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have unintentionally caused her younger brother's death while killing their abusive father. After treating Curt, Nicholas wanders outside, where he denounces a silent, ghostly patient for ruining his career. Nicholas was drunk while operating on her and caused her death. Takashi returns to the others, witnessing the demon as it kills
Nicholas. The others at first blame Jennifer for Nicholas' death. Takashi says, through Ruby's translation, that the demon spared him because of his remorse.
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Takashi because the miller cannot kill innocents or remorseful people. Abe lures Curt and Jennifer back to the windmill under the pretense of helping them to set it on fire. Jennifer expresses no regret for killing her abusive father, and the miller attacks her. She is saved when Curt escapes Abe and sets the windmill on fire. As the miller disappears, Jennifer remembers her dead brother and risks her life to rescue Curt, slashing Abe's neck.
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her dead father standing in the road, Jennifer claims the bus has struck a man. The other passengers become annoyed when she insists on checking, and the situation only worsens when Abe cannot restart the bus. Abe suggests they wait for help to arrive, but
Jackson and Jennifer leave to investigate a nearby windmill. After having flashbacks of killing the prostitute, Jackson is suddenly maimed by a scythe-wielding demon. Jennifer flees as the demon kills Jackson.
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ticket, joking that "there's always room for another sinner". The other tourists include
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Jennifer, they admit their sins: Ruby says she hired a yakuza to disfigure a rival model in Japan, and Douglas admits to killing his wife. Ruby drowns after admiring her reflection in a pool of water, and the demonic miller decapitates Douglas. Revealing himself as the
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from the mill to staunch the bleeding. As he taunts
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Japanese advertising campaign. Responding to him in Japanese, Ruby downplays her fame and asks him not to cause a scene. Jennifer drops a pill bottle, and Nicholas hands it back to her after examining the label. After seeing
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Australia, Jennifer takes a job as a nanny in the Netherlands. Her employer eventually discovers her true identity and that she is a fugitive. Looking for a way to quickly leave Amsterdam, she attempts to bluff her way onto a tour bus. Abe, the driver, allows her to board without a
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Nicholas points out that the bottle she dropped earlier was for an anti-psychotic. Jennifer angrily denies being crazy. The others attempt to calm her but do not believe her story about a demon. As they argue, the bus wobbles precariously. As they
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stars as an Australian fugitive in the Netherlands who joins a tour group to escape extradition. After their bus breaks down by a windmill reputed to be haunted by an avenging demon, the tourists begin mysteriously dying. It premiered at the
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