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Erroneous 'Catholicism' in the River of Darkness

  Screenwriter: Bruce Koehler Director: Bruce Koehler Rating: 👎 If you are Catholic, do not waste yourself watching this film. The Review The 2011 independent film tells of a ‘rural’ (not ‘urban’) legend involving an avenging ghost who was murdered several years ago for a crime they did not commit but the townspeople levied against them. The plot is built on the foundation of scapegoating. The plot is complicated by the local townspeople's conspiracy, local law enforcement politics, and the presence of city-based paranormal researchers who are oblivious to the real danger they have inserted themselves out of curiosity. It is not known how Catholic the townspeople are. However, they have a church and do believe in evil spirits, including the storyline’s superstition of evil spirits reappearing for revenge and capable of killing flesh-and-blood human beings. Unmistakably, the plot is the stuff of rural legend. The Catholic understanding of demonology does not agree with the concept