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This is the place.

It looks tranquil at the top of those steps.

Let's see, do you have everything?

Good. They warned you. Be prepared.

They assured you win.

The place looks pristine, placid, nice.

Up there they tell you, up those stairs.

That room there.

Behind that door.

Are you ready?

They told you to be ready. There will be no second chance.

Oh my god.

In 1973, hell came home and invaded the body of a young girl.

This is the story of a movie and its makers. It's a tale of dark and light, of loss and love.

A story of faith and fury, of causes and curses, of horrors, real and imagined, of unbridled ego,

and brute force filmmaking.

It's the movie critics called Religious pornography, and a cultist clap trap.

The movie that left audiences hysterical.

Decades later, it remains perhaps the most frightening movie we will ever see.

From Wondry, this is a seven-part deep dive inspired by the story behind an unforgettable classic movie.

This is Inside.

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