The Reaping (2007) - Quotes

Taglines: The Eighth Plague: Locusts

Taglines: The Seventh Plague: Storms Of Fire

Taglines: The Tenth Plague: Death Of First Born

Taglines: Heaven or Hell. Good or Evil. Now or Never.

Taglines: [[w:Norwegian languages|Norwegian] Himmel Eller Helvete - God Eller Ond - Nå Eller Aldri (Heaven or Hell - Good or Evil - Now or Never) (On ] DVD releases)

Taglines: What Hath God Wrought?

Ben: [''After Katherine wakes up''] Morning. Sleep at all last night?

Katherine Winter: Yeah. Where are we?

Ben: [''Tunes the radio and a song plays that's apparently supposed to be crummy''] Far enough that all I'm getting is this guy.

Loren McConnell: What about the boy?

Katherine Winter: What boy?

Loren McConnell: The baby. The one inside you. I can hear him. We've got to take care of him too.

Katherine Winter: How do I know? How do I know what's real?

Loren McConnell: [''Reaches a shaking hand up to Katherine's face''] Faith.

Loren McConnell: [''Gasping and shaking''] I'm so lucky.

Katherine Winter: Why?

Loren McConnell: [''Flashback to Katherine and her daughter, then back again''] Because, silly. God gave me to you.

Katherine Winter: [''After killing Loren, and Katherine throws the knife onto the ground''; ''Doug picks up the knife but doesn't use it''] You do it. You can't do it, can you? Because you already tried and she survived.

Doug Blackwell: No, that's not true.

Katherine Winter: [''Begins to get upset''; ''Helps Loren to her feet and into her arms''] You deceived me so I would murder her. This... this innocent child.

Doug Blackwell: [''Signals fire''] She's not innocent, Katherine. Look what she's done already. You see it with your own eyes.

Katherine Winter: [''Has a vision of Doug stabbing Ben, to Loren''] You killed Ben... so I would blame her. Come on.

Maddie McConnell: Are you here for my girl? Are you gonna kill my baby girl?

Katherine Winter: What? No!

Maddie McConnell: Why not?

Katherine Winter: I'm just trying to help her.

Maddie McConnell: She doesn't need help. Can't you see that?

Ben: [''Clears his throat''] Weren't you getting me a beer?

Katherine Winter: I guess you didn't pray hard enough.

Doug Blackwell: [''Referring to the mass dying of fish in the river turned red''] When did this start?

Sheriff Cade: This morning. Bubbled up like farts in a bathtub.

Doug Blackwell: [''chuckles; ''Gives Katherine the knife''] Only a servant of God could kill His angel. You remember? What your God did to you in Sudan. What about your daughter, huh? Now that... ...that is your God. Katherine.

Katherine Winter: [''Doesn't take the knife''] That wasn't God. God didn't kill my family. A weak, godless man filled with fear and hatred... a man like you. There's still that last plague, Doug. Death of the firstborn. You come from a long line of only children.

Katherine Winter: [[w:1400s BC (decade)|In 1400 B.C.; [w:Ancient Egyptians|a group of nervous Egyptians; [w:Nile|the Nile; [w:glanders|glanders; [w:Desert locust|the Ethiopian locust population; [w:downtown Cairo|downtown Cairo; [w:feces|droppings; [w:mycotoxins|mycotoxins; [w:Explanation#Scientific explanation|Ten scientific explanations] ], ] saw ] turn red. But what they thought was blood was actually an algae bloom which killed the fish, which prior to that had been living off the eggs of frogs. Those uneaten eggs turned into record numbers of baby frogs who subsequently fled to the land and died. Their little rotting frog bodies attracted lice and flies. The lice carried the bluetongue virus, which killed 70% of Egypt's livestock. The flies carried ], a bacterial infection which in humans causes boils. Soon afterwards, the Nile River Valley was hit with a three-day sandstorm otherwise known as the plague of darkness. During the sandstorm, intense heat can combine with an approaching cold front to create not only hail, but also electrical storms which would have looked to the ancient Egyptians like fire from the sky. The subsequent wind would have blown ] off course and right into ]. Hail is wet, locusts leave ], spread both on grain, and you have got ]. Dinnertime in ancient Egypt meant the first-born child got the biggest portion, which in this case, meant he ate the most toxins, so he died. Ten plagues. ].