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** Doug warning Katherine not to call TV stations or round up scientists for the town of Haven. He claims that their town's the best kept secret in the bible and not wanting it turned into a punchline. [[spoiler: This is actually because Doug was hiding the dark truth that the town of Haven is populated with satanic cultists]].
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* ButLiquorIsQuicker: [[spoiler: How Doug seduces Katherine.]]
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* DudeShesLikeInAComa: [[spoiler: It's revealed Doug took the opportunity to rape Katherine when she was passed out from the drink he gave to her]].
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* SlippingAMickey: [[spoiler: There was something else inside that bourbon that made it easy for Katherine to pass out and for Doug to rape her]].
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* EroticDream: Katherine has one about Doug. Subverted as it really did happen, though [[spoiler: not the way she imagined]].
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* EroticDream: Katherine has one about having sex with Doug. Subverted as it really did happen, though [[spoiler: not the way she imagined]].
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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Katherine is about to kill Loren, when suddenly she says something that Katherine told her own daughter in Sudan.
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** When confronted by Loren's mother who asks Katherine if she's going to kill Loren, Katherine assures her no. Loren's mother then asks why not. [[spoiler: This is not because Loren is supposedly evil but really because Loren's mother is one of the satanic cultists who tried to sacrifice their second born (i.e. Loren) in their rituals]].
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: One of the reasons why Doug murdered Ben.]]
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* {{Irony}}: A town called Haven [[spoiler: is populated with satanic cultists]].
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: Doug murdered Ben so that he could pin the blame on Loren and trick Katherine into murdering her]].
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: Doug murdered Ben so that he could pin the blame on Loren and trick Katherine into murdering her]].
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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Katherine adopts Loren and then discovers she's pregnant at the end. Subverted as she realizes to her horror that she was actually drugged and raped by Doug and that her child may be the antichrist and doomed second born]].
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** When Katherine asks one of the pregnant women if she's having a boy or a girl, she nonchalantly replies "Doesn't matter". [[spoiler: This is because the townspeople are preparing to sacrifice their second born]].
** Doug telling Katherine he came from a line of only children. [[spoiler: This comes back to bite him in the end as the last of the plagues is death of the firstborns]].
** When Katherine asks one of the pregnant women if she's having a boy or a girl, she nonchalantly replies "Doesn't matter". [[spoiler: This is because the townspeople are preparing to sacrifice their second born]].
** Doug telling Katherine he came from a line of only children. [[spoiler: This comes back to bite him in the end as the last of the plagues is death of the firstborns]].
* TraumaticHaircut: As the plague of lice hits Haven, children are shown reluctantly getting their heads shaved due to lice infestation.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Katherine lost faith and became a HollywoodAtheist as a result of an ultimately disastrous expedition to Sudan that she and her family went on. Some religious people blamed her preaching for the year-long drought and both her husband and their young daughter were killed as sacrifices to their god.
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** Katherine lost faith and became a HollywoodAtheist as a result of an ultimately disastrous expedition to Sudan that she and her family went on. Some religious people blamed her preaching for the year-long drought and both her husband and their young daughter were killed as sacrifices to theirgod.god.
** [[spoiler: The townspeople of Haven have no qualm against killing their own second born children once they've reached puberty in their satanic cult rituals]].
** Katherine lost faith and became a HollywoodAtheist as a result of an ultimately disastrous expedition to Sudan that she and her family went on. Some religious people blamed her preaching for the year-long drought and both her husband and their young daughter were killed as sacrifices to their
** [[spoiler: The townspeople of Haven have no qualm against killing their own second born children once they've reached puberty in their satanic cult rituals]].
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* AllJustADream: Katherine sleeping with Doug while hallucinating Loren's presence nearby. [[spoiler: Only it wasn't a dream and the act wasn't consensual]].
* EroticDream: Katherine has one about Doug. Subverted as it really did happen, though [[spoiler: not the way she imagined]].
* OrWasItADream: Katherine wakes up after a steamy dream involving her and Doug and one too many nightmares only to find that she tracked sand into the kitchen. Flashbacks later reveal that [[spoiler: the supposed consensual sex between her and Doug was actually Doug drugging and raping the intoxicated Katherine to impregnate her with the antichrist]].
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* WhamShot: [[spoiler: As flashbacks show, Brody attempted to kill Loren and stabs her. Only for her wound to miraculously heal and his body to rapidly decay due to evil.]]
* WhamShot: [[spoiler: As flashbacks show, Brody attempted to kill Loren and stabs her. Only for her wound to miraculously heal and his body to rapidly decay due to evil.]]
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* WhamShot: [[spoiler: As flashbacks show, Brody attempted to kill Loren and stabs her. Only for her wound to miraculously heal and his body to rapidly decaydue to from evil.]]
* WhamShot: [[spoiler: As flashbacks show, Brody attempted to kill Loren and stabs her. Only for her wound to miraculously heal and his body to rapidly decay
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* WhamLine: As Katherine attempts to kill Loren, their conversation takes a turn for the worst. "[[spoiler: "I'm so lucky. Why? Because, silly-- God gave me you. How do I know? How do we know what's real? Faith.]]"
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* WhamLine: As Katherine attempts to kill Loren, their conversation takes a turn for the worst. "[[spoiler: "I'm
-->'''Loren:''' [[spoiler: I'm solucky. Why? lucky.]]
-->'''Katherine:''' Why?
-->'''Loren:''' Because, silly-- [[spoiler: God gave meyou. you]].
-->'''Katherine:''' How do I know? How do we know what'sreal? real?
-->'''Loren:''' [[spoiler: Faith.]]"]]"
* WhamShot: [[spoiler: As flashbacks show, Brody attempted to kill Loren and stabs her. Only for her wound to miraculously heal and his body to rapidly decay due to evil.]]
-->'''Minister Michael:''' ''(voiceover, as [[spoiler: Loren stands in the bloody river near her attacker's dead body]])'' [[spoiler: At the height of their power, God shall send forth an angel to destroy them.]]
-->'''Loren:''' [[spoiler: I'm so
-->'''Katherine:''' Why?
-->'''Loren:''' Because, silly-- [[spoiler: God gave me
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-->'''Loren:''' [[spoiler: Faith.
* WhamShot: [[spoiler: As flashbacks show, Brody attempted to kill Loren and stabs her. Only for her wound to miraculously heal and his body to rapidly decay due to evil.]]
-->'''Minister Michael:''' ''(voiceover, as [[spoiler: Loren stands in the bloody river near her attacker's dead body]])'' [[spoiler: At the height of their power, God shall send forth an angel to destroy them.]]
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* WhamLine: As Katherine attempts to kill Loren, their conversation takes a turn for the worst. "[[spoiler: "I'm so lucky. Why? Because, silly-- God gave me you. How do I know? How do we know what's real? Faith.]]"
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* ButLiquorIsQuicker: [[spoiler: How Doug seduces Katherine.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: The secondary hero protagonist Ben dies near the end.]]
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** Loren's period dripping down her leg.
** [[spoiler: Once it comes to light that Katherine was actually drugged and raped by Doug, the sex scene becomes this]].
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** Doug and Katherine's steamy sex scene.
** Katherine spends most of her time in a white dress or a tight tank top and pants which are focused on by the camera.
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** The biblical plagues were used ''by'' God against the wicked, [[spoiler:this is a hint that Loren isGoodAllAlong]]. GoodAllAlong]].
** Everyone in the town of Haven has two children or more. Some of the women are pregnant with a toddler just weeks apart.
** Loren's period dripping down her leg.
** [[spoiler: Once it comes to light that Katherine was actually drugged and raped by Doug, the sex scene becomes this]].
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** Katherine spends most of her time in a white dress or a tight tank top and pants which are focused on by the camera.
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* PlotTwist: [[spoiler: The creepy child Loren is actually the good guy and all the townspeople of Haven are the true antagonists]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Loren is an angel sent by God to destroy evil and the townspeople people of Haven are actually delusional satanic cultists out to stop her]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Loren is an angel sent by God to destroy evil and the townspeople people of Haven are actually delusional satanic cultists out to stop her]].
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* EvilStoleMyFaith: Katherine, currently trying to disprove God’s existence by debunking miracles, was once a preacher, until on an expedition, her husband and daughter were both killed by a religious cult. [[spoiler: By the end of the movie, however, Katherine has regained her faith.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: Katherine lost faith and became a HollywoodAtheist as a result of an ultimately disastrous expedition to Sudan that she and her family went on. Some religious people blamed her preaching for a the year-long drought and both her husband and their young daughter were killed as sacrifices to their god.
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* SkepticNoLonger: Katherine is the AgentScully, convinced these "plagues" have a scientific explanation. When Loren summons a horde of locusts (out of nowhere) to kill men about to attack her, Katherine is forced to admit there is absolutely ''no'' scientific explanation for that and admits something paranormal[=/=]supernatural is occurring.
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* SkepticNoLonger: Katherine is the AgentScully, convinced these "plagues" have a scientific explanation. explanation, as a result of her husband and daughter being killed as a sacrifice. When Loren summons a horde of locusts (out of nowhere) to kill men about to attack her, Katherine is forced to admit there is absolutely ''no'' scientific explanation for that and admits something paranormal[=/=]supernatural is occurring.occurring.
* WouldHurtAChild: Katherine lost faith and became a HollywoodAtheist as a result of an ultimately disastrous expedition that she and her family went on. Some religious people blamed her preaching for a drought and both her husband and their young daughter were killed as sacrifices to their god.
* WouldHurtAChild: Katherine lost faith and became a HollywoodAtheist as a result of an ultimately disastrous expedition that she and her family went on. Some religious people blamed her preaching for a drought and both her husband and their young daughter were killed as sacrifices to their god.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: The reason Katherine became an atheist is because of corrupt religious people murdering her family on an expedition. Her young daughter was murdered in a sacrifice alongside her father (Katherine’s husband).
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'''The Reaping''' is a 2007 ReligiousHorror film starring Creator/HilarySwank, Creator/IdrisElba and Creator/AnnaSophiaRobb. Swank plays Katherine Winter, a former Christian Missionary who investigates and debunks claims of miracles. She and her colleague Ben (Elba) are called to the Louisiana town of Haven, whose town people claim to be suffering a biblical plague caused by a young girl named Loren (Robb).
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* SkepticNoLonger: Katherine is the AgentScully, convinced these "plagues" have a scientific explanation. When Loren summons a horde of locusts (out of nowhere) to kill men about to attack her, Katherine is forced to admit there is absolutely ''no'' scientific explanation for that and admits something paranormal[=/=]supernatural is occurring.occurring.
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* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler: After learning that Loren is actually an angel sent by God to help, Katherine prevents her from mistakenly being sacrificed as the second child. In the end, after adopting Loren as her own, Loren congratulates her on her second baby which makes Katherine realize to her horror that her unborn ChildByRape is doomed to be the second child to be sacrificed.]]
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* HollywoodAtheist: Katherine, who is attempting to disprove God's existance by debunking miracles. As she lost faith when her family was killed, is can't help but come across as outright {{Revenge}}.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}:'' The biblical plagues were used ''by'' God against the wicked, [[spoiler:this is a hint that Loren is GoodAllAlong]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}:'' {{Foreshadowing}}: The biblical plagues were used ''by'' God against the wicked, [[spoiler:this is a hint that Loren is GoodAllAlong]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}:'' The biblical plagues were used ''by'' God against the wicked, [[spoiler:this is a hint that Loren is GoodAllAlong]].
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* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Father Costigan believes Katherine is a metaphorical angel sent by God. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that Loren is the angel, and a much more literal example.]]
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* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Father Costigan believes Katherine is a metaphorical angel sent by God. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that Loren is the angel, and a much more literal example.]]]]
* SkepticNoLonger: Katherine is the AgentScully, convinced these "plagues" have a scientific explanation. When Loren summons a horde of locusts (out of nowhere) to kill men about to attack her, Katherine is forced to admit there is absolutely ''no'' scientific explanation for that and admits something paranormal[=/=]supernatural is occurring.
* SkepticNoLonger: Katherine is the AgentScully, convinced these "plagues" have a scientific explanation. When Loren summons a horde of locusts (out of nowhere) to kill men about to attack her, Katherine is forced to admit there is absolutely ''no'' scientific explanation for that and admits something paranormal[=/=]supernatural is occurring.
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* HumanSacrifice: Once secondborn (and possibly later children) reach puberty they are sacrificed.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Members of the Satanic cult sacrifice all their children to Satan, except for the firstborn, who are inducted into the cult, to ensure the cult itself can survive. In reality, you would need (on average) two offspring to survive (and reproduce) per couple just for the population to remain stable. Even if the cultists recruit outsiders to marry the kids they don't sacrifice, attrition would still wipe them out, as some of each generation are likely to die, fail to reproduce at all, or leave the cult.
** [[FridgeLogic This might be avoided]] if the entire cult were poly and the firstborn of each ''pairing'' was allowed to live, but then why would any mother choose to have two children with the same father?
** [[FridgeLogic This might be avoided]] if the entire cult were poly and the firstborn of each ''pairing'' was allowed to live, but then why would any mother choose to have two children with the same father?
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'''The Reaping''' is a 2007 ReligiousHorror film starring Creator/HilarySwank, Creator/IdrisElba and Creator/AnnaSophiaRobb. Swank plays Katherine Winter, a disgruntled missionary woman former Christian Missionary who works investigating investigates and disprove debunks claims of miracles. She and her colleague Ben (Elba) are called to the Louisiana town of Haven, where whose town people claim to be suffering a biblical plague has begun in relation to caused by a mysterious young girl named Loren (Robb).
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* AgentMulder: Ben, a Christian believer, plays the role in his and Katherine's cases. Very much like her, he has personal reasons to believe in God.
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* DevilButNoGod: Played with. Most of the paranormal events of the film are attributed to the Devil, but they are actually [[spoiler:acts of God, specifically through an angel.]] That said, the Devil is not absent, as he stills makes his presence feel by incinerating Father Costigan dead.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Loren goes around the woods barefoot and not caring much. It's revealed in a flashback that she probably lost her shoes in the swamp after [[spoiler:being attempted on her life by her brother.]]
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Loren goes around the woods barefoot and not caring much. It's revealed in a flashback that she probably lost her shoes in the swamp after [[spoiler:being attempted on her life by her brother.]]
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* DevilButNoGod: Played with. Most of the paranormal events of the film are attributed to the Devil, but they are actually [[spoiler:acts of God, specifically through an angel.]] That said, the Devil is not absent, as he stills makes his presence feel felt by incinerating Father Costigan dead.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Loren goes around the woods barefoot and not caring much. It's revealed in a flashback that she probably lost her shoes in the swamp after[[spoiler:being attempted [[spoiler:the attempt on her life by her brother.]]
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* MysticalPlague: The town of Haven is suffering the seventh biblical plagues, which is the reason Katherine is there. [[spoiler:They are revealed to be Loren's angelic power.]]
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* MysticalPlague: The town of Haven is claims to be suffering the seventh biblical plagues, plagues of Egypt, which is the reason Katherine is there. [[spoiler:They are revealed to be Loren's angelic power.]]
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted; Loren has his first period in front of Katherine, which later becomes a plot point.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Apparently subverted with Loren, and finally [[spoiler:played straight.[[spoiler:
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!!''The Reaping'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AgentMulder: Ben, a Christian believer, plays the role in his and Katherine's cases. Very much like her, he has personal reasons to believe in God.
* AgentScully: Katherine is the skeptical part of his team.
* BittersweetEnding: At the end of the film, [[spoiler:a Satanic cult has been destroyed, a creature of God has been saved, Katherine has regained her faith and she has a new surrogate daughter. Then it's revealed that she is pregnant with TheAntiChrist.]]
* CreepyChild: For most of the film, Loren is a mute child with weird eyes and a vibe of something... ''wrong''.
* DevilButNoGod: Played with. Most of the paranormal events of the film are attributed to the Devil, but they are actually [[spoiler:acts of God, specifically through an angel.]] That said, the Devil is not absent, as he stills makes his presence feel by incinerating Father Costigan dead.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Loren goes around the woods barefoot and not caring much. It's revealed in a flashback that she probably lost her shoes in the swamp after [[spoiler:being attempted on her life by her brother.]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Apparently subverted with Loren, and finally [[spoiler:played straight.[[spoiler:
* MysticalPlague: The town of Haven is suffering the seventh biblical plagues, which is the reason Katherine is there. [[spoiler:They are revealed to be Loren's angelic power.]]
* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted; Loren has his first period in front of Katherine, which later becomes a plot point.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Father Costigan believes Katherine is a metaphorical angel sent by God. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that Loren is the angel, and a much more literal example.]]
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!!''The Reaping'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AgentMulder: Ben, a Christian believer, plays the role in his and Katherine's cases. Very much like her, he has personal reasons to believe in God.
* AgentScully: Katherine is the skeptical part of his team.
* BittersweetEnding: At the end of the film, [[spoiler:a Satanic cult has been destroyed, a creature of God has been saved, Katherine has regained her faith and she has a new surrogate daughter. Then it's revealed that she is pregnant with TheAntiChrist.]]
* CreepyChild: For most of the film, Loren is a mute child with weird eyes and a vibe of something... ''wrong''.
* DevilButNoGod: Played with. Most of the paranormal events of the film are attributed to the Devil, but they are actually [[spoiler:acts of God, specifically through an angel.]] That said, the Devil is not absent, as he stills makes his presence feel by incinerating Father Costigan dead.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Loren goes around the woods barefoot and not caring much. It's revealed in a flashback that she probably lost her shoes in the swamp after [[spoiler:being attempted on her life by her brother.]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Apparently subverted with Loren, and finally [[spoiler:played straight.[[spoiler:
* MysticalPlague: The town of Haven is suffering the seventh biblical plagues, which is the reason Katherine is there. [[spoiler:They are revealed to be Loren's angelic power.]]
* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted; Loren has his first period in front of Katherine, which later becomes a plot point.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Father Costigan believes Katherine is a metaphorical angel sent by God. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that Loren is the angel, and a much more literal example.]]
