Falling Stars (2023) Movie Script
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[wind]
[wind]
[wind building]
[trees rustling]
[muffled television broadcast]
[emergency alert]
Hey, everybody, it's
the Barry Foyle AM Radio Hour.
Did you know every navel orange
tree in the country comes from
just a single tree
in Riverside
imported from Brazil in 1870?
Tastier than Valencia citrus.
Pick up a bushel of Navels this
Halloween and give
the whole family
a bite out of history.
[national
weather emergency warning]
Do you still want to talk
to the Methodist preacher?
Huh?
The Methodist?
Is it first harvest?
Give me everybody who says they
saw this or they heard that.
I don't care how
paranoid they sound.
I don't care how delusional.
We want to talk to them. Okay.
Someone just called in and said
he counted eight stars in
the Big Dipper.
I don't get it.
There's only
supposed to be seven.
You are back
with me, Barry Foyle
on
the Barry Foyle AM Radio Hour.
You might be asking yourself
why we are starting
earlier than
our midnight start time.
And the answer to that is
if you study history like me.
You might have
read about Intercalation.
In the Middle Ages when you
wanted to fill a yearly cycle,
sometimes you had
to add a 13th month.
Only if the first of the month
fell on the first day of spring
solstice.
I mean, we're talking a time
where days, months, years,
were counted off
since the beginning of creation,
a time when the world was only
5000 years old.
If you add a 13th month
that means the new year
doesn't start on January 1st.
It starts
today,
October 15th.
So you might say that
this is the first
day of the new year.
You might say that the first day
doesn't start
until the sun comes up.
It actually
starts the night before
at twilight
when the sun goes down
and the stars go up
and they fill the sky.
Welcome to a brand new year
-said the contract lasted
six weeks - he's full of it.
-You think so?
-Oh, yeah.
He's got money.
- Said he couldn't afford more.
That's just his bullshit way
of putting you out on your ass.
Should I talk to him?
Say what?
Just find something else.
There is nothing else.
Oh, come on. Sure there is.
Doesn't feel like it sometimes.
Okay. Well,
ask mom for money, then.
Adam,
what's going on with fire?
Burns right through the grass.
Well, that's 'cause you're
feeding it mulch that's dry as
a nun on Sunday.
Grab some sticks, break them up.
Stars are falling.
We're fine.
Got the fire going.
Soon as it dies out,
you get your asses back inside.
Okay.
Night, Dad.
Can I have a beer?
Cooler.
I ain't seen shit yet
Anybody?
- Not me.
- Nope.
Anybody want to do the honors?
- You do it.
- Every year?
Only one of us
who knows Spanish.
Catalan.
All right.
Who's got the ferry ring?
- In the trunk
- Go get it.
Sal why don't
you keep the fire burning.
Bet he doesn't have it.
He better. He was with me When
we went to aunt Julie's farm.
Alfbrega i valeriana,
menta i ruda...
salven tota criatura....
Got the apples?
They're from the store.
Doesn't matter.
Basil?
Sage?
- Rue?
- Got the rue.
Valerian?
Valerian...
I swear aunt
Julie gave it to me.
Did you check the bag?
Well, you were
there, Julie said Valerian.
Go check the truck.
Probably just
fell between the seats.
What happens if
we don't have it?
Can't do the fairy ring.
We just get
the shotgun out of the shed
- You can't shoot them.
- Rob did.
When?
Last year out at Joshua Tree
Said he hid it in a burlap sack
and buried it in the middle of
the desert.
Meg has no idea.
I want to see it.
Heard it's bad juju.
Even just to look?
Not for more than 5 minutes.
Adam, you want to
see a real witch tonight?
Hey don't get your hopes up.
Him and Meg
just had a baby, so...
Think I just saw one.
They usually send alerts if...
[phone buzzes]
We're safest here.
[phone buzzes]
- Will you shut mine off?
- Yeah.
You know, I had
a dream they were coming early.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah.
You and Katelyn disappeared.
Is this a dream or a nightmare?
Bet you didn't mind it.
You know it wouldn't
be so bad for a day or two.
I'm just kidding, hon.
You won't believe
who just texted me
Hon?
[wind rises]
Hon?
- What?
- We said we wouldn't do that
Do what?
Oh my god I'm sorry. I didn't-I
scared you-? I was just looking
at the sky.
Who messaged you?
Bad boy Mikey.
Wondered if we had any valerian.
Said they're trying to build
a fairy ring
I think we should
still have some of ours
Should I invite him up?
We have Katelyn here
- It's not gonna be a party,
babe. - If he's driving all
the way from Brawley...
...It's not just for Valerian
[music playing]
Do these ever get old?
It's actually a good question.
I don't mean like,
as in, like, our taste to them.
Do they actually,
like, get stale.
I don't think so.
I think they're like 60% rubber.
Rubber and sugar.
[emergency curfew warning]
[...until 9:45pm]
[...extended tonight's
wind advisory until 5:30am...]
[...and for Riverside County...]
[...until 9:45pm]
Saw one.
You sure?
- Yup.
- Adam you see it?
Nah.
Trick of the eye.
No, I really did
it was just right there.
That's where we're going.
[music plays]
Make room
Oh, there's not enough.
Somebody's gonna have to
sit in the back then, huh
- Hell no I'm not
sitting back there - Pick straws
What's up, baby?
How you feeling, man?
This man brought a shovel
- We're getting in tonight, huh.
- Absolutely.
You know you picked just about
the worst night to do this.
We're good out here, right?
Yeah. Stars are quiet.
We saw one fall.
Goon squad.
Yeah, they're already spooked.
Do you think they could wait in
the trailer while we go look for
Valerian?
Thing is, Meg's finally getting
some
decent shut eye with Katelyn
Right.
You cool in the back?
Yeah.
Let me go get some
flashlights and stuff
I'll be right back.
No drinking 'til we get there.
I can't believe you.
Mike's here with his brothers.
We're just going for a drive.
It's dangerous, Rob.
Nothing's going to happen.
Love you.
See you soon.
Love you.
Gonna need those.
Hey, man...
Mind if I sit shotgun?
Meg sees me get in the cargo bay
It's gonna freak
her out, you know?
Out.
[music plays]
Out. Shoo. Go.
Give them a beer
for their troubles, man.
Yeah, take a beer.
What's the point of
even worrying about it.
Heard it happens so fast,
You don't even have
time to scream anyway.
Yeah but then what happens?
Where do you go?
[muffled conversation]
She put a hex on
you or something--
Oh to freeze my balls off.
- That was it, that was it - If
blue balls is a hex it worked
You want one of these?
Nah man, I'm good.
Remember that story of them
they went up by the lake
dancing around naked and stuff?
Oh, they weren't dancing.
I thought
that story was bullshit.
- No-- - Orgies, and
devil worship, all that stuff.
That was real.
Her Mom was a born witch.
Yeah, I heard that.
Yeah she was from
some small village in Andula...
Like, Anlaster? Something
like that.
She got her powers
from fucking a demon.
Jesus.
Oh, demons love to fuck witches.
- Yeah?
- Oh, yeah.
So where's the body?
Just keep us on
the road man, I'll get us there.
10 minutes?
Less, less.
How'd you shoot it?
A standard bolt
action, 20 gauge.
It was just
a lucky shot, honestly.
You must've been
pretty close though.
I was out in that spot, you
know, the one I was fixing up
Trying to make it into a little
getaway.
Built a fairy's ring,
watched that like a hawk.
Katelyn was teething it wasn't
like I was getting any damn
sleep anyway.
So I figured, fuck it.
It's like
2am....I hear
this sound like wind
They look like
shooting stars on the way down
Then they go dark.
I had my pair of
trusty night visions on me.
Those are the ones you gave
Tommy to go snipe hunting.
Yeah, those ones. Yeah,
Oh my God
- Poor kid.
- Poor Tom.
But they're...
They're too fast to see,
but if you shoot in anticipation
of where they're gonna be
It's just
like...bam, dead in one shot.
What, the witch?
Yeah. Man.
Talking about the witch.
What do you think I'm
talking about? Damn snipe?
I don't know, bro, no one's ever
seen either one with
their own eyes.
Yeah, well I have.
Is it what you expected?
No. No, it wasn't.
Meg see it?
Nah, don't want
to freak her out.
I thought about
telling my dad, but...
Hell for five minutes I thought
about making it my own little
side hustle
Like charge people
money to come see it.
Yeah, something like that.
But then I figure, you know,
with Meg's dad being
sick and all
Raising baby
Katelyn...it's just...
Me alone with
the carpet business...
I can't have another spinning
plate on top of the ones I got
Not without breaking one
You manage, man
You always figure it out
Every time I see
you, you're all, like...
together.
I ain't together, Mike.
I mean...look at me
Can't eat, I don't sleep
I'm stitched together and
falling apart at the seams here.
I'm like, like
Frankenstein or something.
Frankenstein's monster.
What?
It'd be Frankenstein monster.
Frankenstein's the doctor.
You would be
Frankenstein's monster.
A lot of people do that.
But anyways, bro, what seams?
I don't see any seams, bro.
I guess I hide them well
You're making
it work, dude. Come on.
Meanwhile, I'm over here just
trying to shake these
fuckers loose.
Yeah,
You're gonna wish
you had them around someday
Yeah
Like a sore on my ass.
How much longer?
We're almost there, hang tight
[You're listening to KNWK...]
[radio muffled]
Whoa, slow down there, sunshine.
You don't want to
come, best wait in the cab.
Oh, hell with
that. I want to see it.
Right, Adam?
I don't know
Sure. Yeah.
Adam.
If you don't want to come,
you don't have to.
No, I want to.
All right, here are the rules.
Give me your phones.
Come on.
You can look.
But no pictures.
[Mike peeing]
Second rule.
No touching.
Skin's like sulphuric acid
Can't get that shit
off without Lysol, trust me.
Third.
Do not take anything.
You want to make a charm out of
one of its fingernails to ward
off evil spirits?
Don't. I miss anything Mike?
Yeah don't look at
it for more than 5 minutes
and don't piss on it.
Serious.
Smell draws them
out, especially from men.
Nothing you boys
need to worry about.
Hey hey! That's what I thought.
[Rob] Who's got the beers?
[Adam] I do.
[Rob] Good.
[Rob] All right,
time for a little trivia.
[Rob] Whoever gets
it right, gets a prize.
[Rob] Which one
of you can tell me
[Rob] The first time a witch was
drawn on top of a broomstick?
[Sal] 1700s.
[Rob] - Adam?
[Adam] - 1600s?
[Rob] Mikey I know you know this
[Mike] - 1400s [Rob] - Ding,
ding, ding, we have a winner.
[Sal] Does it have a broom?
[Rob] We don't
want to spoil it, do we?
[Rob] Something I should
probably tell you about...
[Rob] ...
the longer you spend with her
[Rob] the harder it is to leave
[Rob] 5 minutes
or less is alright
[Rob] Any more
than that, though...
[Adam] What happens?
[Rob] You start getting these...
[Rob] funny thoughts like...
[Rob] I could
look at her all day,
[Rob] Or I should make
time to go up and see her
[Rob] Make sure she's there.
[Rob] Pretty soon you're
just making excuses to go up...
[Rob] Like, 'oh I got
an hour, why not head up?'
[Rob] Thoughts like that.
I used this as a marker,
it doesn't mean anything.
Give me a few feet.
Wait 'til I get her out.
We're really lucky.
[Rob grunts]
Soil's nice,
soft and not too rocky.
If this was harder sediment
We'd be here till morning.
[Rob grunts from exertion]
Mike, you want to
give me a hand with this
Mike.
Yeah...shit.
Ready?
Get that. There you go.
[Rob pants]
A little bit of light here, Sal.
It's small.
It is small.
They burn up coming down.
They get smaller doing that.
Alright Mike.
Since you know so
much about witches.
Why don't you do us the honor
of opening her up.
You don't have to
if you don't want to.
What, are you scared?
Nah, man, I mean,
shit, it's dead right, so.
[Mike] What's
there to be scared of?
Why the hesitation?
[Mike] I don't know.
[Mike] I just, you know,
It was fun
like, coming out here.
But now that we're
here, I don't know, man.
It feels different.
Mike,
I brought you out here.
You asked me to
bring you out here.
[Mike] I know
Now you're clamping up on me.
Clamping up on your brothers?
It looks like a kid.
Alright whatever.
How about you Sal
You want to get in there?
Sure.
- Sal...
- No, let Sal do it
[Mike] I said I'll do it
[Rob] When they don't harvest...
[Rob] That's
what they look like.
[Adam] Gross.
[Sal] Incredible.
[Adam] I never seen pics online
that look like this.
[Rob] Crappy
security cams don't catch shit.
[Rob] Only way to see
a witch is dead and up close.
[beer spills]
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
What happens if beer gets on it?
Just a little spill
nothing to worry about.
That's desecration.
No, that was an accident.
If he whipped his dick out
and pissed all over her
Yeah, that'd be desecration.
And we'd have to burn her, but,
this is fine.
It's fine.
Maybe we should,
just to be safe, right?
Maybe we should burn it, right?
[Rob] We don't
need you freaking out.
Guys I didn't mean to.
Fun's over. Back
to the truck. Let's go.
We're leaving.
Hey, are you sure it's okay?
Rob said it's okay, it's okay
Can I sit with you in the cab?
I don't want to sit in
the back again.
Mike.
Can I sit with you?
Yeah. Go
Wait in the truck.
[Mike] Rob,
come here, look at this.
[Rob] Hold on.
[Mike] Did you make this?
Make what?
These rings.
Looks like a ceremony ring...
[Rob] No...
[Rob] That's funny.
Did you do that?
No.
Was there someone else here?
Your dad, maybe?
[Rob] Dad wouldn't know
his ass from a witch's tit.
[Mike] There was
somebody else here, Rob.
I didn't tell
anyone, it was a secret.
You told us.
Look, if we just dug up a body
in a ceremony ring,
we're in a lot of trouble, man.
[Rob] This
ain't a ceremony ring.
It wasn't even
here when I buried her.
Then somebody came after.
Sal let's go.
[Rob] Mike...
[Rob] I want you to know
I had nothing to do with this.
[Mike] I believe you.
[Mike] That's why you're not
exactly making me feel any
better about it.
[Rob] Why don't
you just go wait in the truck?
[Mike] I'm not leaving you, man.
I prefer that to you standing
there judging my ass
It's not safe for me
to go to the truck alone.
And it's not safe for you to
stand here burying this
thing alone.
Put it in the ground
And let's fucking go man.
[Mike] Sal let's go!
[Mike] We're leaving!
Alright alright, hold your wad
[wind rises]
Windy.
[Rob] Christ,
Mike, will you just relax.
[Rob] It's first night of
Harvest. Nothing ever happens on
the first night.
[Mike] Just get
in the goddamn truck.
What's a matter?
Nothing.
No, you're spooked.
Mind your business.
He's just scared
'cause of what we saw.
- Sal...
- What'd you see?
- I didn't see anything.
- Mike. Come on, man.
We were in a ceremony ring.
- What's that?
- Sal, you want to tell him?
It's where
witches make new witches.
Like how?
The same way
people make new people.
You need it spelled out?
It's sacred ground.
We're not allowed to be on it.
So we'd get in trouble.
Yeah.
[National Weather Service
emergency alert]
[National Weather Service
emergency alert]
Sal, would you check the glove
box see if we got any music
in there
[Sal removes CD's]
Got some real
winners in here, Mike.
- Hollowed by Thy Name?
- No. What else.
- Dashiell Ames?
- Before your time.
What else?
Nothing I'd want to hear
I'd like to see what you have.
No CD's. That's for sure.
I don't even listen to those
Probably all scratched up any--
Oh sh...
[Mike breathing heavily]
[Adam] What is it?
[open door alarm]
[audible wind]
[open door alarm continues]
We should have just stayed home
and gone inside like dad said.
I don't know... I had
a voice telling me not to go.
I didn't listen to it.
I didn't listen to it...
I'm sorry, guys.
I'm sorry...I'm sorry.
Ain't we gonna look for him?
There's no one to look for.
He ain't out there.
He can't be gone!
He's gone, Sal. He's gone.
Okay? He's gone.
- You said we were safe!
- I know what I said, Adam.
Nothing's 100%. We all
took a risk coming out here.
All of us took a risk.
All of us.
What are we going
to say to his wife?
I don't know.
I'm not that far ahead yet.
We got to tell
her. We can't just leave.
- We gotta go back!
- Sal I know.
Okay, Just let me think.
Please.
Okay. I know.
Just give me a second.
Just give me a second, huh?
[winds rise]
[voicemail] ...is not available
[voicemail] At the tone,
please record your message.
[voicemail] When you are
finished recording,
you may hang up or....
[voicemail] Press
1 for more options.
[phone ringing]
She's not in there?
[voicemail] ...is not available
[voicemail] At the tone,
please record your message.
[voicemail] When you finished
recording, you may hang up or...
[voicemail] Press
1 for more options.
[beep]
Hey, Meg, it's Mike.
Listen, I'm
outside in the truck.
If you could come out
It's pretty urgent.
Okay.
[horn blares]
[Katelyn crying]
Where are you going?
- Going inside.
- Don't do it.
What? Just leave?
- It's not worth it.
- Not tonight.
- Hell with you guys.
- Mike!
I'm fine. See?
I'm fine.
What if he comes out
and we see him just disappear?
Don't say that.
It could happen.
[Sal] Every
year they're hungrier.
And they're coming earlier, too.
I mean, parts of Europe,
West Africa, they're seeing
falling stars as early
as August.
No way.
[Adam] He's really taking her.
[Katelyn crying]
I'm gonna go
get her stuff, okay?
What's her name?
Katelyn, I think.
She's so small.
How old is she?
Two, I think.
Should we give her some food?
Just wait, when we get home
mom's gonna know what to do.
[cracks pistachio]
[TV Host] ...
missing testimonies,
[TV Host] Indictments
and forced confessions
[TV Host] Are the last surviving
resources from the Salem
witch trials.
[TV Host] But now a new book,
[TV Host] 'Salem's Voices,'
makes a startling case for those
who've been silenced.
[TV Host] Here to help separate
the facts from the fiction...
[TV Host] Is prize-winning
author, Mary Crane.
[TV Host] Mary, Happy Harvest,
and thanks for joining us.
[Mary Crane]
Thank you for having me.
[Mary Crane] Happy Harvest.
[TV Host] Now, this is
obviously a haunting story.
[TV Host] And with
your second book in the series,
[TV Host] You've presented
a lost piece of history in
a strange new light.
[Mary Crane] I wanted to take us
back to a time when we sat in
the dark by candlelight,
[Mary Crane] A time when
we could grasp that it wasn't
sorcery....
[Katelyn crying]
Oh, my God.
[TV interview muffled]
[Danni] Get some blankets
Where's dad?
[Danni] On
a date with Dramamine.
He sick?
[Danni] He's got nausea.
[over Katelyn crying]
[Danni] Gets it every harvest.
The doctor said
it's psychosomatic.
- What's that?
- It means it's all in his head.
This is a towel.
I said a blanket!
It's all I could
find in the cabinet
Think on your feet.
Go get some from your bed.
Mute the TV.
[Danni] Where's her mom and dad?
They aren't here.
[Katelyn cries]
[Danni gasps]
Momma...hold you...
Do you remember Gretchen Mills?
[Danni] She used to babysit
you when you were kids.
She used to spike your hair up
Almost set it on fire.
She didn't come round
after we moved, but I'd see her
every now and again.
[Danni] I noticed
that she was thinning out
[Danni] And not
in a healthy way.
It's the kind of thin
that you think, Oh,
there's a drug problem there.
Or, huh, she might be
yakking up her TV dinner.
Will you do me a favor, hon?
Yeah.
Will you get me a cup of coffee?
It's on the stove.
Just put it in a cup
and heat it up for me.
[Danni] Anyway.
She said she borrowed a gun
and she was planning on...
Well,
she didn't tell me exactly
what she was going to do,
but I'm sitting there
and I am praying to God
that He puts the words in
my heart to help this poor girl
out of the deep and dark hole
she found herself in.
Oh, thank you, hon.
Wait, please.
She said...
This I'll never
forget, she said...
Miss Feeney,
I don't think I'm supposed to be
down here on earth as a human.
I think I'm supposed
to be up there as a witch.
And that must be why I'm so sad.
[Danni] What do you say to that?
[Danni] I just knew
That God was going to strike me
dead if I blew this one.
He put this poor
girl in front of me
And he was
asking me to help her.
[Danni] And I just knew
something terrible was going
to happen.
[Danni] So I said to her,
[Danni] Well, I've got some
shopping to do, and then I'm
going to run some errands.
Why don't you come with me?
I sure could use the company.
Truth be told,
I didn't want it, but...
She sat in my car
talking about pumpkins.
So just like that, I said.
Well,
I'll get one too,
and I'll carve it with you.
So we went to the store
and I got a pumpkin
Went to her house, and...
We didn't carve any pumpkins.
[Danni] They just sat there...
With the knives
sticking out of them...
While we sat on the couch
And we talked.
Just like we're doing right now.
But then...
A warning came on the TV
About an early harvest
Conversation clamped up.
You could hear a feather
hit the floor it was so quiet
And she gets up,
walks outside,
and never comes back.
[Danni] Found out a year later
From a friend
That her parents went missing
On the harvest and she must have
thought they were up there
somehow looking out for her
See, she knew
What she wanted to do.
And it has taken me
years of prayer to come to terms
with the fact that there
was nothing I could do
to stop her.
[Sal] Never heard that story.
I don't like telling it.
You would save
that one for a rainy night.
[Danni] Where'd you go?
To visit a friend.
Where'd he go?
Rob buried a witch.
We drove out to the desert
with him to see it.
We weren't there for very long.
Less than 5 minutes, right?
[Mike] Yeah.
And then what.
[Danni] And then what?
[Mike] Nothing. He put it back.
And then what?
I spilled some beer on it.
He spilled like a drop.
[Mike] It's like a drop.
[Katelyn cries]
Then you brought her here?
[Danni]
You knew not to come here,
[Danni] Didn't you?
We had the baby.
What's happening?
I want to make
sure that I get this
right before
I ask you to do this.
Do what?
Do what?
Go back.
[Mike] I'm not going back.
Oh, yes, you are.
And you're
going to do it tonight.
What are you talking about?
You're going to
dig it out of the dirt.
And here...
Here.
It says right here
You've got to burn it
'til there's nothing left
Before the sun rises.
Because if you don't...
If you don't,
you, your brothers,
And what's the baby's name?
Katelyn
Katelyn, and anyone that you
have come in contact with,
including
everyone in this house--
Has a roof over their head,
so nothing is gonna happen--
Will be marked and you
know what that means.
Yeah, I know what that means.
We're going to be looking up at
the sky every night for the rest
of our lives.
I read that you can
make a sacrifice.
Sacrifice who?
A baby?
You brought us into this.
I'm asking you
to make this right, son.
I told him we should burn it.
I said that.
I said we should burn it.
None of this shit would have
hap-- - Do you take
responsibility?
I'm asking you.
I don't want to-
(whispers)
I don't want it.
I'm asking you, son,
do you take responsibility?
Yeah.
[Mike] I take it.
Your brother has something
that he wants
to say to you boys.
It was my fault.
And uh...
I put your lives
at risk, and I'm sorry.
And uh...
I should have known better.
Right? I should
have done better.
[Adam]
- But it wasn't your fault
[Danni] - Let your brother say
his peace.
And uh...
Not only did I...
Put your lives at risk...
But I brought this
home to mom and dad.
And now there's a little girl
Who doesn't have a family.
So the least
that I can do is try to just
make it better
for her
and for you guys.
Make it better for you guys.
And for mom and dad.
I don't think it's fair.
No way.
Well, it's not about what's fair
It's about what's right.
Fine I don't
think it's right either.
It was Rob's fault, not yours.
- Yeah.
- You go out there,
You might not come back
home, doesn't mom know that?
Of course she does.
Isn't there another way?
Guys
- get on the right side of this.
Okay?
We all know what happens
if I don't go back out there.
Everyone,
Even you two shit for brains
Gets a mark for
the rest of their lives.
I don't want to lose you.
I'd die if
you didn't come back, Mike.
I'd die.
[muffled crying]
Wonderful day...
- Mom.
[over Danni singing]
What is it?
If something happens to Mike...
If he doesn't come home...
[over Danni singing]
- He's gonna come home.
- But if he doesn't--
Think good
thoughts, isn't that right?
I am just thinking
of contingencies here.
He has to burn the body, Sal.
What I'm asking is,
Can they...
Can they take him
before he burns it?
You think good thoughts.
Think good thoughts
Don't think bad thoughts.
Think good
thoughts....isn't that right?
[Katelyn] Momma...
You know, I don't think it would
be too crazy if I raised her.
It's been so long
since I've raised you three.
Hm? Come here.
Smell her.
[Katelyn whimpers]
She smells just
like you used to.
You're tired.
I think it's time to rest.
I need to watch her.
Adam and I will do it.
And--we'll feed her.
If she cries, you can take her.
No, I think I'll...
I'll sleep on the couch.
Your dad could use a break
from my teeth grinding anyway.
Then I'm going to
go with Mike, okay?
She's so soft.
Gonna bring Adam too.
Okay, sweetheart.
[National Weather Service
Emergency Curfew Warning]
Find something on the A.M.
[Barry Foyle] ...
all of these questions.
[Barry Foyle] No one's ever seen
one with their own eyes, right?
[Barry Foyle] I certainly
haven't.
She has seen one in the flesh.
[Barry Foyle] And she says she
has an urgent warning for us.
[Barry Foyle] Trish,
you're on with
the Barry Foyle AM Radio Hour.
[Barry Foyle] What's
the warning? [Trish] They're
coming for all of us, Barry.
[Barry Foyle] You know, I
thought that might be the case.
[Trish] Less and less of us
believe in what is going on
up there.
[Trish] So they are going
to smite us all into oblivion.
[Barry Foyle] Sounds like
a warning. What do you know
that we don't, Trish?
[Trish] What I see
with my own eyes.
[Trish] There's more of them
coming down every year.
[Trish] If we don't give them
what they want they're going to
take it.
We aren't doing
our due diligence either.
I mean, look at how
much harvest we offer.
Every single year,
the numbers dwindle.
Statistically,
there's less of us to give
[Trish] A grown man or woman is
a two years' equivalent to
a single year's harvest, Barry.
[Trish] There's plenty
enough of us to go around.
[Barry Foyle] So what
is it we should be doing?
[Barry Foyle]
Offering more harvest then?
[Trish] Offering them respect.
[Barry Foyle]
- Respect? [Trish] - This is
about heirarchy...
[Trish] Making
sure we know who it is
[Trish] That's
really in charge above us.
[Barry Foyle] Sorry to
disappoint you, Trish, but
it ain't bitches on broomsticks
[Barry Foyle]
that's in charge of me.
[Barry Foyle] It's the one and
the only the Father who is
the holy.
We could tell him.
Tell him what?
What we saw.
[Elana] KNWK...
This is the studio line to
the Barry Foyle AM Radio Hour.
Can I have your name,
and the reason for your call?
Mike, I'm sorry.
You're breaking up.
Where are you?
You're driving.
Did you say?
Sorry, Mike.
Can I put you on
hold for a second?
I need to share this with Barry.
Okay, thanks.
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[Elana] I thought you said
you would call me if you got up
and left.
[Barry Foyle] Don't worry.
These burn
through fast. You want one?
I don't smoke, remember?
That's right.
Well, it's never too
late to start. What we got?
Think you should talk to Mike.
Mike...
Dead witch...no.
[mouse clicking]
- No... - He just
needs someone to talk to.
He's... feels
alone and he needs--
And we're back.
Welcome to
the Barry Foyle AM Radio Hour.
Thank you so much
for being here with us.
I'm here to guide
you through the night.
Hope you're safe inside tonight
as we have another update
from
the National Weather Service...
That extends tonight's wind
advisory until 5:00 this
morning.
Hey, Mike?
Are you still there?
I just spoke to Barry.
He has a few more calls,
but I put you in the queue.
Now, folks, we don't traffic
in hearsay, or rumor, but
our airwaves are open, so
if you hear anything, call us.
If you see anything, call us.
Sure.
I'll let him know that.
I'm on standby.
I'm watching. I'm listening.
My lines are
open, my eyes are open.
And now...
One more very fast
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What's wrong?
So I think
you should talk to Mike.
- Look, I told you...
- He is your cigarette call.
[Barry sighs]
Damn.
He really got
you worked up, huh?
I won't forget what he said.
Like, ever.
I'm going to be lying in bed
tomorrow thinking about it.
You know, when you listen.
But you don't sit still.
You're picking
at the skin around
your fingernails
until they bleed
Because what you hear burrowed
under the soft
part of your brain,
where you can't let anything go.
Yeah. The cigarette call-
- Right!
- Just like all of these here...
- Are those from tonight?
- Yep.
See this?
Look how close they are to us.
Yeah.
Now when they call
from over here, I get it.
All the way over here, though.
Nobody next to us?
Where'd Mike say
he was calling from?
Um...
He's south of 62.
He's between here and here.
[Barry sighs]
Nah.
What's next?
This guy who claims his ex-wife
haunted him on a cruise ship
The night of
their wedding anniversary.
- Little mid... - The same
ship where she fell overboard.
[Caller] And
there was a voice...
[Caller] Just like hers...
[Caller] But not,
If that makes any sense.
[Caller] I guess it doesn't.
[Caller] Anyway...
[Elana] KNWK.
This is the studio line
to the Barry Foyle AM Radio Hour
Can I have your name,
And the reason for your call?
[Caller] I felt the velvet
lined gloves reaching out.
[Caller] The ones they found
her in after she died.
[Caller] And the worst of it
was the hot breath on my neck.
[Caller] Like she was behind me.
[Caller] And I could
hear the breathing...
[Caller] Like this.
[Caller inhales and
exhales dramatically]
Look, man,
you had me up until
the velvet gloves thing.
Now, now I'm
wondering where you're from.
Is it like Victorian England?
This is America, man.
Look, folks, I am not a skeptic.
I believe in spirits,
not ghosts.
More after
a word from our sponsor.
You want to talk to him?
Tell me about him.
His name is Mike.
And Mike is scared.
Not a little scared.
He's really-- like he said,
he's on his way to burn--
To what?
It's going to
sound dumb coming for me.
It's better if
you hear from him.
Still need more than that...
He said he's cursed.
And not just him.
Everybody he's with right now.
You could help him.
And what, you want
me to feel sorry for him?
He pulled on your heart strings.
And now you want
him to pull on mine.
Uh uh. He's
a grifter. Tell him goodbye.
Hey, Mike.
Are you still there?
Great. Can you stand by?
I said good bye.
-Yeah, just a few more minutes.
We just got off a break,
but Barry really wants to
talk to you.
Sure. Okay.
Yeah, I will let him know that.
He has a favor to ask.
I am sure he does.
He doesn't want
you to belittle him on air
like you do with
your other callers.
His words, obviously.
He's not trying to
convince you of anything.
He's just happy
he found someone who'll listen.
Stay in here for this one.
Mike? Is that his name?
- Yeah.
Welcome back.
And you are on
the Barry Foyle AM Radio Hour.
Who do I have
the pleasure of speaking with?
Name's Mike.
[Barry Foyle] Mike,
thanks for joining us.
[Barry Foyle] We've been told
that you've seen a witch in
the flesh.
[Barry Foyle] Tell us about it.
Uh, small.
[Barry Foyle] Small? Let me
guess. Kind of blurry.
Indistinct features.
They ride on broomsticks.
Broomsticks? I'm guessing
they have pointy hats, too.
Can you take him seriously?
[Mike] I don't know, man.
I couldn't see clothes.
They might ride naked.
[Barry Foyle] Boy, you are
really cooking with gas
tonight, Mike.
What else can
you tell us about it?
[Mike] Their skin is like...
[Mike] It's like a,
it's like a burnt tree.
Yeah, like a tree
when it's all burnt up.
And this smell.
It's like earthy.
Although that that might have
been the ground that it was
buried in.
It's hard to tell.
You're looking at it?
[Mike] On my way to burn it.
Only way to lift the curse.
[Barry Foyle] Curse?
Look, Mike, we have a long,
sordid history in this country
when it comes
to burning witches.
The literature is a little
behind the times when it comes
to those things.
So I'm guessing
you must be a farmhand
[Barry Foyle]
Somewhere out in the boonies...
[Barry Foyle] with your guns
away from
the conversation, right?
What conversation.
[Barry Foyle] We don't
burn witches anymore, Mike.
- How else do you lift
the curse-? [Barry Foyle]
- Human sacrifice.
[Barry Foyle] It's the only way,
[Barry Foyle] You don't
piss off the heavens above, man.
[Mike sighs]
I don't know, man.
Burning's how my parents did it.
[Barry Foyle] And
that's how their parents did it.
[Barry Foyle] Doesn't mean
it's the way we do it today.
Are you-?
Are you talking trash?
Mike. I want you to
call me back after you burn it.
I really mean that.
Good luck, okay?
Where did you say
he called from again?
South of 62.
Between here and here
I guess we'll
give him a tack then.
Yo, he's full of shit, man.
He's never seen
a witch in his life. We have!
Yeah, just fuck him.
All right.
What if he's right?
Yo, there's 2 hours
'til the sun comes up.
You want to talk about this now?
[Mike] Look at this nut job
in the middle of the road.
[horn blares]
[tires squeal]
We gotta pick him up!
No way man
you saw how he looked.
He's going our way.
Adam!
[truck screeches to halt]
Adam, what are you doing?
He was going our way-
He's going our way?
Some guy walking across
the desert in the dark--
- It looked like he needed help!
- Hey, both of you--
[Mike] You realize
we have stuff to do right--
[footsteps on dirt]
Who? Who is this man?
- I thought he needed help--
Hey hey hey.
My car is out of fuel.
Could I ask for
a ride into town?
Ouami. That's my name.
Ouami. It's like, who am I?
Who am I? Who am I? You know?
Ouami. If you dropped 'Who'--
- Right?
- Right.
Who am I... Hey, hi.
Listen man we're-- yeah...
We're uh, we're
a little packed in here.
I can sit in the back...
We're not--
--we're not going to town.
- Adam.
Ah. Where is it you are going?
Just desert business.
Desert business...
Oh, ah. Desert business...
You're the merchants.
No, you're not,
you're the customers, right?
You're the customers.
Yeah.
On first night of harvest,
there are some big deals
if you know where to look.
All those big
homes, suddenly emptied.
TVs the family
will never watch again.
The Martha Stewart
cookware just sitting
in kitchen cabinets just begging
us, begging us to take them.
You know, please take me.
(laughs) Take me! Please.
You know...
When I was your age,
I wanted to become a witch.
Hey, buddy, I'm driving.
You don't need
to talk to him, Okay?
You talk to me.
Okay.
Sometimes...
They don't want to eat us...
Instead of eating us
like Saturn, eating his son--
[Ouami screams]
Gotcha.
Sometimes...
They take up our fragile bodies
Without any understanding
of what makes us who we are.
And they turn us
into one of their own.
They want the seed of meaning
God planted in
the one place he knew
We would spend
our whole life looking for it.
But it's not in the mountains.
It's not in the deserts.
You know where is it?
Where?
You know, it's right here.
Right here...
In each of us. In each of us.
Right here!
Right here!
You ever touch the wheel again?
I will kill you.
You got that?
Yes.
[Mike sighs]
Okay...
Alright.
I'll see you in a minute.
See you soon.
- Stay in the truck, okay?
- No...
[Sal grunting]
Come on...
[Adam breathing heavily]
[Adam crying]
[wind rises]
[wind]
[wind]
[wind building]
[trees rustling]
[muffled television broadcast]
[emergency alert]
Hey, everybody, it's
the Barry Foyle AM Radio Hour.
Did you know every navel orange
tree in the country comes from
just a single tree
in Riverside
imported from Brazil in 1870?
Tastier than Valencia citrus.
Pick up a bushel of Navels this
Halloween and give
the whole family
a bite out of history.
[national
weather emergency warning]
Do you still want to talk
to the Methodist preacher?
Huh?
The Methodist?
Is it first harvest?
Give me everybody who says they
saw this or they heard that.
I don't care how
paranoid they sound.
I don't care how delusional.
We want to talk to them. Okay.
Someone just called in and said
he counted eight stars in
the Big Dipper.
I don't get it.
There's only
supposed to be seven.
You are back
with me, Barry Foyle
on
the Barry Foyle AM Radio Hour.
You might be asking yourself
why we are starting
earlier than
our midnight start time.
And the answer to that is
if you study history like me.
You might have
read about Intercalation.
In the Middle Ages when you
wanted to fill a yearly cycle,
sometimes you had
to add a 13th month.
Only if the first of the month
fell on the first day of spring
solstice.
I mean, we're talking a time
where days, months, years,
were counted off
since the beginning of creation,
a time when the world was only
5000 years old.
If you add a 13th month
that means the new year
doesn't start on January 1st.
It starts
today,
October 15th.
So you might say that
this is the first
day of the new year.
You might say that the first day
doesn't start
until the sun comes up.
It actually
starts the night before
at twilight
when the sun goes down
and the stars go up
and they fill the sky.
Welcome to a brand new year
-said the contract lasted
six weeks - he's full of it.
-You think so?
-Oh, yeah.
He's got money.
- Said he couldn't afford more.
That's just his bullshit way
of putting you out on your ass.
Should I talk to him?
Say what?
Just find something else.
There is nothing else.
Oh, come on. Sure there is.
Doesn't feel like it sometimes.
Okay. Well,
ask mom for money, then.
Adam,
what's going on with fire?
Burns right through the grass.
Well, that's 'cause you're
feeding it mulch that's dry as
a nun on Sunday.
Grab some sticks, break them up.
Stars are falling.
We're fine.
Got the fire going.
Soon as it dies out,
you get your asses back inside.
Okay.
Night, Dad.
Can I have a beer?
Cooler.
I ain't seen shit yet
Anybody?
- Not me.
- Nope.
Anybody want to do the honors?
- You do it.
- Every year?
Only one of us
who knows Spanish.
Catalan.
All right.
Who's got the ferry ring?
- In the trunk
- Go get it.
Sal why don't
you keep the fire burning.
Bet he doesn't have it.
He better. He was with me When
we went to aunt Julie's farm.
Alfbrega i valeriana,
menta i ruda...
salven tota criatura....
Got the apples?
They're from the store.
Doesn't matter.
Basil?
Sage?
- Rue?
- Got the rue.
Valerian?
Valerian...
I swear aunt
Julie gave it to me.
Did you check the bag?
Well, you were
there, Julie said Valerian.
Go check the truck.
Probably just
fell between the seats.
What happens if
we don't have it?
Can't do the fairy ring.
We just get
the shotgun out of the shed
- You can't shoot them.
- Rob did.
When?
Last year out at Joshua Tree
Said he hid it in a burlap sack
and buried it in the middle of
the desert.
Meg has no idea.
I want to see it.
Heard it's bad juju.
Even just to look?
Not for more than 5 minutes.
Adam, you want to
see a real witch tonight?
Hey don't get your hopes up.
Him and Meg
just had a baby, so...
Think I just saw one.
They usually send alerts if...
[phone buzzes]
We're safest here.
[phone buzzes]
- Will you shut mine off?
- Yeah.
You know, I had
a dream they were coming early.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah.
You and Katelyn disappeared.
Is this a dream or a nightmare?
Bet you didn't mind it.
You know it wouldn't
be so bad for a day or two.
I'm just kidding, hon.
You won't believe
who just texted me
Hon?
[wind rises]
Hon?
- What?
- We said we wouldn't do that
Do what?
Oh my god I'm sorry. I didn't-I
scared you-? I was just looking
at the sky.
Who messaged you?
Bad boy Mikey.
Wondered if we had any valerian.
Said they're trying to build
a fairy ring
I think we should
still have some of ours
Should I invite him up?
We have Katelyn here
- It's not gonna be a party,
babe. - If he's driving all
the way from Brawley...
...It's not just for Valerian
[music playing]
Do these ever get old?
It's actually a good question.
I don't mean like,
as in, like, our taste to them.
Do they actually,
like, get stale.
I don't think so.
I think they're like 60% rubber.
Rubber and sugar.
[emergency curfew warning]
[...until 9:45pm]
[...extended tonight's
wind advisory until 5:30am...]
[...and for Riverside County...]
[...until 9:45pm]
Saw one.
You sure?
- Yup.
- Adam you see it?
Nah.
Trick of the eye.
No, I really did
it was just right there.
That's where we're going.
[music plays]
Make room
Oh, there's not enough.
Somebody's gonna have to
sit in the back then, huh
- Hell no I'm not
sitting back there - Pick straws
What's up, baby?
How you feeling, man?
This man brought a shovel
- We're getting in tonight, huh.
- Absolutely.
You know you picked just about
the worst night to do this.
We're good out here, right?
Yeah. Stars are quiet.
We saw one fall.
Goon squad.
Yeah, they're already spooked.
Do you think they could wait in
the trailer while we go look for
Valerian?
Thing is, Meg's finally getting
some
decent shut eye with Katelyn
Right.
You cool in the back?
Yeah.
Let me go get some
flashlights and stuff
I'll be right back.
No drinking 'til we get there.
I can't believe you.
Mike's here with his brothers.
We're just going for a drive.
It's dangerous, Rob.
Nothing's going to happen.
Love you.
See you soon.
Love you.
Gonna need those.
Hey, man...
Mind if I sit shotgun?
Meg sees me get in the cargo bay
It's gonna freak
her out, you know?
Out.
[music plays]
Out. Shoo. Go.
Give them a beer
for their troubles, man.
Yeah, take a beer.
What's the point of
even worrying about it.
Heard it happens so fast,
You don't even have
time to scream anyway.
Yeah but then what happens?
Where do you go?
[muffled conversation]
She put a hex on
you or something--
Oh to freeze my balls off.
- That was it, that was it - If
blue balls is a hex it worked
You want one of these?
Nah man, I'm good.
Remember that story of them
they went up by the lake
dancing around naked and stuff?
Oh, they weren't dancing.
I thought
that story was bullshit.
- No-- - Orgies, and
devil worship, all that stuff.
That was real.
Her Mom was a born witch.
Yeah, I heard that.
Yeah she was from
some small village in Andula...
Like, Anlaster? Something
like that.
She got her powers
from fucking a demon.
Jesus.
Oh, demons love to fuck witches.
- Yeah?
- Oh, yeah.
So where's the body?
Just keep us on
the road man, I'll get us there.
10 minutes?
Less, less.
How'd you shoot it?
A standard bolt
action, 20 gauge.
It was just
a lucky shot, honestly.
You must've been
pretty close though.
I was out in that spot, you
know, the one I was fixing up
Trying to make it into a little
getaway.
Built a fairy's ring,
watched that like a hawk.
Katelyn was teething it wasn't
like I was getting any damn
sleep anyway.
So I figured, fuck it.
It's like
2am....I hear
this sound like wind
They look like
shooting stars on the way down
Then they go dark.
I had my pair of
trusty night visions on me.
Those are the ones you gave
Tommy to go snipe hunting.
Yeah, those ones. Yeah,
Oh my God
- Poor kid.
- Poor Tom.
But they're...
They're too fast to see,
but if you shoot in anticipation
of where they're gonna be
It's just
like...bam, dead in one shot.
What, the witch?
Yeah. Man.
Talking about the witch.
What do you think I'm
talking about? Damn snipe?
I don't know, bro, no one's ever
seen either one with
their own eyes.
Yeah, well I have.
Is it what you expected?
No. No, it wasn't.
Meg see it?
Nah, don't want
to freak her out.
I thought about
telling my dad, but...
Hell for five minutes I thought
about making it my own little
side hustle
Like charge people
money to come see it.
Yeah, something like that.
But then I figure, you know,
with Meg's dad being
sick and all
Raising baby
Katelyn...it's just...
Me alone with
the carpet business...
I can't have another spinning
plate on top of the ones I got
Not without breaking one
You manage, man
You always figure it out
Every time I see
you, you're all, like...
together.
I ain't together, Mike.
I mean...look at me
Can't eat, I don't sleep
I'm stitched together and
falling apart at the seams here.
I'm like, like
Frankenstein or something.
Frankenstein's monster.
What?
It'd be Frankenstein monster.
Frankenstein's the doctor.
You would be
Frankenstein's monster.
A lot of people do that.
But anyways, bro, what seams?
I don't see any seams, bro.
I guess I hide them well
You're making
it work, dude. Come on.
Meanwhile, I'm over here just
trying to shake these
fuckers loose.
Yeah,
You're gonna wish
you had them around someday
Yeah
Like a sore on my ass.
How much longer?
We're almost there, hang tight
[You're listening to KNWK...]
[radio muffled]
Whoa, slow down there, sunshine.
You don't want to
come, best wait in the cab.
Oh, hell with
that. I want to see it.
Right, Adam?
I don't know
Sure. Yeah.
Adam.
If you don't want to come,
you don't have to.
No, I want to.
All right, here are the rules.
Give me your phones.
Come on.
You can look.
But no pictures.
[Mike peeing]
Second rule.
No touching.
Skin's like sulphuric acid
Can't get that shit
off without Lysol, trust me.
Third.
Do not take anything.
You want to make a charm out of
one of its fingernails to ward
off evil spirits?
Don't. I miss anything Mike?
Yeah don't look at
it for more than 5 minutes
and don't piss on it.
Serious.
Smell draws them
out, especially from men.
Nothing you boys
need to worry about.
Hey hey! That's what I thought.
[Rob] Who's got the beers?
[Adam] I do.
[Rob] Good.
[Rob] All right,
time for a little trivia.
[Rob] Whoever gets
it right, gets a prize.
[Rob] Which one
of you can tell me
[Rob] The first time a witch was
drawn on top of a broomstick?
[Sal] 1700s.
[Rob] - Adam?
[Adam] - 1600s?
[Rob] Mikey I know you know this
[Mike] - 1400s [Rob] - Ding,
ding, ding, we have a winner.
[Sal] Does it have a broom?
[Rob] We don't
want to spoil it, do we?
[Rob] Something I should
probably tell you about...
[Rob] ...
the longer you spend with her
[Rob] the harder it is to leave
[Rob] 5 minutes
or less is alright
[Rob] Any more
than that, though...
[Adam] What happens?
[Rob] You start getting these...
[Rob] funny thoughts like...
[Rob] I could
look at her all day,
[Rob] Or I should make
time to go up and see her
[Rob] Make sure she's there.
[Rob] Pretty soon you're
just making excuses to go up...
[Rob] Like, 'oh I got
an hour, why not head up?'
[Rob] Thoughts like that.
I used this as a marker,
it doesn't mean anything.
Give me a few feet.
Wait 'til I get her out.
We're really lucky.
[Rob grunts]
Soil's nice,
soft and not too rocky.
If this was harder sediment
We'd be here till morning.
[Rob grunts from exertion]
Mike, you want to
give me a hand with this
Mike.
Yeah...shit.
Ready?
Get that. There you go.
[Rob pants]
A little bit of light here, Sal.
It's small.
It is small.
They burn up coming down.
They get smaller doing that.
Alright Mike.
Since you know so
much about witches.
Why don't you do us the honor
of opening her up.
You don't have to
if you don't want to.
What, are you scared?
Nah, man, I mean,
shit, it's dead right, so.
[Mike] What's
there to be scared of?
Why the hesitation?
[Mike] I don't know.
[Mike] I just, you know,
It was fun
like, coming out here.
But now that we're
here, I don't know, man.
It feels different.
Mike,
I brought you out here.
You asked me to
bring you out here.
[Mike] I know
Now you're clamping up on me.
Clamping up on your brothers?
It looks like a kid.
Alright whatever.
How about you Sal
You want to get in there?
Sure.
- Sal...
- No, let Sal do it
[Mike] I said I'll do it
[Rob] When they don't harvest...
[Rob] That's
what they look like.
[Adam] Gross.
[Sal] Incredible.
[Adam] I never seen pics online
that look like this.
[Rob] Crappy
security cams don't catch shit.
[Rob] Only way to see
a witch is dead and up close.
[beer spills]
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
What happens if beer gets on it?
Just a little spill
nothing to worry about.
That's desecration.
No, that was an accident.
If he whipped his dick out
and pissed all over her
Yeah, that'd be desecration.
And we'd have to burn her, but,
this is fine.
It's fine.
Maybe we should,
just to be safe, right?
Maybe we should burn it, right?
[Rob] We don't
need you freaking out.
Guys I didn't mean to.
Fun's over. Back
to the truck. Let's go.
We're leaving.
Hey, are you sure it's okay?
Rob said it's okay, it's okay
Can I sit with you in the cab?
I don't want to sit in
the back again.
Mike.
Can I sit with you?
Yeah. Go
Wait in the truck.
[Mike] Rob,
come here, look at this.
[Rob] Hold on.
[Mike] Did you make this?
Make what?
These rings.
Looks like a ceremony ring...
[Rob] No...
[Rob] That's funny.
Did you do that?
No.
Was there someone else here?
Your dad, maybe?
[Rob] Dad wouldn't know
his ass from a witch's tit.
[Mike] There was
somebody else here, Rob.
I didn't tell
anyone, it was a secret.
You told us.
Look, if we just dug up a body
in a ceremony ring,
we're in a lot of trouble, man.
[Rob] This
ain't a ceremony ring.
It wasn't even
here when I buried her.
Then somebody came after.
Sal let's go.
[Rob] Mike...
[Rob] I want you to know
I had nothing to do with this.
[Mike] I believe you.
[Mike] That's why you're not
exactly making me feel any
better about it.
[Rob] Why don't
you just go wait in the truck?
[Mike] I'm not leaving you, man.
I prefer that to you standing
there judging my ass
It's not safe for me
to go to the truck alone.
And it's not safe for you to
stand here burying this
thing alone.
Put it in the ground
And let's fucking go man.
[Mike] Sal let's go!
[Mike] We're leaving!
Alright alright, hold your wad
[wind rises]
Windy.
[Rob] Christ,
Mike, will you just relax.
[Rob] It's first night of
Harvest. Nothing ever happens on
the first night.
[Mike] Just get
in the goddamn truck.
What's a matter?
Nothing.
No, you're spooked.
Mind your business.
He's just scared
'cause of what we saw.
- Sal...
- What'd you see?
- I didn't see anything.
- Mike. Come on, man.
We were in a ceremony ring.
- What's that?
- Sal, you want to tell him?
It's where
witches make new witches.
Like how?
The same way
people make new people.
You need it spelled out?
It's sacred ground.
We're not allowed to be on it.
So we'd get in trouble.
Yeah.
[National Weather Service
emergency alert]
[National Weather Service
emergency alert]
Sal, would you check the glove
box see if we got any music
in there
[Sal removes CD's]
Got some real
winners in here, Mike.
- Hollowed by Thy Name?
- No. What else.
- Dashiell Ames?
- Before your time.
What else?
Nothing I'd want to hear
I'd like to see what you have.
No CD's. That's for sure.
I don't even listen to those
Probably all scratched up any--
Oh sh...
[Mike breathing heavily]
[Adam] What is it?
[open door alarm]
[audible wind]
[open door alarm continues]
We should have just stayed home
and gone inside like dad said.
I don't know... I had
a voice telling me not to go.
I didn't listen to it.
I didn't listen to it...
I'm sorry, guys.
I'm sorry...I'm sorry.
Ain't we gonna look for him?
There's no one to look for.
He ain't out there.
He can't be gone!
He's gone, Sal. He's gone.
Okay? He's gone.
- You said we were safe!
- I know what I said, Adam.
Nothing's 100%. We all
took a risk coming out here.
All of us took a risk.
All of us.
What are we going
to say to his wife?
I don't know.
I'm not that far ahead yet.
We got to tell
her. We can't just leave.
- We gotta go back!
- Sal I know.
Okay, Just let me think.
Please.
Okay. I know.
Just give me a second.
Just give me a second, huh?
[winds rise]
[voicemail] ...is not available
[voicemail] At the tone,
please record your message.
[voicemail] When you are
finished recording,
you may hang up or....
[voicemail] Press
1 for more options.
[phone ringing]
She's not in there?
[voicemail] ...is not available
[voicemail] At the tone,
please record your message.
[voicemail] When you finished
recording, you may hang up or...
[voicemail] Press
1 for more options.
[beep]
Hey, Meg, it's Mike.
Listen, I'm
outside in the truck.
If you could come out
It's pretty urgent.
Okay.
[horn blares]
[Katelyn crying]
Where are you going?
- Going inside.
- Don't do it.
What? Just leave?
- It's not worth it.
- Not tonight.
- Hell with you guys.
- Mike!
I'm fine. See?
I'm fine.
What if he comes out
and we see him just disappear?
Don't say that.
It could happen.
[Sal] Every
year they're hungrier.
And they're coming earlier, too.
I mean, parts of Europe,
West Africa, they're seeing
falling stars as early
as August.
No way.
[Adam] He's really taking her.
[Katelyn crying]
I'm gonna go
get her stuff, okay?
What's her name?
Katelyn, I think.
She's so small.
How old is she?
Two, I think.
Should we give her some food?
Just wait, when we get home
mom's gonna know what to do.
[cracks pistachio]
[TV Host] ...
missing testimonies,
[TV Host] Indictments
and forced confessions
[TV Host] Are the last surviving
resources from the Salem
witch trials.
[TV Host] But now a new book,
[TV Host] 'Salem's Voices,'
makes a startling case for those
who've been silenced.
[TV Host] Here to help separate
the facts from the fiction...
[TV Host] Is prize-winning
author, Mary Crane.
[TV Host] Mary, Happy Harvest,
and thanks for joining us.
[Mary Crane]
Thank you for having me.
[Mary Crane] Happy Harvest.
[TV Host] Now, this is
obviously a haunting story.
[TV Host] And with
your second book in the series,
[TV Host] You've presented
a lost piece of history in
a strange new light.
[Mary Crane] I wanted to take us
back to a time when we sat in
the dark by candlelight,
[Mary Crane] A time when
we could grasp that it wasn't
sorcery....
[Katelyn crying]
Oh, my God.
[TV interview muffled]
[Danni] Get some blankets
Where's dad?
[Danni] On
a date with Dramamine.
He sick?
[Danni] He's got nausea.
[over Katelyn crying]
[Danni] Gets it every harvest.
The doctor said
it's psychosomatic.
- What's that?
- It means it's all in his head.
This is a towel.
I said a blanket!
It's all I could
find in the cabinet
Think on your feet.
Go get some from your bed.
Mute the TV.
[Danni] Where's her mom and dad?
They aren't here.
[Katelyn cries]
[Danni gasps]
Momma...hold you...
Do you remember Gretchen Mills?
[Danni] She used to babysit
you when you were kids.
She used to spike your hair up
Almost set it on fire.
She didn't come round
after we moved, but I'd see her
every now and again.
[Danni] I noticed
that she was thinning out
[Danni] And not
in a healthy way.
It's the kind of thin
that you think, Oh,
there's a drug problem there.
Or, huh, she might be
yakking up her TV dinner.
Will you do me a favor, hon?
Yeah.
Will you get me a cup of coffee?
It's on the stove.
Just put it in a cup
and heat it up for me.
[Danni] Anyway.
She said she borrowed a gun
and she was planning on...
Well,
she didn't tell me exactly
what she was going to do,
but I'm sitting there
and I am praying to God
that He puts the words in
my heart to help this poor girl
out of the deep and dark hole
she found herself in.
Oh, thank you, hon.
Wait, please.
She said...
This I'll never
forget, she said...
Miss Feeney,
I don't think I'm supposed to be
down here on earth as a human.
I think I'm supposed
to be up there as a witch.
And that must be why I'm so sad.
[Danni] What do you say to that?
[Danni] I just knew
That God was going to strike me
dead if I blew this one.
He put this poor
girl in front of me
And he was
asking me to help her.
[Danni] And I just knew
something terrible was going
to happen.
[Danni] So I said to her,
[Danni] Well, I've got some
shopping to do, and then I'm
going to run some errands.
Why don't you come with me?
I sure could use the company.
Truth be told,
I didn't want it, but...
She sat in my car
talking about pumpkins.
So just like that, I said.
Well,
I'll get one too,
and I'll carve it with you.
So we went to the store
and I got a pumpkin
Went to her house, and...
We didn't carve any pumpkins.
[Danni] They just sat there...
With the knives
sticking out of them...
While we sat on the couch
And we talked.
Just like we're doing right now.
But then...
A warning came on the TV
About an early harvest
Conversation clamped up.
You could hear a feather
hit the floor it was so quiet
And she gets up,
walks outside,
and never comes back.
[Danni] Found out a year later
From a friend
That her parents went missing
On the harvest and she must have
thought they were up there
somehow looking out for her
See, she knew
What she wanted to do.
And it has taken me
years of prayer to come to terms
with the fact that there
was nothing I could do
to stop her.
[Sal] Never heard that story.
I don't like telling it.
You would save
that one for a rainy night.
[Danni] Where'd you go?
To visit a friend.
Where'd he go?
Rob buried a witch.
We drove out to the desert
with him to see it.
We weren't there for very long.
Less than 5 minutes, right?
[Mike] Yeah.
And then what.
[Danni] And then what?
[Mike] Nothing. He put it back.
And then what?
I spilled some beer on it.
He spilled like a drop.
[Mike] It's like a drop.
[Katelyn cries]
Then you brought her here?
[Danni]
You knew not to come here,
[Danni] Didn't you?
We had the baby.
What's happening?
I want to make
sure that I get this
right before
I ask you to do this.
Do what?
Do what?
Go back.
[Mike] I'm not going back.
Oh, yes, you are.
And you're
going to do it tonight.
What are you talking about?
You're going to
dig it out of the dirt.
And here...
Here.
It says right here
You've got to burn it
'til there's nothing left
Before the sun rises.
Because if you don't...
If you don't,
you, your brothers,
And what's the baby's name?
Katelyn
Katelyn, and anyone that you
have come in contact with,
including
everyone in this house--
Has a roof over their head,
so nothing is gonna happen--
Will be marked and you
know what that means.
Yeah, I know what that means.
We're going to be looking up at
the sky every night for the rest
of our lives.
I read that you can
make a sacrifice.
Sacrifice who?
A baby?
You brought us into this.
I'm asking you
to make this right, son.
I told him we should burn it.
I said that.
I said we should burn it.
None of this shit would have
hap-- - Do you take
responsibility?
I'm asking you.
I don't want to-
(whispers)
I don't want it.
I'm asking you, son,
do you take responsibility?
Yeah.
[Mike] I take it.
Your brother has something
that he wants
to say to you boys.
It was my fault.
And uh...
I put your lives
at risk, and I'm sorry.
And uh...
I should have known better.
Right? I should
have done better.
[Adam]
- But it wasn't your fault
[Danni] - Let your brother say
his peace.
And uh...
Not only did I...
Put your lives at risk...
But I brought this
home to mom and dad.
And now there's a little girl
Who doesn't have a family.
So the least
that I can do is try to just
make it better
for her
and for you guys.
Make it better for you guys.
And for mom and dad.
I don't think it's fair.
No way.
Well, it's not about what's fair
It's about what's right.
Fine I don't
think it's right either.
It was Rob's fault, not yours.
- Yeah.
- You go out there,
You might not come back
home, doesn't mom know that?
Of course she does.
Isn't there another way?
Guys
- get on the right side of this.
Okay?
We all know what happens
if I don't go back out there.
Everyone,
Even you two shit for brains
Gets a mark for
the rest of their lives.
I don't want to lose you.
I'd die if
you didn't come back, Mike.
I'd die.
[muffled crying]
Wonderful day...
- Mom.
[over Danni singing]
What is it?
If something happens to Mike...
If he doesn't come home...
[over Danni singing]
- He's gonna come home.
- But if he doesn't--
Think good
thoughts, isn't that right?
I am just thinking
of contingencies here.
He has to burn the body, Sal.
What I'm asking is,
Can they...
Can they take him
before he burns it?
You think good thoughts.
Think good thoughts
Don't think bad thoughts.
Think good
thoughts....isn't that right?
[Katelyn] Momma...
You know, I don't think it would
be too crazy if I raised her.
It's been so long
since I've raised you three.
Hm? Come here.
Smell her.
[Katelyn whimpers]
She smells just
like you used to.
You're tired.
I think it's time to rest.
I need to watch her.
Adam and I will do it.
And--we'll feed her.
If she cries, you can take her.
No, I think I'll...
I'll sleep on the couch.
Your dad could use a break
from my teeth grinding anyway.
Then I'm going to
go with Mike, okay?
She's so soft.
Gonna bring Adam too.
Okay, sweetheart.
[National Weather Service
Emergency Curfew Warning]
Find something on the A.M.
[Barry Foyle] ...
all of these questions.
[Barry Foyle] No one's ever seen
one with their own eyes, right?
[Barry Foyle] I certainly
haven't.
She has seen one in the flesh.
[Barry Foyle] And she says she
has an urgent warning for us.
[Barry Foyle] Trish,
you're on with
the Barry Foyle AM Radio Hour.
[Barry Foyle] What's
the warning? [Trish] They're
coming for all of us, Barry.
[Barry Foyle] You know, I
thought that might be the case.
[Trish] Less and less of us
believe in what is going on
up there.
[Trish] So they are going
to smite us all into oblivion.
[Barry Foyle] Sounds like
a warning. What do you know
that we don't, Trish?
[Trish] What I see
with my own eyes.
[Trish] There's more of them
coming down every year.
[Trish] If we don't give them
what they want they're going to
take it.
We aren't doing
our due diligence either.
I mean, look at how
much harvest we offer.
Every single year,
the numbers dwindle.
Statistically,
there's less of us to give
[Trish] A grown man or woman is
a two years' equivalent to
a single year's harvest, Barry.
[Trish] There's plenty
enough of us to go around.
[Barry Foyle] So what
is it we should be doing?
[Barry Foyle]
Offering more harvest then?
[Trish] Offering them respect.
[Barry Foyle]
- Respect? [Trish] - This is
about heirarchy...
[Trish] Making
sure we know who it is
[Trish] That's
really in charge above us.
[Barry Foyle] Sorry to
disappoint you, Trish, but
it ain't bitches on broomsticks
[Barry Foyle]
that's in charge of me.
[Barry Foyle] It's the one and
the only the Father who is
the holy.
We could tell him.
Tell him what?
What we saw.
[Elana] KNWK...
This is the studio line to
the Barry Foyle AM Radio Hour.
Can I have your name,
and the reason for your call?
Mike, I'm sorry.
You're breaking up.
Where are you?
You're driving.
Did you say?
Sorry, Mike.
Can I put you on
hold for a second?
I need to share this with Barry.
Okay, thanks.
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[door closes]
[Elana] I thought you said
you would call me if you got up
and left.
[Barry Foyle] Don't worry.
These burn
through fast. You want one?
I don't smoke, remember?
That's right.
Well, it's never too
late to start. What we got?
Think you should talk to Mike.
Mike...
Dead witch...no.
[mouse clicking]
- No... - He just
needs someone to talk to.
He's... feels
alone and he needs--
And we're back.
Welcome to
the Barry Foyle AM Radio Hour.
Thank you so much
for being here with us.
I'm here to guide
you through the night.
Hope you're safe inside tonight
as we have another update
from
the National Weather Service...
That extends tonight's wind
advisory until 5:00 this
morning.
Hey, Mike?
Are you still there?
I just spoke to Barry.
He has a few more calls,
but I put you in the queue.
Now, folks, we don't traffic
in hearsay, or rumor, but
our airwaves are open, so
if you hear anything, call us.
If you see anything, call us.
Sure.
I'll let him know that.
I'm on standby.
I'm watching. I'm listening.
My lines are
open, my eyes are open.
And now...
One more very fast
word from our sponsor.
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What's wrong?
So I think
you should talk to Mike.
- Look, I told you...
- He is your cigarette call.
[Barry sighs]
Damn.
He really got
you worked up, huh?
I won't forget what he said.
Like, ever.
I'm going to be lying in bed
tomorrow thinking about it.
You know, when you listen.
But you don't sit still.
You're picking
at the skin around
your fingernails
until they bleed
Because what you hear burrowed
under the soft
part of your brain,
where you can't let anything go.
Yeah. The cigarette call-
- Right!
- Just like all of these here...
- Are those from tonight?
- Yep.
See this?
Look how close they are to us.
Yeah.
Now when they call
from over here, I get it.
All the way over here, though.
Nobody next to us?
Where'd Mike say
he was calling from?
Um...
He's south of 62.
He's between here and here.
[Barry sighs]
Nah.
What's next?
This guy who claims his ex-wife
haunted him on a cruise ship
The night of
their wedding anniversary.
- Little mid... - The same
ship where she fell overboard.
[Caller] And
there was a voice...
[Caller] Just like hers...
[Caller] But not,
If that makes any sense.
[Caller] I guess it doesn't.
[Caller] Anyway...
[Elana] KNWK.
This is the studio line
to the Barry Foyle AM Radio Hour
Can I have your name,
And the reason for your call?
[Caller] I felt the velvet
lined gloves reaching out.
[Caller] The ones they found
her in after she died.
[Caller] And the worst of it
was the hot breath on my neck.
[Caller] Like she was behind me.
[Caller] And I could
hear the breathing...
[Caller] Like this.
[Caller inhales and
exhales dramatically]
Look, man,
you had me up until
the velvet gloves thing.
Now, now I'm
wondering where you're from.
Is it like Victorian England?
This is America, man.
Look, folks, I am not a skeptic.
I believe in spirits,
not ghosts.
More after
a word from our sponsor.
You want to talk to him?
Tell me about him.
His name is Mike.
And Mike is scared.
Not a little scared.
He's really-- like he said,
he's on his way to burn--
To what?
It's going to
sound dumb coming for me.
It's better if
you hear from him.
Still need more than that...
He said he's cursed.
And not just him.
Everybody he's with right now.
You could help him.
And what, you want
me to feel sorry for him?
He pulled on your heart strings.
And now you want
him to pull on mine.
Uh uh. He's
a grifter. Tell him goodbye.
Hey, Mike.
Are you still there?
Great. Can you stand by?
I said good bye.
-Yeah, just a few more minutes.
We just got off a break,
but Barry really wants to
talk to you.
Sure. Okay.
Yeah, I will let him know that.
He has a favor to ask.
I am sure he does.
He doesn't want
you to belittle him on air
like you do with
your other callers.
His words, obviously.
He's not trying to
convince you of anything.
He's just happy
he found someone who'll listen.
Stay in here for this one.
Mike? Is that his name?
- Yeah.
Welcome back.
And you are on
the Barry Foyle AM Radio Hour.
Who do I have
the pleasure of speaking with?
Name's Mike.
[Barry Foyle] Mike,
thanks for joining us.
[Barry Foyle] We've been told
that you've seen a witch in
the flesh.
[Barry Foyle] Tell us about it.
Uh, small.
[Barry Foyle] Small? Let me
guess. Kind of blurry.
Indistinct features.
They ride on broomsticks.
Broomsticks? I'm guessing
they have pointy hats, too.
Can you take him seriously?
[Mike] I don't know, man.
I couldn't see clothes.
They might ride naked.
[Barry Foyle] Boy, you are
really cooking with gas
tonight, Mike.
What else can
you tell us about it?
[Mike] Their skin is like...
[Mike] It's like a,
it's like a burnt tree.
Yeah, like a tree
when it's all burnt up.
And this smell.
It's like earthy.
Although that that might have
been the ground that it was
buried in.
It's hard to tell.
You're looking at it?
[Mike] On my way to burn it.
Only way to lift the curse.
[Barry Foyle] Curse?
Look, Mike, we have a long,
sordid history in this country
when it comes
to burning witches.
The literature is a little
behind the times when it comes
to those things.
So I'm guessing
you must be a farmhand
[Barry Foyle]
Somewhere out in the boonies...
[Barry Foyle] with your guns
away from
the conversation, right?
What conversation.
[Barry Foyle] We don't
burn witches anymore, Mike.
- How else do you lift
the curse-? [Barry Foyle]
- Human sacrifice.
[Barry Foyle] It's the only way,
[Barry Foyle] You don't
piss off the heavens above, man.
[Mike sighs]
I don't know, man.
Burning's how my parents did it.
[Barry Foyle] And
that's how their parents did it.
[Barry Foyle] Doesn't mean
it's the way we do it today.
Are you-?
Are you talking trash?
Mike. I want you to
call me back after you burn it.
I really mean that.
Good luck, okay?
Where did you say
he called from again?
South of 62.
Between here and here
I guess we'll
give him a tack then.
Yo, he's full of shit, man.
He's never seen
a witch in his life. We have!
Yeah, just fuck him.
All right.
What if he's right?
Yo, there's 2 hours
'til the sun comes up.
You want to talk about this now?
[Mike] Look at this nut job
in the middle of the road.
[horn blares]
[tires squeal]
We gotta pick him up!
No way man
you saw how he looked.
He's going our way.
Adam!
[truck screeches to halt]
Adam, what are you doing?
He was going our way-
He's going our way?
Some guy walking across
the desert in the dark--
- It looked like he needed help!
- Hey, both of you--
[Mike] You realize
we have stuff to do right--
[footsteps on dirt]
Who? Who is this man?
- I thought he needed help--
Hey hey hey.
My car is out of fuel.
Could I ask for
a ride into town?
Ouami. That's my name.
Ouami. It's like, who am I?
Who am I? Who am I? You know?
Ouami. If you dropped 'Who'--
- Right?
- Right.
Who am I... Hey, hi.
Listen man we're-- yeah...
We're uh, we're
a little packed in here.
I can sit in the back...
We're not--
--we're not going to town.
- Adam.
Ah. Where is it you are going?
Just desert business.
Desert business...
Oh, ah. Desert business...
You're the merchants.
No, you're not,
you're the customers, right?
You're the customers.
Yeah.
On first night of harvest,
there are some big deals
if you know where to look.
All those big
homes, suddenly emptied.
TVs the family
will never watch again.
The Martha Stewart
cookware just sitting
in kitchen cabinets just begging
us, begging us to take them.
You know, please take me.
(laughs) Take me! Please.
You know...
When I was your age,
I wanted to become a witch.
Hey, buddy, I'm driving.
You don't need
to talk to him, Okay?
You talk to me.
Okay.
Sometimes...
They don't want to eat us...
Instead of eating us
like Saturn, eating his son--
[Ouami screams]
Gotcha.
Sometimes...
They take up our fragile bodies
Without any understanding
of what makes us who we are.
And they turn us
into one of their own.
They want the seed of meaning
God planted in
the one place he knew
We would spend
our whole life looking for it.
But it's not in the mountains.
It's not in the deserts.
You know where is it?
Where?
You know, it's right here.
Right here...
In each of us. In each of us.
Right here!
Right here!
You ever touch the wheel again?
I will kill you.
You got that?
Yes.
[Mike sighs]
Okay...
Alright.
I'll see you in a minute.
See you soon.
- Stay in the truck, okay?
- No...
[Sal grunting]
Come on...
[Adam breathing heavily]
[Adam crying]
[wind rises]