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The other actors in the terrific eight-member cast — which includes Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves and Ken Marks — play multiple roles as townsfolk, family members, lawmen, desperados, hucksters and suckers.
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Frank Rizzo, Variety, 27 Apr. 2025
The townsfolk run for cover as the glowing red eyes and bone-chilling howls signal the return of the terrifying creature.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025
The old gates stand open, letting townsfolk drift in.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Kevin Bacon plays a Georgia bail enforcer who's killed by some shady townsfolk, gets strangely resurrected and discovers that the devil has brought him back to do his dirty work: kill demons that have escaped from hell.
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—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
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Frank Rizzo, Variety, 27 Apr. 2025
The townsfolk run for cover as the glowing red eyes and bone-chilling howls signal the return of the terrifying creature.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025
The old gates stand open, letting townsfolk drift in.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Kevin Bacon plays a Georgia bail enforcer who's killed by some shady townsfolk, gets strangely resurrected and discovers that the devil has brought him back to do his dirty work: kill demons that have escaped from hell.
Need a break?
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Townsfolk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/townsfolk. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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townsfolk
plural noun
towns·folk
ˈtau̇nz-ˌfōk 
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