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So, Father,
why did the Vatican really expel you?
Ever since the Holy Church was founded,
hundreds of believers have announced the Antichrist.
Those were investigated, but in 2010,
reports of possessed people increased exponentially.
The pope himself came to us and asked us
to look into cases backed up by priests
with experience in...
Exorcisms.
...demonology.
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Ah, Chiquita.
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Okay.
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- Father Franco? - Yeah?
We got one.
You got one what?
A shooting near the Mexican border.
Yeah, so?
A school shooting, a 12-year kid went nuts.
Most of the victims were...
Small children? Yes.
4 years old?
Yes. What about the priest?
They're looking for him on the closed-circuit cameras.
We need you to find him.
Stay on it.
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Oy! Oy!
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Hey.
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Let's keep it simple.
Take our pictures. We'll get our samples. We get out.
I want to be back by breakfast. Let's move.
Ritter.
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
More or less fine. Fine.
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Boss, I think we found one. This one won't come off.
Where? Show me.
Can you get the lights, please?
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Set up the EVP station and the rest
of the recording equipment.
Can you find out where we can get some dinner?
It's gonna be a long night.
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Okay.
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Sorry.
Uh, Ivan Franco.
I'm the, uh, paranormal forensic specialist.
I work for --Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Emmanuel Ritter. Nice to meet you.
What do you want?
Uh, it's, uh, yesterday at the school,
we -- we discovered something.
Um, it's a pattern that we think, uh, that
has been replicated here.
So, uh, in my department, we deal mostly with, um...
That's why you want to drain the pool?
Yes, right?
Okay. It's -- It's -- it's -- It's not that simple.
Save me the details.
I really don't care.
Anything else?
Actually, um, look.
These fingerprints, they were found on the ceiling.
It's like a negative image of what happened below.
Is this a joke?
No.
These same prints were found at the hospital
where you lost your son.
Another of Najera's joke?
No.
How much is Najera paying you for this bullshit?!
How much?!
What do you --You think this is a joke?!
Look. Just take it easy.
I asked for you to be assigned to this case
because there's a clear pattern between what happened
at the hospital and what is happening here,
and you might be the key to this whole thing.
So now you want to frame me for this?
Get off of me!
His name is Vasilio Canetti.
He's a former Jesuit priest who was excommunicated
for performing Satanic rituals in Rome.
All right, this man, he was seen at the nursery
three days after your son was killed.
He was seen roaming the grounds of the school
the day of the shooting.
Okay.
Start talking.
Patterns on these prints.
They don't match anything we know.
All right? They're not human.
They're not primate. They're not anything.
Just look at the palms.
Nothing doesn't have any wrinkles.
Not apes or --
We get it.
I don't think you do.
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Oh, come on.
The prints all around me,
they match our victims' prints.
It's like they were trying to escape a second killing.
Okay, enough.
It's a great ghost story,
but we need to find a scapegoat now for the media.
There's something else.
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What do you guys know about EVP, nothing?
You might know it as psicofonías.
Ghost sounds, are these?
Yeah, exactly, yes.
Well, in this case,
we're using high-speed image to capture sound
instead of microphones.
This is the room where they first struck.
Now, we have sealed off that room,
so there are no air drafts, no sound.
We soundproofed all the walls, and inside,
we placed these objects, which are being monitored
nonstop by four high-speed cameras.
Now, if a sound or a voice originates in that room,
it's going to create microscopic air drafts
that will move the objects.
It remains unperceived by the human eye.
However, if we -- if we can take a closer look
with the high-speed camera, we can capture these movements,
and then we translate them into, uh...
Psicofonías.
This is the first reconstructed EVP waveform
with the first sound filter.
Listen to the second one.
This is the best we could do.
It repeats every hour for six seconds
at the exact time those kids were killed.
You have the nursery recordings too, right?
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Church is still pretty hermetic
when it comes to these type of cases.
Too many tattoos for being a priest, right?
Uh, look at this.
Those look recent.
Are these magic symbols?
What?
He wants to go to a fortune teller.
That's great. Do you know one?
Listen.
You might not believe in all this stuff.
All right, but...
he definitely does.
No.
Do you know this person?
I don't know him. Who is he?
What are you getting me into?
Okay. You have a child, right?
Sí.
Do you love her?
Okay. Well, this man,
we believe that he was involved in the attacks
at the school and at the swimming pool.
Do you know these symbols?
I wouldn't mess with them.
Heavy stuff.
What do you mean by heavy stuff?
You've seen them.
What is she talking about?
Black magic used by drug dealers, politicians...
who wants to race faster, win a personal war,
or just for regular protection.
Everyone does that shit at the police at some point.
It's bullshit.
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Cards can be taken literally,
but you must know how to read them.
The Devil doesn't always has to be related with evil.
Sometimes he's power, sex, money.
One of you is going to die.
Don't touch it!
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Shh, shh, shh.
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Get the kid.
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Found anything yet?
Najera is on his way.
Things are going to get worse.
Hey!
Here.
Here are the attendance records for the school
and the swimming class.
This is, uh, 4 years old
who was absent both days the killing took place.
So?
His cousin wasn't so lucky.
He was one of the victims of the school shooting.
The two kids were listed at swimming class
by the same tutor.
Here is Jonathan Ramirez Fernandez.
His cousin Isa Rubio Fernandez
skipped from shooting at swimming class.
The nursery attack five years ago.
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Does she know the priest?
Much better.
She knew the place.
The Church of the Children specialize in
single mothers, orphans, and abandoned kids.
It was founded by the people of San Miguel
six years ago.
Six years ago? That was the year he left Rome.
And it matches, too,
with similar reports of missing children.
Who was assigned to these cases?
No one.
What do you mean no one?
That's the way that things happen in this country --
drugs, corruption, and fear.
No one really dared to investigate in a narco town.
The place is three hours away from here.
Let's move.
Let's go.
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So, Father, our lucky charm,
covered in black magic.
Father.
So you looked me up?
I was almost a priest,
and I never really practiced as one.
I was ordained, but...
my abilities were elsewhere.
Who are we really after, Father?
Is it a crazy priest
or the real Antichrist?
Well, let's hope it's not the second one.
Is it safe to say you're not a believer, right?
Even atheists are believers.
Yeah.
But do you have faith?
Faith is not the same as believing.
Let me put it this way.
If this doesn't stop soon,
we're going to need both.
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You want to turn the EV lights?
Yeah, I don't think we're going to need them in here.
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No. This guy was far from crazy.
These symbols,
they're strategically placed around the room,
were used in the Middle Ages in Europe
to invoke and dominate minor demons
and give you information, tell you secrets.
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It's just a rat.
Yeah, I knew that.
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Oh, my God.
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This guy was definitely expecting somebody or something.
These seals, they were used as protection against demons.
No matter what happens, no matter what you see,
you just stay inside the seal.
Ugh.
It could be the presence of a dark entity.
Or maybe a little corpse.
Seriously?
Let's really hope it's just a dead animal.
Yeah.
Let me hope that's the case.
Whatever it is, it's coming from inside there.
Sometimes, I see them hide things inside the hollow images.
Even the bones, the bones of their ancestors.
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Don't.
We must be sure there is not another dead baby.
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God!
Did I scare you, Ritter?
So, aren't you going to kneel down
before the resurrected Christ?
I kneel before no one.
Ritter, don't talk to it.
Oh, but once my son rules over the Earth, you will, Ritter.
You will.
The time has come, and everything is ready
for my son to walk amongst you again.
What's your name?
Oh, we have many names.
Ritter, don't talk to it.
What do you want?
I want you.
Tell me what you want and what way.
A drink, another slut?
Oh.
Don't listen to it. It's only trying to trick you.
Where is the priest?
Oh, well, well, well.
You want me to tell you where is the priest
so you can kill him?
I just want the killings to stop.
Ritter, shut up!
Well, Ritter, seems that everyone wants something.
Why don't you let me loose,
so we can talk about what kind of priest?
In exchange of what?
Oh, well, there is this one little thing
you could do for me.
Sacrifice a little brat, and I won't come back for,
let's say, another thousand years.
Fair trade for killing just one child.
No one would offer you more.
One dead kid in exchange for hundreds alive.
I am not a martyr.
Huh, no?
You practically drove her into suicide.
Huh? Leaving her alone after her child
was murdered with those pills.
She not enough for you?
Ritter, don't listen to it.
Huh.
She told me so many interesting things.
See, she's my special guest.
I could bring her back, you know?
Beautiful, full of life.
Emmanuel?
Marina?
Oh, you would like that,
wouldn't you, a second chance with your wife?
- It's all lies, Ritter. - Emmanuel?
It's a trick.
Ritter, don't listen to him.
Marina?
Ritter, get back in the circle.
Yes, Ritter, I could bring back your son, as well.
Ritter, get back in the circle.
He's lying to you.
Ritter, your wife is dead.
Ritter, come back!
Ritter, that's not your wife.
Get back inside the circle, please!
Ritter, it's all lies!
He's only trying to trick you!
Ritter, that's not your wife! Come back!
Ritter, get back inside the circle!
Ritter, get back inside the circle, please!
One, two, three.
I...
I'm sorry.
She's dead! She's dead!
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Oh!
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What did he say to you?
He said, "You give us one boy,
and we will give you all the rest."
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How's that headache?
Where are we?
In a safe place.
Take some water.
I hope you'll excuse my methods.
We have to be more efficient
than you and your colleagues.
When I close my eyes, I...
I can still see my baby.
And Marina.
And then everything goes black,
and I can't get it out of my mind.
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Ivan...
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What you did was stupid,
and you paid the consequences.
The enemy tempts men like you with strong souls,
and he manipulates the weak ones to destruction.
So what happened wasn't entirely your fault, Ritter.
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He's alive.
And it's a miracle that you and your friend are not dead.
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You know what responsibility is, Detective?
When Jesus came into this world for the first time,
the enemy tried to kill him, but an angel warned his parents,
and they hid him, so he was safe.
And before he died on the cross,
he promised to return to Earth to complete his work.
So since then, humanity has been
waiting for the second coming of Christ.
That coming was about to happen in the first millennium
when our savior was reincarnated
as the firstborn son of a young Muslim couple
in Jerusalem,
but the enemy manipulated the Pope,
and he orchestrated the First Crusade,
and the slaughter that followed
that in God's name was unspeakable.
Thousands died.
Thousands.
Including that young child who was the new messiah.
So the enemy won again.
So why do I say to you that I'm responsible?
Because 2,000 years later...
...the Lord has been reborn
for a third time.
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And the enemy is doing everything in his power
to kill him again.
Isa's cousin, Jonathan, who died at the school shooting,
he was the reincarnation of John the Baptist.
Four years ago at the hospital,
the resurrection of Saint Paul was terminated.
The first was meant to prepare a bath for our savior,
the second to spread his word.
I am sorry what happened to your son, Emmanuel.
It was just...
A coincidence.
There is a divine plan.
Isa is the only one who's managed to survive.
He'll go on and tell his own story in his own way.
My son will have his image.
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So what's the plan?
They want us to take the boy across the border.
The border, where?
To some monastery they have reinforced against evil,
set up for the end of times.
They want him to train there until he's developed his skills.
I need to get him through there, but I don't know how.
Why here?
Why in Mexico?
Why was he born here?
Where else?
London, Paris, Dubai?
He was meant to be born in a country
oppressed by an empire.
This is not going to work.
Not from here.
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Hello?
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Get ready.
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This way.
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Come on.
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Come on.
- What's down there? - It is a narco tunnel.
It runs a mile into the American desert.
It will be used for smuggling drugs, guns,
and sometimes for Hispanic art.
Come on. Let's do it.
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Where do you think this leads?
I don't know.
Many were built with dead ends to confuse the cops
and the army.
I suppose you're going to tell me
it's booby-trapped, also.
Maybe.
Other ones say they might be connected
with another dozen of skipped tunnels
that run all under the city.
You seem to know this business very well, Agent Ritter.
I wish I didn't.
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You kidding me?
I never said the people who built these were saints.
Clearly, drugs and weapons
weren't the only things for sale here.
But not as big as the business in Rome.
Right, Father?
I don't speak for the church anymore.
I guess we got to pick.
I guess so.
Be my guest.
50/50, right?
Great.
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So, Father,
why did the Vatican really expel you?
For bribing the enemy for information.
Bribing him? With what?
My soul.
I sold my soul.
You did what?
I said, "I sold my soul."
That doesn't mean I'm possessed.
They're two quite different things
as Mr. Franco here can attest.
When my time comes,
I'll pay my dues with eternal damnation if need be,
but for now, I'm safe, and so are you.
Why in heaven would you do that?
To know the truth.
And so the demons would show me the way to the boy.
And to you.
The efforts the enemy has made to eliminate
this one child confirms to me that I wasn't misguided.
He is the Messiah.
So you took one for the team?
You can put it that way if you want to.
My God.
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We have to leave here.
It's not safe for the child or for us.
Let's go through quickly.
Okay, Father, relax.
Relax!
It is only a room full of statues.
That's all.
This is a chapel for the unholy.
It is not safe.
Unholy?
Look -- look who's talking.
These statues are ancient, before the colonies.
They sell just one of these statues,
they could make more money than an entire shipment of drugs.
See, Father?
Everyone wants something.
Please do not touch these things.
If they were used in dark rituals,
they still have great power.
We have to leave, and we have to leave now.
Okay, Father. Nobody is going anywhere.
Ritter, come on. Let's go.
Relax, kid.
I just want to know the rest of the story
before you all vanish over the border.
What do you want to know?
Where are the rest of the missing kids?
There are alive and well in a protected place.
Bullshit!
Ritter, what's wrong with you, man? Let's go.
He's a liar!
He killed them! They are dead!
Ritter, what is wrong with you? Let's go!
Answer the question, Father. Where are they?
This man is possessed.
Where are they, Father?
Answer the question, eh?
Where are the children?
Nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti.
Bullshit!
You disown them?
Did you kill them? Where are they?
Aah!
Amen.
Get the kid. Get the kid. Get the kid.
Are you okay? Are you okay?
- We're fine. - Is he okay?
Is the child safe?
Okay, just calm down.
You're safe. Just calm down, just breathe.
I need you to calm down and just breathe.
It's okay.
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Aah!
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I could bring her back, you know?
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Second chance.
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Father Franco?
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Ritter! Don't do it!
Aah!
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Ritter, stop!
Ritter!
Aah!
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No! No!
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Ritter's story with the enemy is not yet finished.
We have to help him confront the beast once and for all,
or he will keep coming back for your son.
We cannot go back anymore.
This is the first battle of the end of times,
and we must defeat evil under his own roof.
Lock me with the child in a safe place.
He must not witness any more blood or evil.
- Go! - Hey. We got to go.
We got to go! Come on!
To expel this kind of power,
you will have to use extreme methods,
dark rituals of salt and blood, which may seem unholy,
but they can save you and the child.
You won't find this in the official books,
but in ancient times, Crucifixion was not just
for capital punishment.
It was also used for exorcism.
The enemy -- he will reveal your darkest secrets.
He will lie to confront you and to confront your faith.
And no matter what, do not stop praying.
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I'm more powerful than your God.
Aaah!
Bless these instruments.
Imbue them with your power and might.
Your souls are mine!
In your holy name, we pray. Amen.
- Our Father... - Swear to me.
- ...who art in heaven,
hallowed be they name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done.
- On Earth as it is in heaven. - Aaaah!
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Lead us not into temptation...
- Please! - ...but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory forever.
Amen.
Give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Please! Lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power,
and the glory forever.
Amen.
Come on.
Go ahead.
Bleed out the poor bastard.
I won't leave until you kill him.
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The priest is tricking you.
The priest is lying.
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Leave us!
It looks like you did it.
You did it.
He's gone.
It's gone.
You did it.
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Lord Belzebuth.
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Ruler of dark realms.
King of demons.
Aah!
Slayer of the innocent.
Lord Belzebuth.
With the blood of our true savior,
I command you to leave this man's body
and order you into fire.
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And in exchange for my soul,
I command you
to enter into this rock
for all eternity.
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Did Father Vasilio know that all of this would happen?
Not exactly as he expected,
but it was written to be so.
And, um, where is the boy now?
The master will reveal himself when the time comes,
but for now, for everyone's safety,
his location will remain unknown.
The Holy Father will not stand for this --
The Holy Father and his house will have to be
patient and humble, just as they always have been.
Father Franco, I believe you are in no position --
I believe I am.
The blood of the boy on the dagger
and the miracle of Ritter's exorcism
only confirm that the child is the new messiah.
It's all recorded, every second of it, in there.
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Brother Canetti was a saint and will be remembered as such.
The Holy Father accepted your request
to speed up his canonization.
However, we don't see why we have to keep this man
roaming free around the boy.
He's clearly dangerous.
This man practically came back from the dead.
He has experienced evil in its deepest, darkest form.
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Any man who has sheltered a demon this strong
is certainly destroyed, but anyone who overcomes that,
who survives, can never be touched again
by the hand of evil.
And that is why Emmanuel Ritter will be the boy's guardian
until his next miracle.
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And what happened to the demon that killed Canetti?
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It's trapped, buried in the desert
where no one will ever find him.
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Well done, Father.
The council will bring your requests to His Holiness.
Thank you very much.
The battle won by man is the war lost for the enemy.
Beware, Father Franco.
Mankind is not his true nemesis
but merely just his battlefield.
But for today, we won.
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