Eye for an Eye (2025) Movie Script
1
[Bird hoots]
[Clock ticking]
[Whispering voices]
[Man] All the way from Mims, Florida,
give it up for the Mims
High School cheer team
the Yellow Jackets.
[Drums and hand claps]
[Girl laughing]
[Laughs] Come on.
[Drumroll]
[Johnny Burnette] Dreamin'
I'm always dreamin'
Dreamin'
Love will be mine
Searchin'
[Chorus] Searchin'
[Burnette] I'm always searchin'
[Chorus] Searchin'
[Burnette] Hopin'
Chorus Hopin'
[Burnette] Someday I'll find
Someone
Someone to love me
Someone who needs me
But until then
Well, I'll keep on dreamin'
[Chorus] Dreamin'
[Burnette] Keep right on dreamin'
[Chorus] Dreamin'
[Burnette] Dreamin'
Till my dreamin' come true
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
[Laughter and hooting]
[Screams]
[Gasping]
[Screams]
[Screams]
[Panting]
[Screaming]
[Gurgling]
[Vehicle approaching]
[Engine idling]
[Birds chirping]
[Sighs]
Yeah...
[Engine revs]
[Tires screech]
[Car departs]
[Insects chirping]
Uh...
[Exhales]
[Woman] Hello?
Hi. May Roberts?
[Woman] Yes?
I'm Anna.
Anna?
Lord, have mercy. You come on in.
Come on in, baby. [Laughs]
Ooh. [Laughs]
You look just like me. [Laughs]
I'm so happy to finally
meet my grandbaby,
and, well, I'm sorry it's under
these sad circumstances,
and my condolences, by the way.
You know, I never met your daddy,
but knowing your mama,
I bet she picked a good one.
[Laughs] Come on now.
Let me show you around.
Now, this here is the kitchen.
Now, I make a real good deer jerky,
and don't be shy.
It's here all the time. Heh.
Now, I gets a few local channels,
but if you want,
you can move these antennas
around to get more channels.
This picture of you, is that...
is that you at your prom?
I don't even remember
what's on that wall,
but if it's the one I'm thinking of, yeah,
that's me, but it was homecoming.
I never made it to prom.
Come on. Come on.
Let me show you to your room.
[Click]
[Whirring]
Ooh ooh ooh ah...
Ah la la la
Dum doo doo...
Mm mm mm...
Uh!
[Suitcase thumps]
Uh!
All right.
Now, this room right here,
this is my room.
There's nothing to see there.
I likes my privacy.
I bet you understand that.
Mm!
[May] Ahh...
[Creak]
[Fly buzzing]
Anyhow
you shouldn't have
any trouble cleaning it up.
Everything you need's in the closet.
I'm gonna go rest my feet.
Your mama must be
rolling around in her grave
knowing her daughter living with me.
[Chuckles]
It's funny, that's all.
[Creak]
[Door closes]
[Exhales]
[Fly buzzing]
[Sighs]
[Bird squawking]
[Exhales]
[Chuckles]
I miss you.
[Breathing deeply]
[Frogs croaking]
[Bird squawking]
[Clanging]
[Fly buzzing]
[Man on TV] 22 pounds
of heroin was seized
along with 12 pounds of cocaine,
marijuana, and speed.
Police say the raid...
[Channel changes]
[Cartoon sound effects]
[Channel changes]
[Popeye scatting]
[Channel changes]
[Theme music plays]
[Channel changes]
[Popeye] I'm with the Navy.
[Bluto] Oh...
[Channel changes]
[Men] The fields of...
[Channel changes]
[Animal growling]
[Woman screaming]
[Screaming continues]
[TV switches off]
[Insects chirping]
[Bird calls]
[Metal gate opens]
[Birds chirping]
[Sighs] You must be Anna.
I'm your Aunt Patti.
Oh.
So nice to finally meet you.
Yeah. Nice to meet you, too.
I'm sorry about your parents.
Too young. It's a darn shame.
You look like your mama
same eyes.
[Click]
[Whirring]
You think you can put these away?
Oh. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. I can do that.
[Whirring continues]
Thank you.
Hey, what you like to eat?
I'll put it on the list.
I'm easy... pizza, fruit, snacks.
[Patti] You got it.
Sorry to leave in a
rush. I'll see you soon.
[Anna] See you soon.
[Engine starts]
[Exhales]
Did I just hear my sister Patti?
Uh, yeah. She just dropped off
some groceries.
I'm just putting them away.
[May] Can you be a dear and put
the magnets on the canned goods?
Use, like, a T for tomato sauce
and B for beans.
Yeah. Sure. I can do that.
Thank you, baby lamb.
"Baby lamb."
[Birds chirping]
Do the woods lead to anything?
[May] Yeah... water,
frogs, and gators.
I wouldn't go out in the woods, I was you.
The sand is different.
It really sticks to you.
You know what I mean?
Right.
[Bird squawking]
[May] Mm.
[Insects chirping]
[Creak]
[Bird yelping]
[Girl] Hey.
Come here.
What are you doing out here?
I'm just...
[Girl] Haven't seen someone
on this dock in years.
Oh, I just moved here.
[Girl] You just moved here.
What's your name?
I'm Anna.
Anna.
I'm Julie. This is Shawn.
Hi.
[Anna] Hi.
[Julie] You want a beer?
We got cold ones.
No. That's all right.
I think I'm just gonna head back inside.
No. Come on.
I mean, like, we don't bite...
Yeah.
And it's a nice day out.
It's not too hot.
[Julie] Yeah. It's summer.
It's beer o'clock.
[Anna] "It's beer o'clock."
[Julie] Mm-hmm. Try it.
All right. Yeah. Why not?
[Shawn] Yeah. There you go.
[Insects chirping]
[Chuckling]
What's so funny?
[Laughs]
Oh, water, you know? It's just so deep.
Water's fucking scary,
got, like, a mind of its own.
Oceans, lakes, pools
it all just take fucking lives.
I mean, drowning,
what a fucked way to die, huh?
Hey, Julie...
[Julie] Hmm?
[Shawn] I ever tell you something?
You're so fucking deep.
Yeah. Still water runs deep.
[Anna] Ha ha!
You know that, right?
[Anna] Me?
Right. Where you from again?
Oh, I'm from Brooklyn, New York.
So I don't think
she knows what you mean.
Shit, you're from the city.
[Anna] Yeah.
Came a long way.
Why the hell are you here?
[Anna] I'm living with my grandma now.
[Shawn] Why?
[Anna] Both my parents died
in a car accident.
Drunk driver hit us.
I was the only one who survived.
Damn, that's fucked up,
and Shawn's part
of the Dead Parents Club, too
his dad.
Sorry to hear that.
[Shawn] It's OK.
[Anna] Your mom still around?
Naw, never knew my mom.
[Julie] Aw, look at y'all, trauma bonding.
What about you guys?
You still in high school? College?
[Julie] Uh-uh. [Shawn] No, man.
[Julie] No school for us no more.
[Anna] Mm. This is my last year
in high school.
[Julie] Tight.
You can tell
Mims High School to kiss my ass.
[Anna] Yeah. All right. Cheers to that.
[Julie] Cheers.
Bye, Anna. I'll text you.
Sounds good.
Thanks for the beer and stuff.
[Julie] Mm-hmm.
[Shawn] Oh, sure thing.
[Frogs croaking]
[Birds chirping]
[Insects buzzing]
[Buzzing continues]
[Door opens]
[Door closes]
You went out in them woods, didn't you?
[Grunts] You find anything?
Uh, just a couple kids on the dock.
Couple of local river rats, huh?
Yeah. I guess so.
OK.
I was gonna grab something to eat.
You want anything?
[Olive Oyl shouting]
[Sinbad] Oh. Come here. [Olive] I won't.
[Sinbad] Shut up, stupid.
Give us a little smack.
[Olive] I'll give you a smack,
all right, all right.
[House creaking]
[Click]
[Whirring]
[Creaking continues]
[May] Hmm hmm hmm...
Hmm hmm hmm...
Hmm hmm hmm...
[Lock clicks]
[Door opens]
[Door closes]
[Lock clicks]
[May muttering quietly]
[Muttering continues]
[Muttering stops]
[Grunts]
[Sniff sniff]
[Sniff]
[Grunts]
[Sniff sniff]
[Grunts]
[Door opens]
[Door closes]
[Lock clicks]
[Insects chirping]
[Papers rustle]
[Birds chirping]
"You won't be able to read this,
"and why are you in this yearbook
"when you didn't even finish the year?
"You don't even go
to this school anymore.
"You did this to yourself.
Now your true colors show.
"Hope you can see them.
XO. Your sister, Patti"?
[Click]
[Whirring]
Patti?
Oh, girl, you scared me.
[Anna] Sorry.
[Patti] What you doing here?
I was just riding around.
[Patti] Don't get a
heat stroke. [Anna] No.
[Patti] You want some tea?
[Anna] Yes, please.
Come on.
You got a great view here.
It is my own kind of paradise...
It is.
Where I find my peace.
Yeah.
[Patti] May had everyone
wrapped around her finger
when she was a teenager
beautiful cheerleader,
dating a talented,
handsome football player,
your grandfather.
She loved the pedestal
she put herself on,
but deep down underneath...
May was mean,
callous,
wanted everything her way,
friends and family be damned.
[Thunder]
What happened to her eyes?
You spent most of your life in a big city.
Towns like this one...
[Thunder]
Small towns
whispers,
rumors,
the stuff of legends.
Ours is Sandman.
Sandman?
Sandman is what happened
to your grandma...
[Thunder]
Punishes those who do bad,
finds a way of evening the score.
[Thunder]
May started having nightmares,
bad nightmares.
At first, she didn't tell anyone,
and then they got worse, more insidious.
It drove her mad.
One night she woke up,
and there he was in her room
the last thing she ever saw
before he took her eyes...
[Screams]
[Patti] or so she said.
Everyone thought
she had done it herself.
It was in the emergency room
she found out she was pregnant.
My parents basically raised your mama.
God bless their souls.
But why nightmares?
You can't escape if you're sleeping.
Anna, hey, girl.
Hey.
[Chuckles] Come on in.
[Grunts]
[Shawn] Hello. [Anna] Hi.
[Grunts]
You OK?
Uh, yeah. I just, uh...
Yeah. Yeah.
You want a beer?
Thanks.
Shawn's a great driver. Right, Shawn?
[Shawn] Oh, yes, ma'am.
Mm.
[Shawn] That's it right here.
[Anna] How close, you think?
[Julie] OK. Let's go.
[Shawn] And bend with the knees.
Bend with the knees.
[Julie] Thank you so much for helping.
Ohh!
There. OK.
Drink, drink, drink. No! Oh...
[Shawn] Hi, Mrs. Cross.
No. I just wanted to say hi.
What are you wearing today?
OK. Come here.
Come here. Give it to me.
No. Sorry, Mom. He's done. Bye.
[Shawn] That was one.
He goes two, and it goes three.
[Julie] Oh, God! What the fuck?
Shawn, what the fuck?
"Hi, Shawn."
[Julie] What?
"It's so nice to see you
hanging out with Julie, y'all."
[Julie] Ew, get off of her.
Get off of her.
You're gonna scare her away.
[Chuckles]
[Coughs]
See? You do know what you're doing.
[Laughter]
[Julie] You know what I hate?
These Ring cameras
that my parents have.
They're, like, always
stalking me and shit.
I think they have PTSD
from my party days or something,
which I get, but...
Do you have Instagram?
[Anna] Yeah.
[Julie] What's your name?
[Anna] It's so original. You ready?
[Julie] Yeah, but take a picture. Shawn.
What?
[Julie] Get in the picture.
You serious?
[Julie] Yes, I'm serious.
[Camera shutter clicks]
Cute.
It's AnnaReevesArt.
[Julie] Aw, fuck yeah.
[Shawn] "Fuck yeah."
Don't tag me in that shit.
[Julie] Oh, I already did.
[Shawn] Sea of idiots
just fishing for likes.
Move.
[Anna] OK.
[Julie] Ohh...
There's plenty of space.
Oh, what's his problem?
Don't mind him.
He's just an asshole when he drinks.
[Anna] Seems like an asshole
all the time.
[Julie] Well, yeah.
He's kind of an asshole,
but, you know, daddy issues.
Hey, kid.
[Julie] Shawn, what are you doing?
Never you mind. Hey.
[Anna] Does he know that kid?
Come on, man. Where you going?
Hey.
[Whimpers]
Hey, man.
[Grunts]
Yup.
[Grunts]
[Julie] Oh, shit. Wait. Come here.
[Kid moaning]
[Shawn] You're looking good
in those blades, brother.
Come on. Let me help you.
Hey, hey, hey, hey,
want to check you're OK.
Boo!
I'm only messing with you, man.
Come on. Come on.
[Kid] No.
[Shawn] Hey.
Oh, shit, those are nice.
They must be expensive.
You bought them, right?
You wouldn't steal.
No.
[Shawn] So you stole them? [Kid] No.
Oh, that's good. Oh, he bought them.
[Julie] Ah. Ha ha!
Hey, you go fast?
Not really.
I'm sure you can.
I bet you're just being humble.
Stop stomping around like that.
Let's go fast, huh?
[Julie] That's right. Come here.
Let's go. Come on.
Come on, man. Come on.
[Kid whining]
[Shawn] Oh, shit. Oh...
[Thud]
[Shawn] Oh, damn.
[Gasps]
My bad.
[Kid screams] [Julie] Ew.
[Kid wailing]
[Julie] Oh, ew.
[Shawn] You recorded that?
Hey, got to delete it.
[Kid wailing]
[Moaning]
[Shawn] Hey, man, you good?
[Julie] He's not good. Look at his arm.
Yeah. I can fucking see that, Julie.
What the fuck should I do with him?
You have to go get him.
You pushed him, Shawn.
[Shawn] No. He's fucking fine.
Let's leave him.
[Julie] I don't think so.
Fuck. Uh, hey, man, you just be quiet,
and, uh, I'll come down
and get you, OK?
He's gonna come help you. It's OK.
Hey, I'm coming down now.
Go. Shawn, run.
[Kid screams]
[Panting]
All right, man.
So.
You tripped, and you fell, mm-hmm...
[Kid] OK.
[Shawn] and if you say
anything different than that,
what happens next time
won't be an accident.
OK. Get out.
Can't you at least pull up closer?
I can't.
Julie?
I'm too high for this shit.
[Sighs]
[Shawn] Go on, man. Move.
Come on. Let's go.
[Engine starts]
[Tires screech]
Asshole!
[Granny] Well, you go raising them.
I'm going back home where I can get
some good things in life,
like hog jowls and possum shank.
[Jed] Now hold on, Granny.
Jethro's out hunting possums right now.
[Granny] Well, he won't find none.
I've been all over these Beverly Hills,
and, I tell you, it ain't easy
climbing fences and walls
and jumping over hedges
to get around those cement ponds
where there are a lot
of half-naked women laying there
smearing themselves with oil
and yelling for you
to, "Get out. Get out."
I tell you, Jed, this place
is full of the laziest...
I was watching that.
OK. Um...
It's past my bedtime. [Grunts]
[Jethro] I got chased
by a fella with a club.
[Granny] There. You hear that, Jed?
It's them Beverly hillbillies...
[Click]
Good night.
Good night.
[Woman on tape] The shame
you feel because you think
you didn't do enough.
Close your eyes and imagine the person
that has passed on
from an enlightened place.
Would they want you to be tormented?
Would they want you to live in peace?
Close your eyes
and take a deep breath in,
and out.
While you breathe, let's begin tapping.
Let's start on your forehead.
Then go to one cheek,
then the other cheek.
[Death metal music playing]
[Sniffling]
[Insects chirping]
[Cell phone vibrating]
This is Patti.
Conner?
Jesus, what happened?
Well, you try calling your grandpa?
Well, all right.
OK. I'm coming.
I'm coming right now.
What happened?
Tell me the truth.
Who did this to you?
I did it.
I fell.
Sweetie, you're lying.
You have to start
sticking up for yourself.
I don't want you to go
through the same thing
I went through as a kid.
Well, it doesn't matter.
You can't do anything about it, anyway.
Listen here.
If you don't stand up for yourself,
people will keep laying into you
until there ain't nothing left.
What I'm gonna tell you
stays between me and you.
Promise?
There is something you can do,
but if you go through with it,
you have to be prepared for what comes.
Ain't nothing sweet about revenge.
There's a tree in the woods
not far back from the old dock.
You'll know it when you see it.
Looks like it's been struck by lightning
names carved in its trunk.
Find it.
Write in the names of the people
that have hurt you,
the people that have done you wrong.
Carve their first and last
names into the tree,
and justice will take its course.
What does that do?
What happens to them?
That's for him to decide.
He will choose their destiny.
[Conner] Who?
Mr. Sandman,
the giver of dreams,
or should I say nightmares?
[Creaking]
[Cracking]
[Cracking continues]
[Ping]
[Water running]
[Whispering voices]
[Whimpering]
[Creaking]
[Grunting]
[Grunts]
[Panting]
[Grunting]
No. No. No. No.
No! No!
No!
[Panting]
[Panting]
[Gasps]
[Crackling]
[Grunts]
No!
[Shudders]
[Whimpering]
[Blade rings]
[Screams]
[Panting]
[Creak]
[Frogs croaking]
[Insects chirping]
[Gurgling]
[Stab]
[Scraping]
[Slam]
[Whispering voices]
Why not me?
No!
Open up!
No!
Oh, oh... no!
No!
[Gasps]
[Panting]
[May] OK.
All right.
Here we go.
Tied up.
Coming. Yes, sir.
I'm coming.
[Chuckles]
Mm mm. There we go.
Uh-huh. OK.
Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
Here we go.
[Creaking]
[Laughs]
Yes. Yeah.
I knew you would come back. Ha ha!
OK. I can feel you getting closer.
Yes. Redemption day.
[Grunts]
Eye for an eye.
[Kingdom of Giants' "Damaged" playing]
[Dana Willax] Give me all
the hell you've got to spare
[Screams]
[Screams]
Death hovers over
an immense distress
[Anna] Whoa. What?
Stop. What are you doing?
[Shawn] Being a friend
and giving you a ride.
I don't need a ride.
Well, if you want this back,
get in the fucking truck.
I'm not getting
in the fucking truck, Shawn.
Come on, man.
What's the fucking problem?
Shawn, I'm not doing this
right now. What do you want?
[Shawn] It's time you and I
had a little talk.
A talk about what? Talk to me now.
Come on, man, please.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
It's important. Please?
Fine. This better not be a game.
You better be taking me home.
Promise.
[Engine starts]
[Anna] Jeez!
You want a beer?
[Anna] No, I don't fucking want a beer.
Just tell me what you want to talk about.
You always this fucking rude?
Shawn, can you please slow down?
I want to know if we're good.
[Tires screech]
Slow the fuck down, Shawn.
I said, I want to know if we're good.
I want to know if our secret is safe.
Are we fucking good?
Fucking talk to me, Anna.
I said, fucking talk!
[Anna] Yes. We're good. We're good.
We're fucking good. We're fucking good.
[Shawn] Hey
no hands.
[Screams]
[Shawn] What are you doing?
Get off! Get off! Get off of me!
Are you fucking crazy?
What the fuck are you doing?
Yaah!
The fuck? I'm trying to turn!
[Anna screams]
[Car horn honks]
Rrgh! You fucking crazy bitch.
What the fuck are you doing?
You could've fucking killed us.
You wouldn't stop.
[Panting]
[Bell clanging]
[Shawn] Get the fuck out.
[Music box playing]
[Music box distorting]
[Music box slowing]
[Music box stops]
[Conner] Can you do 5?
[Woman] I can't. They're 20 bucks.
OK. Can you save them
behind the counter for me?
I can't do that, either.
Wait. Here.
There you go. They're yours, dude.
Wait. It's Conner, right?
Look, I... I just wanted to say I'm...
I'm really sorry that I didn't
do anything to help you.
I know... I know...
Hey, please forgive me.
[Door opens]
[Door closes]
[Birds chirping]
[Insects buzzing]
[Creak]
Hmm mm...
Hmm mm...
[Groans]
[Sighs]
[Exhales]
[Creak]
[Creak]
[Creak]
[Dream Anna] Why didn't you help?
Why didn't you say something?
You just stand there
taking up space
useless.
No.
If you won't speak up...
[Crack]
[Whimpering]
[Moaning]
You should have said something.
[Whimpering]
[Water draining]
I'm here.
I'm safe,
and I'm grateful that I'm safe.
[Door opens]
[May laughs]
[Door closes]
[Thunder]
[Thunder]
[Truck door closes]
[Distant dog barking]
[Creaking]
[Gasps]
Uhh... fuck.
Oh, no.
[Screaming]
[Gasps]
Oh, stop. Uh!
Oof!
[Insects chirping]
[Distant dog barking]
All right.
[Panting]
[Truck door closes]
Didn't think you were here.
Always here.
[Patti] You got mail.
Mm-hmm.
[Scoffs] Look.
It's another person
trying to buy this house.
Them cocks need to leave me alone.
[Patti] Yeah. It's not as if
we could use the money.
Picked up your meds.
No need to thank me.
[Grunts]
[Patti] Hey. [Anna] Hey.
Got you some food.
Oh, that's great.
Thank you. I appreciate that.
You know, Mims High's the same
school May and I went to.
May didn't graduate, but I did.
Oh.
I hated school, at least in the beginning.
New York City, you're from?
Never been, only seen it in the movies.
I think it's really expensive.
[Dialogue fades]
[No audio]
You OK?
Anna.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Just... feel like I'm still asleep.
I just need to wake up.
It's one of those days, huh?
There's some instant coffee
in the cabinet.
Thanks.
Best be going.
[Grunts]
[Whistle blows]
[Distant children shouting]
[Bubbling]
Ew!
[Gasps]
[Gasping]
[Coughs]
[Gasps]
[Coughing]
Jesus.
[May singing]
[Whirring]
[Panting]
[Exhales]
[Singing continues]
[Singing continues]
[Whirring]
[May humming]
[Whirring stops]
[Insects chirping]
[Birds chirping]
[Creaking]
No.
Oh, no, no, no.
There you go.
[Creaking]
Here you are.
[Chuckles]
[Groans]
I know you're coming
after all this time.
Yeah.
I've been waiting.
Oh.
Yeah, and this is a photo
of her name at the tree.
[Julie] Same one?
I don't know what's going on,
but I think that whatever happened to her
is happening to us.
I mean, wouldn't
the whole town be lying, then?
I can be a piece of shit,
but there are bigger pieces
of shit that live here.
Have you heard of any
urban legend to do with a tree
or a dream monster, anything?
No.
I mean... I don't know
maybe when I was, like,
a kid or something.
Have you been having nightmares?
Yeah.
They were, like,
the scariest dreams ever.
Was there a boy?
Yeah, with his eyes...
Were gone.
Yeah.
[Birds squawking]
[Insects chirping]
[Slurp]
TV time.
[Anna breathes deeply]
[May muttering]
[Metal music playing on headphones]
[Woman] But you don't care...
[Exhales] What the...
[Woman] Why don't you care?
[Woman] Why don't you care?
[Insects chirping]
[Bird calling]
[Anna gasps]
Hello?
[Creaking]
[Grunting]
[Wind blowing]
[Panting]
[Film projector whirring]
[Anna] "Once upon a time,
there was a boy named Vincent."
"He was blind with two glass eyes."
[Children screaming and laughing]
[Birds chirping]
"One day after school,
Vincent was forced
by two classmates into the woods."
[Approaching footsteps]
[Boys laugh]
[Anna] "This was the way he died."
[Boys laugh]
[Anna] "The boys stole Vincent's
glass eyes and put them"
"in their slingshot,
using Vincent's head as a bull's-eye."
"Perhaps Vincent's death
was an accident.
Maybe the bullies
didn't know he would die..."
"But there are no excuses for bullies.
"They hurt a lot of lives.
"Time passed as Vincent's body
molded into the sand,
"the earth
a tree."
"The roots of the tree made
Vincent's soul feel alive,
and that made him see."
"Vincent is dead..."
"But Sandman is very much alive."
[Projector whirring]
"I can see. I can see."
"I can see."
[Shawn] So fucking stupid.
[Julie] Maybe there is something
supernatural as fuck
going on, Shawn.
You're not having, like,
the scariest dreams ever?
We're being punished
for what we did to Conner.
[Shawn] But we didn't do
anything to Conner. You remember?
[Julie] Oh, you're so fucking stubborn!
Julie?
Aw, shit. How did I get here?
[Julie] I think you were sleepwalking.
It's OK.
I do not want to be around him.
[Shawn] Oh, my God. Shit.
You know what?
Gonna have a drink, huh?
Come here. Come here.
Fucking come here.
Shawn, no.
[Julie] What are you doing?
[Groaning]
[Shawn] Oh, fuck.
Fuck. Fuck!
[Julie] Oh, my God! Anna!
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Anna, come here. Give me your hand.
Anna, come here.
Come here. Come here.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
[Shawn] She's a fucking bitch.
[Julie] God. Come here.
Oh, fuck, it's not that bad.
Oh, my God. Here. Here, here, here.
You gonna fucking cry about it, Julie?
[Julie] Fucking psycho.
Stay the fuck there.
[Julie] Stop. Stop, stop. No.
[Anna] Fuck, get off me, Shawn!
[Shawn] I want to see this fucking tree,
and I want to prove to you all it's fake.
[Julie] OK. Stop.
[Shawn] Let's fucking go.
[Insects chirping]
[Birds chirping]
[Scraping]
What are you doing?
Oh, no. No peeking.
[Julie] Shawn, let me fucking see.
[Shawn] No.
Come on. Move. Let me see.
You're a fucking psycho.
How dare you bring my mom into this?
[Shawn] Now Cindy can join...
[Julie] Don't touch me.
[Shawn] Back the fuck up, Julie.
Step back.
[Julie] Don't touch me.
[Shawn] Step back, man.
[Julie] Shawn, don't touch me.
[Shawn] Go on.
[Anna] Guys, look.
Oh, my God, thank God.
[Shawn] What the...
[Anna] He doesn't go after everyone.
Come on, Anna. Let's go.
You gonna fucking leave on me?
[Julie] Yeah.
[Shawn] You, Julie?
Is she better than me now?
[Shawn] Fuck you, Julie.
All right. You know what?
Fuck you, man.
Watch out.
[Can clatters]
[Grunts]
[Sniffles]
[Sniffles]
[Zip]
Don't mind... if I do.
[Splashing]
[Whistles]
[Creaking]
[Zip]
[Screaming]
[Screaming continues]
[Whimpers]
[Screaming]
[Whimpering]
Oh!
[Creaking]
[Coughing]
[Gags]
[Creaking]
[Insects chirping]
[Julie] Bitch, your backyard
is scary as fuck.
Oh, I know.
You sure your grandma's
cool with me sleeping over?
Yeah. Don't worry.
She doesn't even know that you're here.
Tight.
I don't want to be alone tonight.
Me, either.
Conner did this.
I know he did.
Maybe he can reverse it.
No. There's no time for that.
We have to go straight to the source.
Maybe we can, like...
Like, what's that called when
people know they're dreaming?
What, like lucid dreaming?
[Julie] Yeah. Let's try that shit.
Oh, OK, so it says,
"Repeat a mantra over and over
before going to bed..."
"Remember, you're dreaming."
[Anna] OK, so... [Julie] Let's try it.
[Insects chirping]
[Anna] OK. We'll just
remember we're dreaming.
[Julie] Yeah. OK. Let's see.
Remember, you're dreaming.
Remember, you're dreaming.
Remember, you're dreaming.
Remember, you're dreaming.
No, no!
[Both] Remember, you're dreaming.
Remember, you're dreaming.
Remember, you're dreaming.
Remember, you're dreaming.
[Whispering voices]
[Creak]
[Anna coughs]
[Gagging]
[Gagging continues]
[Gasping]
[Laughs] Vincent.
[Both] Remember, you're dreaming.
[Anna] Vincent, Vincent.
I should have stopped him.
[Ratchet clicking]
I should have said something.
[Gasps]
[Sighs]
[Coughs]
Time. There's still time.
[Birds chirping]
[Insect buzzes]
[Yawns]
[Bubbling]
[May singing]
Will you be mine tonight?
I'm just boiling some eggs.
[Laughing]
Hey, just boiling some eggs,
and I made some coffee
with cream and sugar.
Enjoy.
[Grunts]
[Hums]
[Creak]
[Julie sighs]
[Bubbling]
[May] Dreamland tonight
Whoop.
Oh, oh
[Water running]
[Julie] Hey, Anna,
look how pretty these fish are.
Ow! Stop that! It hurts!
They're biting me! They're biting me!
[Panting]
[Hurried footsteps]
[May] Each little star...
[Bubbling]
[Thud]
[May] And you
Somewhere in dreamland
Tonight
[Grunting]
[Grunting continues]
[Exhales]
[Whirring]
[Screaming]
[Screaming continues]
[Wailing]
[Screams]
[Insects chirping]
[Birds chirping]
[Thunder]
[Exhales]
[May grunts]
[Squishing]
Vincent?
Hello, Vincent.
You ain't been around in years.
I thought you was gone.
I thought somebody cut you down,
found your skeleton, and buried you.
You know, I started thinking
you forgot about me.
I'm glad you didn't.
You came back to me, and I'm happy.
[Whoosh]
50 years ago,
I received my punishment,
and now it's my redemption time.
[Laughs]
I'm gonna step out
of this prison of darkness.
I'm gonna
open my eyes,
and I'm gonna finally see the sun.
Vincent.
[Gasps]
"If anyone injures his neighbor,
"as he has done, it shall be done to him,
"fracture for fracture,
"eye for eye,
"tooth for tooth.
Whatever injury he has given
a person shall be given to him."
I have to make things right.
[Inhales]
Hmm?
Hmm?
[May] It's OK, baby lamb.
What... what are you doing?
[May] I'm gonna get my eyes
back. Ha ha!
Oh, Anna,
you should have seen me back then.
I was the prettiest girl in school.
I had everything,
and you, such pretty eyes,
and he took everything away.
What'd he say all those years ago?
"An eye for an eye"...
[Anna whimpering]
So here we go.
[Grunts]
May: Oh! Oh!
Anna, I'm your grand mama.
I wouldn't hurt you.
This is all a part of his plan.
He's not here for you.
You're losing your mind.
This is... this is the opposite
of what he wants.
What are you talking about, girl?
[Anna] My name was carved
into that tree, OK?
I'm getting the nightmares, me.
Mr. Sandman is here for me.
No, no, no. No. You trying to trick me.
See, I've been waiting on him for a sign.
You my sign, baby.
[Anna screams]
[May] No.
Be still, girl.
[Anna screams]
You're fucking crazy. J... just...
[May screams]
[Moaning]
[Anna shouts]
[May screaming]
[Screaming continues]
[Whimpers]
[Thud]
[Panting]
Now I lay me
down to sleep.
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
If I die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.
[Screams]
[Panting]
[Screams]
[Panting]
[Screams]
[Creaking]
[Screams]
[Panting]
[Strains]
[Dripping]
[Patti] Hello?
[Creak]
Hello?
Oh, my God.
May?
[Gasping]
What happened to you?
[May panting]
May.
[Moaning]
[Grunts]
[Whimpering]
Oh...
Pretty, wouldn't hurt a fly, Patti.
I put that scar on your face
'cause you ain't no better than me.
Look at all the pain you caused.
I know it was you.
[Whimpering]
[Patti crying]
[May grunts]
No! May!
[Grunting]
May, May, I...
[Screaming]
You jealous bitch.
[Patti grunting]
[Gasps]
[Wind whistling]
[Anna panting]
[Squishing]
[Vincent shrieks]
[Ratchet clicking]
[Gasping]
[Gagging]
[Retching]
[Clink]
[Breathes deeply]
[Birds chirping]
[Panting]
[Laughing]
[Birds chirping]
[Frogs croaking]
[Rumbling]
[Creaking]
[Whispering voices]
[Bird hoots]
[Clock ticking]
[Whispering voices]
[Man] All the way from Mims, Florida,
give it up for the Mims
High School cheer team
the Yellow Jackets.
[Drums and hand claps]
[Girl laughing]
[Laughs] Come on.
[Drumroll]
[Johnny Burnette] Dreamin'
I'm always dreamin'
Dreamin'
Love will be mine
Searchin'
[Chorus] Searchin'
[Burnette] I'm always searchin'
[Chorus] Searchin'
[Burnette] Hopin'
Chorus Hopin'
[Burnette] Someday I'll find
Someone
Someone to love me
Someone who needs me
But until then
Well, I'll keep on dreamin'
[Chorus] Dreamin'
[Burnette] Keep right on dreamin'
[Chorus] Dreamin'
[Burnette] Dreamin'
Till my dreamin' come true
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
[Laughter and hooting]
[Screams]
[Gasping]
[Screams]
[Screams]
[Panting]
[Screaming]
[Gurgling]
[Vehicle approaching]
[Engine idling]
[Birds chirping]
[Sighs]
Yeah...
[Engine revs]
[Tires screech]
[Car departs]
[Insects chirping]
Uh...
[Exhales]
[Woman] Hello?
Hi. May Roberts?
[Woman] Yes?
I'm Anna.
Anna?
Lord, have mercy. You come on in.
Come on in, baby. [Laughs]
Ooh. [Laughs]
You look just like me. [Laughs]
I'm so happy to finally
meet my grandbaby,
and, well, I'm sorry it's under
these sad circumstances,
and my condolences, by the way.
You know, I never met your daddy,
but knowing your mama,
I bet she picked a good one.
[Laughs] Come on now.
Let me show you around.
Now, this here is the kitchen.
Now, I make a real good deer jerky,
and don't be shy.
It's here all the time. Heh.
Now, I gets a few local channels,
but if you want,
you can move these antennas
around to get more channels.
This picture of you, is that...
is that you at your prom?
I don't even remember
what's on that wall,
but if it's the one I'm thinking of, yeah,
that's me, but it was homecoming.
I never made it to prom.
Come on. Come on.
Let me show you to your room.
[Click]
[Whirring]
Ooh ooh ooh ah...
Ah la la la
Dum doo doo...
Mm mm mm...
Uh!
[Suitcase thumps]
Uh!
All right.
Now, this room right here,
this is my room.
There's nothing to see there.
I likes my privacy.
I bet you understand that.
Mm!
[May] Ahh...
[Creak]
[Fly buzzing]
Anyhow
you shouldn't have
any trouble cleaning it up.
Everything you need's in the closet.
I'm gonna go rest my feet.
Your mama must be
rolling around in her grave
knowing her daughter living with me.
[Chuckles]
It's funny, that's all.
[Creak]
[Door closes]
[Exhales]
[Fly buzzing]
[Sighs]
[Bird squawking]
[Exhales]
[Chuckles]
I miss you.
[Breathing deeply]
[Frogs croaking]
[Bird squawking]
[Clanging]
[Fly buzzing]
[Man on TV] 22 pounds
of heroin was seized
along with 12 pounds of cocaine,
marijuana, and speed.
Police say the raid...
[Channel changes]
[Cartoon sound effects]
[Channel changes]
[Popeye scatting]
[Channel changes]
[Theme music plays]
[Channel changes]
[Popeye] I'm with the Navy.
[Bluto] Oh...
[Channel changes]
[Men] The fields of...
[Channel changes]
[Animal growling]
[Woman screaming]
[Screaming continues]
[TV switches off]
[Insects chirping]
[Bird calls]
[Metal gate opens]
[Birds chirping]
[Sighs] You must be Anna.
I'm your Aunt Patti.
Oh.
So nice to finally meet you.
Yeah. Nice to meet you, too.
I'm sorry about your parents.
Too young. It's a darn shame.
You look like your mama
same eyes.
[Click]
[Whirring]
You think you can put these away?
Oh. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. I can do that.
[Whirring continues]
Thank you.
Hey, what you like to eat?
I'll put it on the list.
I'm easy... pizza, fruit, snacks.
[Patti] You got it.
Sorry to leave in a
rush. I'll see you soon.
[Anna] See you soon.
[Engine starts]
[Exhales]
Did I just hear my sister Patti?
Uh, yeah. She just dropped off
some groceries.
I'm just putting them away.
[May] Can you be a dear and put
the magnets on the canned goods?
Use, like, a T for tomato sauce
and B for beans.
Yeah. Sure. I can do that.
Thank you, baby lamb.
"Baby lamb."
[Birds chirping]
Do the woods lead to anything?
[May] Yeah... water,
frogs, and gators.
I wouldn't go out in the woods, I was you.
The sand is different.
It really sticks to you.
You know what I mean?
Right.
[Bird squawking]
[May] Mm.
[Insects chirping]
[Creak]
[Bird yelping]
[Girl] Hey.
Come here.
What are you doing out here?
I'm just...
[Girl] Haven't seen someone
on this dock in years.
Oh, I just moved here.
[Girl] You just moved here.
What's your name?
I'm Anna.
Anna.
I'm Julie. This is Shawn.
Hi.
[Anna] Hi.
[Julie] You want a beer?
We got cold ones.
No. That's all right.
I think I'm just gonna head back inside.
No. Come on.
I mean, like, we don't bite...
Yeah.
And it's a nice day out.
It's not too hot.
[Julie] Yeah. It's summer.
It's beer o'clock.
[Anna] "It's beer o'clock."
[Julie] Mm-hmm. Try it.
All right. Yeah. Why not?
[Shawn] Yeah. There you go.
[Insects chirping]
[Chuckling]
What's so funny?
[Laughs]
Oh, water, you know? It's just so deep.
Water's fucking scary,
got, like, a mind of its own.
Oceans, lakes, pools
it all just take fucking lives.
I mean, drowning,
what a fucked way to die, huh?
Hey, Julie...
[Julie] Hmm?
[Shawn] I ever tell you something?
You're so fucking deep.
Yeah. Still water runs deep.
[Anna] Ha ha!
You know that, right?
[Anna] Me?
Right. Where you from again?
Oh, I'm from Brooklyn, New York.
So I don't think
she knows what you mean.
Shit, you're from the city.
[Anna] Yeah.
Came a long way.
Why the hell are you here?
[Anna] I'm living with my grandma now.
[Shawn] Why?
[Anna] Both my parents died
in a car accident.
Drunk driver hit us.
I was the only one who survived.
Damn, that's fucked up,
and Shawn's part
of the Dead Parents Club, too
his dad.
Sorry to hear that.
[Shawn] It's OK.
[Anna] Your mom still around?
Naw, never knew my mom.
[Julie] Aw, look at y'all, trauma bonding.
What about you guys?
You still in high school? College?
[Julie] Uh-uh. [Shawn] No, man.
[Julie] No school for us no more.
[Anna] Mm. This is my last year
in high school.
[Julie] Tight.
You can tell
Mims High School to kiss my ass.
[Anna] Yeah. All right. Cheers to that.
[Julie] Cheers.
Bye, Anna. I'll text you.
Sounds good.
Thanks for the beer and stuff.
[Julie] Mm-hmm.
[Shawn] Oh, sure thing.
[Frogs croaking]
[Birds chirping]
[Insects buzzing]
[Buzzing continues]
[Door opens]
[Door closes]
You went out in them woods, didn't you?
[Grunts] You find anything?
Uh, just a couple kids on the dock.
Couple of local river rats, huh?
Yeah. I guess so.
OK.
I was gonna grab something to eat.
You want anything?
[Olive Oyl shouting]
[Sinbad] Oh. Come here. [Olive] I won't.
[Sinbad] Shut up, stupid.
Give us a little smack.
[Olive] I'll give you a smack,
all right, all right.
[House creaking]
[Click]
[Whirring]
[Creaking continues]
[May] Hmm hmm hmm...
Hmm hmm hmm...
Hmm hmm hmm...
[Lock clicks]
[Door opens]
[Door closes]
[Lock clicks]
[May muttering quietly]
[Muttering continues]
[Muttering stops]
[Grunts]
[Sniff sniff]
[Sniff]
[Grunts]
[Sniff sniff]
[Grunts]
[Door opens]
[Door closes]
[Lock clicks]
[Insects chirping]
[Papers rustle]
[Birds chirping]
"You won't be able to read this,
"and why are you in this yearbook
"when you didn't even finish the year?
"You don't even go
to this school anymore.
"You did this to yourself.
Now your true colors show.
"Hope you can see them.
XO. Your sister, Patti"?
[Click]
[Whirring]
Patti?
Oh, girl, you scared me.
[Anna] Sorry.
[Patti] What you doing here?
I was just riding around.
[Patti] Don't get a
heat stroke. [Anna] No.
[Patti] You want some tea?
[Anna] Yes, please.
Come on.
You got a great view here.
It is my own kind of paradise...
It is.
Where I find my peace.
Yeah.
[Patti] May had everyone
wrapped around her finger
when she was a teenager
beautiful cheerleader,
dating a talented,
handsome football player,
your grandfather.
She loved the pedestal
she put herself on,
but deep down underneath...
May was mean,
callous,
wanted everything her way,
friends and family be damned.
[Thunder]
What happened to her eyes?
You spent most of your life in a big city.
Towns like this one...
[Thunder]
Small towns
whispers,
rumors,
the stuff of legends.
Ours is Sandman.
Sandman?
Sandman is what happened
to your grandma...
[Thunder]
Punishes those who do bad,
finds a way of evening the score.
[Thunder]
May started having nightmares,
bad nightmares.
At first, she didn't tell anyone,
and then they got worse, more insidious.
It drove her mad.
One night she woke up,
and there he was in her room
the last thing she ever saw
before he took her eyes...
[Screams]
[Patti] or so she said.
Everyone thought
she had done it herself.
It was in the emergency room
she found out she was pregnant.
My parents basically raised your mama.
God bless their souls.
But why nightmares?
You can't escape if you're sleeping.
Anna, hey, girl.
Hey.
[Chuckles] Come on in.
[Grunts]
[Shawn] Hello. [Anna] Hi.
[Grunts]
You OK?
Uh, yeah. I just, uh...
Yeah. Yeah.
You want a beer?
Thanks.
Shawn's a great driver. Right, Shawn?
[Shawn] Oh, yes, ma'am.
Mm.
[Shawn] That's it right here.
[Anna] How close, you think?
[Julie] OK. Let's go.
[Shawn] And bend with the knees.
Bend with the knees.
[Julie] Thank you so much for helping.
Ohh!
There. OK.
Drink, drink, drink. No! Oh...
[Shawn] Hi, Mrs. Cross.
No. I just wanted to say hi.
What are you wearing today?
OK. Come here.
Come here. Give it to me.
No. Sorry, Mom. He's done. Bye.
[Shawn] That was one.
He goes two, and it goes three.
[Julie] Oh, God! What the fuck?
Shawn, what the fuck?
"Hi, Shawn."
[Julie] What?
"It's so nice to see you
hanging out with Julie, y'all."
[Julie] Ew, get off of her.
Get off of her.
You're gonna scare her away.
[Chuckles]
[Coughs]
See? You do know what you're doing.
[Laughter]
[Julie] You know what I hate?
These Ring cameras
that my parents have.
They're, like, always
stalking me and shit.
I think they have PTSD
from my party days or something,
which I get, but...
Do you have Instagram?
[Anna] Yeah.
[Julie] What's your name?
[Anna] It's so original. You ready?
[Julie] Yeah, but take a picture. Shawn.
What?
[Julie] Get in the picture.
You serious?
[Julie] Yes, I'm serious.
[Camera shutter clicks]
Cute.
It's AnnaReevesArt.
[Julie] Aw, fuck yeah.
[Shawn] "Fuck yeah."
Don't tag me in that shit.
[Julie] Oh, I already did.
[Shawn] Sea of idiots
just fishing for likes.
Move.
[Anna] OK.
[Julie] Ohh...
There's plenty of space.
Oh, what's his problem?
Don't mind him.
He's just an asshole when he drinks.
[Anna] Seems like an asshole
all the time.
[Julie] Well, yeah.
He's kind of an asshole,
but, you know, daddy issues.
Hey, kid.
[Julie] Shawn, what are you doing?
Never you mind. Hey.
[Anna] Does he know that kid?
Come on, man. Where you going?
Hey.
[Whimpers]
Hey, man.
[Grunts]
Yup.
[Grunts]
[Julie] Oh, shit. Wait. Come here.
[Kid moaning]
[Shawn] You're looking good
in those blades, brother.
Come on. Let me help you.
Hey, hey, hey, hey,
want to check you're OK.
Boo!
I'm only messing with you, man.
Come on. Come on.
[Kid] No.
[Shawn] Hey.
Oh, shit, those are nice.
They must be expensive.
You bought them, right?
You wouldn't steal.
No.
[Shawn] So you stole them? [Kid] No.
Oh, that's good. Oh, he bought them.
[Julie] Ah. Ha ha!
Hey, you go fast?
Not really.
I'm sure you can.
I bet you're just being humble.
Stop stomping around like that.
Let's go fast, huh?
[Julie] That's right. Come here.
Let's go. Come on.
Come on, man. Come on.
[Kid whining]
[Shawn] Oh, shit. Oh...
[Thud]
[Shawn] Oh, damn.
[Gasps]
My bad.
[Kid screams] [Julie] Ew.
[Kid wailing]
[Julie] Oh, ew.
[Shawn] You recorded that?
Hey, got to delete it.
[Kid wailing]
[Moaning]
[Shawn] Hey, man, you good?
[Julie] He's not good. Look at his arm.
Yeah. I can fucking see that, Julie.
What the fuck should I do with him?
You have to go get him.
You pushed him, Shawn.
[Shawn] No. He's fucking fine.
Let's leave him.
[Julie] I don't think so.
Fuck. Uh, hey, man, you just be quiet,
and, uh, I'll come down
and get you, OK?
He's gonna come help you. It's OK.
Hey, I'm coming down now.
Go. Shawn, run.
[Kid screams]
[Panting]
All right, man.
So.
You tripped, and you fell, mm-hmm...
[Kid] OK.
[Shawn] and if you say
anything different than that,
what happens next time
won't be an accident.
OK. Get out.
Can't you at least pull up closer?
I can't.
Julie?
I'm too high for this shit.
[Sighs]
[Shawn] Go on, man. Move.
Come on. Let's go.
[Engine starts]
[Tires screech]
Asshole!
[Granny] Well, you go raising them.
I'm going back home where I can get
some good things in life,
like hog jowls and possum shank.
[Jed] Now hold on, Granny.
Jethro's out hunting possums right now.
[Granny] Well, he won't find none.
I've been all over these Beverly Hills,
and, I tell you, it ain't easy
climbing fences and walls
and jumping over hedges
to get around those cement ponds
where there are a lot
of half-naked women laying there
smearing themselves with oil
and yelling for you
to, "Get out. Get out."
I tell you, Jed, this place
is full of the laziest...
I was watching that.
OK. Um...
It's past my bedtime. [Grunts]
[Jethro] I got chased
by a fella with a club.
[Granny] There. You hear that, Jed?
It's them Beverly hillbillies...
[Click]
Good night.
Good night.
[Woman on tape] The shame
you feel because you think
you didn't do enough.
Close your eyes and imagine the person
that has passed on
from an enlightened place.
Would they want you to be tormented?
Would they want you to live in peace?
Close your eyes
and take a deep breath in,
and out.
While you breathe, let's begin tapping.
Let's start on your forehead.
Then go to one cheek,
then the other cheek.
[Death metal music playing]
[Sniffling]
[Insects chirping]
[Cell phone vibrating]
This is Patti.
Conner?
Jesus, what happened?
Well, you try calling your grandpa?
Well, all right.
OK. I'm coming.
I'm coming right now.
What happened?
Tell me the truth.
Who did this to you?
I did it.
I fell.
Sweetie, you're lying.
You have to start
sticking up for yourself.
I don't want you to go
through the same thing
I went through as a kid.
Well, it doesn't matter.
You can't do anything about it, anyway.
Listen here.
If you don't stand up for yourself,
people will keep laying into you
until there ain't nothing left.
What I'm gonna tell you
stays between me and you.
Promise?
There is something you can do,
but if you go through with it,
you have to be prepared for what comes.
Ain't nothing sweet about revenge.
There's a tree in the woods
not far back from the old dock.
You'll know it when you see it.
Looks like it's been struck by lightning
names carved in its trunk.
Find it.
Write in the names of the people
that have hurt you,
the people that have done you wrong.
Carve their first and last
names into the tree,
and justice will take its course.
What does that do?
What happens to them?
That's for him to decide.
He will choose their destiny.
[Conner] Who?
Mr. Sandman,
the giver of dreams,
or should I say nightmares?
[Creaking]
[Cracking]
[Cracking continues]
[Ping]
[Water running]
[Whispering voices]
[Whimpering]
[Creaking]
[Grunting]
[Grunts]
[Panting]
[Grunting]
No. No. No. No.
No! No!
No!
[Panting]
[Panting]
[Gasps]
[Crackling]
[Grunts]
No!
[Shudders]
[Whimpering]
[Blade rings]
[Screams]
[Panting]
[Creak]
[Frogs croaking]
[Insects chirping]
[Gurgling]
[Stab]
[Scraping]
[Slam]
[Whispering voices]
Why not me?
No!
Open up!
No!
Oh, oh... no!
No!
[Gasps]
[Panting]
[May] OK.
All right.
Here we go.
Tied up.
Coming. Yes, sir.
I'm coming.
[Chuckles]
Mm mm. There we go.
Uh-huh. OK.
Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
Here we go.
[Creaking]
[Laughs]
Yes. Yeah.
I knew you would come back. Ha ha!
OK. I can feel you getting closer.
Yes. Redemption day.
[Grunts]
Eye for an eye.
[Kingdom of Giants' "Damaged" playing]
[Dana Willax] Give me all
the hell you've got to spare
[Screams]
[Screams]
Death hovers over
an immense distress
[Anna] Whoa. What?
Stop. What are you doing?
[Shawn] Being a friend
and giving you a ride.
I don't need a ride.
Well, if you want this back,
get in the fucking truck.
I'm not getting
in the fucking truck, Shawn.
Come on, man.
What's the fucking problem?
Shawn, I'm not doing this
right now. What do you want?
[Shawn] It's time you and I
had a little talk.
A talk about what? Talk to me now.
Come on, man, please.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
It's important. Please?
Fine. This better not be a game.
You better be taking me home.
Promise.
[Engine starts]
[Anna] Jeez!
You want a beer?
[Anna] No, I don't fucking want a beer.
Just tell me what you want to talk about.
You always this fucking rude?
Shawn, can you please slow down?
I want to know if we're good.
[Tires screech]
Slow the fuck down, Shawn.
I said, I want to know if we're good.
I want to know if our secret is safe.
Are we fucking good?
Fucking talk to me, Anna.
I said, fucking talk!
[Anna] Yes. We're good. We're good.
We're fucking good. We're fucking good.
[Shawn] Hey
no hands.
[Screams]
[Shawn] What are you doing?
Get off! Get off! Get off of me!
Are you fucking crazy?
What the fuck are you doing?
Yaah!
The fuck? I'm trying to turn!
[Anna screams]
[Car horn honks]
Rrgh! You fucking crazy bitch.
What the fuck are you doing?
You could've fucking killed us.
You wouldn't stop.
[Panting]
[Bell clanging]
[Shawn] Get the fuck out.
[Music box playing]
[Music box distorting]
[Music box slowing]
[Music box stops]
[Conner] Can you do 5?
[Woman] I can't. They're 20 bucks.
OK. Can you save them
behind the counter for me?
I can't do that, either.
Wait. Here.
There you go. They're yours, dude.
Wait. It's Conner, right?
Look, I... I just wanted to say I'm...
I'm really sorry that I didn't
do anything to help you.
I know... I know...
Hey, please forgive me.
[Door opens]
[Door closes]
[Birds chirping]
[Insects buzzing]
[Creak]
Hmm mm...
Hmm mm...
[Groans]
[Sighs]
[Exhales]
[Creak]
[Creak]
[Creak]
[Dream Anna] Why didn't you help?
Why didn't you say something?
You just stand there
taking up space
useless.
No.
If you won't speak up...
[Crack]
[Whimpering]
[Moaning]
You should have said something.
[Whimpering]
[Water draining]
I'm here.
I'm safe,
and I'm grateful that I'm safe.
[Door opens]
[May laughs]
[Door closes]
[Thunder]
[Thunder]
[Truck door closes]
[Distant dog barking]
[Creaking]
[Gasps]
Uhh... fuck.
Oh, no.
[Screaming]
[Gasps]
Oh, stop. Uh!
Oof!
[Insects chirping]
[Distant dog barking]
All right.
[Panting]
[Truck door closes]
Didn't think you were here.
Always here.
[Patti] You got mail.
Mm-hmm.
[Scoffs] Look.
It's another person
trying to buy this house.
Them cocks need to leave me alone.
[Patti] Yeah. It's not as if
we could use the money.
Picked up your meds.
No need to thank me.
[Grunts]
[Patti] Hey. [Anna] Hey.
Got you some food.
Oh, that's great.
Thank you. I appreciate that.
You know, Mims High's the same
school May and I went to.
May didn't graduate, but I did.
Oh.
I hated school, at least in the beginning.
New York City, you're from?
Never been, only seen it in the movies.
I think it's really expensive.
[Dialogue fades]
[No audio]
You OK?
Anna.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Just... feel like I'm still asleep.
I just need to wake up.
It's one of those days, huh?
There's some instant coffee
in the cabinet.
Thanks.
Best be going.
[Grunts]
[Whistle blows]
[Distant children shouting]
[Bubbling]
Ew!
[Gasps]
[Gasping]
[Coughs]
[Gasps]
[Coughing]
Jesus.
[May singing]
[Whirring]
[Panting]
[Exhales]
[Singing continues]
[Singing continues]
[Whirring]
[May humming]
[Whirring stops]
[Insects chirping]
[Birds chirping]
[Creaking]
No.
Oh, no, no, no.
There you go.
[Creaking]
Here you are.
[Chuckles]
[Groans]
I know you're coming
after all this time.
Yeah.
I've been waiting.
Oh.
Yeah, and this is a photo
of her name at the tree.
[Julie] Same one?
I don't know what's going on,
but I think that whatever happened to her
is happening to us.
I mean, wouldn't
the whole town be lying, then?
I can be a piece of shit,
but there are bigger pieces
of shit that live here.
Have you heard of any
urban legend to do with a tree
or a dream monster, anything?
No.
I mean... I don't know
maybe when I was, like,
a kid or something.
Have you been having nightmares?
Yeah.
They were, like,
the scariest dreams ever.
Was there a boy?
Yeah, with his eyes...
Were gone.
Yeah.
[Birds squawking]
[Insects chirping]
[Slurp]
TV time.
[Anna breathes deeply]
[May muttering]
[Metal music playing on headphones]
[Woman] But you don't care...
[Exhales] What the...
[Woman] Why don't you care?
[Woman] Why don't you care?
[Insects chirping]
[Bird calling]
[Anna gasps]
Hello?
[Creaking]
[Grunting]
[Wind blowing]
[Panting]
[Film projector whirring]
[Anna] "Once upon a time,
there was a boy named Vincent."
"He was blind with two glass eyes."
[Children screaming and laughing]
[Birds chirping]
"One day after school,
Vincent was forced
by two classmates into the woods."
[Approaching footsteps]
[Boys laugh]
[Anna] "This was the way he died."
[Boys laugh]
[Anna] "The boys stole Vincent's
glass eyes and put them"
"in their slingshot,
using Vincent's head as a bull's-eye."
"Perhaps Vincent's death
was an accident.
Maybe the bullies
didn't know he would die..."
"But there are no excuses for bullies.
"They hurt a lot of lives.
"Time passed as Vincent's body
molded into the sand,
"the earth
a tree."
"The roots of the tree made
Vincent's soul feel alive,
and that made him see."
"Vincent is dead..."
"But Sandman is very much alive."
[Projector whirring]
"I can see. I can see."
"I can see."
[Shawn] So fucking stupid.
[Julie] Maybe there is something
supernatural as fuck
going on, Shawn.
You're not having, like,
the scariest dreams ever?
We're being punished
for what we did to Conner.
[Shawn] But we didn't do
anything to Conner. You remember?
[Julie] Oh, you're so fucking stubborn!
Julie?
Aw, shit. How did I get here?
[Julie] I think you were sleepwalking.
It's OK.
I do not want to be around him.
[Shawn] Oh, my God. Shit.
You know what?
Gonna have a drink, huh?
Come here. Come here.
Fucking come here.
Shawn, no.
[Julie] What are you doing?
[Groaning]
[Shawn] Oh, fuck.
Fuck. Fuck!
[Julie] Oh, my God! Anna!
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Anna, come here. Give me your hand.
Anna, come here.
Come here. Come here.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
[Shawn] She's a fucking bitch.
[Julie] God. Come here.
Oh, fuck, it's not that bad.
Oh, my God. Here. Here, here, here.
You gonna fucking cry about it, Julie?
[Julie] Fucking psycho.
Stay the fuck there.
[Julie] Stop. Stop, stop. No.
[Anna] Fuck, get off me, Shawn!
[Shawn] I want to see this fucking tree,
and I want to prove to you all it's fake.
[Julie] OK. Stop.
[Shawn] Let's fucking go.
[Insects chirping]
[Birds chirping]
[Scraping]
What are you doing?
Oh, no. No peeking.
[Julie] Shawn, let me fucking see.
[Shawn] No.
Come on. Move. Let me see.
You're a fucking psycho.
How dare you bring my mom into this?
[Shawn] Now Cindy can join...
[Julie] Don't touch me.
[Shawn] Back the fuck up, Julie.
Step back.
[Julie] Don't touch me.
[Shawn] Step back, man.
[Julie] Shawn, don't touch me.
[Shawn] Go on.
[Anna] Guys, look.
Oh, my God, thank God.
[Shawn] What the...
[Anna] He doesn't go after everyone.
Come on, Anna. Let's go.
You gonna fucking leave on me?
[Julie] Yeah.
[Shawn] You, Julie?
Is she better than me now?
[Shawn] Fuck you, Julie.
All right. You know what?
Fuck you, man.
Watch out.
[Can clatters]
[Grunts]
[Sniffles]
[Sniffles]
[Zip]
Don't mind... if I do.
[Splashing]
[Whistles]
[Creaking]
[Zip]
[Screaming]
[Screaming continues]
[Whimpers]
[Screaming]
[Whimpering]
Oh!
[Creaking]
[Coughing]
[Gags]
[Creaking]
[Insects chirping]
[Julie] Bitch, your backyard
is scary as fuck.
Oh, I know.
You sure your grandma's
cool with me sleeping over?
Yeah. Don't worry.
She doesn't even know that you're here.
Tight.
I don't want to be alone tonight.
Me, either.
Conner did this.
I know he did.
Maybe he can reverse it.
No. There's no time for that.
We have to go straight to the source.
Maybe we can, like...
Like, what's that called when
people know they're dreaming?
What, like lucid dreaming?
[Julie] Yeah. Let's try that shit.
Oh, OK, so it says,
"Repeat a mantra over and over
before going to bed..."
"Remember, you're dreaming."
[Anna] OK, so... [Julie] Let's try it.
[Insects chirping]
[Anna] OK. We'll just
remember we're dreaming.
[Julie] Yeah. OK. Let's see.
Remember, you're dreaming.
Remember, you're dreaming.
Remember, you're dreaming.
Remember, you're dreaming.
No, no!
[Both] Remember, you're dreaming.
Remember, you're dreaming.
Remember, you're dreaming.
Remember, you're dreaming.
[Whispering voices]
[Creak]
[Anna coughs]
[Gagging]
[Gagging continues]
[Gasping]
[Laughs] Vincent.
[Both] Remember, you're dreaming.
[Anna] Vincent, Vincent.
I should have stopped him.
[Ratchet clicking]
I should have said something.
[Gasps]
[Sighs]
[Coughs]
Time. There's still time.
[Birds chirping]
[Insect buzzes]
[Yawns]
[Bubbling]
[May singing]
Will you be mine tonight?
I'm just boiling some eggs.
[Laughing]
Hey, just boiling some eggs,
and I made some coffee
with cream and sugar.
Enjoy.
[Grunts]
[Hums]
[Creak]
[Julie sighs]
[Bubbling]
[May] Dreamland tonight
Whoop.
Oh, oh
[Water running]
[Julie] Hey, Anna,
look how pretty these fish are.
Ow! Stop that! It hurts!
They're biting me! They're biting me!
[Panting]
[Hurried footsteps]
[May] Each little star...
[Bubbling]
[Thud]
[May] And you
Somewhere in dreamland
Tonight
[Grunting]
[Grunting continues]
[Exhales]
[Whirring]
[Screaming]
[Screaming continues]
[Wailing]
[Screams]
[Insects chirping]
[Birds chirping]
[Thunder]
[Exhales]
[May grunts]
[Squishing]
Vincent?
Hello, Vincent.
You ain't been around in years.
I thought you was gone.
I thought somebody cut you down,
found your skeleton, and buried you.
You know, I started thinking
you forgot about me.
I'm glad you didn't.
You came back to me, and I'm happy.
[Whoosh]
50 years ago,
I received my punishment,
and now it's my redemption time.
[Laughs]
I'm gonna step out
of this prison of darkness.
I'm gonna
open my eyes,
and I'm gonna finally see the sun.
Vincent.
[Gasps]
"If anyone injures his neighbor,
"as he has done, it shall be done to him,
"fracture for fracture,
"eye for eye,
"tooth for tooth.
Whatever injury he has given
a person shall be given to him."
I have to make things right.
[Inhales]
Hmm?
Hmm?
[May] It's OK, baby lamb.
What... what are you doing?
[May] I'm gonna get my eyes
back. Ha ha!
Oh, Anna,
you should have seen me back then.
I was the prettiest girl in school.
I had everything,
and you, such pretty eyes,
and he took everything away.
What'd he say all those years ago?
"An eye for an eye"...
[Anna whimpering]
So here we go.
[Grunts]
May: Oh! Oh!
Anna, I'm your grand mama.
I wouldn't hurt you.
This is all a part of his plan.
He's not here for you.
You're losing your mind.
This is... this is the opposite
of what he wants.
What are you talking about, girl?
[Anna] My name was carved
into that tree, OK?
I'm getting the nightmares, me.
Mr. Sandman is here for me.
No, no, no. No. You trying to trick me.
See, I've been waiting on him for a sign.
You my sign, baby.
[Anna screams]
[May] No.
Be still, girl.
[Anna screams]
You're fucking crazy. J... just...
[May screams]
[Moaning]
[Anna shouts]
[May screaming]
[Screaming continues]
[Whimpers]
[Thud]
[Panting]
Now I lay me
down to sleep.
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
If I die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.
[Screams]
[Panting]
[Screams]
[Panting]
[Screams]
[Creaking]
[Screams]
[Panting]
[Strains]
[Dripping]
[Patti] Hello?
[Creak]
Hello?
Oh, my God.
May?
[Gasping]
What happened to you?
[May panting]
May.
[Moaning]
[Grunts]
[Whimpering]
Oh...
Pretty, wouldn't hurt a fly, Patti.
I put that scar on your face
'cause you ain't no better than me.
Look at all the pain you caused.
I know it was you.
[Whimpering]
[Patti crying]
[May grunts]
No! May!
[Grunting]
May, May, I...
[Screaming]
You jealous bitch.
[Patti grunting]
[Gasps]
[Wind whistling]
[Anna panting]
[Squishing]
[Vincent shrieks]
[Ratchet clicking]
[Gasping]
[Gagging]
[Retching]
[Clink]
[Breathes deeply]
[Birds chirping]
[Panting]
[Laughing]
[Birds chirping]
[Frogs croaking]
[Rumbling]
[Creaking]
[Whispering voices]