack, revealing her beautiful face
He then asks her what she is doing on "La Boca," which seems to be a forbidden place
She reveals that she is making a story about the culture,
and traditions of the local tribes at the said place
As she thinks that the locals kidnapped her for ransom, she tries to offer money to Mr White Beard
But he just ignores her while he continues spraying holy water at the place, and leaves soon after
As Cristina observes the signs on the wall, the man's old mother,
"Grandma" for short, suddenly walks in
The other eye of Grandma appears to be completely white
She uses the white eye to observe Cristina's face
After observing, she declares to Mr White Beard that Cristina has a demon inside her
He then forces Cristina to drink a massive amount of milk
Cristina gags, as she cannot handle Mr White Beard's milk anymore
Shortly after, Mr White Beard walks out of there,
while his milk is still dripping out of Cristina's mouth
She is left confused as she wonders why they kidnapped her
That night, she repeatedly smashes her chains with a huge block, trying to escape from it
The scene then flashes back to her walking in the middle of the forest
There, she entered a cave that seemed to be the mouth of a monster with massive sharp teeth
This cave appears to be the forbidden place "La Boca"
As she slowly surveyed the cave with her flashlight,
she found a strange creature that looked like a demon, hiding behind the stones
Instantly, it appeared in front of her, making her scream
Back at present, she wakes up hearing strange screams
The following day, her cousin "Miranda," who happens to be a local, comes to visit her
Miranda asks her why she went to the forbidden cave
It turns out that Miranda already warned her not to go there
But she insists that it is part of her work
She begs Miranda to help her to get out of there
But Miranda explains to her that she cannot leave, since there is a demon found inside her
This makes her laugh because she is not a believer
in the supernatural things believed by the locals
She then just requests to have her bag and takes her camera out of it
Then, she shows them the photo she has taken from the cave,
and she insists that there is no demon to be seen from there
Shortly after, Miranda talks with Mr White Beard outside
So Cristina quickly calls for help from her Boss using the phone
As she shares her location with her Boss, Mr White Beard comes outside and takes away her phone
Before leaving,
Miranda informs her that Grandma will conduct the first exorcism ritual for her tomorrow
That night, she tries to ask for help from a seemingly curious child who passes by to look at her
But the child just runs away
Shortly after, as she takes out syringes that she uses to take drugs
It turns out that she lived a problematic life, before deciding to go back to her hometown
It is possible that she resorts to drugs as a coping mechanism from a problematic life she lived in
After injecting the drugs into her body, she experiences an ecstatic moment
When she wakes up the following day, she finds herself tied up on a table,
while Grandma with Mr White Beard is having a preparatory moment for the ritual
Miranda explains that a demon came to her last night,
and this ritual would reveal the demon's names
Grandma puts red paint on her,
while Grandma warns her that soon after, she will start to see things
After that, they leave Cristina alone in the room as a part of the ritual
As she mocks the ritual, two snakes suddenly enter the window to pay her a visit
The first snake slowly crawls at her arms,
while the other snake crawls through her legs, following her hormone smell
At this moment, she is shaking in terror
Mr White Beard suddenly appears to catch the snakes,
while Grandma takes a red paint out of her stomach, to mark the snake sign at the wall
After the ritual, she removes the paint from her body
Miranda comes to visit her
She then asks Miranda why she believes in the native rituals despite graduating from a university
In response, Miranda says the demon will show itself and abruptly walks out of there
Later, after taking drugs, she starts to hallucinate about creepy things
Suddenly, her blanket flies away while the door moves
Strangely enough, the blanket on the floor starts to have blood
As she proceeds to check the thing under the blanket,
it reveals a bloody dead chicken, which freaks the shit out of her
The following day, Miranda brings books about demons in her room to convince her that they are real
But she insists the books are not enough as a piece of evidence
Miranda then mentions her mother
It turns out that she witnessed her mother's demonic possession
In fact, she is the child from the first scene, who witnessed the demonic possession of her mother
Later at night, when she keenly reads the book, a powerful demon intrigues her
The next day, she looks at the window where she sees the curious child again
Then, Miranda arrives to give her puppet protection
Miranda then asks her the real reason why she comes to the cave,
despite a warning that she could possibly die there
It turns out Miranda believes that she has a secret reason for coming to the cave
But she refuses to reveal the reason
Later, they tie her again to a table, as Grandma is about to perform a ritual
Grandma slowly magically enters her hand at her greasy stomach without cutting it
Grandma then grabs a sticky ball of blood out of her stomach
The ball of blood contains a set of a demon's teeth
Grandma slowly puts her hands again at her greasy stomach, but this time Grandma goes deeper
She then screams in pain
As Grandma takes out her hands, she pulls a smelly snake out of her
It tries to resist, so Mr White Beard helps to pull it out
But it manages to come back inside her
As the ritual ends, they put a mark on the teeth sign on the wall
After that, Miranda comes to visit her, as she appears to be in bad condition due to the ritual
But she is furious at Miranda,
since she already figures out that Miranda brings her to Grandma to be exorcised
She then viciously attacks Miranda, but she fails due to the chains
Miranda then walks out, terrified by her behavior
That night, she takes drugs again
Shortly after, she notices that the puppet is moving
She then throws an object at it, making it disappear
A rat suddenly walks out of there
At this moment, her supernatural experience becomes questionable, as she has just taken drugs
This means that everything strange she sees
might be a product of her hallucination as an effect of the drugs
Meanwhile, as the rat crawls down the floor,
a creepy hand instantly splatters it, making her release a wild scream
Mr White Beard quickly responds and jingles his bell to sway away bad spirits
But she suddenly strangles him with a wire
He tries his best to resist
When he falls to the ground, she seizes this moment to take the key out of his pocket
She then uses the key to escape from the chains
However, when she walks out of the door, an invisible barrier prevents her from coming out
Suddenly, her mouth releases a long strand of smelly hair
She then pulls it to completely remove it out of her mouth
Grandma comes there to smell the smelly hair
Shortly after, Grandma brings her to the dining table to let her drink milk,
which is used to contain the demonic powers
This time she starts to have a soft heart for Grandma
she also apologizes to Mr White Beard for what she did earlier
They then play a board game
Mr White Beard reveals that his father died due to demonic possession
She then says that someone needs to fight these demons
In response, he declares that the "old ways" will die as Grandma dies,
implying that the traditional rituals and beliefs will end on Grandma's death
The following day, she becomes interested in the culture and tradition of her hometown
She keenly reads books about demons and rituals
A strong demon suddenly catches her attention
She proceeds to tell Grandma and Mr White Beard about it
She says that she wants to take out the strong demon and defeat it
He then warns that it is quite risky since the demon is extremely dangerous
Later, she documents her story about her hometown
She reveals that she decided to come back to her hometown to die
It turns out that she comes to the cave just to commit suicide
Apparently, she wants to die in the darkness where no one can find her
She then expresses her gratitude to Miranda, Grandma,
and Mr White Beard, thinking that they are the reason she survived
She says that they completely understand her sadness and pain, and they genuinely accept her
After that, Grandma prepares her for the exorcism ritual,
that would take away the strong demon from her
Before the ritual starts, they put her in a crossing position on the ground
Grandma hammers down nails on the triangle
Cristina's hands then mysteriously bleed, making her scream in pain
As Grandma hammers down the last nail, it seems like her feet are nailed on the ground
It seems like Grandma crucified her through the ritual
Shortly after, Grandma blows the death whistle, making her body float
But the nails from earlier prevent her body from completely floating
At the same time, she is releasing a demonic scream
She then gains a vision of the demon at the cave
There, she sees the curious child from earlier hiding at the stone
It turns out that the curious child is also present during the demonic possession of her mother
As she proceeds to find the curious child in the dark cave, a demon instantly scratches her eyes
She then abruptly wakes up
while a scratch wound appears on her eyes
Suddenly, the curious child appears in front of her
It appears that the curious child is a demon, as it shows its creepy teeth before running away
The demon lets them experience its power,
as the ground starts to shake while a filthy object falls down
Also, the candle smoke starts to fill the place
Grandma then performs an ultimate ritual to cast out the demon
Grandma emotionally looks back at Mr White Beard,
before using all of their strength against the demon
Suddenly, a heart appears at Grandma's staff
Grandma tightly holds it while declaring to cast out the demon
The declaration then releases a massive force around the area
The following day, Cristina wakes up in good condition while she tries to sense her surroundings
She then put markings on the strong demon sign on the wall
Meanwhile, Mr White Beard prepares Grandma's dead body for burial
Mr White Beard then declares that the old ways die with Grandma's death
It turns out that Grandma sacrificed herself to cast out the demon from Cristina
Shortly after, Mr White Beard gives Grandma a proper burial,
as he puts a cross on Grandma's burial site
Meanwhile, Cristina and Miranda are having a drink together
Cristina reveals to Miranda that she is planning to go back to America, rather than staying there
Suddenly, Cristina's worried Boss calls her
She then walks out of the room
On the phone, she instructs her Boss to go to the village
As she comes back, she notices that Miranda is acting weirdly
She realizes that the demon is now inside Miranda
It turns out that Grandma only casted out the demon and did not destroy it completely
Cristina then realizes that there is no one who can stop the demon at this moment
Miranda suggests that Cristina can stop it, by performing the old ways
But Cristina is hesitant, thinking she does not have any experience with the old ways
Suddenly, Grandma's spirit appears in front of her
Grandma's spirit then leads her towards the tools used to fight demons
At this moment, it appears that Grandma is passing the old ways of fighting demons towards her
She then accepts the mission, and decides to perform the exorcism ritual on Miranda
Later, she puts paint on her face before she starts
Shortly after, she performs the ritual on Miranda
But the possessed Miranda suddenly attacks her
She then kicks Miranda's ass, and proceeds to nail Miranda's ass on the ground using the triangle
As Miranda gets nailed down and cannot move, she proceeds to declare the exorcism prayer
Suddenly, the demonic force removes the nail from the triangle
Miranda then manages to stand up from the ground
In response, Cristina bravely confronts the demon inside Miranda
She then intently looks at Miranda's eye, where she sees the demon through it
So she declares that she can see the demon, which magically casts out the demon out of Miranda
They hug each other with a feeling of relief
Suddenly, Cristina senses another demon lurking around
She then removes her eye patch, which reveals her white eye
The demon also shows its might by releasing a strong force,
that throws Miranda's ass out of there
In response, Cristina blows the death whistle that drives away the strong demon
They then have the chance to escape out of there, but Cristina decides to end the strong demon now
She then bravely confronts the strong demon
In response, the strong demon reveals its ugly face trying to terrorize her
So she instantly takes its heart out of its smelly body
As the strong demon tries to fight back, Miranda stabs its heart
The strong demon then instantly burns to nothing
They then reunite with a feeling of relief
The movie ends where Cristina's Boss is kidnapped by the locals,
believing that he is possessed by the demon
To his surprise, Cristina walks in as the new demon slayer who practices the old ways
She then finds a demon inside him as she checks his eye
In the end, she offers him milk, while the demon abruptly releases a wild scream
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