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The remaining men are tied up in a dungeon surrounded by the cultists. A hooded figure known as The Father reveals himself to them; he and the cultists kill Apo, Yavuz and Remzi. The Father explains that hell is not somewhere you go, it's something you carry with you at all times. A dying Remzi gives
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Laughing triumphantly, Arda runs from the village along a road. He flags down an oncoming vehicle, but the driver doesn't spot him and he is run over. It is revealed that the vehicle is the same police van the men travelled in earlier, and this was the same vision Seyfi had seen. The five men crash
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bouts of violence that are sure to impress some. But when all is said and done, it's hard to come away from the film with anything other than the assurance that director Can
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criticized the film for its nonsensical narrative, writing, " offers little in the way of narrative involvement or scares but doesn't stint on sustained, stylized revulsion." Jake Dee from
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