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The Devil All the Time (2020)

★ 7.2 · 3,638 ratings on TMDB

Everyone ends up in the same damned place.

The Devil All the Time poster★ 7.2

In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.

DirectorAntonio Campos
CastBill Skarsgård, Eliza Scanlen, Haley Bennett, Harry Melling, Jason Clarke, Mia Wasikowska
GenresCrime, Drama, Thriller
The emergence reading

The Devil All the Time keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Shared director or cast.

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