Decade of the Dead (2023) Movie Script

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(person panting)
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- [Sworn Member] And who
better than to lead us
in remembrance than the man who cultivated
a personal relationship
with the Lord himself,
our leader of The Sworn, Grinner.
(audience clapping)
- [Grinner] For those of
you joining our broadcast,
the first thing I want you to know is
that I bring you a message of love.
I feel that love for each
and every one of you.
I love this beautiful
world God has given us,
this paradise we share.
That's why I founded our congregation,
how we became The Sworn.
- Do you want gross survivalist MREs
that we picked up in Brazil
or decade old MREs from before dead people
were running around?
Rach?
Hello?
- Oh, sorry. Whatever you pick is fine.
- We're way past that.
- Three minute warning.
- [Grinner] This is your defining history.
(engine rumbling)
- This must be our guy.
They're Sworn.
Get ready for a fight.
- Finally, I've been so bored.
- Boredom's as good as it
gets in the apocalypse.
- Fresh water's as good as
it gets in the apocalypse
and shelter's as good as
it gets in the apocalypse
and not being dead is as good
as it gets in the apocalypse.
- Are you mocking me?
- I don't think nuance is Ben's thing.
- All right, come on, bring it in.
All right, we're gonna
run the same play we ran
off the coast of Tierra del Fuego.
Make sure you give him a
glimpse, then hide, and remember-
- [All] If I'm almost
dead, shoot me in the head.
- All right.
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(engine rumbling)
(water splashing)
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(water splashing)
- [Sworn Member] Fish around
here are all diseased!
Might wanna put down that rod.
- Mighty thankful to you, brother.
Guess we should be moving on then.
- Don't you be running off just yet.
I was hoping we can do a
little friendly business.
A trade.
- Sorry, man. You don't
have anything I want.
- Well maybe you have something we want.
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- All right, you win.
- Board 'em and tie 'em tight.
(water splashing)
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(gun banging)
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(person grunts)
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(person groans)
(water splashing)
(metal clatters)
- Three guns, some ammo
and I siphoned the gas.
Plus, I got you these.
- Ah ha.
- So you're Remy.
- Yeah.
And then thank God you got our SOS.
I didn't think anyone was coming.
- Weren't there supposed
to be four of them?
- Yeah, my friends didn't
fare quite as well.
(ominous music)
- Let's get outta here
before we get more company.
(water splashing)
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- All right, it's not
down here, it's there.
- [Ben] Right there.
- Yeah.
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(water splashing)
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Camp's close by.
Hey, can I get a gun?
- We're not friends yet, brother.
- Thought maybe we were.
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(birds chirping)
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(zombie gargling)
(leaves rustling)
All right, we're here.
- [Sully] Yep, we've got eyes.
Suns out, guns out. Over.
- Copy that. He's cool with it.
- We'll cover you.
(suspenseful music)
(leaves rustling)
- Hey, Remy!
(Wyatt laughs)
Thank you so much for bringing my man
back all in one piece.
Really appreciate it.
So what's up with your team over there
hiding in the bushes?
We're friendly. We're friendly!
- We're here for the
reward and then we're gone.
- It's back at the camp.
- Then bring it here.
- Goddamn it.
- Look man, I don't
wanna have to settle this
the old fashioned way.
- Okay, okay.
Hey Sully, why don't you add two bottles
to that reward, huh?
- Bring the reward and
add two bottles of rum.
- Yeah, make it quick.
- So tonight we are gonna celebrate.
I'm Wyatt and you are?
- Man, we're not looking to make friends.
- This is Ben, Twitter and Rachel.
- It's Tweeter.
- [Remy] It is?
(light dramatic music)
- Rachel?
You look very familiar to me.
- Well I don't know you.
- Are you sure we've never met?
- Positive.
- I never forget a face.
I've seen you in a photo.
You have a sister.
Her name is Tracy.
- Stacy Conrad.
- [Wyatt] That's it.
- Yeah.
- She helped me find this island
two years after the outbreak.
- No, that's impossible.
She was already dead.
- I'm telling you she was here.
She left some of her things here.
Belongs to you, it's yours.
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- Rachel, we're done here!
- Just gimme 10 minutes.
- She's out of her mind.
- I know.
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(Wyatt chuckles)
- Hey, man. Security looks a little thin.
- Yeah, well I'll tell HR okay, bro?
- You're safe inside the camp.
Dead are kind of slow around here.
Not a lot of fresh
kills, so runner's rare.
Just don't go in the jungle.
- Well, it's the living I'm worried about.
Raiders could just waltz in
right here whenever they want.
- Yeah, well like a 50 clam bars
over there on the tall
grass that say different.
- Hey, I need a breather man.
- Come on bud.
Thanks again.
Let's play some dominoes.
- [Remy] I hate dominoes. I need a drink.
(gun clatters)
(Wyatt grunts)
- Well, everything she left
behind would be right here.
(stuff clattering)
- So what is it you do here?
- Well, we're rebuilding.
Growing crops right up
there on the north hill
and got a lake full of fish.
Make rum for trade.
Got solar panels up on top of the roof.
- Damn!
Haven't tossed one of these in a minute.
I used to think I was gonna go pro.
Turns out Penn revokes your scholarship if
you blow out rotator cuff,
or if you don't go to class.
- Great story. You were saying?
- Yeah, clearly nothing important.
But the point is, is that the
other guys started becoming
religious fanatics, nutjobs.
Not us.
Civilization is coming back.
- No it's not.
And people who believe that have a habit
of getting themselves killed.
- Hey, you got a cassette
player? A working one?
- I don't think so, man.
There might be some CD stuff.
All kind of electronics.
Go ahead, help yourself.
- All right.
(light dramatic music)
- Yeah, back when the world was normal.
- What happened to her?
- She left us about two years ago.
She said she was coming
back and I believe her.
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- I gave this to her.
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- [Tweeter] Rach?
- I never tried to find her.
- You didn't even know she
could be alive until now.
- We should radio the other
island, see if they've seen her.
- Okay.
We gotta play this smart, okay?
These guys are on the level,
they can help, but if not...
We're with you, okay?
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(Rachel cries)
We'll find her.
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(bat thuds)
- Hell yeah!
(water splashing)
Anybody got another ball?
(waves crashing)
(bugs trilling)
(light music)
- A welcome gift for saving my ass.
- [Tweeter] This legit?
- [Remy] Have a good night!
(Ben sighs)
- Maybe you should hold off,
first night in a new place.
- I'm just gonna taste it.
(bugs trilling)
And it tastes good.
(bugs chirping)
(crate thuds)
- [Remy] Shit.
(Rachel hisses)
- So when you're not dropping fruit, what,
what is it you do around here?
(Remy laughs)
- Get kidnapped.
- Mm.
So you're real useful.
- Yeah, yeah.
I work for Wyatt.
I've been around here for
two years, give or take.
I'm not really good at
keeping track of the days.
- Yeah, me neither.
- I don't know how I survived this long.
I never thought I would.
- Yet here you are.
(glasses clinking)
- Here I am.
(light music)
(waves crashing)
- And by the way, you were a moron
for being out in the water
with all The Sworn out there.
What the fuck?
- I was looking for someone.
Guess I found her.
(Rachel chuckles)
(landmine booming)
(suspenseful music)
- What the hell was that?
- Everybody, listen up!
The Sworn have breached the wall!
They released runners at West Beach.
- Son of a bitch.
- [Sully] They're headed this way.
(tense music)
- Sully, take the runners
to the invisible fence.
Everybody else be ready!
They're gonna come in waves!
Okay.
- Everybody's able to, follow me!
- You three stay right there!
- And trust your guys to hold the line?
Fuck that.
- This is our fight, not yours!
- What the fuck are Sworn doing here?
- You're asking the wrong guy.
- How'd they find this?
- I don't know.
- You wanna do this?
- I'm gonna stay.
- [Remy] I'm gonna hang back with her.
- You sure?
- All right, it's your call.
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(Remy sighs)
- Hey, I told you to
stay back at base camp.
- [Ben] We got a better chance with you.
- Where's Rachel?
- [Ben] None of your business. She's good.
- Don't get your butt shot, okay bud?
(horn blares)
- Down! Down!
Air horn means hide!
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(leaves rustling)
(zombies snarling)
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(zombies snarling)
(gun bangs)
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- Three, two, one, pull!
(zombies snarling)
(guts squishing)
- [Wyatt] Come on, finish 'em off!
(gun continues banging)
- We're not safe out
in the open like this.
- No, no, no. Wyatt says it's off limits.
- [Rachel] Do you care?
- Yes, I actually do.
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(door thuds)
Oh, get the (indistinct).
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(metal clattering)
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It's Wyatt's wife.
The Sworn took her.
- This is Stacy.
They have Stacy!
Remy.
Damn it, what aren't you telling me?
- Okay.
The Sworn are all over the island, okay?
Their village is on the other side.
- You live on an island
with the fucking Sworn?
(Remy hushes)
(zombies snarling)
- Shit.
Listen to me, that's why
I came to find you, okay?
Because you, you can stop them.
- You want me to stop The Sworn?
(dramatic music)
(zombies snarling)
(suspenseful music)
(knife thuds)
(Remy grunts)
- Your bounty services are
all over the short wave.
- Yeah, but we're bounty
hunters were not superheroes.
- No, no, no. It's about your sister.
She wasn't kidnapped.
She's Grinner's most loyal, okay?
And she's the mother to his future child.
- What are you talking about?
- Listen.
Now that you're here,
you can help us, okay?
I mean the plan to get you
here, that that worked.
Not the way that I thought it would,
but now that you're here,
you can save us from her.
(wood clattering)
(zombies snarling)
(both groaning)
Pull!
Easy does it.
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(both grunting)
(zombies snarling)
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(object thuds)
We have to move.
(dramatic music)
- Shit.
- Stay there!
Stop!
(zombies snarling)
(guts squishing)
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(zombies snarling)
(bugs trilling)
(leaves rustling)
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- There.
(gun bangs)
(zombies snarling)
- [Friend] More runners incoming.
Be ready, over.
- Jungle's loaded with
traps. Stay with us.
(zombies groaning)
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(gun bangs)
(gun continues banging)
(shooter screams)
(guts squishing)
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(zombies snarling)
Watch out for the landmines!
(mine booms)
(mine booms)
(guns banging)
(mines booming)
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- Ben
The Sworn.
- I see 'em.
(zombies snarling)
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(guns banging)
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(guns continue banging)
(zombies snarling)
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(gun bangs)
(bugs trilling)
Two to one.
- Let's get the fuck outta here.
(bugs continue trilling)
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(zombies snarling)
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(zombies snarling)
(leaves rustling)
(body thuds)
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(zombies snarling)
(zombies snarling)
(water splashing)
(Tweeter grunts)
(zombies snarling)
(knife clinking)
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(water splashing)
(bugs trilling)
Hold up, I'm out!
Gonna check in here.
(hand knocks)
- [Ben] Where the fuck are we?
- That's the most Sworn
I've seen in one place.
- Yeah, same.
Must have a base on the
other side of the island.
- We gotta get off this island like now.
(dramatic music)
(Tweeter screams)
(bat thuds)
(somber music)
(Tweeter panting)
Don't shut down on me.
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- It's not that deep.
We'll get some medical
supplies from the camp.
We can fight this, buy some time
to get the right antibiotic-
- Ben.
- I can't do this by myself.
- You're gonna have to.
- Don't do that.
Unless infection sets in.
- 24 hours.
24 hours till I'm dead and come back.
- Yeah.
- Then we don't have much time.
We gotta get you two outta here.
- The three of us.
- Stop.
Let's not pretend
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If you tell Rachel about
this, I'll bite you.
And the second you think...
- Won't even see it coming.
I promise.
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(guts squishing)
(birds chirping)
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(gun clicks)
(gun bangs)
- That goat fucker's changing the deal.
Can't trust him anymore.
We need to go after him and
everybody he cares about.
- We're better than that.
- You think this is better?
Maybe we should be worse
because we are losing our fucking home.
- What the hell happened to you?
- I took a dip in the pool.
- [Ben] That's a good look.
- Wyatt lied to us.
The Sworn is all over the island.
These people, taken as
hostages. They have Stacy.
- Oh, shit.
- This wasn't just some job.
They knew I was her sister.
We were brought here.
- That's close enough.
- [Rachel] You lied about my sister-
- And The Sworn.
- The Sworn took a big hit at us today.
We're all safe.
- Safe?
I got a better solution,
let's get the hell outta here.
- No Ben, we cannot leave.
- She's right.
They got eyes everywhere.
They've got sleeper
cells in every community.
And you know that crazy
priest man, Grinner?
He's here too.
- Then how the hell are you still alive?
You're working for them, aren't you?
- Well maybe they like my rum.
- Bullshit.
- I did what I had to do.
I paid tribute, handed
over weak castaways.
I wasn't proud of it.
I hated doing it.
You probably did some terrible
things to survive, huh?
So don't look at me like that.
Like you've never crossed over that line.
- But why now?
Why the attack if you got
some kind of deal with them?
- Well maybe that's their signal
to tell me the deal's over.
Look, I know my plan seems a little crazy,
but we have to try.
We had a couple hiccups.
Yes, we did, but you are here right now.
What a blessing that is.
And I don't wanna lose this opportunity.
We can stop The Sworn,
we can kill Grinner,
and we can save your sister all together.
- What's this plan about?
- The Sworn village has a walled in area,
they call it Paradise.
Right there they keep the dead.
We blow the corral, let everybody loose.
- And you know how to get into their
territory without getting killed.
- There's a lot of big
holes in their defense.
We've scouted their perimeter,
we've seen their booby traps,
we know their guard shifts.
They're ready for a full on assault.
But few fighters in the dark of night?
- That's when we walk in.
'Cause who else would
be so crazy to do it?
- This is so incredibly suicidal.
- Not if we create a
diversion and lure them out.
- I wanna use you as bait.
- What?
Absolutely fucking not.
- Bait?
You think it could work?
- Your sister is not just one of them,
she's the queen priestess,
and once she finds out that you're here,
she'll do anything to get you back.
- All you've done is lie.
I don't even know why we're
still here even talking to you.
- Because this week makes 10
years that this mess started.
They're planning something big
and this is our only chance.
- We are not putting
her life in your hands.
- Well, looks like we're not
gonna do this the easy way.
(guns clicking)
- [Sully] Easy.
Easy.
(ominous music)
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- Why aren't we dead?
You only need Rachel.
- I'm not that kind of guy.
My plan is solid.
You'll thank me tomorrow.
(light dramatic music)
(metal screeching)
(metal clinks)
(chain rattling)
(bugs trilling)
(Wyatt sighs)
(ominous music)
A few years after coming to
this island, a man shows up.
We find out that his family had been
killed right in front of him.
His wife, his children.
He kinda survived it for a while,
but understandably he just
couldn't take it any longer.
He shot himself in the
head, ended up in a coma.
There was a woman who read
passages of the Bible to him.
She took care of him, kept him alive.
And when he woke up, he
believed he was appointed by God
and that his offspring would be
the chosen ones to fulfill
some type of prophecy.
Eventually, they left my camp.
Seemed like a good idea at the time.
We had our half of the
island, they had theirs.
But it just seemed like
every month his group grew,
his broadcast became
more and more popular.
That pseudoreligious bullshit
about worshiping the dead,
they bought it because
they needed an answer.
That man is Grinner, and
that woman who helped him,
is your sister, Stacy.
(soft music)
Family's the most important thing to them
because it's only about the bloodline
and that's where you come in.
To Grinner, you are royalty.
To us, you are our get
outta jail free card.
(soft music continues)
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- Just hang tight a bit till
Wyatt gets everything sorted.
- I hate those guys.
(birds chirping)
(bugs trilling)
(soft music)
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- I can't take this.
You've had this ever since-
- Someone special gave it to me
and I kept it to give it
to someone I care about.
It's something to remember us by.
- But I'm gonna see you again.
- It's probably just from
a gas station or something.
Please.
- I never asked you before,
how you got your nickname.
- Tweeter's from a song my dad used
to sing to me when I was little.
- [Ben] Dylan.
- It's the Traveling Wilburys.
- Well, he's the Wilbury who sang.
- Yeah, I know who sang it.
- Speaking of Dylan, what is
the Sworn's favorite band?
- [Tweeter] I don't know.
- Grateful Dead.
- What's the Grateful Dead?
- Oh.
- See?
See what I told you?
Youth...
- You guys are so old.
- Being old is a good
thing in the apocalypse.
(chains rattling)
(metal screeches)
- Bye.
- [Rachel] Be back soon.
(soft music continues)
(metal clangs)
(suspenseful music)
- So, are you gonna do this voluntarily?
I don't want anybody getting
hurt, so you just follow
the plan and we ought to be all okay.
(suspenseful music continues)
Okay. Right there, right
there, right there.
(bugs trilling)
- [Grinner] Wyatt, how
are your people doing?
Fun day today?
- I brought a gift for the priestess.
- [Grinner] Oh, we only want your rum.
(people laughing)
- This is her sister.
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(Rachel whimpers)
- Rachel?
(Rachel continues whimpering)
What do you want?
- Tomorrow morning at the beach
I want two of my fastest boats back.
You bring a follow boat for girl,
when we pass all your
acolytes, we'll hand her off.
- [Grinner] And why
wouldn't we just take her?
- You drop me, I drop this.
(alarm dinging)
I'll tell you what, she's
not gonna be dancing
around in paradise like
your little friends here.
She'll be a pink mist.
(Rachel whimpers)
- [Wyatt] Let's go.
- Wait!
We'll make you a deal.
- See you tomorrow at the beach.
Okay, let's go.
(Rachel continues whimpering)
- Bring her back.
- Rachel, calm down!
(Rachel whimpers)
Listen to me. The plan worked!
Stop it!
Turn around! Go on!
Damn you.
I know she doesn't look or
sound like you remembered her,
but she's still alive.
(head thuds)
Oh, goddamn it!
(light dramatic music)
(leaves rustling)
(tense music)
(guns banging)
Don't you move, you stay right there.
Don't you dare come down here.
I will fucking blow this! You know I will!
(tense music continues)
- I'm not dying for you.
(leaves rustling)
You tell Grinner that
I came through for him.
I want that boat on the beach by dawn.
(light dramatic music)
(bugs trilling)
(bugs continue trilling)
Three more wires are cut.
We gotta move.
Stay there.
- Where else would we go?
(suspenseful music)
(knife clinks)
(gun bangs)
(stuff clattering)
- It's me.
(Sully groans)
We had a deal.
- [Grinner] The truth
of your past is pain.
I will take that away from you.
In this rebirth, you will no
longer be tormented by fear,
sorrow, lust, doubt and
unquenchable desire.
The bedevilments of your miserable
life will be washed away.
This is your divine gift.
A new life, a new tomorrow.
(zombies snarling)
(dramatic music)
The first vow.
I swear to have no fear of death,
but to embrace it.
(dramatic music)
(fire whooshing)
- Stacy?
- I'm not Stacy anymore.
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(fire whooshing)
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- This one is ready.
Bring him to paradise.
(dramatic music continues)
And be gentle!
- There's nothing to fear, Rachel.
(dramatic music continues)
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- Let go of me.
Stacy.
(zombies snarling)
(metal clanging)
- Well, this sucks.
- Rachel.
- She'll get through this.
She's the strongest person
I know, or one of them.
No inflammation, no
necrosis around the bite.
- You need to accept this.
(zombies continue snarling)
- Not that it matters anyway.
(bugs trilling)
(ominous music)
(cuffs clinking)
(ominous music continues)
(ominous music continues)
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- Now open your mouth.
Ah ah ah.
Open your mouth
or I force this in.
Not yet.
She's all yours.
- [Rachel] Stacy.
Stacy.
- [Grinner] Uh, call her Priestess.
- If you come near me with
that, I'll shove it up your ass.
(Grinner chuckles)
- So I hear you're a little
skeptical about all this.
Humans are just meat, kiddo.
You have to eat, breathe,
and a thousand other things
just to twitch your pinky.
It's like a car.
No gas, no go.
But these miracles, they
can't pump blood, digest food.
They have no way to get fuel
to the cells, yet somehow-
- [Rachel] Nine years and three months.
- What now?
- Stacy.
(Grinner sighs)
Nine years and three months
ago Dad told me you died.
I never thought I'd see you again.
- Your sister's faith
has made her a priestess.
She carries the very
future of the human race.
As her blood, it only makes sense
that we would all be family.
- Get fucked.
- You're not seeing the
bigger picture here.
You look at us, The Sworn,
and you see the end.
But we see peace because
we know that what you fight
so hard against is not the end.
Rachel, it's a release.
An evolution.
- Is this your idea of evolution?
- And what's yours?
Because it's not floating around the ocean
with your cowboy friends
robbing passing ships
for a scrap of food.
Always fearing tomorrow.
Why live in terror of death
when you can just give in
to the beauty of death?
- You're totally brainwashed.
(light dramatic music)
- She's ready.
(suspenseful music)
- No, no, no!
(suspenseful music continues)
No!
Stop! No, stop!
No, no.
No, ow.
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
- This phenomenon breaks all
rules of physics, of medicine.
It violates all natural law.
It's supernatural, it's
beautiful and it means something.
If it can't be defined by science, Rach,
then it's a miracle.
You've watched them come back
to life thousands of times
but have you ever really
known what you are witnessing?
For thousands of years, billions of people
have prayed for a savior, for an answer.
And it's us.
- You don't have to be part of this.
Walk away.
- Walk away?
- If not for you, for your kid.
- This is my family.
This is my baby's family.
- This is not a family, it's insanity.
- Oh, you don't see it, but you will.
(suspenseful music)
(lips smacking)
(cage rattling)
- I'm sure some of them have guns.
- And how do we unlock the door?
- Shoot at it like in the movies.
I'm just asking you to
not give up right now.
- You ever wonder what's the line?
Like who won't I murder, what
horrible thing won't I do
to keep us alive?
- Of course I do.
- If I lose you two there's
no point in fighting.
You're my family.
- You're not gonna lose both of us.
We're gonna suck it up,
we're gonna bust out of here,
save Rachel and get the fuck off this...
- Shit.
Could you get that for me?
Just quickly, come on, see
if you can reach it.
- What is it about this tape
that's so goddamn important?
- Just, just try.
- Tell me.
Tell me.
- Fine, I'll do it myself.
(light dramatic music)
Thank you.
We had a good run.
(light dramatic music continues)
(zombies snarling)
(chain jingling)
- Look.
- Son of a bitch.
(fingers snapping)
(light dramatic music continues)
(chain jingling)
(Ben chuckling)
You got guts.
(light dramatic music continues)
(air whipping)
- [Grinner] The 13th.
I swear that I shall never
taste of the flesh of the dead,
but to eat only the flesh of the living
and to harvest their
flesh before they turn
lest I need God before the appointed time.
- [Stacy] I need you to
understand that our people
embrace this life.
We're all here because we
believe in something better.
- [Rachel] You remember Sunday School?
- [Stacy] Sister Mary?
- Yeah!
That bitch.
Remember when she'd get so mad at you
for asking why God let Grandma die?
- She said it was
because it was God's plan
to test our faith.
- You laughed so loud
I was scared for you.
But you did it because
you couldn't believe
that Sister Mary had
the audacity to tell us
that God killed Grandma to test whether
or not we believed in Him.
Even as a kid, you didn't believe
that devotion came at
the price of cruelty.
And when Sister Mary
slapped you with that ruler,
she hit you so hard I could
hear it across the room.
- Mom never brought us back again.
- It's because she agreed with you.
And you know if she was here right now,
she would be horrified by this place.
- This is a different world.
Mom, Sister Mary.
They believe that pain and
death were the punishment,
but they're not.
They're the release.
- I get it.
They feed you, they protect you.
But what happens when you become a mom?
You can't bring that kid into chaos.
- I'm not bringing my baby into chaos.
I'm bringing it into eternity.
- I've been dreaming every
night that you were alive,
that one day I'd find you.
Not like this.
This is wrong and you know it.
(sentimental music)
(light dramatic music)
- We are the tie that binds
that becomes infinity.
And our reunion on the eve
of the decade is a sign.
Grinner is planning on announcing
the call of death on the air.
- What's that?
- A signal to all of our
Sworn brothers and sisters
all across the world to remake the world.
(Stacy laughs)
(bugs trilling)
(bugs continue trilling)
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
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(gentle music continues)
(Ben chuckles)
(ominous music)
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- Tunnel,
gate,
Paradise.
This could work.
- Thanks, Wyatt.
(ominous music continues)
(leaves rustling)
(waves crashing)
Don't look at me like that.
- How you feeling?
- Never better.
Come on.
(light dramatic music)
(waves crashing)
(light dramatic music continues)
(light dramatic music continues)
(light dramatic music continues)
- This smells like shit.
- Yeah, it does.
Ladies first.
(waves crashing)
(water dripping)
(water continues dripping)
(ominous music)
(knife clinks)
(gate clattering)
(ominous music continues)
(light dramatic music)
(both panting)
- Are we in?
- Think so.
(bugs trilling)
- [Grinner] The 43rd vow.
I swear to survive as long as God chooses,
as long as his work needs doing.
Unless I am chosen as a
sacrifice to his glory.
The 66th vow.
I swear to suffer no non-believer to live
unless he'd be a useful
tool and serve me in my...
(zombies snarling)
- [Tweeter] That's our target.
- It's not gonna be easy.
- Never is.
- [Ben] Can't open that gate
without getting torn pieces.
It's gonna be impossible.
- Like getting outta that cage?
(light dramatic music)
- [Grinner] And that the only
idols worship shall be the
art hewn through the bodies of the...
(light dramatic music)
I swear to love my brothers
and sisters as myself.
The 98th vow.
I swear to protect my
adversaries by blessing them
with the glory of
resurrection in his grace.
(tense music)
(Tweeter groans)
(bat thuds)
(suspenseful music)
- Let's move him.
- [Grinner] The 99th vow.
(light organ music)
- Help, help.
Help me.
- Time for dinner.
- To family.
- To family.
- Kill me already,
you son of a bitch.
- But if we killed you, you would rise
and your flesh would turn to poison.
See, we can only eat the living.
(guts squishing)
(Wyatt groans)
Everywhere we send our missionaries
we find some asshole, like Wyatt here,
who wants to drag the world backward.
These blasphemers outnumber
the faithful 10 to one.
They hang on here and
there, desperately clinging
to their pathetic lives
in thousands of villages,
compounds, and sad little city states.
But tomorrow, all that changes.
At sunrise, I'll speak my 10 year sermon
and I'll finally give the holy signal.
A thousand spies in a
thousand villages will unleash
the risen dead upon the unworthy living.
(hands clapping)
(hand patting)
- Jesus.
- Get back. Get back.
Oh no, don't be afraid.
She's an acolyte.
For some, the gift of what lies beyond
is not given, it's earned.
- They're not dead?
- Well eventually they all turn.
But they start off this
way to prove their devotion
to the lord of death.
- Praise the lord of death.
- [All] Praise the lord of death.
(bugs trilling)
(guts squishing)
(bugs continue trilling)
(bugs continue trilling)
- [Ben] She's alive.
- Wanna do this?
- Can't take 'em all, we're
gonna have to wait them out.
(suspenseful music)
(plate clatters)
(Rachel vomits)
- Are you all right?
- Leave her.
Leave her.
- No.
No, no, no, no.
- Grinner!
(metal clatters)
(suspenseful music)
(suspenseful music continues)
- Take my pain.
- Take my pain.
(suspenseful music continues)
Enough.
He's done.
(gun bangs)
- Unworthy.
(bugs trilling)
- Okay, I'll draw them out.
You get Rachel and I'll
see you at the meet point.
- Let me do it.
If I'm caught, I'm dead anyway.
I need to say goodbye.
- Not yet.
I'll see you soon.
- I never would've made
it this far without you.
You know I love you.
- I love you.
It is my daughter's piano recital.
- What?
- The tape.
I never saw her play it live.
I was working, I was always working.
My wife taped it for me
and I figured, you know,
I'll just catch the next one and
the next week...
You know the rest.
(gentle music)
(bugs trilling)
(gentle music continues)
(Tweeter sighs)
(gentle music continues)
- [Sworn Member] The
lord of death blesses us.
The lord of death protects us.
(bat thuds)
(both grunting)
(gentle music continues)
(flies buzzing)
(gentle music continues)
(ethereal music)
(Rachel whimpers)
(ethereal music continues)
- Mother of death, we ask your blessings.
Lord of death, we are your wrath.
- Stacy, no, we can still leave.
No, wait, Stacy.
- You'll be one of us soon.
- Your name is Stacy Conrad.
(Stacy cries)
- Help her ascend, Priestess.
It is your honor.
Take the blade.
Take it.
(Rachel whimpers)
- What are you doing?
- She's relieving you of your pain.
It's the greatest of honors.
Now, bless-
(Stacy gasps)
Priestess.
- Lord of darkness, I
offer this sacrifice...
- Perform this sacrifice, Priestess.
Priestess, perform the sacrifice.
- Give you this sacrifice.
- Priestess.
(suspenseful music)
Priestess.
(bugs trilling)
(dramatic music)
(Tweeter gasps)
(body thuds)
(light dramatic music)
(light dramatic music continues)
(suspenseful music)
(teeth clacking)
(zombies snarling)
(tense music)
(people screaming)
- [Grinner] Get 'em outta here!
(guns banging)
(tense music continues)
- [Rachel] Please help!
- Where are you going?
We have to get outta here.
Rachel, we have to go now.
- Wait, Stacy.
(somber music)
- Follow this path.
Don't stop until you see Ben.
He should be there already.
- Where are you going?
- Just get to Ben.
I'm gonna take care of the corral.
I got this.
Pinky promise.
Just go.
Go, go!
(somber music continues)
(bugs trilling)
(dramatic music)
(Ben screams)
- [Ben] Shit!
- Wait!
Not in the head.
- What the hell are you?
- I'm an acolyte.
I'm preparing to ascend.
We bite, we eat, we
live as we will become.
- Tweeter wasn't, she wasn't bit.
- To know his will.
(bat thuds)
(bugs trilling)
- Rachel!
I knew you'd make it out.
You okay?
- That preacher, he has
followers in villages everywhere.
He's gonna give some
kind of signal to attack.
- Okay, we'll take care
of him. Where's Tweeter?
- She went to the corral.
- Shit, we gotta stop her, come on.
- Why?
(zombies snarling)
(gun bangs)
(zombies continue snarling)
(suspenseful music)
(gun bangs)
(guns continue banging)
(zombies continue snarling)
(light dramatic music continues)
(muffled yelling)
(gun banging)
(guns continue banging)
(light dramatic music continues)
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(zombies continue snarling)
(light dramatic music continues)
(guns banging)
(Sworn yelling)
(light dramatic music continues)
(zombies continue snarling)
(timer beeping)
- Tweeter!
Stop, you're not bit!
- Rachel, Ben, run!
- You're not bit, don't open it!
Don't open it!
(explosion booms)
(high pitched ringing)
(somber music)
(Rachel screams)
No!
(somber music continues)
(zombies continue snarling)
(zombies continue snarling)
- Why would she do that?
(somber music continues)
- We gotta get to higher ground.
It's now or never.
(somber music continues)
- [Grinner] Even though heathens
have breached our gates,
I tell you to feel no fear or pain.
(Sworn screams)
Tonight marks 10 years,
10 years against this.
A decade since man was first turned.
(zombies continue snarling)
(Sworn screams)
(leaves rustling)
- Look.
- It has been changed and
its never before path.
It doesn't matter how many
enemies come against me.
Even if they kill me, the immortal dead.
(leaves rustling)
The Sworn are forever.
Rejoice, rejoice for while we have days.
- I'm on my last mag.
- I got six bullets. Do
we still have a play?
- I can't headshot them all.
Grinner's mine.
- I should go in first.
- You should've been faster, I called it.
Apocalypse rules.
- Look. I'll clear the way
so you can get up there,
and then we're gonna turn
that motherfucking volume up to 11.
- Whatever happens, he
can't finish his broadcast.
Get going.
- There are issues out there today.
They fear my wrath.
Well, they should clean out their ears
and fucking listen up
because I say it every day
our vows are absolute.
We're the good guys
saving those bastard sons.
We rescue them-
(gun bangs)
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music continues)
(explosion booms)
(dramatic music continues)
(Rachel grunts)
(gun continues banging)
The time has finally come.
This moment marks 10 years since...
(bugs trilling)
(box thuds)
It's time.
Give yourselves to the
Lord of Death so that
we may dwell together in
peace as he has willed it.
(Rachel grunts)
(foot thuds)
- Show's over...
(dramatic music)
(gun bangs)
(Rachel coughs)
- There's only one rule in life,
and there's no escaping it.
Death always wins.
So happy you decided to join us again.
Let's finish what we started.
Listen carefully, believers,
as this heathen breathes her last breaths.
Soon her pain will be over
and she shall walk with the rest of us.
Any last words?
- Talk radio sucks.
- Hear this.
The glorious sounds of death.
(gun bangs)
(Grinner grunts)
What the fuck?
(Stacy sobs)
(somber music)
You shouldn't have done that.
(Stacy gasping)
But I forgive you.
(fist thuds)
(Stacy shrieks)
(ominous music)
(bat thuds)
(Grinner grunts)
(Grinner groans)
(Grinner coughs)
(somber music continues)
- Are you okay?
Are you okay?
(somber music continues)
- Yes, yes. Go on.
Sacrifice me to the Lord of
Death so that I may be reborn.
Deliver me from...
No, no, not the head.
Not the head!
(gun bangs)
(zombies continue snarling)
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(ominous music continues)
- Thank you for tuning into
this very special edition
of your favorite island station.
Coming up next will be a
song that I'm gonna dedicate
to my daughter and...
- Our sister, Tweeter.
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