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* HometownHero: Deborah Logan was one of the most important figures in her hometown during the mid-twentieth century as she served as its switchboard operator while phones were still progressing. [[spoiler:She also took out a child-murdering madman, though this part isn't as well-known.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: Desjardin is stopped from killing Cara and Deborah is freed from his possession, but she's guilty in the eyes of the public, and although declared medically unfit to stand trial, it's little comfort anyway as her health is failing.
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* BittersweetEnding: Desjardin [[spoiler:Desjardin]] is stopped from killing Cara and Deborah is freed from his possession, but she's guilty in the eyes of the public, and although declared medically unfit to stand trial, it's little comfort anyway as her health is failing.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: At the end of the film, a news report shows Kara's birthday party, where she uses a party blower. [[spoiler:It almost looks like a darting snake tongue...]]
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** At the end of the film, a news report shows Kara's birthday party, where she uses a party blower. [[spoiler:It almost looks like a darting snake tongue...]]
** A single scene earlier in the climax, when [[spoiler:Desjardins' remains were burned]], Deborah was laughing. [[spoiler:Desjardins was laughing through her because he successfully bound himself to Cara.]]
** At the end of the film, a news report shows Kara's birthday party, where she uses a party blower. [[spoiler:It almost looks like a darting snake tongue...]]
** A single scene earlier in the climax, when [[spoiler:Desjardins' remains were burned]], Deborah was laughing. [[spoiler:Desjardins was laughing through her because he successfully bound himself to Cara.]]
* HometownHero: Deborah Logan was one of the most important figures in her hometown during the mid-twentieth century as she served as its switchboard operator while phones were still progressing. [[spoiler:She also took out a child-murdering madman, though this part isn't as well-known.]]
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* NightmareFuelColoringBook: One of Deborah's rooms is full of SpookyPainting after SpookyPainting depicting a terrifying specter drawing closer and closer in the yard just outside the window. [[spoiler:Indicating that Deborah knew Desjardin was trying to enter her home and explaining why she tried to nail the windows shut.]]
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* NightmareFuelColoringBook: One of Deborah's rooms is full of SpookyPainting after SpookyPainting depicting a terrifying specter drawing closer and closer in the yard just outside the window. [[spoiler:Indicating that Deborah knew Desjardin was trying to enter her home and explaining why she tried to nail the windows shut.]]
* OffscreenTeleportation: The very first sign that something is wrong with Deborah beyond suffering Alzheimer's is when Gavin's camera, which is aimed at her tending her garden some fifteen feet away, is turned away for only a brief second and, when he turns back, she's right in front of him. [[spoiler:There is noticeably a snake nearby when this happens.]]
* OffscreenTeleportation: The very first sign that something is wrong with Deborah beyond suffering Alzheimer's is when Gavin's camera, which is aimed at her tending her garden some fifteen feet away, is turned away for only a brief second and, when he turns back, she's right in front of him. [[spoiler:There is noticeably a snake nearby when this happens.]]
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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Henri Desjardins was a sufferer of ALS, a degenerative motor neuron disease that would inevitably kill him. [[spoiler: He became obsessed with defying death and pursued a cult ritual involving murdering five pubescent girls to make himself immortal. Naturally, this resulted in the mother of one of his targets becoming quite pissed off when she found out about his plans, and resulted in his life being extinguished sooner than if he'd simply accepted he was going to die.]]
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* MeaningfulName: "Desjardin" translates to "from the garden". [[spoiler: Desjardin was buried in Deborah's garden, and this is where his evil spirit encroaches from over the years when attempting to possess Deborah.]]
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* RedHerring: There is an incident a ways into the film where Deborah is caught awake at night in a room with a window, standing still and holding a hammer. Given the hostile episode she had when looking for her spade, the audience is made to believe that Deborah could become violent. [[spoiler: She was actually holding the hammer because she wanted to nail the window shut, one of her efforts to deny the spirit of Desjardin.]]
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** As Deborah's condition worsens, [[spoiler: she begins to take on increasingly snake-like qualities: she repeatedly attempts to remove her own skin, develops a large rash akin to scales on her back, forms a habit of staying completely still before lashing at people, bites and injects an officer with venom, and later projectile spits acid at another one. Once the [[DemonicPossession possession]] seems to completely take hold over her, Deborah takes Cara to an underground "den" and tries to ''swallow the girl whole'', with her jaws completely distended and fully encasing Cara's skull.]]
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** As Deborah's condition worsens, [[spoiler: she begins to take on increasingly snake-like qualities: she repeatedly attempts to remove her own skin, develops a large rash akin to scales on her back, forms a habit of staying completely still before lashing at people, bites and injects an officer with venom, and later projectile spits acid at another one. Once the [[DemonicPossession possession]] DemonicPossession seems to completely take hold over her, Deborah takes Cara to an underground "den" and tries to ''swallow the girl whole'', with her jaws completely distended and fully encasing Cara's skull.]]
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* ChildEater: Literally, in that near the last minutes of the movie, [[spoiler:Desjardin!Deborah attempts to just swallow Cara whole]].
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* NightmareFuelColoringBook: One of Deborah's rooms is full of SpookyPainting after SpookyPainting depicting a terrifying specter drawing closer and closer in the yard just outside the window. [[spoiler:Indicating that Deborah knew Desjardin was trying to enter her home and explaining why she tried to nail the windows shut.]]
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* MindOverMatter: Deborah, when [[spoiler:possessed by Desjardin]], possesses this ability. She forces a window open that she had earlier nailed shut without touching it, and later, when [[spoiler:Harris tries to end Desjardin by smothering Deborah]], a large hospital television suddenly flies off its boltings and [[spoiler:smashes into him hard enough to grievously incapacitate him]].
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: At the end of the film, a news report shows Kara's birthday party, where she uses a party blower. [[spoiler:It almost looks like a darting snake tongue...]]
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* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: Henri Desjardins' surname, which is French, is pronounced by every character more like it's Spanish. The authentic pronunciation is closer to "day-zhar-dan", but the film pronounces it "day-har-deen" even though it gets "Henri" correct.
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* AsianAirhead: Mia.
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* AdultFear:
** It's arguably worse seeing Deborah as an Alzheimer's patient than it is [[spoiler: as a victim of possession]]. Seeing her threaten Gavin with a knife is particularly frightening, as it could actually happen if someone didn't recognize a stranger in their home.
** Deborah's work as a switchboard operator when she was younger was what allowed her to [[spoiler: hear about Dr. Desjardins's plans to use her daughter as part of a HumanSacrifice that would grant him immortality]], but felt she couldn't go to the cops due to just how ''insane'' that plan sounded.
** [[spoiler: We also see Cara's parents dealing with this after Deborah (possessed by Dr. Desjardins) abducts their daughter.]]
** It's arguably worse seeing Deborah as an Alzheimer's patient than it is [[spoiler: as a victim of possession]]. Seeing her threaten Gavin with a knife is particularly frightening, as it could actually happen if someone didn't recognize a stranger in their home.
** Deborah's work as a switchboard operator when she was younger was what allowed her to [[spoiler: hear about Dr. Desjardins's plans to use her daughter as part of a HumanSacrifice that would grant him immortality]], but felt she couldn't go to the cops due to just how ''insane'' that plan sounded.
** [[spoiler: We also see Cara's parents dealing with this after Deborah (possessed by Dr. Desjardins) abducts their daughter.]]
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** [[spoiler: We also see Kara's parents dealing with this after Deborah (possessed by Dr. Desjardins) abducts their daughter.]]
* AnimalMotifs: Desjardins seems to be associated with snakes and they show up at various instances during the film. [[spoiler: Interesting enough when they get through the tunnel system and find the cave where a [[DemonicPossession possessed]] Deborah and the little girl are, you can see Deborah trying to ''swallow'' the girl headfirst like a snake, with her jaws completely distended and fully encasing the girl's skull.]]
* AnimalMotifs: Desjardins seems to be associated with snakes and they show up at various instances during the film. [[spoiler: Interesting enough when they get through the tunnel system and find the cave where a [[DemonicPossession possessed]] Deborah and the little girl are, you can see Deborah trying to ''swallow'' the girl headfirst like a snake, with her jaws completely distended and fully encasing the girl's skull.]]
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** [[spoiler: We also see Kara's Cara's parents dealing with this after Deborah (possessed by Dr. Desjardins) abducts their daughter.]]
* AnimalMotifs: Dr. Desjardinsseems seemed to be associated with snakes snakes, and they show up at various instances during throughout the film. [[spoiler: Interesting enough when they get through This is all due to his occult ritual practices, wherein he would poison young girls with rattlesnake venom, carve snakes into their foreheads, and partially cannibalize them in worship of "the eternal serpent".]]
** As Deborah's condition worsens, [[spoiler: she begins to take on increasingly snake-like qualities: she repeatedly attempts to remove her own skin, develops a large rash akin to scales on her back, forms a habit of staying completely still before lashing at people, bites and injects an officer with venom, and later projectile spits acid at another one. Once thetunnel system and find the cave where a [[DemonicPossession possessed]] possession]] seems to completely take hold over her, Deborah takes Cara to an underground "den" and the little girl are, you can see Deborah trying tries to ''swallow'' ''swallow the girl headfirst like a snake, whole'', with her jaws completely distended and fully encasing the girl's Cara's skull.]]
* AnimalMotifs: Dr. Desjardins
** As Deborah's condition worsens, [[spoiler: she begins to take on increasingly snake-like qualities: she repeatedly attempts to remove her own skin, develops a large rash akin to scales on her back, forms a habit of staying completely still before lashing at people, bites and injects an officer with venom, and later projectile spits acid at another one. Once the
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* AudienceSurrogate: You could argue, the one crew member who leaves early after Harris shoots at them. He voices the likely sentiments of many audience members when he points out how ridiculous the whole thing is getting, and how crazy the others are for sticking around.
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: They manage to exorcise Deborah, but turns out that Desjardins was able to [[GrandTheftMe possess the girl she'd kidnapped]], helping her make a "miraculous recovery" while leaving Deborah herself on the hook for said kidnapping, [[PossessionBurnout and her health quickly fails afterward]]]].
* ButchLesbian: Sarah, Deborah’s daughter, is this. She dresses and behaves rather masculinely, and talks to her girlfriend on the phone at one point. She also recounts an incident where, as a child, her mother sent her OffToBoardingSchool after [[HeteronormativeCrusader catching Sarah kissing a girl in the garage]] (though given the events of the movie, it's possible it was actually to [[spoiler:protect Sarah from Dejardins.]])
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: They manage to exorcise Deborah, but turns out that Desjardins was able to [[GrandTheftMe possess the girl she'd kidnapped]], helping her make a "miraculous recovery" while leaving Deborah herself on the hook for said kidnapping, [[PossessionBurnout and her health quickly fails afterward]]]].
* ButchLesbian: Sarah, Deborah’s daughter, is this. She dresses and behaves rather masculinely, and talks to her girlfriend on the phone at one point. She also recounts an incident where, as a child, her mother sent her OffToBoardingSchool after [[HeteronormativeCrusader catching Sarah kissing a girl in the garage]] (though given the events of the movie, it's possible it was actually to [[spoiler:protect Sarah from Dejardins.]])
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* AudienceSurrogate: You could argue, The members of the one film crew member who take turns playing this role, but Gavin is the standout example. He leaves the production early after Harris shoots at them. He voices the likely sentiments of many audience members when he points them, pointing out how ridiculous the whole thing is getting, getting and how crazy the others are for sticking around.
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: They manage to exorcise Deborah, but it turns out that Desjardins was able to [[GrandTheftMe possess the girl she'd kidnapped]], helping her make a "miraculous recovery" while leaving Deborah herself on the hook for said kidnapping, [[PossessionBurnout and her health quickly fails afterward]]]].
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Deborah's jaw unhinging and stretching at the climax of the film.]]
* ButchLesbian: Sarah, Deborah’s daughter, is this. She dresses and behaves rather masculinely, and talks to her girlfriend on the phone at one point. She also recounts an incident where, as a child, her mother sent her OffToBoardingSchool after [[HeteronormativeCrusader catching Sarah kissing a girl in the garage]] (though given the events of the movie, it's possible it was actually to [[spoiler:protect Sarah from Dejardins.]]) ]])
* ButtMonkey: Gavin. Nobody seems to listen to him about the strange things going on, he's threatened by a hysterical Deborah with a knife at one point, and Harris drunkenly blasts his van with shotgun rounds later on. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere He decides to leave before the situation has a chance to get any worse.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: They manage to exorcise Deborah, but it turns out that Desjardins was able to [[GrandTheftMe possess the girl she'd kidnapped]], helping her make a "miraculous recovery" while leaving Deborah herself on the hook for said kidnapping, [[PossessionBurnout and her health quickly fails afterward]]]].
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Deborah's jaw unhinging and stretching at the climax of the film.]]
* ButchLesbian: Sarah, Deborah’s daughter, is this. She dresses and behaves rather masculinely, and talks to her girlfriend on the phone at one point. She also recounts an incident where, as a child, her mother sent her OffToBoardingSchool after [[HeteronormativeCrusader catching Sarah kissing a girl in the garage]] (though given the events of the movie, it's possible it was actually to [[spoiler:protect Sarah from Dejardins.
* ButtMonkey: Gavin. Nobody seems to listen to him about the strange things going on, he's threatened by a hysterical Deborah with a knife at one point, and Harris drunkenly blasts his van with shotgun rounds later on. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere He decides to leave before the situation has a chance to get any worse.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The crew goes to visit an anthropology professor, Dr. Ernst Schiffer, in hopes of better understanding Deborah's condition. He tells them the long-running belief is that anyone young, elderly, or sick is more vulnerable to possession by a "spiritual parasite". While Deborah does indeed fit the latter two qualifications, [[spoiler: Cara being a nine-year-old cancer patient is what leads to her possibly becoming Desjardins's latest host at the end of the film.]]
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* AFriendInNeed: Why Mia refuses to leave Sarah at the end even though [[spoiler: other members of her film crew have already gone ScrewThisImOutOfHere]]
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* AFriendInNeed: Why Mia refuses to leave Sarah at the end even though [[spoiler: the other members of her film crew have already gone ScrewThisImOutOfHere]]
* GenreSavvy: Gavin and Luis, who approach nearly every situation with the utmost caution and leave when things become too dangerous.
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* ImNotAfraidOfYou: Sarah shifts into this during the climax, with her rage and worry over her mother overpowering her fear. [[spoiler: This is even more apparent when Sarah and Mia are forced to crawl through a small tunnel that is filled with numerous snakes. In previous instances Sarah has shown quite a lot of fear towards the reptiles, however when one lashes at her when she's crawling down the constricting space she straight out smacks it away, angrily shouting, "Back the fuck off!"]]
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* ImNotAfraidOfYou: Sarah shifts into this during the climax, with her rage and worry over her mother overpowering her fear. [[spoiler: This is even more apparent when Sarah and Mia are forced to crawl through a small tunnel that is filled with numerous snakes. In previous instances instances, Sarah has shown quite a lot of fear towards the reptiles, however but when one lashes at her when while she's crawling down through the constricting space space, she straight out smacks it away, angrily shouting, "Back the "Go fuck off!"]]yourself!"]]
* SanitySlippage: Deborah starts off as a friendly old woman, but progressively becomes more unhinged as the film goes on. Everyone chalks it up to the Alzheimer's before something more sinister is revealed to be the leading cause.
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* SnakesAreSinister: Snakes show up quite a lot, including when they're [[spoiler: trying to burn the sack containing Desjardins's decaying body. They fail and numerous snakes coming slithering out and naturally the cast freak out. Later on when they're in the cave system they know they're getting closer to where Deborah is as they find a tunnel filled with numerous snakes. ]]
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* SnakesAreSinister: Snakes show up quite a lot, including when they're the crew is [[spoiler: trying to burn the sack containing Desjardins's decaying body. They fail and numerous Numerous black snakes coming come slithering out during the attempt, and the cast naturally the cast freak out. panic. Later on when they're in the cave system system, they know they're getting closer to where Deborah is as they find a tunnel filled with numerous several snakes. ]]
* SwallowedWhole: [[spoiler: Attempted. Cara is almost eaten alive by a fully-possessed Deborah, but Sarah interrupts her before it can happen.]]
* SwallowedWhole: [[spoiler: Attempted. Cara is almost eaten alive by a fully-possessed Deborah, but Sarah interrupts her before it can happen.]]
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* ButchLesbian: Sarah, Deborah’s daughter, is this. She dresses and behaves rather masculinely, and talks to her girlfriend on the phone at one point. She also recounts an incident where, as a child, her mother sent her OffToBoardingSchool after [[HeteronormativeCrusader catching Sarah kissing a girl in the garage]] (though given the events of the movie, it's possible it was really to [[spoiler:protect Sarah from Dejardins.]]
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* ButchLesbian: Sarah, Deborah’s daughter, is this. She dresses and behaves rather masculinely, and talks to her girlfriend on the phone at one point. She also recounts an incident where, as a child, her mother sent her OffToBoardingSchool after [[HeteronormativeCrusader catching Sarah kissing a girl in the garage]] (though given the events of the movie, it's possible it was really actually to [[spoiler:protect Sarah from Dejardins.]] ]])
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* ButchLesbian: Sarah, Deborah’s daughter, is this. She dresses and behaves rather masculinely, and talks to her girlfriend on the phone at one point. She also recounts an incident where, as a child, her mother sent her OffToBoardingSchool after [[HeteronormativeCrusader catching Sarah kissing a girl in the garage.]]
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* ButchLesbian: Sarah, Deborah’s daughter, is this. She dresses and behaves rather masculinely, and talks to her girlfriend on the phone at one point. She also recounts an incident where, as a child, her mother sent her OffToBoardingSchool after [[HeteronormativeCrusader catching Sarah kissing a girl in the garage.garage]] (though given the events of the movie, it's possible it was really to [[spoiler:protect Sarah from Dejardins.]]
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: They manage to exorcise Deborah, but turns out the Desjardins was able to [[GrandTheftMe possess the girl she'd kidnapped]], helping her make a "miraculous recovery" while leaving Deborah herself on the hook for said kidnapping, [[PossessionBurnout and her health quickly fails afterward]]]].
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: They manage to exorcise Deborah, but turns out the that Desjardins was able to [[GrandTheftMe possess the girl she'd kidnapped]], helping her make a "miraculous recovery" while leaving Deborah herself on the hook for said kidnapping, [[PossessionBurnout and her health quickly fails afterward]]]].
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* ButchLesbian: Sarah, Deborah’s daughter, is this. She dresses and behaves rather masculinely, and talks to her girlfriend on the phone at one point. She also recounts an incident where her mother sent her OffToBoardingSchool after catching Sarah kissing a girl in the garage.
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* ButchLesbian: Sarah, Deborah’s daughter, is this. She dresses and behaves rather masculinely, and talks to her girlfriend on the phone at one point. She also recounts an incident where where, as a child, her mother sent her OffToBoardingSchool after [[HeteronormativeCrusader catching Sarah kissing a girl in the garage. garage.]]
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* ButchLesbian: Sarah, Deborah’s daughter, is this. She dresses and behaves rather masculinely, and talks to her girlfriend on the phone at one point. She also recounts an incident where her mother sent her OffToBoardingSchool after catching Sarah kissing a girl in the garage.
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* Venturing into active crime scenes with random people following them and getting in the way...
* Not arresting Harris when he's drunk and SHOOTING at people...
* Getting killed or incapacitated repeatedly... you name it.
* Venturing into active crime scenes with random people following them and getting in the way...
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* PoliceAreUseless: Numerous examples: Allowing Sarah (or anyone) to repeatedly shove past them in the hospital... Venturing into active crime scenes with random people following them and getting in the way... Not arresting Harris when he's drunk and SHOOTING at people... Getting killed or incapacitated repeatedly... you name it.
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* Allowing Sarah (or anyone) to repeatedly shove past them in thehospital... hospital...
* Venturing into active crime scenes with random people following them and getting in theway... way...
* Not arresting Harris when he's drunk and SHOOTING atpeople... people...
* Getting killed or incapacitated repeatedly... you name it.
* Allowing Sarah (or anyone) to repeatedly shove past them in the
* Venturing into active crime scenes with random people following them and getting in the
* Not arresting Harris when he's drunk and SHOOTING at
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* AsianAirhead: Mia, all the way.
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* AsianAirhead: Mia, all the way.Mia.
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* AudienceSurrogate: You could argue the, one crew member who leaves early after Harris shoots at them. He voices the likely sentiments of many audience members when he points out how ridiculous the whole thing is getting, and how crazy the others are for sticking around.
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* AudienceSurrogate: You could argue the, argue, the one crew member who leaves early after Harris shoots at them. He voices the likely sentiments of many audience members when he points out how ridiculous the whole thing is getting, and how crazy the others are for sticking around.
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* SnakesAreSinister: Snakes show up quite a lot, including when they're [[spoiler: trying to burn the sack containing Desjardins's decaying body. They fail and numerous snakes coming slithering out and naturally the cast freak out. Later on when they're in the cave system they know they're getting closer to where Deborah is as they find a tunnel filled with numerous snakes. ]]
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Snakes show up quite a lot, including when they're [[spoiler: trying to burn the sack containing Desjardins's decaying body. They fail and numerous snakes coming slithering out and naturally the cast freak out. Later on when they're in the cave system they know they're getting closer to where Deborah is as they find a tunnel filled with numerous snakes. ]]
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** Deborah's work as a switchboard operator when she was younger was what allowed her to [[spoiler: hear about Dr. Desjardin's plans to use her daughter as part of a HumanSacrifice that would grant him immortality]], but felt she couldn't go to the cops due to just how ''insane'' that plan sounded.
** [[spoiler: We also see Kara's parents dealing with this after Deborah (possessed by Dr. Desjardin) abducts their daughter.]]
* AnimalMotifs: Desjardin seems to be associated with snakes and they show up at various instances during the film. [[spoiler: Interesting enough when they get through the tunnel system and find the cave where a [[DemonicPossession possessed]] Deborah and the little girl are, you can see Deborah trying to ''swallow'' the girl headfirst like a snake, with her jaws completely distended and fully encasing the girl's skull.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Dr. Desjardin was a serial killer who abducted and ritually sacrificed young girls in an attempt to give himself immortality. When his next intended victim's mother got wind of his plans, he had more than earned the grisly death she gave him.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: They manage to exorcise Deborah, but turns out the Desjardin was able to [[GrandTheftMe possess the girl she'd kidnapped]], helping her make a "miraculous recovery" while leaving Deborah herself on the hook for said kidnapping, [[PossessionBurnout and her health quickly fails afterward]]]].
** [[spoiler: We also see Kara's parents dealing with this after Deborah (possessed by Dr. Desjardin) abducts their daughter.]]
* AnimalMotifs: Desjardin seems to be associated with snakes and they show up at various instances during the film. [[spoiler: Interesting enough when they get through the tunnel system and find the cave where a [[DemonicPossession possessed]] Deborah and the little girl are, you can see Deborah trying to ''swallow'' the girl headfirst like a snake, with her jaws completely distended and fully encasing the girl's skull.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Dr. Desjardin was a serial killer who abducted and ritually sacrificed young girls in an attempt to give himself immortality. When his next intended victim's mother got wind of his plans, he had more than earned the grisly death she gave him.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: They manage to exorcise Deborah, but turns out the Desjardin was able to [[GrandTheftMe possess the girl she'd kidnapped]], helping her make a "miraculous recovery" while leaving Deborah herself on the hook for said kidnapping, [[PossessionBurnout and her health quickly fails afterward]]]].
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** Deborah's work as a switchboard operator when she was younger was what allowed her to [[spoiler: hear about Dr. Desjardin's Desjardins's plans to use her daughter as part of a HumanSacrifice that would grant him immortality]], but felt she couldn't go to the cops due to just how ''insane'' that plan sounded.
** [[spoiler: We also see Kara's parents dealing with this after Deborah (possessed by Dr.Desjardin) Desjardins) abducts their daughter.]]
* AnimalMotifs:Desjardin Desjardins seems to be associated with snakes and they show up at various instances during the film. [[spoiler: Interesting enough when they get through the tunnel system and find the cave where a [[DemonicPossession possessed]] Deborah and the little girl are, you can see Deborah trying to ''swallow'' the girl headfirst like a snake, with her jaws completely distended and fully encasing the girl's skull.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Dr.Desjardin Desjardins was a serial killer who abducted and ritually sacrificed young girls in an attempt to give himself immortality. When his next intended victim's mother got wind of his plans, he had more than earned the grisly death she gave him.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: They manage to exorcise Deborah, but turns out theDesjardin Desjardins was able to [[GrandTheftMe possess the girl she'd kidnapped]], helping her make a "miraculous recovery" while leaving Deborah herself on the hook for said kidnapping, [[PossessionBurnout and her health quickly fails afterward]]]].
** [[spoiler: We also see Kara's parents dealing with this after Deborah (possessed by Dr.
* AnimalMotifs:
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Dr.
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: They manage to exorcise Deborah, but turns out the
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* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler: What Desjardin was killed for, and what he possessed Deborah to complete]].
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler: During the climax, Sarah screams for her mother to fight back against Desjardin's possession. It apparently works and Deborah gets a hold of herself just long enough for Sarah to destroy Desjardin's remains.]]
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler: During the climax, Sarah screams for her mother to fight back against Desjardin's possession. It apparently works and Deborah gets a hold of herself just long enough for Sarah to destroy Desjardin's remains.]]
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* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler: What Desjardin Desjardins was killed for, and what he possessed Deborah to complete]].
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler: During the climax, Sarah screams for her mother to fight back againstDesjardin's Desjardins's possession. It apparently works and Deborah gets a hold of herself just long enough for Sarah to destroy Desjardin's Desjardins's remains.]]
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler: During the climax, Sarah screams for her mother to fight back against
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* MamaBear: [[spoiler: Bet you regret targeting Deborah's daughter now, huh Desjardin?]]
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* MamaBear: [[spoiler: Bet you regret targeting Deborah's daughter now, huh Desjardin?]]Desjardins?]]
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Snakes show up quite a lot, including when they're [[spoiler: trying to burn the sack containing Desjardin's decaying body. They fail and numerous snakes coming slithering out and naturally the cast freak out. Later on when they're in the cave system they know they're getting closer to where Deborah is as they find a tunnel filled with numerous snakes. ]]
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Snakes show up quite a lot, including when they're [[spoiler: trying to burn the sack containing Desjardin's Desjardins's decaying body. They fail and numerous snakes coming slithering out and naturally the cast freak out. Later on when they're in the cave system they know they're getting closer to where Deborah is as they find a tunnel filled with numerous snakes. ]]
