Genre: Drama/Horror
Director: Karyn Kusama
Writer: H.G. Hansen
Based on the comic series
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Emmy Rossum, Mckenna Grace, Annette Bening, Theo James, Richard Armitage, Hayley Atwell
Plot: Rachel Beck (Evan Rachel Wood) wakes up in a shallow grave in the woods with rope burns on her neck and no memory of how she got there. She hitchhikes to her house in Manson, Wisconsin, where her friends and family do not immediately recognize her. Her Aunt Johnny (Annette Bening), who is a mortician, examines her and determines that Rachel should not be alive. With the help of Rachel's friend Jet (Emmy Rossum), the three decide to find Rachel's attacker. Meanwhile, two other women in Manson are killed; one by Lilith (Hayley Atwell) and one by a young girl named Zoe (Mckenna Grace), who is possessed by the demon Malus (Richard Armitage). When Rachel's group coincidentally meets Zoe, Lilith causes a car accident that injures Aunt Johnny and kills Jet. Rachel accompanies Jet's body to the morgue, where Jet comes back to life in a condition similar to Rachel. Lilith traps Zoe and confronts Malus, whom she summoned 300 years prior to take revenge on the city of Manson for killing her followers during a witch-hunt. He tells her he is close to bringing about the End times, which will also destroy Manson. During their conversation, Zoe slits her wrists and Malus leaves her body to find another host. Zoe is taken to a hospital, where her life is saved and Rachel and Jet find her.
Lilith reincarnates two of her followers into the bodies of the other two dead women, and the three begin to terrorize Manson through plagues and violence. Rachel learns she is also a former witch who was resurrected by Lilith, but her memories are confused with the real Rachel Beck. Jet was brought back to life by the spirit of James (Theo James), Rachel's boyfriend from her past life.
Rachel, Jet, and Zoe kill the two resurrected witches and stop Lilith's plan to destroy Manson. James' spirit moves on to the afterlife, leaving Jet herself again. Rachel heals Jet and Aunt Johnny's wounds using her knowledge of witchcraft, and they resume the search for Rachel's killer.
Zoe is taken in by a priest who has become Malus's new host. He gives her a blade which was once Satan's sword and tells her she will bear the antichrist. Zoe kills the priest, and Malus moves through several more hosts. Zoe reunites with Rachel and the others, and they decide to work with Lilith to stop Malus. Overcome by her inevitable role in the end of the world, Zoe cuts her own throat. While Rachel tries to save Zoe's life, Lilith takes her blade and confronts Malus's new host. Malus resists, and his host is killed. As he leaves the body, Lilith stabs him with the blade, condemning him to Hell. Lilith tells Rachel that she was murdered by a serial killer. When Rachel confronts him, she finds he is bedridden due to an unrelated injury caused by Malus months earlier. She kills him, but he is able to shoot her before he dies. Rachel dies next to his bed, hoping she will finally stay dead.
She awakens in the morgue, where Zoe is watching over her.
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