In October 2018, McCarthy revealed that a scene had to be re-edited after it was found that it made a test audience scream so much that they missed the following dialogue. “ Descendant is a unique and terrifying addition to the horror genre and we are looking forward to working with Nicholas, Tripp and Taylor in bringing Jeff’s script to life." ĭuring the film's production, Orion Pictures' president John Hegeman said about the project in a statement: Daniel Bekerman, Lisa Zambri, Nick Spicer and Jeff Buhler will serve as executive producers. In June 2018, Orion Pictures announced that the film, originally titled Descendants, would be released in February 2019, with Nicholas McCarthy directing, Jeff Buhler writing, and Taylor Schilling starring in the lead role.
In his new bedroom, Miles stares into a mirror, which reflects the image of Edward. Sometime later, Miles is taken to live in a temporary foster home until John is discharged from the hospital. Horrified, Sarah attempts to shoot him, but before she can, a farmer shoots her with a rifle, killing her instantly.
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However, he reveals that Edward has taken full control, and Miles' soul has already been vanquished. Sarah chases Miles outside to console him, believing Edward has left his body now that his final deed is complete. Miles enters and brutally attacks Margaret with a butcher knife, stabbing and disemboweling her. She then draws a gun but is unable to bring herself to shoot. Sarah poses as a battered woman who was touched by Margaret's book, persuading Margaret to allow her inside. She drugs Miles with sleeping pills and the two drive to Margaret's rural farmhouse. She decides to kill Margaret herself, ending Edward's need for Miles' body.
Sarah realizes Edward is attempting to return to claim Margaret. James, Edward's final victim, who escaped and led authorities to him. In Miles' room, Sarah uncovers a cache of newspaper clippings about Edward's crimes, as well as a book by Margaret St. John and Sarah decide to have Miles committed, but Miles stabs John en route to the facility, causing him to crash John goes into a coma as a result of the accident. Upon researching Edward, Sarah finds he died only minutes before Miles' birth and is startled to see that, like Miles, he had two different-coloured eyes. He calls Sarah and explains that he believes Miles' body is being possessed by Edward Scarka, attempting to return to continue his killing spree. Afterwards, Arthur finds "Scarka" carved into his leather couch from the boy's fingernails. The session goes awry when Miles threatens to accuse Arthur of drugging and molesting him, which prompts Arthur to end the session. The regression is successful and the individual explains that his parents were Hungarian immigrants. Sarah takes Miles to see Arthur, who hypnotizes him in the hopes of engaging in past life regression, which will allow him to speak to the dark spirit in Miles' body. Miles apologizes, explaining that someone is invading his dreams every night and that he has to "make room." Sarah later finds a swarm of flies in the house and discovers the family's dismembered dog in the basement. John leaves to stay with his brother, leaving Sarah alone with Miles. At home, the family's dog goes missing, and John becomes infuriated when he finds that Miles has been recording the couple's bedroom with a baby monitor. Sarah is unwilling to believe Arthur's assertion that an unsettled spirit wants control of the boy's body. Arthur reveals that the gibberish Miles spoke is, in fact, a rare dialect of Hungarian and that the words translate to "I'll cut your eyes out and watch you die, whore."
Elaine gives the tape to a colleague, Arthur Jacobson, an expert on rebirth and reincarnation. Sarah takes Miles to psychiatrist Elaine Strasser and turns over a tape recording of him talking apparent gibberish in his sleep. At school, he attacks a classmate with a wrench. One night he plays a prank on his babysitter Zoe, seriously injuring her, but claims no memory of the incident. When Miles turns eight in 2018, Sarah and John begin noticing behavioural changes in him. Miles shows extreme wisdom and intelligence from a young age and begins speaking fluently before he is even a toddler. At the time of Edward's death, married couple Sarah and John give birth to their son, Miles, in Pennsylvania.
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On August 22, 2010, in rural Ohio, serial killer Edward Scarka is fatally shot during a police raid of his farmhouse.