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Connie?

What did he do to you?

What did he do to you?

[knocking at door]

- Can I help you?

[door slams]

- I think the better question

is, can I help you?

That's right.

This house is unclean.

- No.

No, I-I clean this house

every day.

- You clean the house?

- Every day.

- So I guess you didn't see

the snakes on the floor then,

or the 3-inch invisible rat

in the snake's mouth,

or the ten dimensions

of hell up underneath it.

- We've-we've had plumbing

problems under the house.

- Excuse me?

May I sit down?

- Amos, get up.

- Who the hell is this guy?

- Get up, Amos.

- Now, I want somebody

to tell me

what's making my skin crawl

in this house.

- Tell him, Connie.

Tell him.

- The Red Rooster.

- The Red Rooster?

- Coach Rippington.

- He's a plumber.

- He's not a plumber.

- He's not

a plumber.

The Lord wants us

to discombobulate this rooster

by crossing his wires

and humbling the evil

out of him.

Now, I sense he remembers not

what he has done,

which is why we must

massage him into a confusion

with mysterious words

and phrases.

We will lure him back

to this house tonight

to purge both him and you

of this evil

which courses through

your veins, my brothers.

- How you gonna do that?

- What time is it?

You have a telephone?

- Yes.

[phone ringing]

- Hello?

- Yeah, is this, uh-

Is this Red Rooster plumbing?

I thought a plumber

was supposed to unclog pipes.

But it says here

that you clog 'em.

Do you get a little

cock-a-doodle on your doo-doo?

- Who is this?

[phone ringing]

God damn it.

Hello?

- You ever been force-fed

a cheeseburger by your mama

sitting next to a man

with half a body?

Let me tell you.

There's a before that experience

and an after it.

And I guess you're talking to

a after it.

- Who was that?

- Hush.

- Now, you need to perpetrate

a prank call of your own

and get him over here right now.

[phone ringing]

- All right, that's it.

Listen to me,

you son of a b*tch.

You better quiet down.

You got that?

Or I'm gonna come over there

and quiet you down.

- Red Rippington?

- Who's this?

- This is Ezra Rawlings.

You've been working out here

this week.

I'm fine.

How are you?

Look, I don't know what you did,

but one of the pipes

you've installed,

I think it's burst or something.

I mean, we have a hell

of a flood out here.

Uh-huh.

I understand that,

and I'm willing

to pay you overtime

if you come here right now.

I mean, this is

a serious flood, sir.

Uh-huh.

I appreciate it.

Bye-bye.

- Hallelujah, gentlemen.

- God damn it.

- What?

- I go to go back

to that shithole farm.

They've flooded it.

They must have been messing

around with something.

- Can I come with you?

- No.

You stay here.

- But it's scary here.

- It's much scarier there.

- Not if I'm with you.

- Well, okay.

Get your sweatpants on.

We'll go.

Hey!

Where you going?

God damn it.

[sighs]

[knocking at door]

Hello?

[pounding at door]

Hello?

[muffled groaning]

[knocking at door]

- Oh, hey, Savannah.

Uh, come on in.

- What are you reading?

- Oh, it's a old Indian fable

I found in the house.

I think Cornelius is in here.

- I like the pictures.

- Yeah.

They're really ornate.

- Do you want to look

at the stars with me?

- Yeah.

It's a nice, cool night out.

I'd love to.

- Come on.

You see any constellations?

[flames roaring]

- What did you do to him?

What did you do to him?

You f***.

- "I will be his God,

and he shall be my son.

"But as for the cowardly

and the unbelieving

"and the abominable

and murderers

"and fornicators and sorcerers

"and idolaters and all liars,

"their portion shall be

in the pool that burns

with fire and brimstone,

which is the second death."

- What are we gonna do with him?

- We're gonna f***in' kill him.

- It's time.

Let's take this man out of here.

- The day of miracles has come.

- [muffled screaming]

- Where's Ezra?

- All right.

Now, I know you gonna

crucify this son of a b*tch

and all,

but I want you to know that this

is what I like from now on.

And this is what I'm gonna wear

from now on.

- Well, that's exactly why we're

gonna start with you, Mama.

You are not their mother.

- I am their mother.

I am such a good mother.

You tell this man that I am

a good mother.

- Get down on your knees.

You are not their mother.

- Yes, I am!

- You are not.

You are your mother's son.

You are your brother's brother.

You cannot protect them.

You cannot save them

from the past.

- No, no, no, no, no.

Protect them.

That's all I want to do.

That's all I want to do.

- Then protect me.

- Shut up.

- You're not our mother, Ezra.

- [speaking in tongues]

Oh, yes, I sense a demon of fear

that is paralyzing you, my son.

There's something evil

inside of you.

- There is.

- What is it?

- A monster.

- It's not a monster.

It's you.

You are not evil.

The evil is your inability

to accept what's inside of you.

- [screaming]

I accept him.

- This night, this time,

we shall be redeemed.

You have been wronged.

But you are strong.

I want you to listen to me,

and you listen good.

You are not damaged goods.

You are good.

Now say it with me.

You are not damaged goods.

You are good.

You are not damaged goods.

You are good.

I want you to say it.

Say it!

- I am not damaged goods.

I am good.

[together]

I am not damaged goods.

I am good.

- Say it.

I cast you into the fire,

oh, demon of sodomy.

- I am not damaged goods.

I am good.

- Demon of hell.

- I am not damaged goods!

I am good!

I am not damaged goods!

I am good!

- Oh, I sense it, Lord!

Oh, oh!

I cast you into the fire!

- Thank you.

- Are you ready to get right

with God?

You want to get on the same page

with the Lord, boy?

- Yeah.

- I didn't hear you.

- Yes.

- Say it again.

Are you really sorry?

- Yes, I'm sorry.

- But you've been living in hell

for some time, haven't you?

- Yes, I have.

But it only-

I only did it one time.

- You did it one time?

What about that sweet

little girl

you're so abusive to?

Huh?

- I swear to God.

I never touched her.

I got her out

of a bad situation.

Y'all been making up

all this sh*t.

I love Savannah.

I love her like my mama

loved me.

[sobbing]

Throw me in that damn fire.

- Now you listen to me.

We're gonna untie you now

so that you can perform

your final act of penance.

All right, now stand up.

Red Rippington,

chop down that ungodly tree.

- [coughs]

[grunting]

[crowd cheering]

[cheering growing louder]

[cheering growing louder]

[insects humming]

[rooster crows in distance]

[melancholy

acoustic guitar music]

- Sing a song.

- Oh, okay.

I will knock in

all the doorways

I will visit all the houses

I will always be

down the road

- As my footsteps

go around them

Fellow passers

will not see me

Splashing

in the muddy puddles

And it all came

from long ago

It was a long time ago,

long time ago

And it all came

from long ago

It was a long time ago,

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