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The Covenant (2006)

★ 5.6 · 1,096 ratings on TMDB

Only the power of Hell can help them.

The Covenant poster★ 5.6

Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must contend with is the jealousy and suspicion that threatens to tear them apart.

DirectorRenny Harlin
CastChace Crawford, Jessica Lucas, Kenneth Welsh, Kyle Schmid, Laura Ramsey, Sebastian Stan
GenresAction, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
The emergence reading

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

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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