Frankenstein Theory, The (2013) Movie Script
Where do you want me to look,
here to the camera or to you?
VICKY: Just look at me.
Nah, just ignore camera.
Okay. Let's see.
Grew up in Washington D.C.
My parents were diplomats.
I attended GDS, it was a
private school in the city.
I graduated high school
when I was 16.
That's impressive.
Well, not really.
I started early and
skipped 8th grade.
College was Columbia.
Double major in
history and chemistry.
Odd combination.
No, not really, not really,
not when you
consider my work.
After college I received
my Masters in European History
from Oxford.
I liked Oxford,
I liked it a lot.
That's where I met Annie.
And then, uh, then here to L.A.
for my Ph.D.
Why Los Angeles?
The department chair,
Paul Zelevansky.
He's, uh...
He's by far the best mind
in my particular
area of expertise.
Which is...
Yes, well, that is the heart
of the matter, isn't it?
These letters...
They changed my life.
My grandfather showed them
to me when I was about
And since then,
the subject of those letters
has been the focal point
of my whole life.
What is the subject?
Well, uh, here goes.
In the novel Frankenstein,
the opening narrative is told
through a series of letters
that a Captain Walton
writes to his sister,
Margaret Saville.
Walton is an Arctic explorer,
his ship gets trapped
in the ice,
somewhere in the Arctic Circle,
and it is there that he meets
Dr. Victor Frankenstein.
He tells Walton his story.
Walton then relates
this same story to his sister
through a series of letters.
And these letters form
the basis of the novel.
These letters are
the basis of the novel.
What are you saying exactly?
I'm saying that, um...
I'm saying that Mary Shelley's
Frankenstein,
the novel,
is a work of non-fiction.
I'm saying
it's a work of non-fiction
disguised as fiction.
Or, or more accurately,
it is a fictionalization of
one of the most incredible,
true events in human history.
Annie, what's up?
Can I talk to you, please?
Yes... Um...
Can I talk to you now, please?
Could you excuse me for just
one second, please?
VICKY: Yeah, of course.
No problem.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[WHISPERS]
You want me to eavesdrop?
VICKY: Yeah.
Good friend.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
JONATHAN:
They'll be here as long as
they need to be.
ANNIE: Just tell them
to go please.
We talked about this.
You know that they
gotta be here
as long as they need
to document me.
So you can do
whatever you want,
and I just have to
live with it?
You can let them finish
what they're doing
and they'll leave.
I don't even know
what they are doing.
[MOUTHING]
Should we go?
Maybe I should just
cancel my trip.
Yes, that'll be great.
I guess, that's not
important to you.
It's absolutely what
you do every single time.
Don't "please" me.
That has nothing
to do with what we are
talking about now.
Fine. You know what?
Fuck you. Fuck you.
Do whatever the fuck you want.
[WHISPERS]
That's not good.
VICKY:
Okay. [CLEARS THROAT]
Is everything okay?
Yeah, I'm sorry about that.
We just got our
schedules crossed.
Sure, is it...
Should we...
take off and maybe come
back tomorrow?
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Yes. Maybe
that's not a bad idea.
Sure thing,
we'll do that.
Okay.
Okay.
BRIAN: Luke, Luke.
Hi! My name is Brian
and I run sound
on a documentary film crew
our latest subject
is fucking...
Frankenstein!
Are you fucking
kidding me, Vicky?
You're welcome.
Oh, thank you.
You have got some
awesome friends.
I can't wait to see
where this goes, man.
Do not fuck this up.
Guys, do not fuck this up.
I just spent an hour
talking him down.
What I might fuck up
is his girlfriend.
Oh, come on.
Did you see her?
What she was wearing.
Hey, stop it.
She and I...
Looked at me.
Smelled me.
All right, look, guys,
I don't know
what's going on
with her right now,
'cause she's not usually
this highly strung,
but we have got two days
until we go to Canada
and she's not going with us.
So just keep it
together until then,
'cause I don't know
about you,
but I need this job.
[ENGINE STARTS]
VICKY: Okay, so we're
back on our way
to Jonathan's.
Hopefully today
will go a little smoother
than yesterday did.
Obviously, there's some tension,
between Jonathan and Anne
over Jonathan's theory.
I've known Jonathan
since college.
He always lets his work
take priority
over the rest of his life,
it's just that right now...
Sorry. Um... Where was I?
You were talking about
your obsessive,
slightly insane friend who is
looking for Frankenstein.
Brian, and I say this
with love,
please have some respect
for Jonathan.
He's a friend of mine.
And if that's not enough,
do I need to remind you,
he's paying for all of this?
He has my undying respect...
As does his girlfriend.
Oh, my God!
[TIRES SCREECHING]
What the fuck!
I'm so sorry.
Get the fuck out of the car!
I'm so sorry,
I didn't see you.
Get the fuck out of the car.
Get the fuck out of the car!
I'm sorry!
BRIAN: Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
VICKY: Jesus!
Fucking...
Okay, let's go.
You sure you're okay?
Yeah. I'm fine.
Busy day.
The Illuminati was
a secret society
that was founded in
Ingolstadt University
in the late 18th century.
Now central to their work
was discovering
the origin of life,
which they felt was
the key to immortality.
They worked relentlessly
and they passed on information
and experiments
so what you have,
if you can imagine it,
is the greatest
scientific minds in Europe
building upon each
generation's work.
Culminating in the creation
of what most people call
the Frankenstein Monster.
The actual creator was
Johann Venkenheim,
he was my grandfather's
great-great-grandfather.
This is Johann's lab.
So what does
this prove exactly?
What does it...
Well, it's a genetics lab.
That's from my family's
photo archives.
That was the first
of its kind.
I mean, fuck Mendel,
Johann was the father
of modern genetics.
His work predates Mendel
by over half a century.
While Mendel was splitting peas
and fooling around with flowers,
Johann was bringing something
miraculous into the world.
Something that's never
been done before,
hasn't been done since.
And who do I read
about in a text book?
At any rate this,
this lab...
This is where
he created him.
VICKY: Can you explain that?
JONATHAN: The technique?
No, I can't.
The technique is lost.
The notes,
the research destroyed.
It seems that Johann
and whoever assisted him,
they were so frightened
or appalled by
what they'd created,
that they destroyed everything
so that the experiment
could never be recreated.
BRIAN: That sucks.
That sucks?
Yeah, it sucks.
It sucks
because it means
no matter how much
evidence I collect,
no matter how much
data I collect,
my theory will
never be accepted
until I find him.
And I can say now with
the utmost confidence
that the Frankenstein Monster
is real.
That he exists,
and he's alive now,
and I think
I can find him.
You know,
Jonathan's theory is
a lot to swallow.
So I just don't want
people getting
a bad impression of him.
But do you believe it?
What exactly are you
asking me here?
Do you believe
that there is
a Frankenstein Monster?
Just take that
and come here.
Excuse me.
Don't you know
he's on suspension
from the University?
Really?
Yeah.
No, I didn't know that.
Well, he's embarrassed
about it.
Jonathan is obsessed
with this bullshit theory.
You know it,
I know it.
I mean, it's all
he talks about.
He barely sleeps,
barely eats,
barely talks to me.
It is ruining him
and you're helping.
And you're gonna
go off to the Arctic.
You're gonna be in search
of this Frankenstein, and
you aren't gonna find him.
Because to answer your question,
no, he doesn't exist.
You know that.
But Jonathan, let me tell you
he's not gonna give up.
This is not
gonna end well.
This is the first movement
of Mozart's requiem.
He wrote it on his deathbed.
It started out
as a commission piece
but ultimately ended up
becoming his own requiem.
So I wanted to
propose a toast,
if that's all right.
[CLEARS THROAT]
The British explorer
Freya Stark
once said,
"There is no happiness
"in the things that we believe
if they're different
than the things that we do."
Now, tomorrow will be
for me the first step
in what stands to be the most
important chapter of my life.
It's definitely the fulfilment
of a lifelong goal for me.
Tomorrow, the things
that I do will be
in line finally
with the things
that I believe in.
I want to thank
everybody here
for being a part of it.
So thanks.
And cheers.
Cheers.
Cheers.
[WIND HOWLING]
Okay, it took us two flights
to get here,
we're in Whitehorse,
which is in the southern part
of the Yukon.
And Jonathan and Eric
have gone to get the car
so we'll be traveling from...
By land from here on out.
God, it's beautiful here.
It's fucking
freezing here!
Well, where we're going,
it's only going to get colder.
Great.
"O wind, if winter comes,
can spring be far behind?"
Let's go!
VICKY: What's the plan,
Jonathan?
Well, right now we're going
to make a quick detour,
we're gonna meet up
with a person of interest,
and then,
we're going to
hit the road.
We're gonna go east
out of the Yukon,
into the Northwest Territories.
We're going to rendezvous
with our guide in Deline.
And then into the wild.
So you were saying
about the drawings,
they're from a real murder?
That drawing right there
which is drawn by
a 16-year-old boy
is an actual...
VICKY: This here?
We know that's obviously
a photocopy,
but the original's
in my family archives.
But this is
from a murder trial.
In Geneva in 1802.
A governess was accused of
murdering a small boy,
a member of the family
that she worked for actually.
It was my family,
the Venkenheims.
But I think that in reality
this child was kidnapped
and killed by the creature...
I think I've driven past it.
It should be around here
somewhere. Look for 8412.
Oh, no, here it is.
Okay, we're here.
Where is here?
Uh, this is Clarence Malusky.
Apparently he survived
an encounter.
Is he a friend of yours?
Oh no.
I've never actually met him.
Okay.
Hello.
Clarence? It's Jonathan.
Whoa, I'm sorry.
Who the fuck are you?
I'm looking for Clarence.
I'm sorry, I'm Jonathan.
That's me.
What do you want?
We're here to film the...
I talked to you
on the phone
about filming.
Oh. I guess today is
the day you're coming.
I guess so.
Fuck you, Mike!
MIKE: Fuck you, Clarence!
To hell with him.
[HORN BLARING]
Sorry about the mess.
Behind in my chores.
Hi.
Hello.
You're pretty hot.
Um, thank you.
I was hoping you could just
tell them...
You got a boyfriend?
Uh, I... Yes.
Yeah? You got a boyfriend
in Canada?
Clarence, I think that
we're all hoping...
Hey, whatever you want,
money man.
What do you want?
I was hoping that, uh,
you might tell us
about the encounter
that you told me about?
Yeah. That's some
freaky ass shit, man.
I was selling meth to roughnecks
up in Fort Chipeywan and...
I don't want to
talk about it any more.
Can we talk about
something else?
JONATHAN: No.
I think we have to...
I'd like it if we can
talk about this.
VICKY:
We would really love
to hear your story.
What do you want to
talk about?
The weather.
VICKY: Well, Clarence,
maybe we should
get back on point.
You wanna talk about it,
we'll fucking talk about.
I was up at fucking
Fort Chipeywan
looking at
the Northern Lights.
There wasn't shit around me,
nobody fucking around me
but ice, snow
and the goddamn lights
and then some fucking guy
appears.
And he's fucking huge.
He's huge and I'm like...
You know, "Hey, man,
what's going on?
"What are you doing out here?
You're checking out the lights?"
And he starts coming at me.
And he just gets bigger,
and bigger,
and fucking bigger.
And then he looks at me like
he's gonna fucking kill me,
okay?
And then he doesn't.
He walks away,
and I went home
and threw up
all over the place.
What else?
Did you talk to him?
Did you say anything to him?
Did you hear
what I just said?
This motherfucker could
snap me in two.
You think I'm going to
ask him if he wants
some mac and cheese?
I'm telling you, okay,
he was a person
but he wasn't a person.
I know that
it doesn't make sense,
but it does make sense.
JONATHAN: It makes sense.
Yes, it makes sense.
Clarence,
I want you to look at this.
Holy shit, man!
This is him.
That's him!
That's fucking him, man.
Okay, that is weird.
I'm freaking out right now.
Who the fuck is this guy?
You've heard of Frankenstein?
That's him.
Fuck, man, I was kicking
it with Frankenstein!
Goddamn, you are hot.
So, seriously,
who the fuck is this?
I am being serious.
That's him.
It's complicated.
What the fuck is going on?
What do you mean?
Do I look like
a fucking retard?
No, no, no.
Why are you really here?
And don't give me any of this
Frankenstein bullshit.
Do I look fucking stupid
to you?
No. Clarence,
relax we're...
You! Motherfucker.
Who the fuck
are you listening to?
I'm doing sound, man.
Spying on me, huh?
VICKY: Clarence!
It's a microphone.
It's your...
He's just part
of my crew, Clarence.
Okay, okay, okay.
Fuck me.
You. Empty your pockets.
Empty your fucking pockets!
Shut the fuck up!
Shut the fuck up.
JONATHAN: Clarence,
relax, please, relax.
Clarence, relax, Clarence.
We are not here to hurt you.
Why would we want to hurt you?
I don't know, man.
You tell me.
We don't want to.
We just wanted to ask you
a couple of questions.
You answered them.
And you did a really great job
and now I think we should
probably leave, we'll leave.
[LAUGHING]
Whoa! Whoa! Fuck, man.
Whoa! That could...
Okay, so everyone back...
Money man, I'll tell the story.
I don't even need to talk,
you guys tell me some shit,
you know.
VICKY: If it's okay,
we've got to get back
on schedule.
CLARENCE: Really?
Fuck, guys, I'm sorry.
You were just trying to do
your job, man.
And I'm like...
I'm sorry, man.
I'm fucking sorry.
I'm really, really sorry.
Well, that was fun.
I'm sorry.
I'm very sorry,
all right,
I did not know
that that man
was going to be
that unstable.
I really do apologize.
ERIC: Unstable.
I know. I know.
He was just unstable.
My mom's unstable.
That was a meth head
who pulled a gun.
Yeah, and made me
empty my pockets
and sniffed my wallet.
He sniffed his wallet.
Guys, it's all right,
we got great footage.
We did get some
really good information,
some very solid information.
Did we, good?
You know what else we got?
We got a gun
pulled on us.
We got a meth head
sniffing our wallets
and pulling guns on us.
Thank you.
Yeah. Thanks.
From the crew,
thank you.
Yeah, okay,
so here we are in Deline.
We are in the heart of the
Northwest Territories now.
And it's cold.
I'm gonna go head off
and try to meet up
with our guide.
He's gonna suit us up
and supply us
with snowmobiles and
we're gonna head out.
And I feel excited,
because this feels like
the beginning
of our adventure!
So, yeah...
Was that good?
Yeah.
Okay, I'm heading out.
VICKY: All right.
See you in a bit.
So what do you guys
think of lovely Deline?
I think this place sucks,
worse than the last place
we were in.
It's definitely colder,
but I don't think
it sucks any worse.
Totally sucks worse.
No, we've hit
a real, you know,
consistent level
volume of suck.
We're in a suck
downhill spiral.
Guys, just cut it out.
Constant suck.
This is enough.
[GROANS]
BRIAN:
Ooh, that'll be fun,
snowmobiles!
Okay, guys,
this is our guide,
Karl McCallion.
Karl, this is everybody.
How you doing?
BRIAN: Hi, Karl.
I'm Vicky Stephens,
it's nice to meet you.
You're making the movie, huh?
That's right.
Yeah, Jonathan, told me
that was part of the deal,
but I ain't no actor
or nothin'.
Oh, well, that's okay,
we're not really making
that kind of movie.
This is a documentary.
Yeah. Look, I don't mean
no disrespect,
but you guys don't
look like you've
spent much time
in the wilderness.
VICKY: That would be true.
This ain't backyard camping,
guys.
It gets pretty cold up there.
You wander off, you die.
That simple.
Now, you listen to me,
you'll make your movie
and we'll have a good time.
You don't listen to me,
things are gonna get
ugly pretty quick.
It's not just the cold,
there's polar bear.
We get close enough
to the ocean
maybe have to deal
with some walrus.
BRIAN: Walrus?
Yeah, 1500 kilograms
with tusks
as long as your arm.
BRIAN: Kilograms?
Now, you're payin' me
so I work for you.
But up there,
what I say goes.
Got it?
BRIAN: Sir, yes, sir!
Sir, yes, sir?
What?
You trying to be
a smart ass,
or something?
No.
You know, I don't
want to start off
on the wrong foot
here, guys, okay.
I need you to listen to me
and I don't need you
to be a smart ass.
We understand each other?
Good.
Now I'm gonna unhook
those snowmobiles
and put them on that truck.
You guys keep warm.
We'll get along fine.
Nice and sturdy,
you gotta shake them.
Karl scares me.
Oh, and that's a gun.
Now he really scares me.
You need any help, Karl?
KARL: No.
All right, boys.
[WHISPERING]
Luke. Luke. Luke.
Get this, get this.
Really.
Luke, are you laughing?
I fucking hate you guys.
Jesus.
Annie... Can I...
Can I say something?
Well, can I say some...
Stop. Please can I...
Anne... I know I didn't,
I'm in the middle of nowhere.
Do you want to
do this right now?
Really?
Can I talk to you about this
when I get home, please?
I can't hear you, Annie...
Annie, I'm losing you.
I can't hear you. Annie?
[SIGHS]
Everything okay?
Yeah.
She's breaking up with me.
She's moving out.
I'm sorry.
Whatever.
Let's just go.
[WIND HOWLING]
What's this area over here?
What's this right here.
KARL:
There's nothing around here.
This is Potters Gulch.
So it's deserted
all around here.
Potters Gulch.
Great. That's perfect.
That's where we go first.
But there's nothing there
I already told you.
I know, that's
where we're going.
Here?
Right here.
All right, you wanna
see nothing,
we go there, you know.
Johann wanted to
cheat death.
That was the point.
This creature was essentially
an experiment in longevity.
You know, there are
certain animals,
that have extraordinary
lifespans.
Giant tortoises, for example,
can live to be 300 years old.
Some species of birds
can live to be 200 years old,
sometimes more.
So, Johann, would have
combined the DNA
of these creatures,
theoretically
with human DNA.
And what you would
have is
a creature that could
live for centuries.
Whose body would
resist disease,
would heal itself,
would have immense strength,
stamina and intelligence.
What do you expect to have
happen if you encounter it?
Look, obviously,
I know that
it's dangerous,
I know that.
You think that's why
Johann destroyed his notes?
JONATHAN:
Johann's relationship with
the creature was complicated.
I mean, as you can imagine,
a lot of the early interaction
with it was disastrous.
This creature has enormous
destructive potential.
But we are talking about
something that is intelligent,
that is not
a mindless monster
and Johann knew this.
You know, this creature
that he created,
this is his legacy.
But this isn't about
personal vindication,
because within this creature,
there are scientific...
There are medical marvels,
with incredible potential.
It's not just about
personal vindication.
End of the road, guys.
Snowmobiles from here in.
Can we just
leave the car here?
Yeah.
[WHIMPERING]
[BARKING]
All right, guys,
gather around.
You watching?
This is a brake,
on my right,
this is the accelerator,
and this is the kill switch.
Pretty simple.
Now just beyond
the property line,
we're gonna be going
straight through the tundra.
We're going to camp overnight.
I'll get you to Potters Gulch
the next day, okay?
Okay.
Now it's gonna be
You gotta stay warm, okay?
I'm sorry, is that...
"20, 30 below," is that
Fahrenheit or Celsius?
That's Celsius.
Okay, so that's like...
It's really fucking cold,
that's all you have to know.
You sure you're up for this?
Absolutely!
All right, let's get you
on the snowmobiles.
[ENGINE STARTS]
I can't zip my coat.
Hey, Luke, let's hop on.
Come on.
All right. Wait, wait,
wait, wait. Okay, I'm on.
KARL: Potter's Gulch is
right through that pass.
ERIC: This is some
beautiful country.
Sure is.
[WOLF HOWLING]
What's that?
Just wolves.
Just wolves?
They ain't interested in us.
Why is that not reassuring?
It's the bears
you have to worry about.
That's why.
All right, we're gonna
set up camp not far from here,
so we better get going.
We're losing daylight.
ERIC: Man, it's cold!
Hi, Vicky, it's Eric,
your faithful
associate producer,
loyal, second camera operator.
I thought I'd give you
a little Easter Egg
for when you start
editing this.
I'm out here,
in the freezing cold
getting you your
time lapse shot...
I still think Luke
should be shooting this...
But he's in there with
the rest of you guys,
warm, comfortable.
Don't worry about me.
I'm fine.
Eric's always fine.
[EXCLAIMS]
Hello? Luke?
Hello?
Who's there?
Fuck! Jesus!
Luke? Hello?
[EXHALES]
[METAL BANGS]
[ERIC SHOUTS]
Oh, crap, you scared
the crap out of me.
Let's get inside.
[WIND HOWLING]
VICKY:
How are you feeling
about the trip so far?
Oh, God, I feel great.
I feel really great.
I know it's gonna
sound weird,
but it's like I can feel
his presence out here.
He's out there somewhere.
It's got me
feeling excited...
Oh, fuck.
Fuck, fuck, fuck.
It's fucking freezing.
I'm pissing inside next time.
I don't fucking care.
I can't do. Can you?
I swear to God, my penis,
it shrunk, it looks like Eric's.
Oh, fuck this place,
it sucks here.
[WOLF HOWLING]
Are you kidding me?
Are you kidding me?
I almost just got eaten!
Oh, my God.
Wake him up.
Karl, wake up.
I think you got
to shoot something.
Karl. Karl!
What?
Wolves. Close.
You gotta do something.
I already told you
not to worry about it.
But if you wake me up again,
I'll throw you to 'em.
[WOLVES HOWLING]
Awesome fucking country.
Welcome to Potters Gulch.
Population, us.
It's just one cabin?
KARL: It's a yurt.
What's a yurt?
Trappers and hunters
use them as shelter
in the wilderness.
You got your trap lines
set out
over couple of
hundred kilometers
of Arctic wilderness,
you stay in the yurts
scattered across
your trap lines.
That one's about
Pretty sturdy, huh?
Yeah, works for me.
Beats the hell out
of that stupid tent.
What do you think?
It makes sense.
It's great.
This is exactly
what I was looking for.
Karl, where's the nearest house
or the nearest structure
other than this one?
Fifty, 60 kilometers.
Maybe more.
[ERIC WHISTLES]
ERIC: This really is
the middle of nowhere.
It makes sense.
Hey, check this out.
What?
Bones?
That's gnarly.
VICKY:
Is this what
I think it is?
Yeah.
Maybe the monster is real.
All right, it's creepy.
Come on,
let's get the equipment inside.
Okay, here goes...
Oh, wow!
Wow.
It's not much warmer
in here, is it?
KARL: It will be
once we get
a fire going.
I'll gather up some wood.
Why don't you
come with me?
JONATHAN: Yeah.
Jesus!
[LAUGHING]
This place gives me
the creeps, man.
I know.
It's desolate, right?
That forest is super creepy.
I bet there's lots of
bears and wolves, I'm sure.
You go in there at night,
you ain't ever coming back out.
Trust me, I ain't going
in there day or night.
Better not.
Nice sunset, eh, boys?
BRIAN: We were just
talking about that, Karl.
For a couple of grasshoppers,
you did good today.
Congrats, huh, partner.
LUKE: Whoa!
ERIC: What?
Nothing. Thought I saw
something out there.
Let's get inside.
This place is creepy.
VICKY: So, how are you feeling?
Good.
I feel...
I feel very good.
We're in the right spot,
I know that.
How do you know that?
Ah! From the data
I've collected. I can...
Come on.
You've been dodging
this question since L.A.
Have I?
You have, yeah.
You know you have.
Complete transparency.
Do you wanna look
at the map I brought?
I'd love to.
Okay.
After Johann's death,
when the creature migrated
into Canada, into the Arctic,
vegetation would have
been very sparse,
specially in the winter.
In some areas, it would have
been totally non-existent.
It would make sense
that he subsisted on meat.
Now, it's my theory,
that he's following
a large herd of caribou.
Which actually makes his
movements easy to trace.
He's significantly north of
the Arctic Circle
in the summertime
and then he moves south
as the weather gets colder.
I'm still not seeing
the evidence.
Where's the evidence?
All right, all right,
let's start with Iqaluit.
Since they began keeping records
in the early 20th century,
they've recorded 112 homicides,
and 41 disappearances.
Now, based on
the population size,
and the time span
of over 100 years,
that's statistically
a little bit high.
But it's not anything
that you'd find outside
of a normal bell curve.
However, when you look at
unexplained homicides
and disappearances,
the number is 44.
Of those 44 homicides
and disappearances,
between April and May.
Bear Lake, that's few
hundred miles to the south.
Unexplained homicides
and disappearances, 20.
Of those 17, between
February and March.
Yellowknife.
Unexplained homicides
and disappearances, 74.
December and February.
You see what I'm saying.
These statistical anomalies,
these spikes in murders,
they follow
a migratory pattern.
They're moving
as the creature would move.
So you're saying
the thing is a serial killer?
Oh. No, no.
If he was intent
on killing humans
the numbers
would be astronomical.
I think these attacks
are a matter of
self-preservation, that's all.
They're, um...
They're the creature
trying to protect
his anonymity, his territory.
BRIAN: All right,
all right, fuck this.
Sorry.
What's wrong?
This whole thing
is fucked.
Oh, okay, now
you believe me.
No, I still think
your theory is
complete horseshit.
This is not funny anymore.
I think you knew
what you were getting into
when you came in the crew
and signed up.
Hey, you're overreacting.
We're sitting right here.
I'm not fucking doing this.
Are you kidding me?
Excuse me.
The last time I checked,
I was paying you,
isn't that right?
And I'm still paying you.
I'm paying you and you.
Everybody here, I'm paying.
So I say when somebody leaves
and somebody doesn't leave.
It's me who's running this ship.
And if I want advice from
a sound man, I will ask you.
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Stop it! Enough. Enough.
Brian! Good Lord!
You are both overreacting.
Enough!
Sorry.
I'm sorry.
Okay? I'm sorry.
Jonathan, I didn't mean
to say your theory is bullshit.
It's really scary,
where we are.
We are out by ourselves,
this is really not
what I'm used to.
So, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, too.
Boys, why don't you
have a swig of this?
You won't find this
in the lower 48.
Can I have some?
Thank you, Karl.
No hard feelings.
Jonathan?
No hard feelings?
VICKY: Karl, what do you
think of Jonathan's theory,
about the crime clusters?
It makes sense.
A predator after
the caribou herd.
Something that would also kill
a human if it happened upon one.
Wow. So you believe him?
Well, the theory is dead-on.
The culprit's wrong.
What do you mean?
He's mistaken
Frankenstein for a bear.
[LAUGHING]
They kill at least a few
people every year,
probably more than
what gets reported.
I guess that would explain
all the unsolved murders
and disappearances.
But I don't know,
I ain't done the research.
And you seem like a smart guy.
I bagged a lot of
big game in my day.
I wouldn't mind bagging
myself a Frankenstein.
[LAUGHS]
God! Fuck.
Fuck.
Yeah.
I'll tell you one thing,
polar bear, best
damn hunter on Earth.
Tigers and lions
are just pussies
by comparison, literally.
Figuratively.
Polar bear
can outrun a racehorse.
Can swim in ice cold water
for 100 kilometers.
Hold his breath underwater
for 15 minutes.
ERIC: You ever seen one?
Hell, I've killed 12 of them.
Friend of mine,
I used to hunt with,
Ted Meachum.
He survived
a polar bear attack.
He's north of Churchill,
that's in Manitoba.
Took some weekend warriors
up on a hunt, 1992.
I had a bad feeling
about that.
The winter was mild,
ice didn't freeze over
till February.
When it did, it was
only for a few weeks.
The polar bears eat seals.
When the Hudson
isn't frozen over,
they can't hunt seals.
When they can't hunt seals,
they hunt something else.
Anyway, old Ted took 'em
out on a light plane.
They had engine trouble,
had to put down.
Six men stranded in the tundra.
A big male polar bear
got the bead on them.
Pulled one man out
of the fuselage
in the middle of the night,
screaming.
Dragged another
through the ice.
Come daylight they thought
they were safe.
Polar bears,
like most predators,
prefer the ambush,
not this one,
he was different.
He attacked that
plane dead on.
Ripped apart what
was left of the fuselage,
killed all the remaining
passengers.
All except Ted.
ERIC: What happened to Ted?
That's the damnedest thing.
He ripped off Ted's leg.
I mean, just ripped it off.
Ate it in front of him.
But let him live.
Like he was toying with him.
Ted was supposed
to be gone overnight.
So the following day
I led a search party.
Got a sea plane.
Spotted the wreckage.
Found Ted
nearly bled to death.
But he did a good job
with the tourniquet.
I guess the bear did get him
in the end though.
What do you mean?
He was never right
after the attack.
Six months later,
he shot himself in the head
with his Winchester.
That's fucked up.
Yeah. Don't fuck with
the forces of nature.
You better respect her,
because nature doesn't forgive.
Are you fucking with us?
Do I look like
I'm fucking with you?
Whoa, easy, look.
[IN HIGH VOICE]
Hello. Hi, Eric.
Kiss me, I want a kiss.
I want a kiss, Eric.
Brian, that's disgusting.
JONATHAN: Let me see that.
He's out there, you know.
And tomorrow we'll
go looking for him.
But right now,
I'm turning in.
Now, if those
wolves start up,
don't you go waking me up.
I'll make good on my promise.
Okay.
[WOLVES HOWLING]
[WHISPERING]
Those wolves are really
freaking me out.
I know.
They sound closer
than last night.
I know.
Jesus Christ.
JONATHAN:
Something's got
them worked up.
ERIC: I don't know how
he sleeps through this.
Karl?
This is like a
lullaby to him.
JONATHAN: Shh, shh! Listen.
ERIC: What?
They just stopped.
Maybe now
we can get some sleep.
[LOUD GROWLING]
What was that?
Holy shit!
ERIC: Should we wake up Karl?
No! We should... No.
He'll kill me.
JONATHAN: I think that's him.
What? Really?
You think so?
Yes.
ERIC: No way.
Yes, I do.
The wolves are scared of him.
That's why they stopped.
ERIC: It's a bear.
I don't think so.
Have you ever heard
a bear howl at night?
Do you know
what it sounds like?
Do you know
what it sounds like?
No, but it probably
sounds like that.
Yeah.
[GROWLING]
That sound like a bear to you?
[GROWLING]
[GROWLING]
Somebody stole one
of our snowmobiles
last night
and trashed the other one.
The third one
is still working.
Oh, terrific.
I thought we were
alone out here.
Well, we're obviously not.
Who could have done this?
Somebody was
definitely here.
Big fucker, too.
Tracks lead over there.
It's not a polar bear,
or a goddamn monster.
It's a man.
Hey, where are
you going?
In 30 minutes,
I'll have his ass.
He didn't take any fuel,
and those snowmobiles
were low...
I don't think you
should go out there.
What did you say?
I said, I don't think
you should go out there.
Are you fucking kidding me?
Karl, I just think
it's a bad idea.
Hey!
We got a crisis
on our hands right now.
I need you guys to do
exactly what I say.
No need to panic.
I'll be back soon.
I understand, I don't think
you should go out there.
This is my country!
I'll be goddamned
if I let some motherfucker
come in here and steal my stuff.
All right?
ERIC: You don't want to take
the other snowmobile?
And let him know I'm coming?
You fucking nuts?
It's been four hours
since Karl left
and there's been
no sign of him.
So I'm officially worried.
Brian and Eric have volunteered
to go looking for him,
while the rest of us
stay at the camp.
ERIC: I drive this time.
You film.
You drive
like a grandma.
Great fucking trip, Vicky.
We don't make it back,
I want to officially
go on tape as saying
this country sucks
and it can lick my balls.
USA rules!
Canada can lick 'em.
Just come back in an hour
whether you find Karl or not.
One hour, otherwise
I start to freak out.
An hour, got it.
You ready?
I'm ready.
Bye! Love you! Kisses!
[SIGHS]
I guess we wait.
BRIAN: Hey, Eric!
What?
I have to get
my gloves straight.
Oh, my God! Oh!
This whole thing
is so fucked, dude.
I know.
What are we doing?
You don't believe
this shit, do you?
Fuck no!
But I mean...
It's weird shit going on.
Why, you don't believe it,
do you?
No. No.
It's a mind fuck though.
I mean, the noises last night?
And the drawing?
Freaky shit, right?
Yeah. But no,
Frankenstein is fiction.
And Jonathan,
for a genius,
is a fucking idiot.
Amen to that.
They're gonna be fine, right?
LUKE: I think so.
Yeah.
I wouldn't be worried
about them.
Really, it's broad daylight.
I'm pretty sure the creature
has developed
a nocturnal way of life.
He shies away from people.
He's generally moving at night,
sleeps during the day.
They're fine.
Aren't you concerned at all
if he were to come here?
No. Of course not.
How could I be?
That's been my goal
the entire time.
I've been clear about that,
haven't I?
I want this.
I need this proof.
I'm getting kicked out
of the university.
Anne told me.
She did?
Then you understand
how much I need it.
Everything I've been working
on hinges on meeting him.
That's the whole
point of this,
is to have real
photographic evidence.
It's the only way I'm ever
gonna prove to my colleagues,
to the world
that I'm right.
And I know I am.
No doubt in my mind
that I'm right.
[ENGINE REVVING]
Fuck me!
ERIC: I don't want to
go in there.
You think I do?
You think I want some bear
to make fun of me
while he eats my leg?
Karl!
Yo, Karl!
Shit!
We gotta go in there.
[HEAVY BREATHING]
Karl?
I don't like this place.
I don't either.
ERIC: Oh!
What?
There's blood.
What?
Over here.
Oh, Jesus!
Holy shit!
BRIAN: There's somebody
out here with us.
We have to get
the fuck out of here.
Let's get the fuck out of here.
Right now, we got to go.
Go get the fuck out of here!
What the fuck is happening?
[PANTING]
Hey, what's up?
He's dead.
Karl is dead!
No. What're you talking about?
It's your fault,
you motherfucker!
No! Stop!
Hey!
The one guy who knows
how to survive out here is dead.
It's your fault!
I tried to tell him.
What happened?
We are fucked!
We tracked him into the forest.
There was a goddamn
bloody dead Karl.
His gun was smashed
next to him.
His gun?
Fucking gun.
The Creature felt threatened.
I tried to stop...
What fucking creature...
There's some crazy person
in the forest killing people.
And you're talking about
Frankenstein, you psycho!
What's it gonna take
for you to believe me?
I don't care who it is!
All right!
No! No! No!
We are getting out of here
as quickly as possible.
I'm not going anywhere.
I'm not going anywhere.
Seriously?
I'm on the verge
of a great
scientific discovery.
I'm not going anywhere!
Are you kidding me?
Karl is dead!
Something is out there.
They're right,
they're right, Jonathan.
I know this is important to
you, but we have got to go.
There's a man dead,
for Christ's sake!
Come on, we have to go now!
Let him stay here.
Get your stuff.
What?
Go ahead.
Go.
With one remaining vehicle,
we can't travel as a group.
So Luke is going to go for help.
All right, bro.
Be careful.
The plan is that Luke is gonna
try to find the highway
and flag down help.
Be safe, Luke.
Bye.
It'll be okay.
He has a great sense
of direction.
VICKY: It's our second night
at the yurt.
Luke left yesterday
and we don't know where he is.
We have no transportation.
To be honest, I'm not even sure
how to get back to the road,
at this point.
And, as you can hear,
there's a storm blowing outside.
Though I think that
even if we knew the direction,
we couldn't get to the road.
Obviously, our cell phones
don't work out here.
And most concerning,
Karl is dead.
And we're not exactly sure how,
but something is out there.
Just suppose for a second
it is the monster.
Then what?
JONATHAN: It is him.
I promise you, it's him.
And the only chance we have is
to appeal to its humanity.
What humanity?
It's capable of reason,
he's not some mindless animal.
It reacts to fear
and anger.
I mean, this is something
that's been
searching for companionship
its whole life.
It's been rejected.
He is intelligent,
it will respond
to a sympathetic hand.
How? How do you know that?
You're just gonna
have to trust me.
I don't understand how anybody
could survive out there.
It's so cold.
Hopefully Luke will
make it back.
And we can expect
a rescue party tomorrow.
Regardless, the equipment was
rented out for five days.
So if we're not back in two days
they'll report us as missing.
They have a general idea
of where we are.
[LAUGHING]
ERIC: What?
I forgot to pay my rent.
Jesus!
Andrew's gonna have to cover me.
He's gonna kill me.
BRIAN: I can't stand it, man.
I got to get out of here.
Jesus! Oh, God!
I can't see anything.
How do you turn on
the night vision?
VICKY: I don't know.
It's Luke's camera.
[GROWLING]
Oh, God, he's getting closer.
I got to get out of here.
I got to get out of here.
[VICKY CRYING]
Oh, I got it.
Fuck, I can't take this.
It's okay.
Its going to be okay, right?
Yes, its fine, don't move.
He didn't attack last night.
He's not going to do anything.
Why's he doing that?
I don't know.
[CLATTERING]
I think he's...
I think he's warning us.
He wants us to leave.
I want us to leave, too.
I know.
[BANGING]
Just...
We'll be fine.
Go back to sleep.
[GROWLING]
[VICKY CRYING]
[GROWLING]
[LOUD GROWL]
Okay, I think we're recording.
We're following Luke's tracks.
We haven't seen him since...
Since he left yesterday.
We've been walking...
I don't know how long.
We don't know
if Luke made it back.
So, we're just...
Hope we find him.
Stop, stop, stop. What is that?
Where? I don't see it.
Over there.
Brian, are you getting it?
Brian, you see that?
Over there. I don't know.
It could be the snowmobile.
VICKY: Okay.
Do you see anything?
Luke?
There's something
behind the tree.
The one right by the line.
Luke!
Luke!
What the fuck?
Do you see him?
Where is he?
His helmet's here.
Where is he?
There's no key! Luke!
Are those tracks?
What the fuck?
All right, let's do a sweep.
He can't be far from here...
Split up, but stay in each
other's line of sight.
All right?
You want us to go
by ourselves?
Brian, cut the bullshit!
I've had enough of it.
There's four of us.
Let's just look for him,
he's got to be around here.
Everyone got that?
Keep each other
in your sights, got it?
Got it!
Luke!
Luke!
Luke!
[WIND HOWLING]
Luke!
Luke!
[HEAVY BREATHING]
Fuck!
Jesus!
Luke!
Fuck me!
Luke!
Fuck...
Luke!
Buddy!
Luke! Guys!
Luke! Guys! Luke!
Luke. Luke...
No, no, no, no, no!
[GROWLING]
[BRIAN GROANS]
[BONES CRACKING]
ERIC: The camera's over here.
VICKY: What? Where is he?
No! Brian!
There's some blood over here.
What do you mean?
Oh, Christ! No.
Oh, my God!
Oh, God! Dammit.
What are you looking at?
What is it?
It's a footprint.
He was here.
He was definitely here.
Look at this.
Oh, my God!
Look at the space
between foot falls.
It's amazing.
Amazing?
What's amazing is that
we are in serious danger.
All right?
That thing took Brian.
Yes, I know that. I know that.
You don't think I know that?
All right, listen. We go
back to the yurt right away.
We don't wait.
We go back and wait for help.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
What's wrong with me?
I'm sorry, but Brian is
almost certainly dead.
Brian is dead.
If we don't leave right now,
we're dead, too.
What do you want to do?
Go after this?
No, we go to the yurt now!
We wait for help.
Or we wait for him
to come to us.
VICKY: Can you zoom in
some more?
ERIC: This is as close
as I can go.
The door is open.
That's not good.
[GROWLING]
Jesus Christ!
JONATHAN: He's in there.
[LOUD GROWLING]
What the fuck do we do?
Well, he's...
He's clearly agitated.
You think?
I don't think...
I don't think we can
approach him right now.
I think it's a very bad idea.
We gotta do something.
It'll be night soon.
We can't stay out here.
We'll freeze to death.
Yeah, I know that.
Yeah, so get down there
and talk to him.
That's why we're here, right?
You're the expert.
You're to appeal
to his humanity.
Not now. He's too worked up.
VICKY: We have to do something.
Okay. We wait.
Let's give him some time.
Either,
he will leave, or calm down.
[CLATTERING]
[GROWLING]
VICKY: How much longer
can he go on like this?
[GROWLING]
ERIC: I'm freezing.
I can't feel my hands.
VICKY: Here give me the camera.
VICKY: You all right?
ERIC: Yeah, yeah.
[VICKY GASPS]
ERIC: Oh, my God!
VICKY: That's him isn't it?
JONATHAN: Here's what
we're gonna do.
I'm gonna...
I'm going to call to him.
Once he comes out,
he'll come to me,
I'll separate myself from you.
Use the night vision to find
your way back to the yurt.
Okay?
VICKY: What about you?
I don't know.
Hopefully I can reason with him.
[GROWLING]
He went back inside, okay?
Jesus, it's cold.
We've got to go now.
You guys ready?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I start moving,
you head towards the yurt.
You go quickly, but you walk.
You don't run.
If he heads towards you,
try to stay calm.
Don't run!
Don't run!
Oh, God!
JONATHAN: Hello,
I'm right here.
I'm right here.
I don't want to hurt you.
I'm a friend.
I don't wanna hurt you.
A friend, I don't want to
hurt you!
Hello?
VICKY: Okay, okay,
you ready to go?
Yeah, I can't.
JONATHAN: Hello!
No, Eric, come on!
Eric, we've got to go, now!
Go!
[GASPS]
[SCREAMS]
[GROWLING]
[ERIC SCREAMING]
ERIC: Oh, my God!
Don't stop!
[GROWLING]
[SCREAMING]
ERIC: Vicky!
[LOUD GROWL]
VICKY: Think,
think, think, think!
[VICKY CRYING]
Oh, God! Oh, God! Oh, God!
[VICKY SCREAMING]
Oh, my God!
Jonathan!
[VICKY CRYING]
[SCREAMING]
JONATHAN: It's me, it's me!
Oh, God! Oh, God! Jonathan!
I need you to be quiet now.
You gotta be very,
very quiet.
[WHIMPERING]
That's good. That's good.
Keep moving.
Keep going.
Okay.
Don't run. Don't run!
Straight ahead.
That's very good.
That's very good.
Shh, shh!
Keep going, keep going.
It's straight ahead.
Right in front of me.
That's good. That's good.
Get inside.
[VICKY CRYING]
I want you to stay here.
I'm gonna go outside.
I'll be right back.
But I need you to be very quiet.
Don't make a sound.
JONATHAN:
I don't want to hurt you.
I don't want to hurt you.
I am not your enemy,
do you understand?
My name is Venkenheim.
Yes, Venkenheim.
Like your creator,
like your father.
I understand your pain...
Let me help you.
Let me help you.
I've spent my whole life
searching for you.
You are a miracle...
Don't you understand?
I can see it in your eyes!
You're not an animal.
You're not an animal.
Let me touch you.
You're a miracle.
[GROWLING]
I don't want to hurt you.
[VICKY CRYING]
I just want to touch your hand.
[GROWLING]
[SCREAMING]
[CRACKING]
[SCREAMING]
Oh, God! Oh, God!
[SCREAMING]
[GROWLING]
VICKY: No! No!
[LOUD GROWL]
If you miss the train I'm on
You will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow
A hundred miles
A hundred miles,
a hundred miles
A hundred miles,
a hundred miles
You can hear the whistle blow
A hundred miles
Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two
Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four
Lord I'm 500 miles
Away from home
500 miles, 500 miles
500 miles, 500 miles
Lord I'm 500 miles
Away from home
All these years
and all these roads
Never led me back to you
I'm always 500 miles
Away from home
500 miles, 500 miles
500 miles, 500 miles
Lord I'm 500 miles
Away from home
If you miss the train I'm on
You will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow
A hundred miles
here to the camera or to you?
VICKY: Just look at me.
Nah, just ignore camera.
Okay. Let's see.
Grew up in Washington D.C.
My parents were diplomats.
I attended GDS, it was a
private school in the city.
I graduated high school
when I was 16.
That's impressive.
Well, not really.
I started early and
skipped 8th grade.
College was Columbia.
Double major in
history and chemistry.
Odd combination.
No, not really, not really,
not when you
consider my work.
After college I received
my Masters in European History
from Oxford.
I liked Oxford,
I liked it a lot.
That's where I met Annie.
And then, uh, then here to L.A.
for my Ph.D.
Why Los Angeles?
The department chair,
Paul Zelevansky.
He's, uh...
He's by far the best mind
in my particular
area of expertise.
Which is...
Yes, well, that is the heart
of the matter, isn't it?
These letters...
They changed my life.
My grandfather showed them
to me when I was about
And since then,
the subject of those letters
has been the focal point
of my whole life.
What is the subject?
Well, uh, here goes.
In the novel Frankenstein,
the opening narrative is told
through a series of letters
that a Captain Walton
writes to his sister,
Margaret Saville.
Walton is an Arctic explorer,
his ship gets trapped
in the ice,
somewhere in the Arctic Circle,
and it is there that he meets
Dr. Victor Frankenstein.
He tells Walton his story.
Walton then relates
this same story to his sister
through a series of letters.
And these letters form
the basis of the novel.
These letters are
the basis of the novel.
What are you saying exactly?
I'm saying that, um...
I'm saying that Mary Shelley's
Frankenstein,
the novel,
is a work of non-fiction.
I'm saying
it's a work of non-fiction
disguised as fiction.
Or, or more accurately,
it is a fictionalization of
one of the most incredible,
true events in human history.
Annie, what's up?
Can I talk to you, please?
Yes... Um...
Can I talk to you now, please?
Could you excuse me for just
one second, please?
VICKY: Yeah, of course.
No problem.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[WHISPERS]
You want me to eavesdrop?
VICKY: Yeah.
Good friend.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
JONATHAN:
They'll be here as long as
they need to be.
ANNIE: Just tell them
to go please.
We talked about this.
You know that they
gotta be here
as long as they need
to document me.
So you can do
whatever you want,
and I just have to
live with it?
You can let them finish
what they're doing
and they'll leave.
I don't even know
what they are doing.
[MOUTHING]
Should we go?
Maybe I should just
cancel my trip.
Yes, that'll be great.
I guess, that's not
important to you.
It's absolutely what
you do every single time.
Don't "please" me.
That has nothing
to do with what we are
talking about now.
Fine. You know what?
Fuck you. Fuck you.
Do whatever the fuck you want.
[WHISPERS]
That's not good.
VICKY:
Okay. [CLEARS THROAT]
Is everything okay?
Yeah, I'm sorry about that.
We just got our
schedules crossed.
Sure, is it...
Should we...
take off and maybe come
back tomorrow?
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Yes. Maybe
that's not a bad idea.
Sure thing,
we'll do that.
Okay.
Okay.
BRIAN: Luke, Luke.
Hi! My name is Brian
and I run sound
on a documentary film crew
our latest subject
is fucking...
Frankenstein!
Are you fucking
kidding me, Vicky?
You're welcome.
Oh, thank you.
You have got some
awesome friends.
I can't wait to see
where this goes, man.
Do not fuck this up.
Guys, do not fuck this up.
I just spent an hour
talking him down.
What I might fuck up
is his girlfriend.
Oh, come on.
Did you see her?
What she was wearing.
Hey, stop it.
She and I...
Looked at me.
Smelled me.
All right, look, guys,
I don't know
what's going on
with her right now,
'cause she's not usually
this highly strung,
but we have got two days
until we go to Canada
and she's not going with us.
So just keep it
together until then,
'cause I don't know
about you,
but I need this job.
[ENGINE STARTS]
VICKY: Okay, so we're
back on our way
to Jonathan's.
Hopefully today
will go a little smoother
than yesterday did.
Obviously, there's some tension,
between Jonathan and Anne
over Jonathan's theory.
I've known Jonathan
since college.
He always lets his work
take priority
over the rest of his life,
it's just that right now...
Sorry. Um... Where was I?
You were talking about
your obsessive,
slightly insane friend who is
looking for Frankenstein.
Brian, and I say this
with love,
please have some respect
for Jonathan.
He's a friend of mine.
And if that's not enough,
do I need to remind you,
he's paying for all of this?
He has my undying respect...
As does his girlfriend.
Oh, my God!
[TIRES SCREECHING]
What the fuck!
I'm so sorry.
Get the fuck out of the car!
I'm so sorry,
I didn't see you.
Get the fuck out of the car.
Get the fuck out of the car!
I'm sorry!
BRIAN: Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
VICKY: Jesus!
Fucking...
Okay, let's go.
You sure you're okay?
Yeah. I'm fine.
Busy day.
The Illuminati was
a secret society
that was founded in
Ingolstadt University
in the late 18th century.
Now central to their work
was discovering
the origin of life,
which they felt was
the key to immortality.
They worked relentlessly
and they passed on information
and experiments
so what you have,
if you can imagine it,
is the greatest
scientific minds in Europe
building upon each
generation's work.
Culminating in the creation
of what most people call
the Frankenstein Monster.
The actual creator was
Johann Venkenheim,
he was my grandfather's
great-great-grandfather.
This is Johann's lab.
So what does
this prove exactly?
What does it...
Well, it's a genetics lab.
That's from my family's
photo archives.
That was the first
of its kind.
I mean, fuck Mendel,
Johann was the father
of modern genetics.
His work predates Mendel
by over half a century.
While Mendel was splitting peas
and fooling around with flowers,
Johann was bringing something
miraculous into the world.
Something that's never
been done before,
hasn't been done since.
And who do I read
about in a text book?
At any rate this,
this lab...
This is where
he created him.
VICKY: Can you explain that?
JONATHAN: The technique?
No, I can't.
The technique is lost.
The notes,
the research destroyed.
It seems that Johann
and whoever assisted him,
they were so frightened
or appalled by
what they'd created,
that they destroyed everything
so that the experiment
could never be recreated.
BRIAN: That sucks.
That sucks?
Yeah, it sucks.
It sucks
because it means
no matter how much
evidence I collect,
no matter how much
data I collect,
my theory will
never be accepted
until I find him.
And I can say now with
the utmost confidence
that the Frankenstein Monster
is real.
That he exists,
and he's alive now,
and I think
I can find him.
You know,
Jonathan's theory is
a lot to swallow.
So I just don't want
people getting
a bad impression of him.
But do you believe it?
What exactly are you
asking me here?
Do you believe
that there is
a Frankenstein Monster?
Just take that
and come here.
Excuse me.
Don't you know
he's on suspension
from the University?
Really?
Yeah.
No, I didn't know that.
Well, he's embarrassed
about it.
Jonathan is obsessed
with this bullshit theory.
You know it,
I know it.
I mean, it's all
he talks about.
He barely sleeps,
barely eats,
barely talks to me.
It is ruining him
and you're helping.
And you're gonna
go off to the Arctic.
You're gonna be in search
of this Frankenstein, and
you aren't gonna find him.
Because to answer your question,
no, he doesn't exist.
You know that.
But Jonathan, let me tell you
he's not gonna give up.
This is not
gonna end well.
This is the first movement
of Mozart's requiem.
He wrote it on his deathbed.
It started out
as a commission piece
but ultimately ended up
becoming his own requiem.
So I wanted to
propose a toast,
if that's all right.
[CLEARS THROAT]
The British explorer
Freya Stark
once said,
"There is no happiness
"in the things that we believe
if they're different
than the things that we do."
Now, tomorrow will be
for me the first step
in what stands to be the most
important chapter of my life.
It's definitely the fulfilment
of a lifelong goal for me.
Tomorrow, the things
that I do will be
in line finally
with the things
that I believe in.
I want to thank
everybody here
for being a part of it.
So thanks.
And cheers.
Cheers.
Cheers.
[WIND HOWLING]
Okay, it took us two flights
to get here,
we're in Whitehorse,
which is in the southern part
of the Yukon.
And Jonathan and Eric
have gone to get the car
so we'll be traveling from...
By land from here on out.
God, it's beautiful here.
It's fucking
freezing here!
Well, where we're going,
it's only going to get colder.
Great.
"O wind, if winter comes,
can spring be far behind?"
Let's go!
VICKY: What's the plan,
Jonathan?
Well, right now we're going
to make a quick detour,
we're gonna meet up
with a person of interest,
and then,
we're going to
hit the road.
We're gonna go east
out of the Yukon,
into the Northwest Territories.
We're going to rendezvous
with our guide in Deline.
And then into the wild.
So you were saying
about the drawings,
they're from a real murder?
That drawing right there
which is drawn by
a 16-year-old boy
is an actual...
VICKY: This here?
We know that's obviously
a photocopy,
but the original's
in my family archives.
But this is
from a murder trial.
In Geneva in 1802.
A governess was accused of
murdering a small boy,
a member of the family
that she worked for actually.
It was my family,
the Venkenheims.
But I think that in reality
this child was kidnapped
and killed by the creature...
I think I've driven past it.
It should be around here
somewhere. Look for 8412.
Oh, no, here it is.
Okay, we're here.
Where is here?
Uh, this is Clarence Malusky.
Apparently he survived
an encounter.
Is he a friend of yours?
Oh no.
I've never actually met him.
Okay.
Hello.
Clarence? It's Jonathan.
Whoa, I'm sorry.
Who the fuck are you?
I'm looking for Clarence.
I'm sorry, I'm Jonathan.
That's me.
What do you want?
We're here to film the...
I talked to you
on the phone
about filming.
Oh. I guess today is
the day you're coming.
I guess so.
Fuck you, Mike!
MIKE: Fuck you, Clarence!
To hell with him.
[HORN BLARING]
Sorry about the mess.
Behind in my chores.
Hi.
Hello.
You're pretty hot.
Um, thank you.
I was hoping you could just
tell them...
You got a boyfriend?
Uh, I... Yes.
Yeah? You got a boyfriend
in Canada?
Clarence, I think that
we're all hoping...
Hey, whatever you want,
money man.
What do you want?
I was hoping that, uh,
you might tell us
about the encounter
that you told me about?
Yeah. That's some
freaky ass shit, man.
I was selling meth to roughnecks
up in Fort Chipeywan and...
I don't want to
talk about it any more.
Can we talk about
something else?
JONATHAN: No.
I think we have to...
I'd like it if we can
talk about this.
VICKY:
We would really love
to hear your story.
What do you want to
talk about?
The weather.
VICKY: Well, Clarence,
maybe we should
get back on point.
You wanna talk about it,
we'll fucking talk about.
I was up at fucking
Fort Chipeywan
looking at
the Northern Lights.
There wasn't shit around me,
nobody fucking around me
but ice, snow
and the goddamn lights
and then some fucking guy
appears.
And he's fucking huge.
He's huge and I'm like...
You know, "Hey, man,
what's going on?
"What are you doing out here?
You're checking out the lights?"
And he starts coming at me.
And he just gets bigger,
and bigger,
and fucking bigger.
And then he looks at me like
he's gonna fucking kill me,
okay?
And then he doesn't.
He walks away,
and I went home
and threw up
all over the place.
What else?
Did you talk to him?
Did you say anything to him?
Did you hear
what I just said?
This motherfucker could
snap me in two.
You think I'm going to
ask him if he wants
some mac and cheese?
I'm telling you, okay,
he was a person
but he wasn't a person.
I know that
it doesn't make sense,
but it does make sense.
JONATHAN: It makes sense.
Yes, it makes sense.
Clarence,
I want you to look at this.
Holy shit, man!
This is him.
That's him!
That's fucking him, man.
Okay, that is weird.
I'm freaking out right now.
Who the fuck is this guy?
You've heard of Frankenstein?
That's him.
Fuck, man, I was kicking
it with Frankenstein!
Goddamn, you are hot.
So, seriously,
who the fuck is this?
I am being serious.
That's him.
It's complicated.
What the fuck is going on?
What do you mean?
Do I look like
a fucking retard?
No, no, no.
Why are you really here?
And don't give me any of this
Frankenstein bullshit.
Do I look fucking stupid
to you?
No. Clarence,
relax we're...
You! Motherfucker.
Who the fuck
are you listening to?
I'm doing sound, man.
Spying on me, huh?
VICKY: Clarence!
It's a microphone.
It's your...
He's just part
of my crew, Clarence.
Okay, okay, okay.
Fuck me.
You. Empty your pockets.
Empty your fucking pockets!
Shut the fuck up!
Shut the fuck up.
JONATHAN: Clarence,
relax, please, relax.
Clarence, relax, Clarence.
We are not here to hurt you.
Why would we want to hurt you?
I don't know, man.
You tell me.
We don't want to.
We just wanted to ask you
a couple of questions.
You answered them.
And you did a really great job
and now I think we should
probably leave, we'll leave.
[LAUGHING]
Whoa! Whoa! Fuck, man.
Whoa! That could...
Okay, so everyone back...
Money man, I'll tell the story.
I don't even need to talk,
you guys tell me some shit,
you know.
VICKY: If it's okay,
we've got to get back
on schedule.
CLARENCE: Really?
Fuck, guys, I'm sorry.
You were just trying to do
your job, man.
And I'm like...
I'm sorry, man.
I'm fucking sorry.
I'm really, really sorry.
Well, that was fun.
I'm sorry.
I'm very sorry,
all right,
I did not know
that that man
was going to be
that unstable.
I really do apologize.
ERIC: Unstable.
I know. I know.
He was just unstable.
My mom's unstable.
That was a meth head
who pulled a gun.
Yeah, and made me
empty my pockets
and sniffed my wallet.
He sniffed his wallet.
Guys, it's all right,
we got great footage.
We did get some
really good information,
some very solid information.
Did we, good?
You know what else we got?
We got a gun
pulled on us.
We got a meth head
sniffing our wallets
and pulling guns on us.
Thank you.
Yeah. Thanks.
From the crew,
thank you.
Yeah, okay,
so here we are in Deline.
We are in the heart of the
Northwest Territories now.
And it's cold.
I'm gonna go head off
and try to meet up
with our guide.
He's gonna suit us up
and supply us
with snowmobiles and
we're gonna head out.
And I feel excited,
because this feels like
the beginning
of our adventure!
So, yeah...
Was that good?
Yeah.
Okay, I'm heading out.
VICKY: All right.
See you in a bit.
So what do you guys
think of lovely Deline?
I think this place sucks,
worse than the last place
we were in.
It's definitely colder,
but I don't think
it sucks any worse.
Totally sucks worse.
No, we've hit
a real, you know,
consistent level
volume of suck.
We're in a suck
downhill spiral.
Guys, just cut it out.
Constant suck.
This is enough.
[GROANS]
BRIAN:
Ooh, that'll be fun,
snowmobiles!
Okay, guys,
this is our guide,
Karl McCallion.
Karl, this is everybody.
How you doing?
BRIAN: Hi, Karl.
I'm Vicky Stephens,
it's nice to meet you.
You're making the movie, huh?
That's right.
Yeah, Jonathan, told me
that was part of the deal,
but I ain't no actor
or nothin'.
Oh, well, that's okay,
we're not really making
that kind of movie.
This is a documentary.
Yeah. Look, I don't mean
no disrespect,
but you guys don't
look like you've
spent much time
in the wilderness.
VICKY: That would be true.
This ain't backyard camping,
guys.
It gets pretty cold up there.
You wander off, you die.
That simple.
Now, you listen to me,
you'll make your movie
and we'll have a good time.
You don't listen to me,
things are gonna get
ugly pretty quick.
It's not just the cold,
there's polar bear.
We get close enough
to the ocean
maybe have to deal
with some walrus.
BRIAN: Walrus?
Yeah, 1500 kilograms
with tusks
as long as your arm.
BRIAN: Kilograms?
Now, you're payin' me
so I work for you.
But up there,
what I say goes.
Got it?
BRIAN: Sir, yes, sir!
Sir, yes, sir?
What?
You trying to be
a smart ass,
or something?
No.
You know, I don't
want to start off
on the wrong foot
here, guys, okay.
I need you to listen to me
and I don't need you
to be a smart ass.
We understand each other?
Good.
Now I'm gonna unhook
those snowmobiles
and put them on that truck.
You guys keep warm.
We'll get along fine.
Nice and sturdy,
you gotta shake them.
Karl scares me.
Oh, and that's a gun.
Now he really scares me.
You need any help, Karl?
KARL: No.
All right, boys.
[WHISPERING]
Luke. Luke. Luke.
Get this, get this.
Really.
Luke, are you laughing?
I fucking hate you guys.
Jesus.
Annie... Can I...
Can I say something?
Well, can I say some...
Stop. Please can I...
Anne... I know I didn't,
I'm in the middle of nowhere.
Do you want to
do this right now?
Really?
Can I talk to you about this
when I get home, please?
I can't hear you, Annie...
Annie, I'm losing you.
I can't hear you. Annie?
[SIGHS]
Everything okay?
Yeah.
She's breaking up with me.
She's moving out.
I'm sorry.
Whatever.
Let's just go.
[WIND HOWLING]
What's this area over here?
What's this right here.
KARL:
There's nothing around here.
This is Potters Gulch.
So it's deserted
all around here.
Potters Gulch.
Great. That's perfect.
That's where we go first.
But there's nothing there
I already told you.
I know, that's
where we're going.
Here?
Right here.
All right, you wanna
see nothing,
we go there, you know.
Johann wanted to
cheat death.
That was the point.
This creature was essentially
an experiment in longevity.
You know, there are
certain animals,
that have extraordinary
lifespans.
Giant tortoises, for example,
can live to be 300 years old.
Some species of birds
can live to be 200 years old,
sometimes more.
So, Johann, would have
combined the DNA
of these creatures,
theoretically
with human DNA.
And what you would
have is
a creature that could
live for centuries.
Whose body would
resist disease,
would heal itself,
would have immense strength,
stamina and intelligence.
What do you expect to have
happen if you encounter it?
Look, obviously,
I know that
it's dangerous,
I know that.
You think that's why
Johann destroyed his notes?
JONATHAN:
Johann's relationship with
the creature was complicated.
I mean, as you can imagine,
a lot of the early interaction
with it was disastrous.
This creature has enormous
destructive potential.
But we are talking about
something that is intelligent,
that is not
a mindless monster
and Johann knew this.
You know, this creature
that he created,
this is his legacy.
But this isn't about
personal vindication,
because within this creature,
there are scientific...
There are medical marvels,
with incredible potential.
It's not just about
personal vindication.
End of the road, guys.
Snowmobiles from here in.
Can we just
leave the car here?
Yeah.
[WHIMPERING]
[BARKING]
All right, guys,
gather around.
You watching?
This is a brake,
on my right,
this is the accelerator,
and this is the kill switch.
Pretty simple.
Now just beyond
the property line,
we're gonna be going
straight through the tundra.
We're going to camp overnight.
I'll get you to Potters Gulch
the next day, okay?
Okay.
Now it's gonna be
You gotta stay warm, okay?
I'm sorry, is that...
"20, 30 below," is that
Fahrenheit or Celsius?
That's Celsius.
Okay, so that's like...
It's really fucking cold,
that's all you have to know.
You sure you're up for this?
Absolutely!
All right, let's get you
on the snowmobiles.
[ENGINE STARTS]
I can't zip my coat.
Hey, Luke, let's hop on.
Come on.
All right. Wait, wait,
wait, wait. Okay, I'm on.
KARL: Potter's Gulch is
right through that pass.
ERIC: This is some
beautiful country.
Sure is.
[WOLF HOWLING]
What's that?
Just wolves.
Just wolves?
They ain't interested in us.
Why is that not reassuring?
It's the bears
you have to worry about.
That's why.
All right, we're gonna
set up camp not far from here,
so we better get going.
We're losing daylight.
ERIC: Man, it's cold!
Hi, Vicky, it's Eric,
your faithful
associate producer,
loyal, second camera operator.
I thought I'd give you
a little Easter Egg
for when you start
editing this.
I'm out here,
in the freezing cold
getting you your
time lapse shot...
I still think Luke
should be shooting this...
But he's in there with
the rest of you guys,
warm, comfortable.
Don't worry about me.
I'm fine.
Eric's always fine.
[EXCLAIMS]
Hello? Luke?
Hello?
Who's there?
Fuck! Jesus!
Luke? Hello?
[EXHALES]
[METAL BANGS]
[ERIC SHOUTS]
Oh, crap, you scared
the crap out of me.
Let's get inside.
[WIND HOWLING]
VICKY:
How are you feeling
about the trip so far?
Oh, God, I feel great.
I feel really great.
I know it's gonna
sound weird,
but it's like I can feel
his presence out here.
He's out there somewhere.
It's got me
feeling excited...
Oh, fuck.
Fuck, fuck, fuck.
It's fucking freezing.
I'm pissing inside next time.
I don't fucking care.
I can't do. Can you?
I swear to God, my penis,
it shrunk, it looks like Eric's.
Oh, fuck this place,
it sucks here.
[WOLF HOWLING]
Are you kidding me?
Are you kidding me?
I almost just got eaten!
Oh, my God.
Wake him up.
Karl, wake up.
I think you got
to shoot something.
Karl. Karl!
What?
Wolves. Close.
You gotta do something.
I already told you
not to worry about it.
But if you wake me up again,
I'll throw you to 'em.
[WOLVES HOWLING]
Awesome fucking country.
Welcome to Potters Gulch.
Population, us.
It's just one cabin?
KARL: It's a yurt.
What's a yurt?
Trappers and hunters
use them as shelter
in the wilderness.
You got your trap lines
set out
over couple of
hundred kilometers
of Arctic wilderness,
you stay in the yurts
scattered across
your trap lines.
That one's about
Pretty sturdy, huh?
Yeah, works for me.
Beats the hell out
of that stupid tent.
What do you think?
It makes sense.
It's great.
This is exactly
what I was looking for.
Karl, where's the nearest house
or the nearest structure
other than this one?
Fifty, 60 kilometers.
Maybe more.
[ERIC WHISTLES]
ERIC: This really is
the middle of nowhere.
It makes sense.
Hey, check this out.
What?
Bones?
That's gnarly.
VICKY:
Is this what
I think it is?
Yeah.
Maybe the monster is real.
All right, it's creepy.
Come on,
let's get the equipment inside.
Okay, here goes...
Oh, wow!
Wow.
It's not much warmer
in here, is it?
KARL: It will be
once we get
a fire going.
I'll gather up some wood.
Why don't you
come with me?
JONATHAN: Yeah.
Jesus!
[LAUGHING]
This place gives me
the creeps, man.
I know.
It's desolate, right?
That forest is super creepy.
I bet there's lots of
bears and wolves, I'm sure.
You go in there at night,
you ain't ever coming back out.
Trust me, I ain't going
in there day or night.
Better not.
Nice sunset, eh, boys?
BRIAN: We were just
talking about that, Karl.
For a couple of grasshoppers,
you did good today.
Congrats, huh, partner.
LUKE: Whoa!
ERIC: What?
Nothing. Thought I saw
something out there.
Let's get inside.
This place is creepy.
VICKY: So, how are you feeling?
Good.
I feel...
I feel very good.
We're in the right spot,
I know that.
How do you know that?
Ah! From the data
I've collected. I can...
Come on.
You've been dodging
this question since L.A.
Have I?
You have, yeah.
You know you have.
Complete transparency.
Do you wanna look
at the map I brought?
I'd love to.
Okay.
After Johann's death,
when the creature migrated
into Canada, into the Arctic,
vegetation would have
been very sparse,
specially in the winter.
In some areas, it would have
been totally non-existent.
It would make sense
that he subsisted on meat.
Now, it's my theory,
that he's following
a large herd of caribou.
Which actually makes his
movements easy to trace.
He's significantly north of
the Arctic Circle
in the summertime
and then he moves south
as the weather gets colder.
I'm still not seeing
the evidence.
Where's the evidence?
All right, all right,
let's start with Iqaluit.
Since they began keeping records
in the early 20th century,
they've recorded 112 homicides,
and 41 disappearances.
Now, based on
the population size,
and the time span
of over 100 years,
that's statistically
a little bit high.
But it's not anything
that you'd find outside
of a normal bell curve.
However, when you look at
unexplained homicides
and disappearances,
the number is 44.
Of those 44 homicides
and disappearances,
between April and May.
Bear Lake, that's few
hundred miles to the south.
Unexplained homicides
and disappearances, 20.
Of those 17, between
February and March.
Yellowknife.
Unexplained homicides
and disappearances, 74.
December and February.
You see what I'm saying.
These statistical anomalies,
these spikes in murders,
they follow
a migratory pattern.
They're moving
as the creature would move.
So you're saying
the thing is a serial killer?
Oh. No, no.
If he was intent
on killing humans
the numbers
would be astronomical.
I think these attacks
are a matter of
self-preservation, that's all.
They're, um...
They're the creature
trying to protect
his anonymity, his territory.
BRIAN: All right,
all right, fuck this.
Sorry.
What's wrong?
This whole thing
is fucked.
Oh, okay, now
you believe me.
No, I still think
your theory is
complete horseshit.
This is not funny anymore.
I think you knew
what you were getting into
when you came in the crew
and signed up.
Hey, you're overreacting.
We're sitting right here.
I'm not fucking doing this.
Are you kidding me?
Excuse me.
The last time I checked,
I was paying you,
isn't that right?
And I'm still paying you.
I'm paying you and you.
Everybody here, I'm paying.
So I say when somebody leaves
and somebody doesn't leave.
It's me who's running this ship.
And if I want advice from
a sound man, I will ask you.
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Stop it! Enough. Enough.
Brian! Good Lord!
You are both overreacting.
Enough!
Sorry.
I'm sorry.
Okay? I'm sorry.
Jonathan, I didn't mean
to say your theory is bullshit.
It's really scary,
where we are.
We are out by ourselves,
this is really not
what I'm used to.
So, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, too.
Boys, why don't you
have a swig of this?
You won't find this
in the lower 48.
Can I have some?
Thank you, Karl.
No hard feelings.
Jonathan?
No hard feelings?
VICKY: Karl, what do you
think of Jonathan's theory,
about the crime clusters?
It makes sense.
A predator after
the caribou herd.
Something that would also kill
a human if it happened upon one.
Wow. So you believe him?
Well, the theory is dead-on.
The culprit's wrong.
What do you mean?
He's mistaken
Frankenstein for a bear.
[LAUGHING]
They kill at least a few
people every year,
probably more than
what gets reported.
I guess that would explain
all the unsolved murders
and disappearances.
But I don't know,
I ain't done the research.
And you seem like a smart guy.
I bagged a lot of
big game in my day.
I wouldn't mind bagging
myself a Frankenstein.
[LAUGHS]
God! Fuck.
Fuck.
Yeah.
I'll tell you one thing,
polar bear, best
damn hunter on Earth.
Tigers and lions
are just pussies
by comparison, literally.
Figuratively.
Polar bear
can outrun a racehorse.
Can swim in ice cold water
for 100 kilometers.
Hold his breath underwater
for 15 minutes.
ERIC: You ever seen one?
Hell, I've killed 12 of them.
Friend of mine,
I used to hunt with,
Ted Meachum.
He survived
a polar bear attack.
He's north of Churchill,
that's in Manitoba.
Took some weekend warriors
up on a hunt, 1992.
I had a bad feeling
about that.
The winter was mild,
ice didn't freeze over
till February.
When it did, it was
only for a few weeks.
The polar bears eat seals.
When the Hudson
isn't frozen over,
they can't hunt seals.
When they can't hunt seals,
they hunt something else.
Anyway, old Ted took 'em
out on a light plane.
They had engine trouble,
had to put down.
Six men stranded in the tundra.
A big male polar bear
got the bead on them.
Pulled one man out
of the fuselage
in the middle of the night,
screaming.
Dragged another
through the ice.
Come daylight they thought
they were safe.
Polar bears,
like most predators,
prefer the ambush,
not this one,
he was different.
He attacked that
plane dead on.
Ripped apart what
was left of the fuselage,
killed all the remaining
passengers.
All except Ted.
ERIC: What happened to Ted?
That's the damnedest thing.
He ripped off Ted's leg.
I mean, just ripped it off.
Ate it in front of him.
But let him live.
Like he was toying with him.
Ted was supposed
to be gone overnight.
So the following day
I led a search party.
Got a sea plane.
Spotted the wreckage.
Found Ted
nearly bled to death.
But he did a good job
with the tourniquet.
I guess the bear did get him
in the end though.
What do you mean?
He was never right
after the attack.
Six months later,
he shot himself in the head
with his Winchester.
That's fucked up.
Yeah. Don't fuck with
the forces of nature.
You better respect her,
because nature doesn't forgive.
Are you fucking with us?
Do I look like
I'm fucking with you?
Whoa, easy, look.
[IN HIGH VOICE]
Hello. Hi, Eric.
Kiss me, I want a kiss.
I want a kiss, Eric.
Brian, that's disgusting.
JONATHAN: Let me see that.
He's out there, you know.
And tomorrow we'll
go looking for him.
But right now,
I'm turning in.
Now, if those
wolves start up,
don't you go waking me up.
I'll make good on my promise.
Okay.
[WOLVES HOWLING]
[WHISPERING]
Those wolves are really
freaking me out.
I know.
They sound closer
than last night.
I know.
Jesus Christ.
JONATHAN:
Something's got
them worked up.
ERIC: I don't know how
he sleeps through this.
Karl?
This is like a
lullaby to him.
JONATHAN: Shh, shh! Listen.
ERIC: What?
They just stopped.
Maybe now
we can get some sleep.
[LOUD GROWLING]
What was that?
Holy shit!
ERIC: Should we wake up Karl?
No! We should... No.
He'll kill me.
JONATHAN: I think that's him.
What? Really?
You think so?
Yes.
ERIC: No way.
Yes, I do.
The wolves are scared of him.
That's why they stopped.
ERIC: It's a bear.
I don't think so.
Have you ever heard
a bear howl at night?
Do you know
what it sounds like?
Do you know
what it sounds like?
No, but it probably
sounds like that.
Yeah.
[GROWLING]
That sound like a bear to you?
[GROWLING]
[GROWLING]
Somebody stole one
of our snowmobiles
last night
and trashed the other one.
The third one
is still working.
Oh, terrific.
I thought we were
alone out here.
Well, we're obviously not.
Who could have done this?
Somebody was
definitely here.
Big fucker, too.
Tracks lead over there.
It's not a polar bear,
or a goddamn monster.
It's a man.
Hey, where are
you going?
In 30 minutes,
I'll have his ass.
He didn't take any fuel,
and those snowmobiles
were low...
I don't think you
should go out there.
What did you say?
I said, I don't think
you should go out there.
Are you fucking kidding me?
Karl, I just think
it's a bad idea.
Hey!
We got a crisis
on our hands right now.
I need you guys to do
exactly what I say.
No need to panic.
I'll be back soon.
I understand, I don't think
you should go out there.
This is my country!
I'll be goddamned
if I let some motherfucker
come in here and steal my stuff.
All right?
ERIC: You don't want to take
the other snowmobile?
And let him know I'm coming?
You fucking nuts?
It's been four hours
since Karl left
and there's been
no sign of him.
So I'm officially worried.
Brian and Eric have volunteered
to go looking for him,
while the rest of us
stay at the camp.
ERIC: I drive this time.
You film.
You drive
like a grandma.
Great fucking trip, Vicky.
We don't make it back,
I want to officially
go on tape as saying
this country sucks
and it can lick my balls.
USA rules!
Canada can lick 'em.
Just come back in an hour
whether you find Karl or not.
One hour, otherwise
I start to freak out.
An hour, got it.
You ready?
I'm ready.
Bye! Love you! Kisses!
[SIGHS]
I guess we wait.
BRIAN: Hey, Eric!
What?
I have to get
my gloves straight.
Oh, my God! Oh!
This whole thing
is so fucked, dude.
I know.
What are we doing?
You don't believe
this shit, do you?
Fuck no!
But I mean...
It's weird shit going on.
Why, you don't believe it,
do you?
No. No.
It's a mind fuck though.
I mean, the noises last night?
And the drawing?
Freaky shit, right?
Yeah. But no,
Frankenstein is fiction.
And Jonathan,
for a genius,
is a fucking idiot.
Amen to that.
They're gonna be fine, right?
LUKE: I think so.
Yeah.
I wouldn't be worried
about them.
Really, it's broad daylight.
I'm pretty sure the creature
has developed
a nocturnal way of life.
He shies away from people.
He's generally moving at night,
sleeps during the day.
They're fine.
Aren't you concerned at all
if he were to come here?
No. Of course not.
How could I be?
That's been my goal
the entire time.
I've been clear about that,
haven't I?
I want this.
I need this proof.
I'm getting kicked out
of the university.
Anne told me.
She did?
Then you understand
how much I need it.
Everything I've been working
on hinges on meeting him.
That's the whole
point of this,
is to have real
photographic evidence.
It's the only way I'm ever
gonna prove to my colleagues,
to the world
that I'm right.
And I know I am.
No doubt in my mind
that I'm right.
[ENGINE REVVING]
Fuck me!
ERIC: I don't want to
go in there.
You think I do?
You think I want some bear
to make fun of me
while he eats my leg?
Karl!
Yo, Karl!
Shit!
We gotta go in there.
[HEAVY BREATHING]
Karl?
I don't like this place.
I don't either.
ERIC: Oh!
What?
There's blood.
What?
Over here.
Oh, Jesus!
Holy shit!
BRIAN: There's somebody
out here with us.
We have to get
the fuck out of here.
Let's get the fuck out of here.
Right now, we got to go.
Go get the fuck out of here!
What the fuck is happening?
[PANTING]
Hey, what's up?
He's dead.
Karl is dead!
No. What're you talking about?
It's your fault,
you motherfucker!
No! Stop!
Hey!
The one guy who knows
how to survive out here is dead.
It's your fault!
I tried to tell him.
What happened?
We are fucked!
We tracked him into the forest.
There was a goddamn
bloody dead Karl.
His gun was smashed
next to him.
His gun?
Fucking gun.
The Creature felt threatened.
I tried to stop...
What fucking creature...
There's some crazy person
in the forest killing people.
And you're talking about
Frankenstein, you psycho!
What's it gonna take
for you to believe me?
I don't care who it is!
All right!
No! No! No!
We are getting out of here
as quickly as possible.
I'm not going anywhere.
I'm not going anywhere.
Seriously?
I'm on the verge
of a great
scientific discovery.
I'm not going anywhere!
Are you kidding me?
Karl is dead!
Something is out there.
They're right,
they're right, Jonathan.
I know this is important to
you, but we have got to go.
There's a man dead,
for Christ's sake!
Come on, we have to go now!
Let him stay here.
Get your stuff.
What?
Go ahead.
Go.
With one remaining vehicle,
we can't travel as a group.
So Luke is going to go for help.
All right, bro.
Be careful.
The plan is that Luke is gonna
try to find the highway
and flag down help.
Be safe, Luke.
Bye.
It'll be okay.
He has a great sense
of direction.
VICKY: It's our second night
at the yurt.
Luke left yesterday
and we don't know where he is.
We have no transportation.
To be honest, I'm not even sure
how to get back to the road,
at this point.
And, as you can hear,
there's a storm blowing outside.
Though I think that
even if we knew the direction,
we couldn't get to the road.
Obviously, our cell phones
don't work out here.
And most concerning,
Karl is dead.
And we're not exactly sure how,
but something is out there.
Just suppose for a second
it is the monster.
Then what?
JONATHAN: It is him.
I promise you, it's him.
And the only chance we have is
to appeal to its humanity.
What humanity?
It's capable of reason,
he's not some mindless animal.
It reacts to fear
and anger.
I mean, this is something
that's been
searching for companionship
its whole life.
It's been rejected.
He is intelligent,
it will respond
to a sympathetic hand.
How? How do you know that?
You're just gonna
have to trust me.
I don't understand how anybody
could survive out there.
It's so cold.
Hopefully Luke will
make it back.
And we can expect
a rescue party tomorrow.
Regardless, the equipment was
rented out for five days.
So if we're not back in two days
they'll report us as missing.
They have a general idea
of where we are.
[LAUGHING]
ERIC: What?
I forgot to pay my rent.
Jesus!
Andrew's gonna have to cover me.
He's gonna kill me.
BRIAN: I can't stand it, man.
I got to get out of here.
Jesus! Oh, God!
I can't see anything.
How do you turn on
the night vision?
VICKY: I don't know.
It's Luke's camera.
[GROWLING]
Oh, God, he's getting closer.
I got to get out of here.
I got to get out of here.
[VICKY CRYING]
Oh, I got it.
Fuck, I can't take this.
It's okay.
Its going to be okay, right?
Yes, its fine, don't move.
He didn't attack last night.
He's not going to do anything.
Why's he doing that?
I don't know.
[CLATTERING]
I think he's...
I think he's warning us.
He wants us to leave.
I want us to leave, too.
I know.
[BANGING]
Just...
We'll be fine.
Go back to sleep.
[GROWLING]
[VICKY CRYING]
[GROWLING]
[LOUD GROWL]
Okay, I think we're recording.
We're following Luke's tracks.
We haven't seen him since...
Since he left yesterday.
We've been walking...
I don't know how long.
We don't know
if Luke made it back.
So, we're just...
Hope we find him.
Stop, stop, stop. What is that?
Where? I don't see it.
Over there.
Brian, are you getting it?
Brian, you see that?
Over there. I don't know.
It could be the snowmobile.
VICKY: Okay.
Do you see anything?
Luke?
There's something
behind the tree.
The one right by the line.
Luke!
Luke!
What the fuck?
Do you see him?
Where is he?
His helmet's here.
Where is he?
There's no key! Luke!
Are those tracks?
What the fuck?
All right, let's do a sweep.
He can't be far from here...
Split up, but stay in each
other's line of sight.
All right?
You want us to go
by ourselves?
Brian, cut the bullshit!
I've had enough of it.
There's four of us.
Let's just look for him,
he's got to be around here.
Everyone got that?
Keep each other
in your sights, got it?
Got it!
Luke!
Luke!
Luke!
[WIND HOWLING]
Luke!
Luke!
[HEAVY BREATHING]
Fuck!
Jesus!
Luke!
Fuck me!
Luke!
Fuck...
Luke!
Buddy!
Luke! Guys!
Luke! Guys! Luke!
Luke. Luke...
No, no, no, no, no!
[GROWLING]
[BRIAN GROANS]
[BONES CRACKING]
ERIC: The camera's over here.
VICKY: What? Where is he?
No! Brian!
There's some blood over here.
What do you mean?
Oh, Christ! No.
Oh, my God!
Oh, God! Dammit.
What are you looking at?
What is it?
It's a footprint.
He was here.
He was definitely here.
Look at this.
Oh, my God!
Look at the space
between foot falls.
It's amazing.
Amazing?
What's amazing is that
we are in serious danger.
All right?
That thing took Brian.
Yes, I know that. I know that.
You don't think I know that?
All right, listen. We go
back to the yurt right away.
We don't wait.
We go back and wait for help.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
What's wrong with me?
I'm sorry, but Brian is
almost certainly dead.
Brian is dead.
If we don't leave right now,
we're dead, too.
What do you want to do?
Go after this?
No, we go to the yurt now!
We wait for help.
Or we wait for him
to come to us.
VICKY: Can you zoom in
some more?
ERIC: This is as close
as I can go.
The door is open.
That's not good.
[GROWLING]
Jesus Christ!
JONATHAN: He's in there.
[LOUD GROWLING]
What the fuck do we do?
Well, he's...
He's clearly agitated.
You think?
I don't think...
I don't think we can
approach him right now.
I think it's a very bad idea.
We gotta do something.
It'll be night soon.
We can't stay out here.
We'll freeze to death.
Yeah, I know that.
Yeah, so get down there
and talk to him.
That's why we're here, right?
You're the expert.
You're to appeal
to his humanity.
Not now. He's too worked up.
VICKY: We have to do something.
Okay. We wait.
Let's give him some time.
Either,
he will leave, or calm down.
[CLATTERING]
[GROWLING]
VICKY: How much longer
can he go on like this?
[GROWLING]
ERIC: I'm freezing.
I can't feel my hands.
VICKY: Here give me the camera.
VICKY: You all right?
ERIC: Yeah, yeah.
[VICKY GASPS]
ERIC: Oh, my God!
VICKY: That's him isn't it?
JONATHAN: Here's what
we're gonna do.
I'm gonna...
I'm going to call to him.
Once he comes out,
he'll come to me,
I'll separate myself from you.
Use the night vision to find
your way back to the yurt.
Okay?
VICKY: What about you?
I don't know.
Hopefully I can reason with him.
[GROWLING]
He went back inside, okay?
Jesus, it's cold.
We've got to go now.
You guys ready?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I start moving,
you head towards the yurt.
You go quickly, but you walk.
You don't run.
If he heads towards you,
try to stay calm.
Don't run!
Don't run!
Oh, God!
JONATHAN: Hello,
I'm right here.
I'm right here.
I don't want to hurt you.
I'm a friend.
I don't wanna hurt you.
A friend, I don't want to
hurt you!
Hello?
VICKY: Okay, okay,
you ready to go?
Yeah, I can't.
JONATHAN: Hello!
No, Eric, come on!
Eric, we've got to go, now!
Go!
[GASPS]
[SCREAMS]
[GROWLING]
[ERIC SCREAMING]
ERIC: Oh, my God!
Don't stop!
[GROWLING]
[SCREAMING]
ERIC: Vicky!
[LOUD GROWL]
VICKY: Think,
think, think, think!
[VICKY CRYING]
Oh, God! Oh, God! Oh, God!
[VICKY SCREAMING]
Oh, my God!
Jonathan!
[VICKY CRYING]
[SCREAMING]
JONATHAN: It's me, it's me!
Oh, God! Oh, God! Jonathan!
I need you to be quiet now.
You gotta be very,
very quiet.
[WHIMPERING]
That's good. That's good.
Keep moving.
Keep going.
Okay.
Don't run. Don't run!
Straight ahead.
That's very good.
That's very good.
Shh, shh!
Keep going, keep going.
It's straight ahead.
Right in front of me.
That's good. That's good.
Get inside.
[VICKY CRYING]
I want you to stay here.
I'm gonna go outside.
I'll be right back.
But I need you to be very quiet.
Don't make a sound.
JONATHAN:
I don't want to hurt you.
I don't want to hurt you.
I am not your enemy,
do you understand?
My name is Venkenheim.
Yes, Venkenheim.
Like your creator,
like your father.
I understand your pain...
Let me help you.
Let me help you.
I've spent my whole life
searching for you.
You are a miracle...
Don't you understand?
I can see it in your eyes!
You're not an animal.
You're not an animal.
Let me touch you.
You're a miracle.
[GROWLING]
I don't want to hurt you.
[VICKY CRYING]
I just want to touch your hand.
[GROWLING]
[SCREAMING]
[CRACKING]
[SCREAMING]
Oh, God! Oh, God!
[SCREAMING]
[GROWLING]
VICKY: No! No!
[LOUD GROWL]
If you miss the train I'm on
You will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow
A hundred miles
A hundred miles,
a hundred miles
A hundred miles,
a hundred miles
You can hear the whistle blow
A hundred miles
Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two
Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four
Lord I'm 500 miles
Away from home
500 miles, 500 miles
500 miles, 500 miles
Lord I'm 500 miles
Away from home
All these years
and all these roads
Never led me back to you
I'm always 500 miles
Away from home
500 miles, 500 miles
500 miles, 500 miles
Lord I'm 500 miles
Away from home
If you miss the train I'm on
You will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow
A hundred miles