The Killing Season
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One small town hides one dark secret.
Stranded in 'Willow Creek'-a small town in the depths of Texas-five young friends unravel the towns gruesome past while they find themselves in a fight for survival as they fall prey to a clan of demented maniacs who use them as targets for their own twisted game.
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