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Don't Go in the House
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Don't Go in the House is a 1980 horror film. It was released in France under the name Pyromaniac.After his father died (or merely left) young Donald "Donny" Kohler became the subject of much abuse at the hands of his mother, an apparent religious fanatic. She would verbally abuse the boy, and repeatedly burn him when she believed he was being bad, or even just thinking about mischief. She convinced herself and Donny that she was "burning the evil out of him" and that fire was the ultimate cleanser, causing Donny to grow up with both a deep fascination with and fear of fire.As the years pass, Donny and his mother live in a shaky state of co-dependence in their slowly rotting New Jersey home, supported by Donny's job at a garbage incinerator. Due to his upbringing, Donny is a meek, awkward, and submissive shut-in. The closest thing he has to a friend is a co-worker named Bobby Tuttle, who continually tries to get Donny to be more outgoing, only to be brushed off at every turn.One cold winter day Donny witnesses the death of a co-worker named Ben when he is engulfed in flames when a heated aerosol can explodes. Donny stands by idly instead of helping the burning man. Donny is told off by his boss for his inaction, brushes off another request for a night out with Bobby, (in an attempt to cheer him up), returns home, and discovers his ailing mother has died.At first shocked and saddened by his mother's death, Donny soon realizes that with her gone he can now do what he wants. He finds himself receiving messages from disembodied voices, who tell him that with his mother dead, he is now "the keeper of the flame" and the one who can use it to punish "evil". At the insistence of his new "friends", Donny takes some time off from work, steel-plates one his rooms, and purchases a fire retardant suit and a flamethrower. Once he is done with the preparations, Donny uses what little charm and social skills he possesses to get a florist named Kathy Jordan into his house where he burns her to death in the steel room, keeping her charred corpse as a "guest" in his home.His mental state deteriorates. Donny murders more women, the voices growing more insistent, and he begins suffering hallucinations of his overbearing mother. As Donny spirals, local priest Father Gerritty, who Donny confides in one day, grows worried, as does Bobby, who continually tries to get in touch with his friend.Quentin Tarantino has apparently stated this is one of his favorite films, and one that really disturbed him when he first saw it.Not for the pyrophobic. | |
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Scare Chord | |
Don't Go in the House / int_1b122c5d | comment |
Scare Chord: Whenever Donny has a hallucination of his mother. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_1ba8eb64 | type |
Visual Pun | |
Don't Go in the House / int_1ba8eb64 | comment |
Visual Pun: A woman is briefly set on fire on a dance floor. "Disco Inferno" anyone? | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_1e584efa | type |
Cruel and Unusual Death | |
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Cruel and Unusual Death: "In a steel room built for revenge they die burning... in chains." | |
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Pummeling the Corpse | |
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Pummeling the Corpse: Donny punches a body during a fit; the attack is, oddly, shown from the corpse's POV. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_28cd01ca | type |
Disappeared Dad | |
Don't Go in the House / int_28cd01ca | comment |
Disappeared Dad: Mr. Kohler is only mentioned once, and his status is not elaborated on. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_2c3a7a97 | type |
Cast as a Mask | |
Don't Go in the House / int_2c3a7a97 | comment |
Cast as a Mask: A trio of dancers played the victims after they were burned, since their petite frames were better suited as charred borderline skeletons than the original actresses. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_2c9e262 | type |
Catapult Nightmare | |
Don't Go in the House / int_2c9e262 | comment |
Catapult Nightmare: Donny has a disturbing one where he's attacked by the charred corpses of his victims. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_31a2a33c | type |
Stuff Blowing Up | |
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Stuff Blowing Up: In Donny's nightmare, everything seems to be exploding or on fire. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_33e48eb9 | type |
Hysterical Woman | |
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Hysterical Woman: Suzanne does not take being captured by Donny nearly as well as Patty does. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_3ae6199a | type |
Psychopathic Manchild | |
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Psychopathic Manchild: After discovering his mother's body, Donny, after the initial freak out, becomes giddy with excitement at the thought of being able to do whatever he wants. He then proceeds to crank up his music, bounce on the furniture, light up some cigarettes, and put them out on his mother's statuettes. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_3b4f2811 | type |
Dangerous Workplace | |
Don't Go in the House / int_3b4f2811 | comment |
Dangerous Workplace: Donny's job at a garbage incinerator is shown to be unsafe at the start of the movie, when an employee is badly burned by an overheated aerosol can. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_40bb59d0 | type |
Blatant Lies | |
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Blatant Lies: After getting attacked by Anthony, Donny picks up Suzanne and Patty, and tells them his injuries were the result of him easily fending off a trio of knife-wielding muggers using skills he acquired in a military special division. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_474e3977 | type |
You Have Failed Me | |
Don't Go in the House / int_474e3977 | comment |
You Have Failed Me: Essentially what the voices say to Donny before he dies. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_4ae690ca | type |
Laughing Mad | |
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Laughing Mad: When Donny first starts playing with matches after the voices tell he is "the master of the flame" now. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_4db088ab | type |
I Can't Dance | |
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I Can't Dance: Donny refuses to dance at the disco, telling his "date" of the evening he doesn't dance. Her attempts to get him up from the table causes him to have a meltdown and burn her face with a candle. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_4de1a4f7 | type |
Improvised Weapon | |
Don't Go in the House / int_4de1a4f7 | comment |
Improvised Weapon: Donny subdues Kathy by bashing her with one of his mother's statuettes, and later jams a burning candle into Farrah's face while having an episode. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_52a8d3dc | type |
Pyromaniac | |
Don't Go in the House / int_52a8d3dc | comment |
Pyromaniac: Donny, being a serial killer who burns people to death. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_53c9fc92 | type |
Flashback | |
Don't Go in the House / int_53c9fc92 | comment |
Flashback: Donny has a recurring one involving his mother burning and verbally abusing him. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_5987e4d1 | type |
Sanctuary of Solitude | |
Don't Go in the House / int_5987e4d1 | comment |
Sanctuary of Solitude: As his mind begins to go, Donny visits a church, to confide in Father Gerritty. Unfortunately, it doesn't take. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_59f4d283 | type |
Ominous Music Box Tune | |
Don't Go in the House / int_59f4d283 | comment |
Ominous Music Box Tune: Used in the trailer. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_5c0fc07b | type |
Nightmare Sequence | |
Don't Go in the House / int_5c0fc07b | comment |
Nightmare Sequence: Donny dreams about being on an exploding beach at night, and wakes up after being attacked and dragged into a chasm by his charred victims. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_6293c185 | type |
Sequel Hook | |
Don't Go in the House / int_6293c185 | comment |
Sequel Hook: A boy named Michael, who is heavily abused by his mother, starts hearing the same voices that guided Donny. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_6a25c388 | type |
Mummies at the Dinner Table | |
Don't Go in the House / int_6a25c388 | comment |
Mummies at the Dinner Table: Donny treats the corpses of his victims and his mother like they're still alive, usually ranting and screaming at them when he's not treating the former like his guests. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_6ccb6be | type |
My Car Hates Me | |
Don't Go in the House / int_6ccb6be | comment |
My Car Hates Me: The second victim is a woman whose car broke down. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_729c69f3 | type |
Politically Incorrect Villain | |
Don't Go in the House / int_729c69f3 | comment |
Politically Incorrect Villain: Donny, if some of his language towards women ("You're all bitches! Selfish and vain! Don't you dare laugh at me!") is any indication. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_7301ae04 | type |
Serial Killer | |
Don't Go in the House / int_7301ae04 | comment |
Serial Killer: Donny, albeit one who uses fire instead of more traditional methods, like knives or firearms. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_7315fd38 | type |
Covers Always Lie | |
Don't Go in the House / int_7315fd38 | comment |
Covers Always Lie: The above really does look like the cover of a Haunted House film, doesn't it? | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_7bc90010 | type |
Hearing Voices | |
Don't Go in the House / int_7bc90010 | comment |
Hearing Voices: Donny hears two; one is of his mother continuing to taunt and abuse him after her death, the other a mysterious unexplained voice that encourages him to act on his violent thoughts and fantasies. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_81ae2774 | type |
Evil Matriarch | |
Don't Go in the House / int_81ae2774 | comment |
Evil Matriarch: Mrs. Kohler functioned as one for Donny, abusing him by burning his arms for misbehavior, real or imagined. | |
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Fatal Family Photo | |
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Fatal Family Photo: Right before being engulfed in flames, Ben mentions having a child. He survives, though. | |
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Completely Different Title | |
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Completely Different Title: Pyromaniac in France. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_898ff050 | type |
Villain Protagonist | |
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Villain Protagonist: Donny, the Pyromaniac Serial Killer of women, is our POV character. | |
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Posthumous Character | |
Don't Go in the House / int_8b568cb7 | comment |
Posthumous Character: Mrs. Kohler is dead by the time the film starts, but her actions in Donny's past are what spurs him to be the person he becomes. | |
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Peek-a-Boo Corpse | |
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Peek-a-Boo Corpse: Patty stumbles onto Donny's corpse collection while looking for Suzanne. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_93f0fc43 | type |
Hooks and Crooks | |
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Hooks and Crooks: The victims are suspended by chains before being set alight. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_957e5fc2 | type |
Villainous Breakdown | |
Don't Go in the House / int_957e5fc2 | comment |
Villainous Breakdown: Donny's final meltdown at the film's climax, where the burnt corpses of his victims attack him, and he sets everything around him on fire, causing his own death. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_9c1f758a | type |
Kill It with Fire | |
Don't Go in the House / int_9c1f758a | comment |
Kill It with Fire: Donny's modus operandi as a serial killer. | |
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Two First Names | |
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Two First Names: Kathy Jordan. | |
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Soundtrack Dissonance | |
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Soundtrack Dissonance: The disco tune that plays over the credits. | |
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Scars Are Forever | |
Don't Go in the House / int_ad94c7a0 | comment |
Scars are Forever: The burns on Donny's arms, caused by his mother's abuse. | |
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Abusive Parents | |
Don't Go in the House / int_b11ac9f5 | comment |
Abusive Parents: Mrs. Kohler, and the mother of the boy shown in the epilogue. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_bb7ae292 | type |
Child by Rape | |
Don't Go in the House / int_bb7ae292 | comment |
Child by Rape: Donny, possibly. He tells Father Gerritty his mother told him he "was born of an evil deed" but considering how unbalanced she appeared to be, it was possibly just a plain old Sex Is Evil mentality. | |
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No Social Skills | |
Don't Go in the House / int_bd0d6395 | comment |
No Social Skills: Donny struggles when interacting with other people and notably fumbles when trying to lure a girl to his house after trying to help her carry her groceries; even after getting told no, he keeps asking her and gets in her way. | |
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Monster Misogyny | |
Don't Go in the House / int_c16f48aa | comment |
Monster Misogyny: The only man Donny tries to kill is Father Gerritty, who was attacked in a rage, and probably survived. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_c2cedc1c | type |
Big "NO!" | |
Don't Go in the House / int_c2cedc1c | comment |
Big "NO!": Donny lets one out when Farrah's attempt at pulling him onto the dance floor causes him to flashback to his mother yanking his arms into an open flame. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_c3c18143 | type |
Hope Spot | |
Don't Go in the House / int_c3c18143 | comment |
Hope Spot: Donny, after visiting Father Gerrity, puts in an effort to change and actually takes the initiative to call Bobby and see about going out somewhere. It seems to be working until Donny’s date unwittingly pulls his arms over a candle, triggering a flashback to his mother’s abuse of him and a subsequent freakout, leading to the date getting said candle to the face leaving her hair on fire, and Bobby getting beaten up by her vengeful brother. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_c5249b29 | type |
Nice Guy | |
Don't Go in the House / int_c5249b29 | comment |
Nice Guy: Although implied to be an adulterer, Bobby still fits, given that he constantly tries to reach out and be a friend to Donny, whom he feels bad for. He even tries setting up a date for Donny, and when that goes disastrously, goes to Donny's house first to try and reason with him instead of immediately going to the cops. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_c660bc15 | type |
Fan Disservice | |
Don't Go in the House / int_c660bc15 | comment |
Fan Disservice: Kathy is naked when Donny burns her. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_c83f40d8 | type |
Bystander Syndrome | |
Don't Go in the House / int_c83f40d8 | comment |
Bystander Syndrome: In the beginning of the film, Donny meekly watches a co-worker get horribly burned instead of intervening. He's justifiably called out for it by his boss afterwards. Justified, since Donny is violently psychotic and has a fearful reverence for fire. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_ca967579 | type |
Torture Cellar | |
Don't Go in the House / int_ca967579 | comment |
Torture Cellar: The steel room was built by Donny specifically for this purpose, to be the place where he burns his victims to death. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_cb70651c | type |
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane | |
Don't Go in the House / int_cb70651c | comment |
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: For the entire film, we assume the voices Donny hears are simply auditory hallucinations, though as he burns to death, they denounce him as a failure, and later another abused child is depicted as hearing disembodied voices identical to the ones Donny heard. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_d397657d | type |
Hoist by His Own Petard | |
Don't Go in the House / int_d397657d | comment |
Hoist by His Own Petard: Donny dies when he has a complete psychotic meltdown, and is engulfed in a fire of his own creation. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_d99a228f | type |
Unusually Uninteresting Sight | |
Don't Go in the House / int_d99a228f | comment |
Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Donny's reaction to Ben catching on fire, and most of the patrons failure to notice Farrah when Donny sets her hair on fire, and burns her face. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_d9ffec82 | type |
Curb-Stomp Battle | |
Don't Go in the House / int_d9ffec82 | comment |
Curbstomp Battle: Anthony attacking Donny after Donny non-fatally burns his sister Farrah in the disco. Donny doesn't get a single punch in and runs away in shame after a terrible beat-down. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_db88b941 | type |
Malevolent Masked Men | |
Don't Go in the House / int_db88b941 | comment |
Malevolent Masked Men: Donny's fireproof suit has a mask that gives him this vibe when he dons it. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_dd234c2f | type |
Hallucinations | |
Don't Go in the House / int_dd234c2f | comment |
Hallucinations: Donny has multiple over the course of the movie. They start off as just auditory, but quickly escalate to visual. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_ddab9ac8 | type |
Bad Samaritan | |
Don't Go in the House / int_ddab9ac8 | comment |
Bad Samaritan: Donny poses as a helpful passerby in order to lure young women into his home and kill them. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_e11e88b6 | type |
Thousand-Yard Stare | |
Don't Go in the House / int_e11e88b6 | comment |
Thousand-Yard Stare: Donny is quite prone to them, especially if fire is involved. This is most prominent in the opening, where seeing his colleague get set on fire accidentally only causes Donny to stare blankly. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_eb8ec7c8 | type |
Jerkass | |
Don't Go in the House / int_eb8ec7c8 | comment |
Jerkass: Donny's boss, Vito. There's probably better ways of reprimanding an employee than shoving them and calling them a "crazy son of a bitch faggot". | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_ec4b148 | type |
Old, Dark House | |
Don't Go in the House / int_ec4b148 | comment |
Old, Dark House: Very Bates-ish. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_f0001923 | type |
Fire-Breathing Weapon | |
Don't Go in the House / int_f0001923 | comment |
Fire-Breathing Weapon: Donny creates his own flamethrower to kill people with. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_f3d5d15f | type |
Creepy Child | |
Don't Go in the House / int_f3d5d15f | comment |
Creepy Child: Michael, the abused boy shown at the end. | |
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Don't Go in the House / int_fb724048 | type |
Real After All | |
Don't Go in the House / int_fb724048 | comment |
Real After All: While the film is shown primarily through Donny's POV, and thus subject to Unreliable Narrator in regards to the disembodied voices he hears and the visions of charred corpses he sees, the ending implies that at least one of those voices wasn't just the product of his decaying sanity; another abused boy named Michael starts hearing the same voice that Donny heard, telling him that they'll help. | |
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