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Immaculate and horror's increasingly brazen death cults

Why are horror movies so obsessed with cults trying to end the world? Well........
Sydney Sweeney, hair done up in curls, hood around her head, tears up in extreme close-up.
Sydney Sweeney isn't having a great time in Immaculate, but she's sure trying to make the best of it. (Credit: Neon)

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Emily St. James

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