A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed "demons."
FBI agent Wesley Doyle is startled by the spontaneous declaration of youngster Fenton Meiks about how his father's delusions to have a divine mission as avenging angel required him and his brother Adam to become his 'demon-slaying' murder accomplices. And how hard an dangerously revolting proved. But when Doyle accepts to be shown concealed victim graves, the plot twists in the present just as gruesomely.
Written by KGF Vissers
Adam's jar held a millipede, not a centipede. Bill Paxton asked Matthew McConaughey what a good name would be and he answered "Curtis". Thus the millipede was 'Curtis'.
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Goofs
Revealing mistakes:
The timing of light flooding the bedroom is a little bit off at 17:46 when Dad opens the curtains in the boys' room because it was shot on a stage. In the director commentary, Bill Paxton adds "It doesn't bother me, stuff like that."
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" (There Will Be) Peace In The Valley For Me"
Performed by Johnny Cash Traditional Arrangement by Johnny Cash (as John R. Cash) Written by Johnny Cash Courtesy of Mercury Records Published by Song of Cash, Inc. (ASCAP) Administered by Bug Music, Inc.
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