- I've just made you a fresh pot of coffee, Mrs. Preston.
- Hm? - A fresh pot.
No, thank you John, no.
Is it slacking off any out there?
John, it's absolutely pouring down.
I'm sorry, I'm so clumsy.
Oh no, don't worry about it.
I'll just get you a fresh cup.
Thank you.
Now you relax.
Mark, Steve?
Mark!
Well?
No sign of him.
Or the truck.
I got as far as Simpson's Bridge,
or what's left of it, the river's about swept it away.
- He couldn't have just disappeared, he couldn't.
- He probably pulled off someplace to wait the storm out.
It's still dead.
I know.
Winds knocked the lines down.
I don't think so.
What else could it be?
It's only the storm.
Mark, don't think I'm a fool...
Mother, don't start now.
- Please listen to me. - Please don't st...
- It's my dream! - I know, I know.
Your dream... - Will you listen to me?
It's the same, night after night!
Night after night, yes,
I know that mother. - Yes!
I don't want to hear any more about it.
- Mark, listen to me, it always starts the same way.
It starts with a storm and then your father...
Father is alright.
It's alright.
- But... - Mother, no.
Someone's here.
Dad?
Oh my god.
Steve?
The book.
Corbis.
Oh God help us.
Where is Corbis?
The desert.
Redstone.
He's waiting for the book.
Give Corbis what belongs to him.
Don't go near him, don't touch him.
In the name of Satan.
That wasn't your father.
It was his face, his clothes.
Mark!
The book!
Don't you see?
Don't you see, my dream was a warning.
My dream was a warning.
They've found us.
Corbis has your father.
It wasn't him, Mark, I tell you.
I tell you, it wasn't him.
He said, he said Corbis was in Redstone,
the old mining town.
It's a godforsaken place.
Wait a minute.
Mark, take the book to Corbis.
It's the only way.
The book's not ours to bargain with.
Oh please, take it.
- No, I won't give the devil's man what he wants.
- Your father would've... - My father
would agree with me.
- Mark, there must be something you can do.
Yeah.
I'll fight him on my terms, not his.
Listen, take this with you.
Corbis can't harm you as long as you wear this amulet.
He's here, it's the truck.
No, you stay here.
John. - Yes?
- Take care of her. - I will.
John.
Hang on, hang on tight.
It's alright.
- Get out. - What?
Mother?
Mother!
She's gone over the sun.
Corbis!
Goddamn you!
I'll be back.
They had no faces.
Looks like you've been driving a ways.
Are you lost?
No, I'm not lost.
Use some water?
Drink up.
It's bitter.
- Sweet way to end a thirst though, isn't it?
Did you bring the book?
I'll talk to no one but Corbis.
Then speak, where is the book?
Where you can't touch it.
I'm not afraid of you, Corbis.
- Mr. Preston, I'd be very disappointed if you were.
We've both come a very long way for this moment.
- And I've a ways to go yet before I find what I'm after.
- Well if you're led by a faith as strong as mine,
nothing can stop you.
Depends what you put your faith in.
Well said.
Let me show you what I've put my faith in.
Corbis!
I'll face whatever you have behind those doors
and come out exactly as I went in.
A challenge?
My faith against yours.
For my mother and father.
They go with me if I win.
Agreed.
And if you lose?
The book.
And you.
The ceremony will begin shortly.
Would you be seated?
In the name of Satan, ruler of the Earth,
king of the world, I command the forces of darkness
to bestow their infernal power upon...
Lord in heaven,
hallowed be thy name. - Come forth from the abyss,
open wide the gates of hell. - Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done, on Earth as it is in heaven.
- You greet me... - Preserve my soul...
- As your brother and friend. - From the dark angels
that you have cast into the fire.
Give us this day our daily bread.
I call the gods of the pit.
I command... - Forgive us our trespasses...
Those things which I desire...
- As we forgive those that trespass against us.
You have bestowed upon us a vessel
for the sacred rite of the holy water.
For this, we thank thee and summon the soul...
- Be my shield against the terrors of hell.
Martin Fife,.
Martin Fife...
In the name of God, I am Mark Preston!
- In the name of Satan, Martin Fife come into this vessel!
In the name of God, I am Mark Preston!
Deliver me from evil.
Evil?
There is no evil here.
Only purity.
See thy mother?
- My son, we have made a place for you here,
and you will know the piece of mind that I have found.
Come.
Give me strength.
A divine peace can be yours.
Join us.
No.
Get away.
Let me go.
Whose belief is greater now?
Let me go!
Seize him!
Is that your faith?
I'm still free, Corbis.
Are you free, Mark Preston?
Free my family.
Come forth,
oh master of the world.
Present thyself to him.
Behold!
Soon the family name of Preston will be no more.
Mrs. Preston, my associate's wife,
is consciously controlling the rate of her heartbeat.
She's now in a state of deep meditation.
- Dr. Richards, you mean she's controlling her body
through willpower alone?
Our experiments would indicate that
there's nothing in the subconscious
that cannot be raised to the conscious level.
Nothing, Doctor?
What about parapsychology, telepathy?
Can that be controlled too?
- Yes, I include that, extrasensory perception.
- Dr. Preston, isn't there a danger
that these experiments could interfere
with normal brain activity?
- No, no, no, we've studied many cases like this.
Found there's no reason for concern at all.
If there were, believe me, my wife would not be involved.
No, no no, no dangers, only discoveries.
Is there any proof of ESP control?
Yes, Mrs. Preston here.
We believe that we're on the verge
of isolating the brainwave pattern
that signifies ESP activity.
Now Julie, tell us what you feel?
- It starts with a feeling of absolute calm,
as if I were drifting into perfect sleep,
leaving behind any cares or any fears.
It's so beautiful a feeling, I could almost cry.
And then, way in the distance,
I see someone or someplace moving closer.
It starts with a feeling of absolute calm,
as if I were drifting into a perfect sleep,
leaving behind any cares or fears.
Then, way in the distance,
I see someone or someplace moving closer.
Sometimes they're voices, or even music.
And then a funny change takes place.
Instead of the images moving closer to me,
I feel myself moving closer to them.
It's as if I were watching a movie
and then suddenly were acting in it.
Tom!
Easy.
Julie, something's happened to my family.
Oh, that really tears it.
That helicopter pilot says he hasn't seen anybody
in that ghost town in years, let alone yesterday.
What are we stuck with?
A pile of empty clothes
and an old man's story I'm not even gonna take the trouble
to write up for a report.
All we need now is a flying saucer to really put this...
- Alright, Sheriff, John's story is just as hard
for me to believe as it is for you,
but he's sure that Mark went to Redstone.
That place is deserted!
Where's my family then, where are they?
All I know is that half this county
got blown away or flooded out last night.
When John called me about your family,
my boys were bringing in a couple of bodies.
People were stuck in a car in that storm last night
and just tossed 'em around like a toy.
Well look at the inside of your house, it's a shambles.
You think a storm did that, Sheriff?
Yes, I do.
Then where's the family?
Well, I don't know,
maybe they tried to run away before the wind hit.
And they left John here, right?
No, Sheriff, the answer's in Redstone, you know that.
- Now look son, if I had 100 men to help me.
It's gonna take me a long time
to clean up that mess the storm left me.
I'm gonna look for your folks, but I can't spare one man
to go down there to that ghost town.
I'll go myself then, Sheriff.
I can't stop ya.
Might as well take that old road,
the old one back down through the desert, it's clear.
I see you've got food,
but you better take plenty of water.
And you better take extra gas.
Tell you what, you give me a call the minute you get back.
Yeah, I will.
Ms. Julie, I saw them.
They had no faces.
I saw them.
- John, we're gonna find out what happened.
Now, I want you to listen to me
and listen to me very carefully.
Dr. Richards is coming tomorrow,
and I want you to tell him everything you've told us
and tell him that we're going
to Redstone to find my brother.
Dr. Richards are coming here tomorrow
and you've gone to Redstone? - We've gone to Redstone.
And tell him everything you told us, alright?
Alright.
Wax.
What is it?
What is that stuff?
- It's wax. - They just melted
and we all saw.
We better get going.
Look, try to get some sleep, okay?
Remember, Dr. Richards?
Yeah, I remember Dr. Richards.
Now you be careful.
Alright, we will.
Take care John, we'll be back soon.
Where is the book?
In the name of Satan, lord of might,
I offer you peace and salvation.
Where is the book?
You gambled and you lost.
You bastard.
- The torment of hell holds no terror for you.
Behold, Lilith, queen of delights.
He truly believes he can deny us.
Show him.
Mother.
Martin Fife, thy vessel is prepared.
Your journey is about to begin.
Weird, isn't it?
- I've seen churches like this in New England.
It doesn't belong here.
Yeah, I noticed that from back there.
Here, I'm gonna go in.
Devil worship.
Oh Tom, look at this.
This wax, it's the same that was on the porch.
Oh God.
Shh, shh, what is that noise?
Huh?
Mark.
What is it?
Mark's shirt.
Tom!
Come here, alright.
Tom, here's some rope.
Here, tie him up.
What is it, Julie?
What are you seeing?
Book.
A long time ago, I can see them.
They're, they're looking for the book.
They're looking for the book.
One of thee has betrayed us.
- The book. - How so, Jonathan?
The book is gone, my children.
The book is gone.
But I am not.
Didst one of thee fall from the favor of Lucifer?
Ah-hah, but thou hast taken the pleasures of Satan
and in return, thou hast pledged
thy soul in blood in the book.
Without the book, thou art nothing.
Who?
Who amongst thee dares cast thee
into an eternity of limbo?
Who?
If the book is lost,
I, Jonathan Corbis,
Satan's minister on Earth,
cannot lead you to his everlasting kingdom.
Now who?
Martin Fife,
it is strange thy wife Aaronessa...
She has been ill.
Does not join us at worship this night.
Be silent.
No one knows what we are about, silent.
Why, Preacher Blithe,
what manner of God's business keeps thee
from thy bed at this hour, sir?
- God's most holy business, the condemning of evil!
What say thee?
Jonathan Corbis, thou stands accused
of foully conspiring with Satan and his demons
to overturn the laws of God.
Thou art named a witch, Corbis!
Thou and all who follow thee.
Thou art the one.
Slut!
Martin Fife, thy wife has betrayed us.
She was the one who stole the book.
It's not my fault.
- That bitch hauls our names to the heathen.
I have faith, I have faith.
One, two, three!
- Remember... - One, two, three!
Thou hast sworn not to harm my husband.
My son, the holy water,
the waxen images, thou knowest the holy procedures.
One, two, three!
We shall meet again soon, my boy.
Go.
They are upon us.
One, two, three!
Thou art sworn not to harm him.
I will save his soul,
and thy soul too if God allows.
As for thy bodies, they are polluted beyond redemption,
and must suffer accordingly.
Thou vowed, thou vowed!
Corbis, call on thy master now.
See what it suffices thee to bow to the devil.
Thou art guilty of the most heinous charge
of consorting with Satan and his minions.
Under the laws of this township, thou art condemned.
God save us from the forces of darkness.
- Think ye to destroy something stronger than life?
By ending life?
As the cock will crow in dawn after my body burns,
so too will the sun rise and cast my shadow over this town
again and again, you fools!
Burn, burn!
Martin Fife, a curse on thee and thine forevermore.
I will follow thee and thy descendants
for all eternity.
Until the book is mine again, thou art sworn to Satan,
and I will deliver thee to his glory.
Vengeance will be mine, Aaronessa.
Vengeance will be mine!
He was, he was...
They were all burning, no! - Julie, Julie!
Who was burning?
What are you talking about?
What is it?
They're here.
Who, what?
What are you talking about?
We better go.
Come on, let's get out of here.
You can't go back there, Tom.
- Look, Honey, I've got to go back, you know that.
Now get to a phone and call the sheriff, okay?
Take care.
No.
Hear me, oh lord of life everlasting,
I, Jonathan Corbis, petition thee
to let me be thy voice on Earth.
Oh master of the world, hear me.
I petition thee.
Hail, oh prince of the abyss.
In thy name,
let us behold the father.
The ram of the sun, the moon, the stars.
Hail, oh deathless one.
Who calls me from out of the pit?
We, thy children.
What is thy purpose?
Deliver us of a soul.
Has it been prepared?
It has.
- Then I command this soul to be purified by fire and water.
- Almighty light and burning flame of comfort,
enter this body
and cleanse it of its unworthy soul.
Burn.
In the name of Satan, lord of fire.
In the name of Lucifer, bringer of light.
In the name of Belial, master of the earth.
Now, be sealed by the holy waters of forgetfulness.
Martin Fife, my servant,
come forth and claim the body
I have prepared for you.
Open wide, the mysteries of your creation unto this soul.
Be friendly unto him, for I am the same,
the true worshiper of the highest
and most exalted king of hell.
Praise be
the lord of light and darkness
who is my sole
salvation.
Blasphemer, blasphemer!
Seize him!
You, my son, defiled all that is holy.
Mother, my God, my God!
Okay, where's Julie then?
- The sheriff called, he's got men on the road looking.
That's where the car disappeared, right?
Can't find it?
Yeah, well that means that she's back there
in that damn place with Corbis.
But they picked you up, didn't they?
Oh Sam, come on, let's face it!
The sheriff's got God knows how many storm victims
he's looking for, what do you think he's gonna say
when I tell him about waxen images and eyeless faces, huh?
How about that one?
That goddamn son of a bitch.
And what about the disappearance of my family,
for crying out loud?
Well Sam, I don't know what in the hell he wants
with my family, but there's only one way to find out.
Just slow down, slow down!
Let's try to find out what we're facing here?
- What are we facing? - Here, take a look at this.
What is it, where'd you get it?
It's a book.
I got it from John, bequeathed to your mother,
it's been in your family for centuries, you haven't seen it.
- Nathan Aldren. - Yeah?
Martin Fife, that's the name he used
last night in the ceremony.
Right, right.
This book was owned by Corbis, what, 300 years ago?
It's a registry of the people,
the names of the people that he converted to Satan.
These are written in blood, these signatures.
These are people who believe
that they've sold their souls to the devil.
Here, this letter, read the letter.
I beseech thee, daughter,
and all our daughters to follow,
to protect this book and keep it from the devil's disciple.
So long as you do, Jonathan Corbis is powerless
to deliver his souls to Satan,
where I would rather my beloved husband, Martin Fife,
suffer the torments of the Devil's Rain.
Devil's Rain, I...
For whilst imprisoned there,
I pray that Martin, through God's grace,
will find a way to scratch his name from its pages.
Signed Aaronessa Fyffe, Wellington, 1680.
Now what in the hell is he waiting 300 years for?
- I don't know, maybe the right moment, who can...
Or the right family.
You'll never find the reason.
That Devil's Rain, that's new to me,
I've never heard of that.
- He mentioned that last night in his ceremony.
- Yeah? - He said something about,
"I condemn thy soul to the Devil's Rain."
You know, this Corbis,
this Corbis believes that he can separate souls from bodies.
Oh Sam, don't be ridiculous.
It's an old superstition,
and what you described happened last night...
Look, Sam, we're talking about something
neither one of us understand.
In the meantime, I don't know
what in the hell's happened to Julie!
Wait, Tom!
What?
Mark Preston.
It wasn't there this morning.
I'm going to Redstone.
- In the names of the great harlot of Babylon,
and of Lilith, and of Hecate,
our lust will be fulfilled.
Adore her pleasure.
You are chosen among mortals
for immortal delight.
Who denies pleasure, denies life.
Who opens the portals of pleasure,
opens the eye of eternity.
No.
So we may see the divine fire.
No, no!
Tom, listen.
Tom!
Tom, come here.
Give me a hand.
These are symbols of Satan,
exactly as it said in the book.
Yeah, well, that figures.
What is that?
Oh Tom, Tom!
What?
Souls.
Oh, God.
Possessed by Corbis for 300 years,
from Wellington until now.
The Devil's Rain?
Sheriff?
Watch out Tom!
Oi, Tom, Tom.
What?
Take this.
- Put her on the altar of the holy flame.
I will prepare her for eternity.
- No, no! - Julie!
Julie!
You, my brethren, found the book.
You may now bring down the vessel
so we may restore it to its holy place.
That won't be necessary.
Ah, doctor, um?
Richards.
Dr. Samuel Richards, yes.
I've been aware of your work
through these many years, Doctor.
Corbis, you want the Devil's Rain.
I want Tom and Julie Preston.
I do not underestimate your powers,
nor do I overestimate them.
Thank you, Doctor.
I'm grateful that you are aware of them, sir.
Unless you allow Tom and Julie Preston
to leave here safely,
I will destroy the Devil's Rain!
- Martin Fife, our salvation is at hand!
Bring me forth the vessel.
No, no, no, listen, listen to me.
You have the power now to end your torment.
Destroy the bottle!
Without the Devil's Rain, he has no hold on you.
You're free to choose!
Martin Fife, you are sworn to Satan.
Come forth for your salvation.
This is your last chance!
In all eternity, it will never come again!
Without the Devil's Rain, he has no hold on you.
You're free to choose, Aaronessa was right!
This is your last chance!
The heathen lies.
In all eternity, it will not come again.
Free the souls and free yourself!
If you destroy the Devil's Rain,
you will wander through eternity a creature of nothing,
neither of heaven nor of hell.
In God's name, Martin!
Believe as Aaronessa believed!
You can be saved!
Break the bottle!
You are sworn to Satan, Martin Fife!
No, you're not Martin, break it!
RememberAaronessa!
Aaronessa.
Corbis!
No.
No, no, God, no.
Tom?
Tom.
Oh, Tom.
No, Tom!
Tom!
No, no, no!
No!
Tom!
No, no, no!
No, no!
No!
No, Tom, help!
Help me!