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Today I'll show you a horror-thriller film: "The Reaping"
Spoilers ahead, watch out and take care
The movie begins with a priest waking up from his sleep, because of a burning smell
He begins his inspection, and finds a woman's photograph burning
He then checks the cabinets, and takes all of the woman's burning pictures
The priest notices something even more strange, so he arranges all the photographs
The burn marks from the pictures create an upside-down sickle
The scene then changes into the modern city of Chile
There we see the two miracle investigators; one is Katherine,
who turns out to be the woman in the pictures; and she is with her colleague, Ben
The two go through a crowd with the help of a policeman
The crowd is filled with religious yet strange people, filling up the passageway to a cave
The two then finally arrive at the cave,
where they see a clergyman's corpse that remains unspoiled,
despite being dead for 40 years
The clergyman's tomb was broken by an earthquake a month ago,
which since then has been treated by the townspeople as a miracle
Katherine notices something on the tomb's cracks,
so she goes underneath to check it; and Ben follows her
They see the walls and floors covered with a red substance, which looks like blood
Then suddenly, the two hear something from above;
so Katherine climbs the stairs, which are also covered with the red substance
She opens the hatch, and sees a room also covered with a red substance
Then, someone suddenly pulls out Katherine; so Ben immediately follows her
They come across two workers wearing hazmat uniforms
The workers are mad about the inspectors' sudden visit;
so they promptly instruct the two investigators to leave
However, Katherine quickly takes pictures of numerous drums of toxic waste before leaving
After their expedition, Katherine shares to her class her discovery,
about debunking another miracle by scientific fact
It turns out that underneath the corpse is illegal underground disposal of toxic wastes
from greedy corporations, which caused the priest's corpse to remain preserved
If the chemical is inhaled, it creates intense hallucinatory factors,
which explains why the people in the cave could feel "miracles"
Due to people's economic deprivation and lack of proper education,
they immediately believed what happened to be a miracle
After her lecture, Katherine goes to her office,
when she receives a phone call from the priest from the beginning of the film,
who turns out to be her friend
The priest informs Katherine about the burn marks on her pictures,
and the upside-down sickle symbol, claiming that it is a warning from God
However, Katherine stopped believing in God years ago, so she ignores the priest's words
After dropping the call,
Katherine reminisces about when she and her family were on an expedition with the priest
Ben interrupts her thoughts, and comes in with a man named Doug
Katherine instructs Doug to walk with her on her way to the class
Doug explains that he is a teacher in a nearby town of Haven,
where a river turned dark red three days ago
The locals are concerned, as they believe it was a biblical plague caused by a girl,
who the townspeople believe killed her older brother in the river
Thereupon, Katherine and Ben go to the town, where a pregnant resident accompanies them to a church
Shortly after, Doug leads them to a river
They say that the river is entirely red with numerous dead fishes floating around
Katherine and Ben start to investigate;
and they take a river's water sample and a fish corpse to study
After that, the two and Doug go to the river's shallow part for further investigation
Doug stays on the boat with Ben, while Katherine goes through the woods
Katherine takes pictures around; when suddenly, a girl comes out of a tree
Katherine falls onto the ground in shock, hitting her head
All of a sudden, Katherine sees a quick vision of the girl in the river with her dead brother
Katherine then recovers; and she sees the girl running away from her
Katherine follows her, but the girl is quick
so Katherine loses her
Suddenly, Doug appears out of nowhere, so Katherine informs him about the girl
Doug confirms it is Loren, who the townspeople blame for the red river
Doug then leads Katherine to the ruins of an old church
Doug explains that it was destroyed by three hurricanes a hundred years ago;
so the townspeople were forced to relocate
At the same time, while Ben investigates the river's water, he sees a dead frog floating around
Ben checks it; when suddenly, numerous dead frogs from above mysteriously fall into the river
So Ben calls Katherine and immediately informs her about it
Doug and Katherine return to the river; and they see Ben taking a dead frog as a sample
After that, the three of them return to the land
While the two take their equipment and samples inside the car,
Doug informs them that they will be staying in his house, because the town has no motels
Katherine goes with Doug, while Ben follows them
Katherine is amazed as they reach the house, because of its beautiful exterior
Doug shares that he came from a long line of only children in his family;
and his grandfather gave him the house
Later that night, Doug grills some fish from the grocery, while Ben and Katherine drink beer
When their food is finally cooked, Doug takes the plate;
but when he returns to the grill, their dinner is suddenly infested by flies and maggots
The three of them are baffled as to how instantly it happened
The two take a sample from it; and Doug receives a call, asking them to come to a nearby farm
So the three of them decide to visit the farm; when suddenly, an angry bull attacks them
The bull repeatedly charges at the vehicle
but fortunately, the farm owner is there and shoots it
After that, the farm owner informs them that his cows are mysteriously getting sick,
and dying of some unknown disease
His family and animals drink their water from a well; so the river could not contaminate them
Because of that,
Ben begins to question if there is really a scientific explanation to explain what is happening
He starts to think that the events actually have biblical causes;
but Katherine remains unconvinced, and scientifically explains all the biblical plagues
The farm then adds that they witnessed something, when they visited Loren's family last Christmas
They saw people chanting with the family in the house,
and an undead thing butchered in the kitchen sink
He thinks that they are Satan worshippers sacrificing to their God
Meanwhile, while the priest is out reading the bible,
he sees the silhouette of a holy statue transforming into flies,
and then the walls start to move
A nun touches the priest; and suddenly, everything returns to normal
On the other hand, while Katherine and Ben work independently, the power suddenly goes out
So Katherine goes out of her room,
and gets inside Doug's room to tell him about the sudden blackout
However, Doug is not there; so Katherine roams around, looking at Doug's pictures with his wife
Then, suddenly, the strong wind causes the windows to open widely
Katherine walks to the terrace, where she sees the light twinkling nearby
Despite the grotesque weather, Katherine goes out,
and walks towards it, where she sees Doug visiting his wife's tomb
Doug shares that his wife died of cancer, before they could build a family together
Katherine decides to share why she stopped believing in God
It was five years ago, when she got ordained as a minister
The priest told her about missionary work in Sudan;
so Katherine decided to take her family on the journey
However, the locals killed her husband and daughter for sacrificing,
believing that they caused the drought
Because of that, Katherine spent the rest of her life,
dedicated to proving that every bullshit miracle has a scientific explanation
After returning to the house, Doug and Katherine engage in a 69 hormone exchange
While she's on top of Doug, Katherine sees Loren outside peeping at her
Suddenly, Katherine wakes up and realizes that it's just a dream
The next day, Katherine sees Loren again outside, so she goes out to talk to her
However, Loren runs away; so Katherine follows her when she trips
Katherine is suddenly back in Sudan, where she sees her dead daughter lying on a wooden bed
Katherine hugs her as she cries; when suddenly, her daughter transforms into Loren
Then, her family's killer suddenly appears out of nowhere, and stabs Katherine
Katherine then hears Ben's voice waking her up;
and she calms down, as she realizes that everything is a bad dream
After that, Katherine goes downstairs to drink water,
when she notices white footprints on the floor
Katherine follows the trail with her eyes;
and she sees her feet covered with white sand, just like in Sudan's white sand in her dreams
The following day, Ben sees Doug checking out the samples; so Ben informs him about what he found
Biologically speaking, there is nothing wrong with the dead cows, frogs, flies, and fishes
Confused, Doug shares that, according to the sheriff, when Loren's brother was found,
there was nothing physically or biologically wrong about him
However, he has not been autopsied yet
Meanwhile, Katherine decides to get inside Loren's house, as she receives no answer from inside
Katherine roams around the house, which has clearly been neglected of care
Katherine follows a trail of blood print on the floor, leading to an equipment room
She then notices that the print stopped in front of a cabinet;
so Katherine checks if it hides a secret room
She moves the cabinet, and sees a door with an upside-down sickle carved on it
Katherine tries to open the door, when Loren suddenly appears
Katherine calmly talks to her, but she notices blood on Loren's leg,
which means Loren started to menstruate
Katherine gently instructs Loren to follow her outside to get her cleaned up
Loren remains silent the whole time, letting Katherine do whatever she wants
Katherine takes the towel and wipes the blood,
when she suddenly sees a vision of Loren and her brother in the river
The vision quickly vanishes; and at the same time, Loren mysteriously disappears
Although confused, Katherine still gets inside the house to look for Loren
However, Loren's mother shows up instead
She is in tears, as she asks Katherine if she can kill her daughter
Katherine denies it, and says she wants to help Loren
The mother replies that her daughter doesn't need any help
Before she can explain, Loren suddenly reappears, and attacks her mother
Katherine tries to help; but the mother quickly gets hold of her daughter,
and angrily asks Katherine to leave
Simultaneously, Doug and Ben visit a church, filled with worried townspeople
Children are forced to shave their heads, because of the sudden lice infestation
The adults are rushing Doug and Ben to find an explanation for the events;
so the two leave to check out Loren's dead brother
In the morgue, after seeing the corpse,
Ben immediately contacts Katherine, and instructs her to come
Moments later, after arriving, Katherine is shocked to see the corpse's state
It is already in the dry stage of decomposition,
which is unnatural because it would take years for dead bodies to reach that stage
But Loren's brother died just a few days ago
Katherine and Ben examine the body, and find the upside-down sickle symbol on its back
The three go out of the morgue to inform the Mayor, when the sheriff stops them
He gives Katherine the lab results, which say that the water from the river is human blood
Because of that, Katherine calls the priest, and informs him about everything
So the priest explains that based on his research,
the upside-down sickle symbolizes a satanic cult,
that sacrifices every second-born child once they hit puberty,
so as to create a "perfect child with the eyes of Satan"
People can't hurt Loren, because Satan made the plagues to protect Loren,
for she portrayed Satan's image
The priest adds that only an angel will be able to destroy the satanic child
The priest insists that Katherine is the angel, as she was ordained with that mission
While the priest convinces Katherine that she can stop the prophecy,
the pictures suddenly burn into flames, which quickly spread across the room
The priest tries to leave, but the door is stuck
so he screams for help
However, no one is around, and the fire finally kills him
At that same time, Ben and Doug go to the Mayor for an urgent evacuation
However, they find him and his staff dead, because of the boils in their bodies
Because of that, some of the townspeople decide to handle things by themselves,
and go to Loren's house to kill her, and stop the plagues
Katherine goes to Loren's house, before the townspeople arrive
She moves the cabinet, and walks downstairs in the hidden room,
which turns out to be the cult's sacrificial chamber
There, Katherine comes across Loren's mother, who claims that her daughter is now Satan's servant
The mother then pulls out a gun and kills herself
Katherine then hears footsteps coming,
so she hides underneath the stairs, as Loren walks into the chamber
Suddenly, Katherine's phone rings
Upon hearing something upstairs, Loren immediately goes up
Katherine follows her, and sees the whole property covered by a hoard of locusts
Loren is standing in the middle, while the townspeople ready their guns
Ben and Doug attempt to stop them;
but a resident cocks his gun, and the whole hoard of locusts attacks them
Loren watches as the locusts kill the townspeople, except for Katherine, Doug, and Ben
Doug runs away to the woods, accidentally falling into the river
Katherine gets to the house, and locks herself inside; while Ben hides in a tomb
Ben starts to wander in the crypt, and discovers skeletons and bodies of sacrificed children
He immediately informs Katherine about it, and instructs her to meet him
Then, suddenly, he sees Loren outside
Katherine gets out of the house, and goes to the tomb, where she sees Ben's dead body
Doug then appears; so Katherine orders him to stay inside the tomb, while she faces the evil Loren
Outside, as Loren and Katherine face each other,
darkness covers the sky, followed by fiery hail and thunder
Just as Katherine is about to kill Loren, she suddenly says that Loren was a gift from God
That causes Katherine to wonder if anything that has been happening is real
Loren replies, "faith " and shows Katherine a vision of the truth
Katherine sees the whole town is actually the cult, even Doug,
trying to kill Loren to sacrifice to Satan
Loren escapes them;
so her brother chases her through the woods until to the lake, where he stabs her
However, the stab wound mysteriously heals; and her brother quickly dies holding the knife
Katherine realizes that Loren is innocent, as she is God's angel
Right then, Doug appears and convinces Katherine to kill Loren
As she discovers the truth, Katherine tosses the knife to Doug, and instructs him to kill Loren
However, Doug cannot do it as they already tried, but Loren survived
Doug deceived Katherine and tricked her into killing Loren,
because only an ordained servant of God could kill Loren,
who is actually the saint gift of God, rather than the satanic child
Katherine also discovers that Doug killed Ben,
so she would be tricked into blaming Loren for his death
Knowing the truth, Katherine holds Loren and attempts to leave;
but the townspeople suddenly appear out of nowhere, and corner them
Left with no choice, Doug confesses that his family recruited the whole town to worship Satan,
believing that God had neglected them
That's why he reached out to Katherine for help,
hoping that she would join the cult, as she had already stopped her belief in God
Even after that, Doug still convinces Katherine to kill Loren; but she refuses
She adds that there is still the death of the firstborn plague;
and all of the townspeople are firstborn that came from a long line of only children
Suddenly, balls of fire fall from above, killing the cult
Doug grabs Katherine and tries to kill her;
but a massive ball of fire lifts him from the ground, and kills him
The massive ball of fire causes an explosion; but Katherine and Loren remain alive
The following day, Katherine and Loren drive away from the evil town
As they drive away, Loren reveals that she can hear the baby boy inside Katherine's belly
The film ends with Katherine realizing that the 69 hormone exchange with Doug she had previously,
was him drugging and raping her
Katherine realizes that her unborn child with Doug is none other than the prophesied child of Satan
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