South of Hell

In Charleston, South Carolina, in a converted storefront church, Pastor Neezer Bowe is casting the devil from members of his congregation, including a boy named Jeremy. When Bowe presses his palm on Jeremy's forehead, the boy turns feral, tearing at the pastor's flesh with his teeth. In the chaos, a Gullah woman named Tetra cries out in Geechee to the Lord for help.

The deadly SWAT-team assault on Enos Abascal's cult, Order of the Everlasting. Tear gas. Screams. Gunshots. Flash grenades. Bodies in flames. In the altar room, David Abascal grabs his sister Maria in a rescue attempt. But she bears the howling, demonic face of Abigail as...

Maria's birthday. Blindfolded before a swinging piñata, she hits it and tears it open. Odd, unsmiling children swarm around the candy. Suddenly, Maria is swept into the arms of her father, who whispers in her ear: "You'll always be my baby girl, no matter what." It isn't sweet.

In the Church of Eternal Light, a confessor whispers to Bledsoe: "It's been 1,200 years since my last confession." It's Dean, who warns Bledsoe that when Enos gets through with him, he'll be begging for death. After Dean suddenly vanishes, Tetra pockets his stubbed-out cigarette.

In a dark alley, a woman in pearls has a stranger in the throes of ecstasy. Then come the escalating screams-his in tortured agony/hers in absolute pleasure.

In a dark alley, a woman in pearls has a stranger in the throes of ecstasy. Then come the escalating screams-his in tortured agony/hers in absolute pleasure.

Maria and Dusty are in the heat of passion. But Maria's cries of pleasure sound almost bestial, almost anxious, as she calls out Spencer's name instead. The uncomfortable moment is broken by David, who bursts into the trailer. He's frantic. Grace and Tetra are missing.

Out of rage and resentment directed at her father, Grace scratches madly at the angelic rune on her shoulder. Bledsoe