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The old gates stand open, letting townsfolk drift in.
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James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Kevin Bacon plays a Georgia bail enforcer who's killed by some shady townsfolk, gets strangely resurrected and discovers that the devil has brought him back to do his dirty work: kill demons that have escaped from hell.
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—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
As the message-bearing townsfolk Piotr Ivanovich Bobchinsky and Piotr Ivanovic Dobchinsky, Edoardo Benzoni and Malik James are an inspired comedy duo, interrupting each other and taking their speech habits to ridiculous extremes.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
While not all townsfolk are accepting of trans folk, Lexy’s tattooed working class dad and mama bear mom — along with their female best friend — form an emotionally bulletproof circle that seems to allow the youngster to escape the labels of daughter or son and just be a kid.
—Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
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James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Kevin Bacon plays a Georgia bail enforcer who's killed by some shady townsfolk, gets strangely resurrected and discovers that the devil has brought him back to do his dirty work: kill demons that have escaped from hell.
Need a break?
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
As the message-bearing townsfolk Piotr Ivanovich Bobchinsky and Piotr Ivanovic Dobchinsky, Edoardo Benzoni and Malik James are an inspired comedy duo, interrupting each other and taking their speech habits to ridiculous extremes.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
While not all townsfolk are accepting of trans folk, Lexy’s tattooed working class dad and mama bear mom — along with their female best friend — form an emotionally bulletproof circle that seems to allow the youngster to escape the labels of daughter or son and just be a kid.
—Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Townsfolk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/townsfolk. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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townsfolk
plural noun
towns·folk
ˈtau̇nz-ˌfōk 
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