Dolly (2025) Movie Script

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[ Suspenseful music playing ]




[ Indistinct voices ]


[ Lock clicks, door creaks ]



[ Floorboards creak ]
[ Indistinct voices ]
[ Wood creaking ]
[ Flies buzzing ]



[ Buzzing continues ]



[ Music intensifies ]


-Well, I've been gone
so long
-Two thumbs.
-Two thumbs?
That's cheating.
Hey!
No, no, no!
Oh!
[ Sighs ]
I'm defeated.
Ugga-mugga.
-Let's go.
-I'll see you tonight, Biscuit.
-Okay. Ugga-mugga.
-Beneath the lonesome sky
'Cause I've been gone
too long
-Got a question for you.
So unicorn poop smells
like flowers
and their blood is rainbow.
-Yes.
-What? Really?
-Yeah.
-How does it work again?
But all unicorns can fly, no?
-Only if they have wings.
That'd be a "pegacorn."
-Well, I knew that.
-And they're helping
cheerleaders.
Aunt Sadie!
-Aw. Biscuit.
Go on in. The other kids are
in the playroom.
-I love you.
-Love you, Dad.
-Have fun.
-Okay.
-Oh.
Thanks for this.
-Of course.
-We'll be back after dark
to pick her up.
-How are you feeling?
-Good.
Yeah, I'm super nervous.
-Pretty sure I saw a ring
in his bag this morning.
-Can I bang the best man?
-No.
You're married with kids.
-Excuse me.
Mom can still have fun.
-Stepmom.
-So I'm gonna take her
up to that overlook
on Signal Mountain.
That is it. That's my plan.
Not enough.
Right?
-Chase, you're a great man,
a great dad.
Like, she's gonna say yes.
-Can I say no?
-Macy...come on.
We talked about this.
You -- You love this man.
You love his daughter.
-I never wanted to be
a mother, though.
You know, like, some girls,
that's their biggest dream.
Me? Not me.
-Mm.
You will figure it out.
You figure everything out.
It's what you do.
-Yeah.
-Evy loves her, so...
And I love her.
-Oh, stop. Get out of here.
-Alright.
-Good luck.
-Thank you.
-I'm just afraid
that I might end up being...
-No, no, no, no.
You are nothing like her, okay?
You're not a monster.
Macy, you got a good thing
going here.
Don't fuck --
-[ Car door opens ]
[ The Babyboys' "Too Far Gone"
continues on car stereo ]
-Are you talking shit
about me?
Now I'm the one
-Pull my finger.
-Who got left in the rain
-[ Laughs ] We're good.
Gone too long
And I paid the price
Every step took me further
from the love of my life
I thought I could find you
But I lost my own track
I'm too far gone to find
my way back
Now I'm too far gone
To find my way
Back
-Feels a little light.
You sure you got everything?
-Mm-hmm.
-Compass?
-Yeah.
-Batteries?
-Of course.
-LifeStraw?
-Two of them.
-Two?
-Yeah.
-You have two LifeStraws?
When's the last time
you had to use a LifeStraw?
-Never.
But it's good to have.
And it's a pro dad move.
-There's my little Boy Scout.
[ Bird squawking ]
Let's go.
-Hey, um,
you have the keys, right?
-No.
-Macy, come on.
I'm being serious.
-No, I'm being serious.
I don't have the keys.
I don't have them.
Maybe...
Maybe you locked them
in the car again.
-Again? Yeah, one time.
Shit.
-[ Keys jingling ]
-[ Laughs ]
-Oh, yeah.
I should have known.
-Gotcha.
-You're so funny.
-I am so funny.
That's why you love me.
-Yeah.
-How many times have
you fallen for that?
-That's the last time.
[ Flies buzzing ]
[ Suspenseful music playing ]
[ Scissors clang on floor ]
-[ Crying ]


-Well, there's a pond.
We can try out our LifeStraws.
-Or we can go skinny-dipping.


-Thank you, my dear.
-You're welcome.







-Oh, no.
[ Gasps ]
What the fuck?
[ Gasps ]
-Well, this is new.
Someone's art project maybe?
-An art project?
All the way out here?
Should we bring this one back
for Evy?
-That's weird.
You're weird.
-Why? She's cute.
She kind of looks like me.
-No.
-And I think this guy looks like
the spitting image of you.
-That doll looks nothing
like me.
It looks like a little
purple-eyed English baby.
-It looks exactly like you.
This is us.
-So weird. Can we go?
-[ Laughs ]
I kinda think they're cute.
I want to bring them.
-I would love
for you to not bring them.
I would love for you
to put them down.
-You don't want to kiss her?
-I don't want to touch
those things.
-Oh, great.
So you don't think I'm hot?
Rude.
-Don't touch me
with your doll hands.
Don't touch me. You have
fucking filthy doll hands!
Yuck!


[ Birds chirping ]
-Oh, wo-o-o-w.
[ Gasps ]
-Right?
This is my favorite spot.
Not just on the mountains,
anywhere.
I used to come up here
all the time when I was younger.
-I can see why.
It's so beautiful.
-Let's take a picture.
-Okay.
[ Exhales sharply ]
-Wow.
Here we go.
Ready?
-Cheese.
-Nice.
-[ Camera shutter clicks ]
How about one of the two of us
for Evy?
[ Dial clicking ]
[ Toy playing tinkling music ]
Whew.
[ Tinkling music continues ]
-Another art project?
-I don't know what that is.
-It's creepy.
-Yeah.
I'm gonna go check it out.
-What?
-It sounds close.
I'm just gonna go take a look.
-Uh...
...what about the,
uh, never leave the trail?
Isn't that a Boy Scout thing
of yours?
You never leave the trail.
-I don't think that's
a real rule.
I'll be right back.
Ugga-mugga.
[ Tinkling music continues ]
-You're breaking a rule.
-Ooh, don't break the rules.
Ooh! You're gonna break
the rules.
-I'm the weird one.
Alright.
[ Suspenseful music playing ]






[ Tinkling music continues ]



-[ Crying softly ]

-Hello?
Hey. Are you okay?
-[ Crying continues ]
-Hey, I don't want
to interrupt you.
[ Ominous tone sounds ]
Wait.
It's alright.
Everything's okay.
Alright? Just...
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Wait.
[ Ominous music playing ]

[ Choking ]

[ Gasping ]
[ Bones breaking ]
[ Straining ]
-[ Growling softly ]


-No, no, no.
No.
[ Gasping ]
[ Bones breaking ]
[ Screaming ]



[ Screaming ]
Aah!

-Chase!
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Suspenseful music playing ]


[ Toy playing tinkling music ]


[ Tinkling music continues ]

[ Music winds down ]
[ Suspenseful music playing ]
Chase!

Hello?


[ Gasps ]
Aah! Aah! Oh, my God!
Chase, help!
Chase!
Where -- Where --
Where is he?
[ Panting ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Crying ]
Help!
Someone help!
Help me, please!
Help!
Can anyone hear me?!
Help!
Help me, please!


Yes. Yes.


Chase.
[ Gasps ]
Help!
Someone fucking help!
Help! Someone help!
Oh.

[ Groaning softly ]


[ Coughs ]

[ Coughing ]

[ Footsteps approaching ]


Get off of me!
Ah!

[ Groaning ]

Get the fuck off of me!
[ Gasps, screams ]
[ Choking ]

[ Choking continues ]







[ Cradle creaking ]
[ Toy playing tinkling music ]








[ Doorknob rattling ]
[ Music winding down ]
[ Music stops ]
Hello?
-[ Coughing ]
-Hello?
-Come to the wall.
Over here.
[ Coughing ]
-Please. Hello.
-You aren't getting out of
that room
unless she lets you out.
-Who are you?
-She'll hear you.
She hears everything.
-She?
-[ Coughing ]
-What is that thing?
-I don't know.
But there's a key somewhere.
A big silver one.
Find that key
and I can do the rest.
-Where am I?
Who are you?
-Just stay alive.
-How?
-It's a game.
You're gonna have to play along.
-What? What do you mean,
"play along"?
-[ Coughing ]
Her new doll.
-What?
What?
-Find that key.
[ Coughing ]
[ Breathing heavily ]
-Hey, hey. Wait.
Tell me what to do.
Tell me what to do.
-Find that key.
Here she comes,
here she comes.
Find that key.
[ Breathing heavily ]
[ Footsteps approaching ]
[ Lock turning ]
[ Door creaking open ]
[ Suspenseful music playing ]


-Hello?
Just tell me what you want.
[ Wheels squeaking ]

Okay.
You want to play?
Okay.
-[ Wheels squeaking ]


[ Wheels squeaking ]


[ Gasps ]

[ Urinating ]
Oh.
I'm -- I'm sorry.
I'm sorry!




[ Plastic rustling ]


No, no, no, no.
I'm okay, I'm okay.
I don't need that.
No, I don't --
I don't need that.
I'm okay.
Please.
Please, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no.
Mnh-mnh-mnh-mnh.




[ Insects chirping ]
-[ Gasping ]
-[ Bone breaks ]
-[ Screams ]



-[ Groans ] Mnh-mnh.




Hey, that's -- that's --
that's not yours.
That's not yours.
That's my ring.
Give me back my ring!
[ Gasps ]


Listen. I just --
I just want the ring.
Please.





[ Highchair rattling ]
[ Grunting ]
Unh!
[ Groaning ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Gasps ]

Aah!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
I'm sorry.
I won't do it again, I promise.

What is that?
I won't do it again, I promise.
Please just let me out.
-[ Paddle slaps ]
-Ow!
What the fuck?
-[ Paddle slaps ]
-Aah!
[ Panting ]
[ Paddle slaps ]
-Unh!

Please, I'm begging you.
Please stop.
Please stop. Please.
I won't do it again, I promise.
Please don't do it again.
Please. Please.
-[ Paddle slaps ]
-Aah!
[ Sobbing ]



-[ Whimpering ]



[ Insects chirping ]
-[ Gurgling ]





-Mnh-mnh.

Mnh-mnh.
[ Retching ]

[ Refrigerator door opens ]
[ Glass bottles clink ]
No. No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no.
No.



Mm.
[ Coughing ]
Mm.

[ Retching ]
[ Coughing ]
[ Gasps ]
Oh.
No!
No! No!
No!
Aah!
[ Dishes clatter ]
[ Panting ]
-[ Whimpering ]
-[ Coughing ]
[ Breathing heavily ]



Mnh-mnh. Mnh-mnh.
Mnh-mnh.

[ Sucking ]
[ Grunting ]

[ Spitting ]
[ Panting ]
-[ Whimpering ]



-Did you find the key?
-No. Where is it?
-The basement.
I think it's her special place.
You've made it this far.
But please don't forget me.
-I'll be back. Okay?






[ Footsteps approaching ]


[ Grunts ]


[ Door creaks ]







[ Winces ]
[ Footsteps ]
[ Slide whistle plays ]
[ Groans ]
My ear!
My fucking ear!
Aah!
[ Panting ]
[ Sobbing ]
[ Gasping ]
Ahh, ahh.
What the fuck?!
[ Sobbing ]
What the fuck did you do to me?!

-[ Strained breathing ]
-[ Humming softly ]
[ Humming continues ]
[ Humming continues ]
[ Rocking chair creaking ]
[ Humming continues ]

Oh!
[ Crying ]


[ Gasps, chokes ]
Mm.

[ Groaning ]





-Macy!
-[ Snoring softly ]
[ Snoring continues ]
[ Snoring continues ]
-[ Gasps ]
-[ Key jingles ]
[ Rocking chair creaking ]
[ Snoring continues ]
-Is that you?
-Shh, shh, she's sleeping.
-Oh, oh.
You're still alive.
[ Key turns in lock ]
[ Door creaks ]
There's a flashlight
somewhere on the floor.

Thank you.

She -- She do that to you?
-Who are you?
-Oh.
We got to go.
We got to hurry.
Please. That same key
unlocks these chains.
-Why are you in chains?
-She's had me like this
for months.
Ever since her mom got sick.
Please give me that key.

Please.
-Her mother?
-I'll tell you everything
once we get out of here.
I can lift that door bar.
I can get us out.
I can do it.
-Shh, shh, shh.
-[ Crying softly ]
-Okay.
[ Sighs ]
[ Chains rattling ]
Where is it?
-It's here.
Thank you.
Thank you.
-I got it.
-Thank you.
[ Panting ]


-[ Gasps ]
Oh, my God.
-That's my brother.
He come looking for me
a while back,
but she got to him first.
Made me watch.
-Jesus Christ.
-No grace
to be had around here.
-What are you doing?
-Shh.
-You get me out of here.
-You said -- You said --
-Shh. I can't --
I can't move
that door bar, girl.
And even if I could,
she'd hear me halfway
down the stairs.
I told you,
she's got an ear like a hound,
that bitch.
-Fuck you.
-Not yet. Soon.
[ Grunts ]
Soon.
Oh, I taught her well.
I taught her well.








Hey, baby girl!
Baby girl, wake up!
I got your little plaything.

Baby girl, come out.
Come on.
You best hurry, too,
or else I'll slit
your little fucking plaything's
throat right here.
-Fuck you.
-Hush up, little girl.
I ain't gonna kill you
if I can help it.
No, no, I'm taking you with me.
I'm leaving now.
I will go.
Baby girl!
Baby girl,
you come out here right now!
Don't you make me hurt
this little girl!
God damn it!
Little girl, you best get your
ass down here right now
and lift that fucking door bar!
Where you at, baby girl?
Where you hiding?

Where are you hiding, baby girl?
I know you're here.
The door bar is still on.
Baby girl, come out!

I'm sorry about this,
little girl.
-Aah! Ah.
[ Screaming and sobbing ]
-You hear that, baby girl?!
She's bleeding now!
She's bleeding real good!
Scream again for her.
-Oh.
-Scream!
-[ Screaming ]
-You hear her squealing,
baby girl?!
You hear your baby squealing?!
I'm gonna do her
like I done you
unless you get your ass
down here right fucking now!
[ Footsteps ]


Hey, baby girl.
I got your baby.



-Please.
-I'll do it.
You should know.
-Please.
-Nuh-unh.
Nuh-unh, young lady,
you drop that shovel.
Drop it. You drop it.
Drop it.
-[ Shovel clangs ]



[ Chains rattling ]

Good girl.


-Oh!
-I ain't done with you yet,
little girl.
Not by a rocky country mile.
-[ Groaning ]
-[ Whimpering ]
-You should have killed me,
baby girl.
You should have killed me
and buried me out back
with the rest of them.
How long were you gonna
keep me chained up?
Huh? How long?!
What'd you think?
With Mama gone, you could just
do whatever you want now?
This is still my house.
My fucking house!


-[ Thud ]
-[ Gasps ]
-Oh! No!
-[ Gurgling ]
[ Gasping ]
-Aah! Aah! Oh!
-Uhh!

-[ Breathing heavily ]

[ Whimpering ]
[ Screams ]


[ Breathing heavily ]

[ Gasps ]
Oh, no, no, no, please,
please, I helped you!
I helped you! Please!
[ Groaning, screams ]

[ Crying ]




[ Gasps ]
No.
No, no, I --
I helped you.
I helped you.
Please!
[ Grunting ]
Get off!

Mommy!

Help, Mommy.
[ Gasps ]
Mommy, please.
Oh!
[ Coughing ]
Mommy.
Mommy, I love you.
-[ Muffled screams ]

-Chase.

-Macy!
Macy!

[ Glass shatters ]


-[ Gasping ]

[ Gasping continues ]

[ Birds chirping ]
[ Grunts ]
Chase! Chase. Chase.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
What did she do to you?
-Listen...

-I found the ring.

-[ Speaks indistinctly ]
-I love you.
I love you so fucking much.
I love Evy.
I love you guys
with all my fucking heart.
Listen to me.
We have to go.
We have to go right now, okay?
Because she's coming.
Please.
Come on!
Come on.
You got to get up.
You got to get up.
No! Stop!
Stop!
Stop it!
Stop.
Stop!
[ Gasping ]
-[ Grunting ]

Hit me.
-No!
-Come on.
-No!
-[ Screaming ]
-No! [ Sobbing ]
No!
You're a fucking monster!


-Hey, baby girl.
-Macy!
-I never wanted to be
a mother.
-Macy!


-[ Screaming ]


Oh, my God.
[ Whimpering ]

-[ Screams ]
-[ Gasping ]

[ Panting ]


Aah!
[ Grunting ]

Ha ha!
[ Mask cracks ]


[ Grunting ]


[ Coughing ]
[ Panting ]
Oh!
[ Retching ]
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Twig snaps ]
Ah!
[ Leaves rustling ]
-[ Grunts ]



-[ Grunts ]



-[ Whimpering softly ]

-Fuck you.






Fuck you.
Fuck you!
Fuck you!!
Ah!


[ Gasps ]
[ Panting ]
-[ Groaning ]

-[ Grunts ]
[ Grunts ]
Ah!



[ Locked in a Vacancy's
"Janet Jackson's Ritalin Nation"
playing over headphones ]
-By your own design
[ Song continues,
man singing indistinctly ]




-Help me.
-Fuck!
-Help me, please.
Please.
-Oh, my God. Are you okay?
-No!
-No, no.
Uh, did a bear do this?
A cougar or...?
Uh...
-Woman.
It's a woman...
-Wom-- Huh?
-...with a porcelain doll mask.
-A doll mask?
-A really fucked-up face.
-You say a doll mask?
-Yeah.
-Oh, sh...
-She's coming right now! We have
to go before she gets here!
-You get in the truck,
and I'm gonna...
There's a first, uh, aid thing.
You do that and I'm coming.
I got this, I got you,
I got this.
Uh...
Guys...
You're not gonna
believe this.
We got another one.
-[ Breathing heavily ]
-Same story.
Someone in a doll mask.
-You said a doll mask?
-Get in the car!
Get in the car!
Get in the car! No! No!
Get in the car!
Get in the car!
No, no.
-[ Coughs ]
-No!


Get away from me.

[ Gasps ]
Get away from me!
I fucking hate you!
I hate you!
I fucking hate you!

[ Birds chirping ]
Aah!
[ Screams ]
No.
No!


[ Grunting ]


[ Engine starts ]
[ Gasps ]


Grrr!
[ Yells ]
[ Body thuds ]
Come on.





[ Laughing ]



[ Laughing continues ]


[ The Babyboys' "Mama's Love"
playing ]

-She held her close
on the day that she was born
Tiny hands, big blue eyes
A heart so warm
Swore she'd guide her
through this world so wide
Teach her right
Keep her safe by her side
Baby, life ain't easy
Love ain't free
You reap what you sow
Take it from me
When the road gets rough
Baby, don't you cut and run
A real strong woman stands
by what she's done

Years rolled by
She grew up fast
She found the wild side
Burned her bridges
way too fast
Started running
with a reckless crowd
Didn't hear her mama
Too damn proud
Baby, life ain't easy
Love ain't free
You reap what you sow
Take it from me
When the road gets rough
Don't you turn and run
A real strong woman stands
by what she's done
Take it away, boy


She looked in her eyes and
said, "Girl, I love you still
But the love don't mean
covering up what's real
You made your bed
Now lie in it strong
Do your time
Learn right from wrong
Baby, life ain't easy
Love ain't free
You reap what you sow
Take it from me
When the road gets rough
Don't you turn and run
A real strong woman stands
by what she's done
Real strong woman stands
by what she's done


-A one, two.


-Thanks
for coming out tonight.
Hope you enjoyed the show.
How about that Macy?
Hope she makes it home
after all that.
And Dolly -- man, oh, man.
Real bee in her bonnet.
She's a bad seed, ain't she?
Then again, seems like
there's something else
going on in that house
with that there family,
if you can even call it that.
Well, we'll be seeing you
again real soon with "Dolly 2."
That's right, folks,
you know how these things go.
We're The Babyboys.
Give 'em hell.
I know we will.


[ Thunder rumbling ]
[ Key opens lock, door opens ]
-They got him.
Wilkerson, Tobe.
-I told him, said
he wanted no visitors.
-Huck said you wanted to know.
-Shut your mouth.
-Said we had to come out here,
said you needed
to know right away.
Well, they only found
a little bit of him.
But get this.
They also found a woman
out there.
That woman was wearing
a doll mask.
-Doll mask, sir.
-Like on a doll.
[ Thunder rumbling ]
[ Spits ]
[ Thunder rumbles ]