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Synopsis: The death of a child in mysterious circumstances sparks a series of events that seem to represent biblical plagues, which start occurring in, of all places, a town called "Haven" that is located deep in the bowels of Bible belt country in the bayous of Louisiana. A former Christian missionary turned religious phenomena debunker and her top open minded student turned personal assistant are sent to investigate.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Director(s): Stephen Hopkins
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
36
Rotten Tomatoes:
8%
R
Year:
2007
99 min
$25,100,000
Website
454 Views


Let's just get out of here

before the final three plagues.

Ben?

Katherine. There are bodies of children

hanging down here.

Wait a second.

They're all children. They're all children.

Get out of there now. Meet me at

the truck. And please be careful.

Katherine.

Ben.

She's outside. I'm trapped.

Okay. Okay. I gotta find...

I gotta find another way out.

Ben?

Ben?

No, no, no. No.

Ben?

It's me. I didn't mean to scare you.

I saw her out there.

I had to hide in the swamp.

What are we gonna do, huh?

You stay here.

She trusts me.

I have to end this.

Hi.

I used to have a little girl

who looked just like you.

I wanna take you away from here. Okay?

Just be still.

I'm so lucky.

Why?

Because, silly...

God gave me you.

God gave me you.

How do I know?

How do we know what's real?

Faith.

Mama, stop!

Hold still.

Brody, go!

Loren!

"At the height of their power...

...God shall send forth an angel

to destroy them. "

She's tricked you, hasn't she?

She's perverting your faith

through lies now.

That's how Satan works, you know?

Now, please, you kill her.

I'm a first-born.

And you know what plague comes next.

Their first-born are branded and left

unharmed to carry on the genetic line.

I come from a long line of only children.

- It's number two for both of us.

- Know what you're having?

Heck, doesn't matter to me.

Are you gonna kill my baby girl?

No.

Why not?

Katherine, please kill her

before it's too late.

You do it.

You can't do it, can you?

Because you already tried

and she survived.

No, that's not true.

You deceived me so I would murder her.

This innocent child.

She's not innocent, Katherine.

Look what she's done already.

You're seeing with your own eyes.

You killed Ben...

...so I would blame her.

She's outside.

Okay. Okay. I gotta find...

I gotta find another way out of here.

Come on.

The whole of Haven

used to pray to God on this spot.

You know how he answered their prayers?

With floods and devastation.

He abandoned them,

so they abandoned God.

My family introduced them

to the true Lord.

A powerful Lord,

who hears his people's prayers.

You were ordained and you turned

your back on God just like we did.

That's why we chose you.

Only a servant of God can kill his angel.

You remember what your God

did to you in the Sudan?

What about your daughter, huh?

Now that...

...that is your God.

Katherine.

That's not God.

God didn't kill my family.

A weak, godless man

filled with fear and hatred...

...a man like you.

There's still that last plague, Doug.

The death of the first-born.

And you come from a long line

of only children.

You all do.

No!

- Now you tell her to stop or you die too.

- Loren.

Don't be scared. It's God's will.

It's okay. It's all right. Don't be scared.

It's okay.

Everything's gonna be okay. I promise.

It's just the two of us now.

And we're gonna take care

of each other, okay?

What about the boy?

What boy?

The boy inside you. Your baby.

I can hear him.

We'll have to take care of him too.

"For all their sacrifice,

they shall reap a perfect child... "

Let me buy you a drink.

"... a second-born,

who upon coming into adulthood...

...shall be reborn with the eyes of Satan. "

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Carey W. Hayes

Carey W. Hayes (born April 21, 1961 in Portland, Oregon) is an American screenwriter and producer. He is the twin brother of Chad Hayes. They are writing partners, and wrote such films as the 2005 remake of House of Wax, The Reaping (2007) and The Conjuring (2013). The two also appeared in Doublemint Gum commercials in their early years of acting in the 1980s. more…

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