Follow the White Rabbit (2023) Movie Script
(creepy music)
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(door creeks)
Honey, I'm home.
(women screams)
Sorry, I thought you were...
You scared the out of me.
Sorry, I thought I was the first one.
I'm Margie.
Brenda, Brenda Peters.
I was just making lunch.
Great, get to eat a horse.
Giddy up.
- Okay, right.
- Yeah.
No pool, but at least we
got someone who can cook.
- Who?
- Emily?
No, Brenda.
She was just right here.
Okay, whatever.
Do you mind helping me move my things in?
Bring your own shit in, sister.
So now what?
Emily said we're not
supposed to do anything
until she gets here.
So we just sit around
and sing campfire songs
to each other or?
- How about a ghost story?
Only if you get to put
some naked guys in it.
Or we could start our journals.
So what was your thing?
My what?
What were you on?
First rule about drug club,
don't talk about the drugs.
I'm going to bed.
Knock yourself out.
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(spooky voice whispers)
Twice, twice you've gotten me now.
Sorry, I thought I heard something.
I was reading, goodnight.
(creepy music)
In the dark?
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(woman screams)
What is the matter?
(woman screams)
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Margie?
- Margie, Margie.
- What the fuck?
It's Brenda, she won't
stop. (Woman screams)
Margie, she will not stop.
- Why is that my problem?
- Because she needs us.
Margie, come on, she needs you.
Does anyone care what I need?
Where are they?
What are you doing?
She's using.
I'm not, I swear.
Yeah, nobody screams like
that unless they're kicking.
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What are these?
Secret M&M stash.
Those aren't mine.
Gracie, Gracie.
Great hiding spot, idiot.
They're not mine, I don't
know how they got there.
Then you won't mind if I do this.
No, no, no!
Brenda, it's all
right, it's fucking dope.
Hey, Brenda, you know
you can't be doing this, right,
we signed a pact.
(Brenda cries)
Brenda, do you hear me?
(Brenda cries)
It's not fair.
Yeah, I know, sweetie, it's not fair.
But that's why we do it all together,
all of us.
(Brenda cries) Say something.
I'll put on some coffee.
Great, yeah, okay.
Okay, girl, come on,
come on. (Brenda cries)
Atta girl, just cry it out.
Great, that's a lot of crying.
Yeah, keep crying.
You're not writing this down.
We're supposed to document
everything that happens.
Come on, give her a break.
No
She can get us in trouble.
How?
She fails to pass her urine test.
We could all go back to jail.
Wait, they're doing urine tests?
Duh, didn't you read
the contract Emily sent?
What did you think was gonna happen?
They just leave us here unsupervised
for 60 days and hope for the best?
You wanna go back to wherever
the hell it is you came from?
No.
Okay, then smarten up, bitch.
Give her a break,
it's not her fault, it's...
The house.
There's something wrong here.
Yeah, damn right, there's
something wrong here.
You too.
Don't worry about her.
She's all bark, no bite.
Someone should give her a treat.
Hey, thanks for not squealing on me.
I owe you one.
So what's your story?
If you don't mind me asking.
I was going through a rough time.
It's my mom being sick
and my dad always cheating on her.
I just needed to escape.
And one thing led to another
and another and another.
You know, I feel you.
I've been escaping since I was 14.
Do you believe in ghosts?
What?
I wasn't kidding about the house.
Something very strange has
been going on since I got here.
Like what?
There's a presence
like someone is watching.
I thought that was
just Helga the She Wolf
trying to sneak a peek at me in the shower.
So you felt it, too.
Wait, you're serious?
Something bad happened
in this house, very bad.
How do you know?
My nightmares, I never
had them until I got here.
Doubt that, they're just bad dreams.
Everybody has them.
Heck, if I don't score another bag soon
I'm gonna start having them.
I'm kidding, kidding.
Look, why don't we go upstairs,
try to get a couple more hours of sleep,
and go about this tomorrow morning.
Okay.
Good night.
Good night.
(door creeks)
(tense music)
(spooky voice whispers)
Gracie?
Brenda?
(creepy music)
What are you doing?
Hello?
Who are you?
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Oh my god, what are you doing?!
(woman gasps)
Holy shit.
(woman pants)
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(water runs)
(exhales) Jesus.
(creepy music) (spooky voice whispers)
So you went there?
I was having those
weird dreams and you...
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(woman gasps)
Brenda, Brenda, Brenda,
Brenda, Brenda, Brenda, Brenda.
Please no, Brenda, Brenda.
Thank God, I just, I had those nightmares
and you were in it and it just, it's...
What is going on?
Nothing, I had a nightmare.
That's all, you can go back...
- I had one too.
Some guy was chasing
me around with a knife.
What?
I don't think I can take this anymore.
Want an Ambien?
Oh, sorry, you flushed
them all down the toilet.
- Maybe she...
- She doesn't.
The pills were mine.
Then what the hell was that all about?
She was just covering for me.
No, I mean the hollering and carrying on.
Maybe she's psycho?
Jesus.
God must really be punishing me
to stick me here with you too.
(doorbell rings)
Emily.
(doorbell rings)
(door creeks)
Hey.
Margie, Emily.
H- ow are you guys making out?
Well, we haven't
killed each other so fine.
Okay, and how's the house?
- What?
- Nothing.
- What?
- No, it's
there's just some strange stuff happening.
That's all.
Like what?
All the three of us have
been having these like weird,
Wait, wait, the three of us?
Yeah,
me, Gracie, and Brenda.
- Who's Brenda?
- The other girl.
What other girl?
The other pillhead
you shacked us up with.
There's someone else here?
It's only supposed to be you two,
I didn't authorize anyone else to be here.
There must have been
a mix up of paperwork.
I knew there was
something wrong with her.
When was the last time you saw her?
She said she went to get
some sleep like 15 minutes ago.
She's been having these attacks.
Attacks I think we all have.
If you ask me, the girl just
needs some shock therapy.
If you ask me you could
use a couple volts yourself.
- Get stuffed.
- You wish.
Well, if she comes back, call me.
- Then what?
- And then I'll deal with it.
Well, what do you say we
got our first session going.
Why do we keep having to go over this?
You have our court records.
Well, talking through is
part of your recovery regimen.
If I knew that meant having to listen
to your top five
psychoanalytic bullshit reasons
for why I did it, I'd have stayed in jail.
Oh yeah.
How'd that work out for you?
As I was saying, I knew that stealing
those cancer drugs was wrong.
I just had no idea lives depended on it,
you know, I just assumed they'd get more.
And then after you
discovered that people died
because of what you did?
What do you think?
I don't know, Margie, tell me.
I felt like shit, okay, happy?
And how do you feel now?
Oh, just peachy.
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I was mean.
You didn't deserve it.
You either.
All I did was mow
down a couple school kids,
they'll survive, but you, that's rough.
I know I had the bag.
(door creeks)
Was that necessary,
belittling us like that?
Shocking, wasn't it?
Also shocking is the family's YouTuber
one with reactions.
We did our time, Doc.
What more do you want from us?
I'll be back tomorrow.
(door slams)
I cannot believe the balls on that broad
talking to us like that.
I know.
And she wanted to make
me cry, but, sorry lady.
My well went dry after
faking it so many times
for that asshole judge.
Just think, you only
got 58 more days of this.
I know.
58 more days and we're home free.
What's the first thing you're gonna do?
Before or after I get stoned
and I cannot feel my toenails?
What?
Don't tell me you're buying
into this 12-step bullshit.
I saw the look on your
face when you told Emily
how much you loved it.
You still love it.
We checked everywhere, right?
It's just the house.
(creepy music)
(spooky voice whispers)
Very funny, Margie.
Ooh, I'm so scared.
Come on and help me dry.
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(spooky voice whispers)
What the hell is that knife?
Are you sorry?
Sorry for what?
Okay, all right, that's it.
(suspenseful music)
Thought you were gone for good.
Are you sorry?
Am I sorry?
You're the one scaring
the shit outta everybody.
Look, Emily was here
and she knows all about you,
so in the morning you need to go, okay.
I don't dunno what she's
gonna do if she finds you here.
Are you sorry?
Look, what the,
fuck.
No, no, no.
(tense music)
Gracie, run, run.
(suspenseful music)
(woman pants)
No, no, open, open, you son of a bitch!
Margie, wake up.
Are you sorry?
Wait, no, no, you were just,
you were just there.
Are you sorry?
Sorry for what, what
did I ever do to you?
I didn't hurt you.
Are you sorry for what you did?
Did what?!
My father was sorry.
He was sorry he lost his job.
Sorry he treated my mother like shit.
Sorry he beat the crap
out of us every night.
But you know what he wasn't sorry for?
He wasn't sorry he got high every night.
Nope, he lived to get high
and died for it.
Are you sorry?!
Fuck you, bitch.
Oh my god, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
I'm sorry, okay, I'm sorry.
(woman screams)
Hello?
They're in the kitchen.
How much longer do I have
to keep doing this for you?
Until they're all sorry.
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Mind if I sit?
It's fine, I'm leaving now.
You just sat down,
don't go on my account.
It's not that, it's I
have a job interview
Nerves?
Yes.
You know the thing about nerves.
What?
They can be ignored,
kept a little bit out of focus.
- What are you doing?
- I have a job offer.
Congratulations, what do you do?
I'm in the business of death,
funerals.
I'm an embalmer.
I prepare people to be buried.
Nice board.
Wanna go?
I haven't ridden in 10 years.
I better not fall on my
ass before my interview.
I better go.
Good luck with your job.
Thanks, good luck with the interview.
Zelda, by the way.
I'm Tara, nice to meet you.
See you around.
(birds chirp)
(phone beeps)
(message sends)
(melancholic music)
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(phone rings)
Hi Tara, I'm sorry
this is such short notice.
I'm going to have to cancel your interview.
Unfortunately we won't have time
in our schedule to conduct another
and we'll have to fill the vacancy
with one of the interviewees
we've already seen.
I wish you luck in your job hunt
and we will most certainly
keep your resume on file.
(birds chirp)
Hey.
You were supposed to meet me
further up outside the church.
Huh?
You're here about the job, right?
Yes, I was told it was canceled.
What, who told you that?
I had a message.
Follow me.
Are you conducting the interview?
Interview (chuckles), that's funny.
I think I trust your credentials.
You're early too, I like that.
(birds chirp)
Your payment, given your
reputation, it's all upfront.
This is, I,
There's a problem?
No, no problem.
My receptionist sent you the offer.
Did she send you the job details?
No.
Put it in your car and then
come see me on my back seat.
(tense music)
(somber music)
(door closes)
A few months ago, my sister
and her friends were
out camping at Crab Cove.
It's gathered a reputation over the years.
People were warned.
Never take the trail at night.
I heard that.
You must understand why.
They never made it back.
Only my sister was found.
What happened?
Bite wounds on the neck.
She'd been drained of blood.
Unexplained, but dismissed
as the work of an animal.
An animal?
I guess they're not wrong.
Who is she?
This is your target.
- Target?
- Yes.
They call her the Red Dahlia.
But don't be fooled by
that pretty face of hers.
She's dangerous.
Her name is Star.
We have no idea how old she is.
What am I supposed to do?
(laughs) You know, you're really not
living up to that ruthless
reputation of yours.
Do you want the job or not?
I can take the money back.
Like you said, I'm the
person with the credentials.
Good, because I want
this bitch dead by sunup
Dead?
There's no collection with this bounty.
This is strictly retirement.
Are we clear?
Details on the trail are in this file.
She seems to gravitate there.
She must have a nest
within those caving systems.
Vampires stay within radius of their domain
within easy reach of home before sunrise.
Did you say vampires?
Yes, your forte,
so I'm told
She's definitely responsible?
It was her territory.
Besides, the world is better off
without these cursed creatures.
I have a question.
What?
If it's so personal, why don't you do it?
Well, Zelda, for the same reason
I send mercenaries out to the Middle East.
I'm not crazy.
I don't like to get my hands dirty.
You've been well paid,
just get it done.
(suspenseful music)
Tara.
I'm sorry, I have to go.
(door closes)
Bye, bye.
(suspenseful music)
This is crazy, crazy.
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(tense music)
Well, where is the target?
Crab Cove.
You realize what an
inconvenience this is.
I thought,
I thought that she was you.
Well, she fucking isn't.
I'll have her killed.
You have no idea who you're dealing with.
I think that's your problem.
You can't, the money,
I can get you the money.
I can get it myself from the imposter.
I don't like people wasting my time.
Wait,
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I'll pay you double
and retrieve what I've already paid.
I'll pay you the rest upon completion.
But there's a new assignment.
Which is?
Kill the girl.
Really?
I kind of like her.
She's genuine, down to earth.
Another 20% on top.
Deal.
- Oof, fuck.
- That's
for inconveniencing me.
Bitch.
(phone rings)
I need some information within the hour.
Add 10% to your usual fee.
Hello?
Star?
Who are you?
I'm Tara.
How did you know I was here?
I was sent.
There's only one reason
why people come to find me.
I came to warn you.
Warn me about what?
Someone wants you dead.
Tell me something I don't know.
Please don't kill me.
You fear me?
You're a,
A vampire?
This can't be real.
There's no such thing as vampires.
You don't believe your own eyes?
Whose blood is that?
I don't remember her name.
I thought, - What?
I thought the guy was crazy.
I thought you might have been innocent.
Who's innocent?
(dramatic music)
What is this?
It's a tag from the lamb I ate.
Lamb?
Not a person?
Never had much of a
taste for human blood.
Pretty much have the same
diet I had before I was turned.
I'm sorry to say, but I was a carnivore.
So now I ear a little bit more
deer and rabbit than before.
But what about the girl?
What girl?
Edward's sister.
Who the hell is Edward?
His sister was found
here dead, drained of blood.
That girl.
Do you have like a tissue or
a handkerchief or something?
It's okay, keep it.
A girl was left here by another vampire.
Sometimes they place
their victims on rival territory
to create suspicion on somebody else.
Why not hide the body?
Well that leads to searches,
searches lead to hives.
It's easier just to place a
marker on somebody else's turf.
Plus, there's not much
honor among vampires.
Can you find a new territory?
You need to move, they know where you are.
Old, new, doesn't make a difference.
I'm safe here.
I used to read here when I was mortal.
Keats?
Yeah.
You're not a monster, you know that?
I felt it.
Why, because I read Keats?
Something else.
How did you become a vampire?
I'm not a victim, not really.
I chose the life.
It was offered to me.
Why did you accept?
Well, immortality is quite the temptation.
I just didn't consider the loneliness.
When the person who turned me was drawn
to see the last sunrise,
they just couldn't handle the life anymore.
The hunger, not just for
blood, but for mortality,
normality.
You don't like it anymore.
Being alone, no.
Sometimes I can feel the sun call me.
I think if I had someone,
I'd enjoy the night a lot more.
I'm sorry.
(dramatic music)
Go.
- No.
- Don't take the pass.
Take the woods and the ravines.
I don't understand.
Someone's here.
Evening ladies.
(tense music)
What's wrong?
Listen,
a concentration of garlic.
(dramatic music)
- I can't be here.
- You're safe now.
You're not.
I'll be right back.
I gave you a chance,
you could have taken some of that money,
the money you stole from me.
How did you, - License plates,
they're a beautiful thing.
The money, now.
I won't tell you where it is.
Yeah, you will.
(dramatic music)
For what it's worth, I'm sorry.
(women grunt)
Impossible.
(woman grunts)
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What am I doing in here?
You were throwing up in the toilet.
You climbed in the tub and passed out.
You should have killed me.
Why?
I'm dangerous.
- Are you going to die?
- No, it's like an infection,
my body is fighting it off.
I'm gonna get some ice.
Star?
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Star?
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Star.
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(door creeks)
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I can help you, Star.
Let me help you.
Star?
(tense music continues)
I'm sorry.
Why?
I want you, dear.
I can smell your blood.
I thought you don't eat humans?
I lied.
About what?
The girl, it wasn't another vampire.
I did it.
The poison is wearing off.
My hunger is rising.
You should have killed me
when you had the chance.
Let me turn you, Tara.
I like you, Tara.
We have a connection.
Join me, live forever.
No.
I want you, but I'm not gonna force you.
I'm begging, want it, ask me for it.
I don't wanna live like that.
Please.
Thank you for helping me,
reminding me what it's like to be
awake forever and the sweet unrest.
Still, still,
to hear her tender-taken breath
or live forever
and still live forever
or else wanted.
Wait, wait.
(door closes)
Star!
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Awake forever
in a sweet unrest.
Still, still
to hear her tender-taken breath
and so live ever
or else wanted.
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(door creeks)
Honey, I'm home.
(women screams)
Sorry, I thought you were...
You scared the out of me.
Sorry, I thought I was the first one.
I'm Margie.
Brenda, Brenda Peters.
I was just making lunch.
Great, get to eat a horse.
Giddy up.
- Okay, right.
- Yeah.
No pool, but at least we
got someone who can cook.
- Who?
- Emily?
No, Brenda.
She was just right here.
Okay, whatever.
Do you mind helping me move my things in?
Bring your own shit in, sister.
So now what?
Emily said we're not
supposed to do anything
until she gets here.
So we just sit around
and sing campfire songs
to each other or?
- How about a ghost story?
Only if you get to put
some naked guys in it.
Or we could start our journals.
So what was your thing?
My what?
What were you on?
First rule about drug club,
don't talk about the drugs.
I'm going to bed.
Knock yourself out.
(creepy music)
(spooky voice whispers)
Twice, twice you've gotten me now.
Sorry, I thought I heard something.
I was reading, goodnight.
(creepy music)
In the dark?
(tense music)
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(dramatic music)
(woman screams)
What is the matter?
(woman screams)
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Margie?
- Margie, Margie.
- What the fuck?
It's Brenda, she won't
stop. (Woman screams)
Margie, she will not stop.
- Why is that my problem?
- Because she needs us.
Margie, come on, she needs you.
Does anyone care what I need?
Where are they?
What are you doing?
She's using.
I'm not, I swear.
Yeah, nobody screams like
that unless they're kicking.
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What are these?
Secret M&M stash.
Those aren't mine.
Gracie, Gracie.
Great hiding spot, idiot.
They're not mine, I don't
know how they got there.
Then you won't mind if I do this.
No, no, no!
Brenda, it's all
right, it's fucking dope.
Hey, Brenda, you know
you can't be doing this, right,
we signed a pact.
(Brenda cries)
Brenda, do you hear me?
(Brenda cries)
It's not fair.
Yeah, I know, sweetie, it's not fair.
But that's why we do it all together,
all of us.
(Brenda cries) Say something.
I'll put on some coffee.
Great, yeah, okay.
Okay, girl, come on,
come on. (Brenda cries)
Atta girl, just cry it out.
Great, that's a lot of crying.
Yeah, keep crying.
You're not writing this down.
We're supposed to document
everything that happens.
Come on, give her a break.
No
She can get us in trouble.
How?
She fails to pass her urine test.
We could all go back to jail.
Wait, they're doing urine tests?
Duh, didn't you read
the contract Emily sent?
What did you think was gonna happen?
They just leave us here unsupervised
for 60 days and hope for the best?
You wanna go back to wherever
the hell it is you came from?
No.
Okay, then smarten up, bitch.
Give her a break,
it's not her fault, it's...
The house.
There's something wrong here.
Yeah, damn right, there's
something wrong here.
You too.
Don't worry about her.
She's all bark, no bite.
Someone should give her a treat.
Hey, thanks for not squealing on me.
I owe you one.
So what's your story?
If you don't mind me asking.
I was going through a rough time.
It's my mom being sick
and my dad always cheating on her.
I just needed to escape.
And one thing led to another
and another and another.
You know, I feel you.
I've been escaping since I was 14.
Do you believe in ghosts?
What?
I wasn't kidding about the house.
Something very strange has
been going on since I got here.
Like what?
There's a presence
like someone is watching.
I thought that was
just Helga the She Wolf
trying to sneak a peek at me in the shower.
So you felt it, too.
Wait, you're serious?
Something bad happened
in this house, very bad.
How do you know?
My nightmares, I never
had them until I got here.
Doubt that, they're just bad dreams.
Everybody has them.
Heck, if I don't score another bag soon
I'm gonna start having them.
I'm kidding, kidding.
Look, why don't we go upstairs,
try to get a couple more hours of sleep,
and go about this tomorrow morning.
Okay.
Good night.
Good night.
(door creeks)
(tense music)
(spooky voice whispers)
Gracie?
Brenda?
(creepy music)
What are you doing?
Hello?
Who are you?
(creepy music)
Oh my god, what are you doing?!
(woman gasps)
Holy shit.
(woman pants)
(creepy music)
(water runs)
(exhales) Jesus.
(creepy music) (spooky voice whispers)
So you went there?
I was having those
weird dreams and you...
(tense music)
(woman gasps)
Brenda, Brenda, Brenda,
Brenda, Brenda, Brenda, Brenda.
Please no, Brenda, Brenda.
Thank God, I just, I had those nightmares
and you were in it and it just, it's...
What is going on?
Nothing, I had a nightmare.
That's all, you can go back...
- I had one too.
Some guy was chasing
me around with a knife.
What?
I don't think I can take this anymore.
Want an Ambien?
Oh, sorry, you flushed
them all down the toilet.
- Maybe she...
- She doesn't.
The pills were mine.
Then what the hell was that all about?
She was just covering for me.
No, I mean the hollering and carrying on.
Maybe she's psycho?
Jesus.
God must really be punishing me
to stick me here with you too.
(doorbell rings)
Emily.
(doorbell rings)
(door creeks)
Hey.
Margie, Emily.
H- ow are you guys making out?
Well, we haven't
killed each other so fine.
Okay, and how's the house?
- What?
- Nothing.
- What?
- No, it's
there's just some strange stuff happening.
That's all.
Like what?
All the three of us have
been having these like weird,
Wait, wait, the three of us?
Yeah,
me, Gracie, and Brenda.
- Who's Brenda?
- The other girl.
What other girl?
The other pillhead
you shacked us up with.
There's someone else here?
It's only supposed to be you two,
I didn't authorize anyone else to be here.
There must have been
a mix up of paperwork.
I knew there was
something wrong with her.
When was the last time you saw her?
She said she went to get
some sleep like 15 minutes ago.
She's been having these attacks.
Attacks I think we all have.
If you ask me, the girl just
needs some shock therapy.
If you ask me you could
use a couple volts yourself.
- Get stuffed.
- You wish.
Well, if she comes back, call me.
- Then what?
- And then I'll deal with it.
Well, what do you say we
got our first session going.
Why do we keep having to go over this?
You have our court records.
Well, talking through is
part of your recovery regimen.
If I knew that meant having to listen
to your top five
psychoanalytic bullshit reasons
for why I did it, I'd have stayed in jail.
Oh yeah.
How'd that work out for you?
As I was saying, I knew that stealing
those cancer drugs was wrong.
I just had no idea lives depended on it,
you know, I just assumed they'd get more.
And then after you
discovered that people died
because of what you did?
What do you think?
I don't know, Margie, tell me.
I felt like shit, okay, happy?
And how do you feel now?
Oh, just peachy.
(dramatic music)
I was mean.
You didn't deserve it.
You either.
All I did was mow
down a couple school kids,
they'll survive, but you, that's rough.
I know I had the bag.
(door creeks)
Was that necessary,
belittling us like that?
Shocking, wasn't it?
Also shocking is the family's YouTuber
one with reactions.
We did our time, Doc.
What more do you want from us?
I'll be back tomorrow.
(door slams)
I cannot believe the balls on that broad
talking to us like that.
I know.
And she wanted to make
me cry, but, sorry lady.
My well went dry after
faking it so many times
for that asshole judge.
Just think, you only
got 58 more days of this.
I know.
58 more days and we're home free.
What's the first thing you're gonna do?
Before or after I get stoned
and I cannot feel my toenails?
What?
Don't tell me you're buying
into this 12-step bullshit.
I saw the look on your
face when you told Emily
how much you loved it.
You still love it.
We checked everywhere, right?
It's just the house.
(creepy music)
(spooky voice whispers)
Very funny, Margie.
Ooh, I'm so scared.
Come on and help me dry.
(creepy music continues)
(spooky voice whispers)
What the hell is that knife?
Are you sorry?
Sorry for what?
Okay, all right, that's it.
(suspenseful music)
Thought you were gone for good.
Are you sorry?
Am I sorry?
You're the one scaring
the shit outta everybody.
Look, Emily was here
and she knows all about you,
so in the morning you need to go, okay.
I don't dunno what she's
gonna do if she finds you here.
Are you sorry?
Look, what the,
fuck.
No, no, no.
(tense music)
Gracie, run, run.
(suspenseful music)
(woman pants)
No, no, open, open, you son of a bitch!
Margie, wake up.
Are you sorry?
Wait, no, no, you were just,
you were just there.
Are you sorry?
Sorry for what, what
did I ever do to you?
I didn't hurt you.
Are you sorry for what you did?
Did what?!
My father was sorry.
He was sorry he lost his job.
Sorry he treated my mother like shit.
Sorry he beat the crap
out of us every night.
But you know what he wasn't sorry for?
He wasn't sorry he got high every night.
Nope, he lived to get high
and died for it.
Are you sorry?!
Fuck you, bitch.
Oh my god, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
I'm sorry, okay, I'm sorry.
(woman screams)
Hello?
They're in the kitchen.
How much longer do I have
to keep doing this for you?
Until they're all sorry.
(dramatic music)
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(creepy music)
(creepy music continues)
(creepy music continues)
(intense music)
(tense music)
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Mind if I sit?
It's fine, I'm leaving now.
You just sat down,
don't go on my account.
It's not that, it's I
have a job interview
Nerves?
Yes.
You know the thing about nerves.
What?
They can be ignored,
kept a little bit out of focus.
- What are you doing?
- I have a job offer.
Congratulations, what do you do?
I'm in the business of death,
funerals.
I'm an embalmer.
I prepare people to be buried.
Nice board.
Wanna go?
I haven't ridden in 10 years.
I better not fall on my
ass before my interview.
I better go.
Good luck with your job.
Thanks, good luck with the interview.
Zelda, by the way.
I'm Tara, nice to meet you.
See you around.
(birds chirp)
(phone beeps)
(message sends)
(melancholic music)
(melancholic music continues)
(phone rings)
Hi Tara, I'm sorry
this is such short notice.
I'm going to have to cancel your interview.
Unfortunately we won't have time
in our schedule to conduct another
and we'll have to fill the vacancy
with one of the interviewees
we've already seen.
I wish you luck in your job hunt
and we will most certainly
keep your resume on file.
(birds chirp)
Hey.
You were supposed to meet me
further up outside the church.
Huh?
You're here about the job, right?
Yes, I was told it was canceled.
What, who told you that?
I had a message.
Follow me.
Are you conducting the interview?
Interview (chuckles), that's funny.
I think I trust your credentials.
You're early too, I like that.
(birds chirp)
Your payment, given your
reputation, it's all upfront.
This is, I,
There's a problem?
No, no problem.
My receptionist sent you the offer.
Did she send you the job details?
No.
Put it in your car and then
come see me on my back seat.
(tense music)
(somber music)
(door closes)
A few months ago, my sister
and her friends were
out camping at Crab Cove.
It's gathered a reputation over the years.
People were warned.
Never take the trail at night.
I heard that.
You must understand why.
They never made it back.
Only my sister was found.
What happened?
Bite wounds on the neck.
She'd been drained of blood.
Unexplained, but dismissed
as the work of an animal.
An animal?
I guess they're not wrong.
Who is she?
This is your target.
- Target?
- Yes.
They call her the Red Dahlia.
But don't be fooled by
that pretty face of hers.
She's dangerous.
Her name is Star.
We have no idea how old she is.
What am I supposed to do?
(laughs) You know, you're really not
living up to that ruthless
reputation of yours.
Do you want the job or not?
I can take the money back.
Like you said, I'm the
person with the credentials.
Good, because I want
this bitch dead by sunup
Dead?
There's no collection with this bounty.
This is strictly retirement.
Are we clear?
Details on the trail are in this file.
She seems to gravitate there.
She must have a nest
within those caving systems.
Vampires stay within radius of their domain
within easy reach of home before sunrise.
Did you say vampires?
Yes, your forte,
so I'm told
She's definitely responsible?
It was her territory.
Besides, the world is better off
without these cursed creatures.
I have a question.
What?
If it's so personal, why don't you do it?
Well, Zelda, for the same reason
I send mercenaries out to the Middle East.
I'm not crazy.
I don't like to get my hands dirty.
You've been well paid,
just get it done.
(suspenseful music)
Tara.
I'm sorry, I have to go.
(door closes)
Bye, bye.
(suspenseful music)
This is crazy, crazy.
(suspenseful music continues)
(tense music)
Well, where is the target?
Crab Cove.
You realize what an
inconvenience this is.
I thought,
I thought that she was you.
Well, she fucking isn't.
I'll have her killed.
You have no idea who you're dealing with.
I think that's your problem.
You can't, the money,
I can get you the money.
I can get it myself from the imposter.
I don't like people wasting my time.
Wait,
(dramatic music)
I'll pay you double
and retrieve what I've already paid.
I'll pay you the rest upon completion.
But there's a new assignment.
Which is?
Kill the girl.
Really?
I kind of like her.
She's genuine, down to earth.
Another 20% on top.
Deal.
- Oof, fuck.
- That's
for inconveniencing me.
Bitch.
(phone rings)
I need some information within the hour.
Add 10% to your usual fee.
Hello?
Star?
Who are you?
I'm Tara.
How did you know I was here?
I was sent.
There's only one reason
why people come to find me.
I came to warn you.
Warn me about what?
Someone wants you dead.
Tell me something I don't know.
Please don't kill me.
You fear me?
You're a,
A vampire?
This can't be real.
There's no such thing as vampires.
You don't believe your own eyes?
Whose blood is that?
I don't remember her name.
I thought, - What?
I thought the guy was crazy.
I thought you might have been innocent.
Who's innocent?
(dramatic music)
What is this?
It's a tag from the lamb I ate.
Lamb?
Not a person?
Never had much of a
taste for human blood.
Pretty much have the same
diet I had before I was turned.
I'm sorry to say, but I was a carnivore.
So now I ear a little bit more
deer and rabbit than before.
But what about the girl?
What girl?
Edward's sister.
Who the hell is Edward?
His sister was found
here dead, drained of blood.
That girl.
Do you have like a tissue or
a handkerchief or something?
It's okay, keep it.
A girl was left here by another vampire.
Sometimes they place
their victims on rival territory
to create suspicion on somebody else.
Why not hide the body?
Well that leads to searches,
searches lead to hives.
It's easier just to place a
marker on somebody else's turf.
Plus, there's not much
honor among vampires.
Can you find a new territory?
You need to move, they know where you are.
Old, new, doesn't make a difference.
I'm safe here.
I used to read here when I was mortal.
Keats?
Yeah.
You're not a monster, you know that?
I felt it.
Why, because I read Keats?
Something else.
How did you become a vampire?
I'm not a victim, not really.
I chose the life.
It was offered to me.
Why did you accept?
Well, immortality is quite the temptation.
I just didn't consider the loneliness.
When the person who turned me was drawn
to see the last sunrise,
they just couldn't handle the life anymore.
The hunger, not just for
blood, but for mortality,
normality.
You don't like it anymore.
Being alone, no.
Sometimes I can feel the sun call me.
I think if I had someone,
I'd enjoy the night a lot more.
I'm sorry.
(dramatic music)
Go.
- No.
- Don't take the pass.
Take the woods and the ravines.
I don't understand.
Someone's here.
Evening ladies.
(tense music)
What's wrong?
Listen,
a concentration of garlic.
(dramatic music)
- I can't be here.
- You're safe now.
You're not.
I'll be right back.
I gave you a chance,
you could have taken some of that money,
the money you stole from me.
How did you, - License plates,
they're a beautiful thing.
The money, now.
I won't tell you where it is.
Yeah, you will.
(dramatic music)
For what it's worth, I'm sorry.
(women grunt)
Impossible.
(woman grunts)
(dramatic music)
What am I doing in here?
You were throwing up in the toilet.
You climbed in the tub and passed out.
You should have killed me.
Why?
I'm dangerous.
- Are you going to die?
- No, it's like an infection,
my body is fighting it off.
I'm gonna get some ice.
Star?
(tense music)
Star?
(tense music continues)
Star.
(tense music continues)
(door creeks)
(tense music continues)
(tense music continues)
(tense music continues)
I can help you, Star.
Let me help you.
Star?
(tense music continues)
I'm sorry.
Why?
I want you, dear.
I can smell your blood.
I thought you don't eat humans?
I lied.
About what?
The girl, it wasn't another vampire.
I did it.
The poison is wearing off.
My hunger is rising.
You should have killed me
when you had the chance.
Let me turn you, Tara.
I like you, Tara.
We have a connection.
Join me, live forever.
No.
I want you, but I'm not gonna force you.
I'm begging, want it, ask me for it.
I don't wanna live like that.
Please.
Thank you for helping me,
reminding me what it's like to be
awake forever and the sweet unrest.
Still, still,
to hear her tender-taken breath
or live forever
and still live forever
or else wanted.
Wait, wait.
(door closes)
Star!
(dramatic music)
Awake forever
in a sweet unrest.
Still, still
to hear her tender-taken breath
and so live ever
or else wanted.
(dramatic music)
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