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Theotis at the meat plant, where Roberta had secretly tagged along. J.D. reveals the truth, and Theotis confesses it, stunning his brother and daughter. Theotis attempts to gun down J.D., but Elijah and Roberta struggle with him to stop, with J.D. laughing maniacally at the
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gave the film two stars, pointing out that it was a "movie of possession where things have to pause while the spirit has things explained to it", and that it "takes longer than usual for the possessed man's friends to figure out something is not quite right with him". He added that "what makes the
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