The Cycle plot recap, spoiler-light
The horror mystery film The Cycle follows forensic anthropologist Megan Garland as she investigates the sudden reappearance of her father, Peter Stump, whose body is discovered at a brutal crime scene thirty-six years after he abandoned her and her mother Joni. Dealing with lifelong panic attacks from her childhood, Meg joins police officer Ian, Lieutenant Marks, and coroner Joe to examine the remains. Meg realizes her father committed suicide recently, yet his corpse remains strangely well-preserved.
After a terrifying creature attacks the morgue and kills Ian, Meg and Marks dig deeper into Stump's past. They learn from Joni that she had fled and changed their names due to Stump's suspicious association with a man named Lou Bishop. Continuing their investigation, the team tracks down Bishop and his caretaker, Daniel Webb, while another mutilated body and Stump's corpse turn up in a workshop. Daniel eventually confesses that Bishop possesses a psychic link to the beast because he survived an earlier attack by it, setting the stage for a terrifying confrontation.
What happens at the end of The Cycle?
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