His Monster (2025) Movie Script
1
[waves crashing]
- Anybody can do that.
I can do that job.
You just gotta listen to me.
Nobody... nobody listens.
[tense music]
[tense music continues]
[eerie music]
Oh, Mommy's up. It's morning.
- It's 4 a.m.
- That means breakfast,
Pooh Bear.
So we're playing.
- Playing? Right.
- Su, you sleeping upstairs now?
[mumbles]
[gentle music]
- We're gonna go stay with
grandma
for a little while, okay?
Just like we talked about.
You ready?
Okay.
[gentle music continues]
What are you doing?
- I thought I heard something.
[eerie music]
- We're gonna
stay with my mother.
I don't know for how long.
You and I are done.
Sweetie, Mommy forgot her keys.
[door opens]
What is it this time?
- This is serious.
There's something
in the crawl space.
- James.
- I don't want to know...
- Shh. Listen.
- Are you serious with this?
- What?
- I never should have come
with you.
- Oh, wait a minute, no, honey,
just wait a second.
Wait a second.
[rattling]
- Coyote?
- [scoffs] No.
Hey.
- James.
I don't see anything.
- Okay, look.
I lost my job today,
and I didn't know how
to tell you.
He knew I needed it.
I had told him before
that I would need time off
at a moment's notice
for my mental health.
- Not now.
[eerie music]
- After all the years
that I've...
- James, we're leaving.
- It's not safe.
- No, it's not.
- Don't.
[tense music]
- Hanna?
Hanna?
- Su?
[Su] Hanna?
[tense music continues]
[James] Hanna.
Hanna.
Hanna!
Hanna, I need you to get
away from the river, sweetheart.
Pooh bear's afraid of the water,
okay?
You gotta get away from the...
[tense music continues]
Hanna, it's okay, baby,
it's okay.
Stay back!
[Monster growling]
Everything's fine.
[Monster growling]
[Hanna screams]
[James] Hanna?
[Monster laughing]
- Hanna?
- Where is she?
Where is she?
Hanna?
Where is she?
[water rushing]
Where is she?
[Monster growling]
[traffic rumbling]
[Newsreader] City of Astoria
officials saying
that the state of Oregon
does not consider local
construction zoning,
and that the issue would remain
at a city level.
[gentle music]
- But what I realised is that
while I'm beating myself up
over the lost time,
my sobriety is actually
giving me the gift of time,
the present and the future
that could have been lost.
It's not easy, but I'm really
focussed on letting go of...
of the what-could-have-beens
and letting in the what...
what's going to be.
- Thanks for your share, Maple.
So often we forget
to forgive ourselves
for the actions that have caused
so many losses in our lives.
So thank you.
James, would
you like to share with us?
- I'm James,
and I'm an alcoholic.
- Hi, James.
- A monster pushed her
into the water.
[Officer] Mr Streeter,
can you confirm that no one else
was at the scene other than you?
- I've been on this sobriety
journey for eight months now,
and it continues to be a roller
coaster so far.
I have trouble with milestones.
I keep relapsing just before
my 30 days or my 60 days.
I just still feel like I
don't deserve good things.
My childhood has had this
psychological hold on me.
Nothing I ever expected,
so it's not my fault.
It's not just that alcohol,
the only thing I've
ever felt helped,
also destroys lives.
[mumbles]
But that wasn't me.
No, I don't know that guy.
But I'm slowly moving
through the 12 steps.
I'm working at it,
and soon I think I'll be ready
for a sponsor.
Anyway, thanks
for listening.
- Su, you gotta believe me.
[Su] No, not this again.
There is no monster.
- I saw a monster knock
her into the water.
- Thanks for your share, James.
And thanks for reminding us
that for anyone who doesn't
have a sponsor already,
there are plenty of people here
that can sponsor.
In fact, let's take this chance
to have anyone who is willing
and able to sponsor
to please raise their hands
right now.
[Su] There isn't any
monster, James.
It's been a year
now, and nothing.
It's time to let this go,
don't you think it's
over between us?
Stop calling.
[music plays in background]
- You have a glob of mustard
on the corner of your mouth.
- I haven't eaten yet.
- Oh, well, it's still...
- Oh, shit.
- You all right?
- That means it's been
there since lunch.
I've showed two separate
houses since then.
- Maybe no one noticed.
- You noticed from two
tables away.
- To be honest, I came over
here to see if you were okay.
Kind of looked like
you had a bad day.
And if it helps, so have I.
I didn't notice the mustard
until I got closer,
and then I used it.
- "You've got a glob of mustard
on your face" is a line?
[chuckles]
You know,
it showed that you cared.
- Counts a lot more than any
of my stubborn clients today.
- Oh, it has been a shit day.
So, um...
have a seat, fellow
shit-day haver.
- [chuckles] Thanks.
Mostly Astoria or near it,
but, uh...
yeah, all my life.
You end up working a lot
of different odd jobs,
but fishing is the one
that stuck the longest.
- So you're out
there with your pole
just fishing all day, every day?
[laughs]
- No, no, I go out
on a local boat.
There's nets and a crew.
It's a full commercial
fishing outfit.
- Okay, so your bad
day was no fishies.
[laughs]
- Something like that.
I had a pretty rough
conversation with my ex-wife,
- um...
- Oh,
your ex? Huh?
Nice drop into the conversation
there, fisherman.
- Subtle, right?
- Well,
then this
calls for something stronger.
Drinks are on me if you teach
me one of your sea shanties.
Come on, I thought
we were having fun.
And besides, what is a
celebration without a little...
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
[laughs]
[tense music]
- Uh, sir, can we get some rum?
- Rum?
- Actual? Yeah, I mean.
- Yeah.
Okay, let's do it.
How do you not know any
damn sea shanties?
What kind of a seaman are you?
- Oh.
- Oh.
- Don't do it.
- Seaman.
- Oh my God.
- Did I say that right?
- No. Absolutely not.
- I'm sorry. Shipman.
- Come on [indistinct]
- Be more creative.
- What are you doing?
- [laughs] Come on,
I demand a sea shanty.
- Okay.
- Let's make one up.
- Okay, you first.
- I swear I'll go next.
My, my seaman
loves his fishies
- Okay.
[both singing indistinctly]
- Harmonise.
[singing continues]
So more rum
da-dee-dum da-dee-dum
[gentle music]
[tense music]
[breathing erratically]
[eerie music]
- I should be your sponsor.
- I don't...
- No, just because we work
together
doesn't mean I can't help you
smash out those 12 steps,
brother.
- I really don't.
- Think about it.
- Like, because we work together
arguably makes me better
than any of these losers.
- I don't know, man. - No, no,
but just like, it's step four,
isn't it?
That's the one you're afraid of,
I can tell.
You have to find a way
to take responsibility,
otherwise you're never
going to forgive yourself.
- What the hell? Hey! What
the hell do you know about it?
- Did I say something wrong?
- You're trying to assume
you know what I fear.
- Yeah.
[groans]
- Good morning.
- Morning.
- Uh, how did you not wake me?
- I was as quiet as could be.
- Mm.
- Coffee?
- Yeah, of course.
- Wow.
[tense music]
[chimes tinkle]
I didn't expect
you to have such style.
[chimes tinkle]
Are you doing okay?
- Yeah. Just, uh...
maybe a little more hungover
than I'd like to be.
- Hm.
- I don't really drink
like that anymore.
Not like I used to.
- Is that a bathtub
on the deck? Oh.
- It is.
- Ooh la la.
Must be kind of thrilling.
Bathe in the forest.
- Is that the upstairs?
- Um...
- Is that where the third
bedroom is?
- Let me show you the kitchen.
- I want to see the upstairs.
- It's just storage right now.
Full of old junk.
- I love old junk.
- Always full of old stories.
- No,
- It can tell you so much
about someone.
- It's just I'd
rather you didn't.
- Okay.
- Yes, sure.
This is your space.
- I'm sorry.
I totally intruded here.
This was just a one-night thing,
and here I am,
starting to feel comfortable.
You know, it's a bit of a drive
back to Portland,
so I should really
get out of your hair.
- No, it's... it's okay.
It's great, actually.
You know, I'm glad you're here.
I'm glad you stayed.
Look, there's a great
little day hike
just up the road, you know?
It's a Saturday,
so you can just relax,
go on this hike
and let the forest continue
to reset you.
Look, to be honest,
last night was
the most fun I've
had in a long time, too,
and I'm not ready for it to end.
- All right, Fisherman James.
[chuckles]
- Okay, I happen to have
some hiking boots
in the back of my car,
I'll put them on,
- If you give me the shirt
- No!
- off your back.
- This is my favourite shirt.
- Come on. I want your shirt.
- No.
So you'll go?
Great.
[gentle music]
- So you said you've lived
here your whole life?
- Yeah.
- Oh, so you must take these
woods for granted, then.
- Oh!
- Oh!
[startled breathing]
- I'm sorry. You startled us.
- You're so pretty.
You are so pretty.
Oh, it's... it's a tragedy.
It's a tragedy.
- I'm sorry?
- Shojo.
Shojo monster.
Shojo.
- Uh, you said a tragedy.
Did you lose something?
- The bark.
They like to grow in the bark.
- Mira.
[gentle music continues]
- There's a few
encampments in these woods,
so you'll run across
homeless people like her.
She's just a little
crazier than most.
She's lived in these
woods a long time.
- I just try to avoid her.
- You on the wagon
still there, buddy?
- Yeah.
[sombre music]
[eagles squawking]
- Hey, how are you doing?
- Just thinking.
- Watching the water.
- Watching the water.
[boat engine rumbles]
- Do you see that?
- Hey.
- Do you see that?
Tim!
She's out there,
her bear's right there, hey!
- Who?
- Hey! Hey, Scott.
- James!
- Take us out, man.
- She's not out there.
Man, Hanna's dead.
She's fish food.
- Bitch!
[combatants grunting]
[tense music]
[gentle music]
Watch your step.
Worth the hike?
- Not bad.
- This way.
[eerie music]
- What are you doing?
- Oh.
These rocks.
Sometimes it feels like
you're seeing things.
[gentle music]
- This is just amazing.
Nevada is so flat.
It feels like we're all
alone in this big forest.
I just wonder what's out there.
[tense music]
Well, this has been
an unexpected
and much-needed adventure.
- Yeah, you know, for me, too.
You should come back sometime.
Well, any time really
you need a break or renewal,
I'm around.
- Well, I'm sure that will be
needed sooner rather than later.
I'll call you.
And you work
on your damn sea shanty?
- Yeah.
See ya.
[car engine starting]
[engine revving]
[sombre music]
[door closes]
- James.
James.
James.
Come on, man. I'm sorry.
I'm having a shit day.
That was way out of line
back there.
- Bet your ass.
- Okay, you know better.
You know what I've been through.
You saying that may as
well have shoved the bottle
right down
my damn throat.
- Look, again, I'm sorry.
I'm trying to take
responsibility too, you know?
- Quit telling me I
have to take responsibility.
Shit, I am sick of hearing that.
- All right. Fine. Be a prick.
- You know what?
You've shown me exactly
who you are.
- Piss off then, mate.
And you know what?
I'll keep saying
it over and over again.
Take responsibility, James.
Take responsibility.
[sombre music]
[water rushing]
[sighs]
[sombre music continues]
[tense music]
[growling]
[growling]
[Tim screaming]
Shit! Tim!
Hey!
Tim, get out of there, man!
[Monster growling]
Get out of there!
[Tim screams]
[Monster growling]
[Tim screams]
[flesh squelching]
[Monster laughing]
[Monster growling]
[Tim gasping]
[Monster laughing]
[body thuds]
[tense music]
[Monster laughing]
[James retching]
[James spits]
[breathing heavily]
[Man on radio]Top of the hour,
it's seven o'clock.
Looking at this
morning's headlines,
!a body was found late
last night in Astoria,
near the local
commercial fishing docks.
So far, the authorities say
evidence is pointing
to an attack of some kind.
More later.
- Right now, I'm with the body.
[police radio chatter]
[car engine starts]
[tense music]
[breathing heavily]
- James, get up.
[eerie music]
[girl screams]
Oh, God, I'm sorry.
Jesus.
[trackpad clicking]
[opening drawer]
- I used to do the same thing
when I was younger, newer.
Sit alone in a dark office late
at night instead of going home.
- Guess you haven't
kicked the old habits.
[chuckles]
- Some of them, oh, yeah, yeah.
I got five years.
Five years sobriety.
Where'd you transfer in from?
Portland?
- LAPD.
- Really?
Your dead fisherman.
Worked with one of these guys
you questioned,
got me thinking about something
weird in a case last year.
I don't have many more days left
to look into this.
Think it might bring
you a good idea
of what you're going to get
on the Oregon coast.
[tense music]
- [sighs] Shojo monsters
are commonly depicted
in Japanese folklore
as tangible spirit...
tangible spirit.
Shojos would encourage
and antagonise sailors on shore.
According to the tale, shojos
appeared to be sea-dwelling.
You hear that, Pooh Bear?
Sea-dwelling.
[tense music continues]
[sighs]
[banging]
[banging]
[girl screams]
[girl screams]
[suspenseful music]
[water rushing]
[girl screams]
- No one believes me.
[sobbing]
I can't...
- I can't do it anymore.
Fuck.
Fuck.
[breathing heavily]
- You witnessed your child
falling into the water?
- She didn't fall, okay?
I told you she was pushed.
[Officer] Pushed? Was someone
else there?
- No, not someone, okay?
A monster pushed her
into the water.
- Mr Streeter, can you confirm
that no one else was
at the scene
other than you and your wife?
- That's right.
- So a wild animal
runs into your daughter,
she falls into the creek
and is swept out into the ocean.
Mr Streeter, were you witness
to your daughter falling?
Mr Streeter,
[James] It was the monster.
Monster.
[Officer] I'm sorry, what?
- It was the monster.
[birds squawking]
[gentle music]
What's all this?
- Surprise!
- Yes, it is.
- It's really kind of thrilling
being out here
in the woods, exposed.
Kind of turns me on, you know?
Join me.
- Actually, I need to tell
you something.
- Okay.
- They found a co-worker of mine
dead outside the docks today.
- Oh, shit.
Did you know him well?
- Sort of, yeah.
We argued a lot, but...
this...
Thank you for being here,
I'm just really not in the mood
for this right now.
- Of course, I... I understand.
- I'll be inside.
[gentle music continues]
[eerie music]
[James] Monster.
Monster.
It was the monster.
[eerie music continues]
[Mira] Join me.
Join me.
[waves crashing]
My James.
My James.
My James.
[screams]
- Fuck!
[breathing shakily]
Can I help you guys?
- Doesn't seem like you need any
more, does it?
- I know you.
What do you want with me again?
- I just want to be around
in case you run
into any more monsters.
[tense music]
- Salt?
- Right cupboard.
Are you sure I can't help?
- You are helping.
Oregano?
- That you will find at the
grocery store.
- Okay.
You're no longer helpful.
- I can go get some if you want.
- No, no, no.
We can live without oregano,
but not without a corkscrew.
[gentle music in background]
Cooking wine.
- For breaded chicken?
- No, for the one who cooks
the breaded chicken.
Cooking wine.
[cork squeaks]
You look like you could use
a little cook-watching wine.
- I shouldn't.
- Just to take the edge off.
See?
[water rushing]
Mm.
The sound of the rain
and the river.
This is such a great place.
This cabin must hold a lot
of memories for you.
- It does.
- Have you ever thought about
putting in additional...?
- Ah, I don't know.
- Sorry.
- It's okay. It's just...
If I talk about the cabin,
I have to talk about my ex,
and I don't want to do that.
- Yeah, that makes sense.
But...
you could rewrite the past.
- Rewrite the past?
- [chuckles] Yes.
Make your past,
present and future
whatever you want it to be.
[Mira chuckles]
- Yeah.
This feels right.
- Just the one bottle?
- Yeah, unless
you have something.
[tense music]
James?
[door closes]
[tense music]
James?
James?
- Behind you!
- [Gasps] What the hell?
Oh my God!
- Oh my God!
- Sorry.
There's no more wine,
couldn't find any.
- Oh, I... I don't mind.
I... where did you even
come from?
- I was talking to you.
- You're right,
I'm sorry, twice.
[wind howling]
[waves crashing]
[James groans]
- Good morning.
- I'm going on a rejuvenating
meditation hike.
I can't tell you how much I
love how green it is here.
- Are you sure? It's not safe.
- Well, you had things you were
going to do today, so...
- Yeah, but that doesn't
mean you go
off in the woods by yourself.
- James, it's the hiking trails
that you took me on.
You know, it's perfectly safe.
- The boat's going to be
docked for a few days.
We can just go somewhere
like you wanted to before.
- Okay.
You've had your say,
but it's settled.
- I really... I just...
I don't want you to be
out there by yourself.
- What is this?
Is there something that you're
not telling me?
- I just want you to be safe.
- I'll be fine.
[blows kiss]
[eerie music]
[gentle music]
- Oh, don't worry.
I'm keeping the mushrooms safe.
[Mira chuckles]
Keep them safe.
- That's great.
They're fun, aren't they?
- Oh, no.
Can't always be
harming the mind.
It makes us into someone
we don't want to be.
- Of course.
- Where's your friend?
- Oh, it's just me today.
- Tragic. So tragic.
[eerie music]
- Shojo.
[gentle music]
[waves crashing]
- Can I help you?
- Are you Su-Yeong?
[gentle music continues]
[water splashing]
[James sobs]
[sombre music]
[lock rattling]
- Mira.
Mira, are you here?
[eerie music]
[Mira] I'm upstairs.
- Shit.
[liquid sloshing]
- Did you have a daughter?
Did you have a daughter
that died, James?
Well...
- No, no, you don't understand.
- Okay.
I know this
is gonna sound crazy,
but I have to say
it because it's the truth.
There is a monster
in these woods.
- James.
- It killed my co-worker the
other day.
And this monster...
- Killed your daughter?
- Yes.
No one has believed me.
Look, I've been looking for it.
I've... I've...
I've... I've been staying here,
and I've been looking for it.
If I could just find its home.
- James.
You're hunting a monster?
- Mira, I saw it.
- It's not real.
It can't be.
These are delusions.
- What? No.
- I saw it.
- What is that?
- It's Hanna's Pooh Bear.
- Her bear?
That's... that's not
a teddy bear.
- Can we...
can we go back downstairs?
It's hard for me to be in here.
[camera snapping]
- What is it?
- I can't find my phone.
- Did you... did you
leave it upstairs?
- Damn it.
[scoffs]
[James muttering]
[phone ringing]
[Su-Yeong] Hello?
- Hi.
Uh, you don't know me. Um...
I don't even know
why I'm calling.
[Su-Yeong] Who is this?
- My name is Mira.
I've been sort of
seeing James Streeter.
[Su-Yeong] Oh, okay.
- Well, I'm a little
worried about him.
Um...
Is he an alcoholic?
[Su-Yeong] Has he been drinking?
- Yes, but I didn't know...
He didn't tell me that he...
[Su-Yeong] He's not well.
- Well, he's drunk and he's
talking to me about monsters,
and I... I don't, I don't know,
I just... I just thought that
I should call someone.
[Su-Yeong]You're right.
You were right to do that.
Listen, I don't know
your relationship to James,
but I really think
that you should leave, okay?
It's what's best for you,
what's best for James, okay?
- Okay.
[Su-Yeong] Good, okay, good.
- Su...
I'm so sorry about
your daughter.
[Su-Yeong] You just get home.
- Hey, there she is.
Hey, don't forget, you gotta
be careful alone out there.
[growls]
What's going on?
James, I... I should go.
I'm gonna go, okay?
- Go?
No, I got us food to make.
Just wait.
It's like you said, remember?
Rewrite the past.
That's all this is.
This is just a series
of rewrites.
- This feels more
like secrets and lies.
- No lies, no lies, okay?
I'm just trying to make things
whatever I want them to be.
Mm-hm. That's what you said.
- No, James,
I don't like this side of you.
- Huh? Hey, what happened
all of a sudden, huh?
What changed?
[water rushing]
[gentle music]
- I understand why you didn't
tell me everything.
That's a lot
to share with someone
that you just started seeing,
and that is what I'm realising.
This is so new,
and I moved too fast.
- Okay,
now we know more about
each other, so stay.
- I can't.
- You don't want
to go out there.
- Look, James, I care
about what happens to you.
You know,
there are some really
great programs out there.
Just go to an AA
meeting or something.
- Don't go.
You gotta just... hold on.
[gentle music continues]
[growling]
[tense music]
[growling]
[Mira screams]
[Mira gasping]
[Mira whimpering]
[panting]
[growling]
[Mira screams]
[tense music continues]
[screams]
[growling]
[screams]
[eerie music]
[eerie music]
[Mira gasping]
[Monster roars]
[Mira panting]
[growling]
[Monster roars]
[Mira screams]
[Monster laughing]
[Mira sobbing]
[Mira screaming]
[Monster laughing]
[phone vibrating]
- Yeah.
[Su-Yeong] James?
I've been calling you
all morning.
- I'm just getting up.
[Su-Yeong]It...
it's the afternoon.
- All right. What is it?
[Su-Yeong]Someone named Mira
called me.
- [grunts] When did she?
[Su-Yeong]It sounded like
you might have been drinking.
- She shouldn't have called you.
I don't know why...
[Su-Yeong] You know better
than to be bringing someone
into your world of shit.
You're supposed to be
focussed on your healing.
Nothing more.
- I know.
It just kind of happened.
[Su-Yeong] Is she all right,
James?
- Of course she's all right.
I mean, if you must know,
she took off last night.
I don't know where she is, and
she's probably not coming back.
Okay.
[Su-Yeong]Well, she called
because she was worried.
It sounded like
you were pretty drunk.
[sighs]
Come on, James.
- Yes, all right.
[Su-Yeong]You're telling her
about your monster?
James?
- Her car is still here.
[Su-Yeong] What?
James.
- Mira?
[eerie music]
[phone vibrating]
Su, I need a minute.
[Su-Yeong] What's going on?
- I don't know, she isn't here.
[Su-Yeong]James,
I'm coming up, okay?
Be there in an hour.
- Don't do that. It's not safe.
[Su-Yeong] I'm coming.
- Su!
Shit!
[eerie music continues]
- Mira!
[bird squawking]
[breathing shakily]
[gentle music]
Oh no.
What to do?
[tense music]
[Monster growling]
[growling]
[Monster laughing]
[tense music]
[sobbing]
[sombre music]
- I failed you, Pooh Bear.
I messed it up.
I've been looking for something
that's been here the whole time.
I'm so stupid.
For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow
Which nobody can deny
[applause]
[tense music]
- Damn, kid.
[alarm beeping]
- Damn it! Su!
[gentle music]
[door creaking]
[music intensifies]
[bottles clinking]
[tense music]
[groans]
[eerie music]
[Monster growling]
[Monster laughing]
- Oh, no.
No.
[Monster roars]
No!
[Monster laughing]
No!
[growling]
[gentle music]
[sobbing]
I can't.
Hey, Pooh Bear.
- Wake up, daddy! Wake up!
- I miss you, Pooh Bear.
[gentle music continues]
[door creaking]
- James?
- I can't move.
I'm... I just...
Su, help me.
Su, help me up.
[grunting]
Look, Su,
you gotta listen to me.
- The monster?
- No! No!
James.
What did you do?
- I...
- Why would you do this, James?
I don't understand.
- It wasn't me.
Mira.
- James.
- She's dead, Su, she's dead.
The monster!
- What did you do to her?
- I...
It separated itself from me.
Do you understand?
It's out there.
No! Please.
- Where's Mira?
- I don't know.
- Where is her body?
- Look, I don't know.
Just don't go out there.
- Why don't you get up
and stop me?
- Su!
[Su-Yeong] There is no monster!
[tense music]
[eerie music]
James.
[Monster growling]
[eerie music continues]
[grunts]
- James Streeter. You in there?
- James!
Oh, God.
- Stop right there.
- Do you have any
weapons on you?
- No, nothing. I...
Is he okay?
No, no, no.
Hold on, you don't understand.
I did not do that to him.
There's a... there's a monster
inside the cabin.
- That's still everyone's alibi.
- It's connected to him somehow.
I...
Please, just...
just look inside.
- Tell me.
Tell me why it's some monster.
Otherwise, this has domestic
abuse written all over it.
[gasping]
[groaning and coughing]
[eerie music]
- Oh, no.
- What?
What is it?
- I think it's alive.
[tense music]
I saw it.
- What the hell is that?
- How many times
do you want the same answer?
- Wait right there.
[gentle music]
- There's a detective out there.
He's looking for it.
[tense music]
[Monster growling]
- APB.
Detective Joseph
at 26597 River Creek Road.
[Man on radio]
There you are, Joseph.
That's my car you took.
Don't look in the glove
compartment.
- Just get somebody out here.
I've got one wounded
and a loose, wild animal.
[Man] We're headed your way.
[tense music]
- I wounded it.
You're wounded.
Do you understand, James?
You think if he kills it...
- It's not your fault.
It's not your fault.
- Had I just
believed you before...
- It still wouldn't
have mattered.
[gentle music]
[groans]
The monster was in me
this whole time.
All I had to do was stop.
[Monster growling]
- James.
- Hanna's death was my fault.
[sobbing]
My responsibility.
Su-Yeong, I'm so sorry.
- It's not fair.
Don't make me forgive
you like this.
[growling]
[gunshots]
[James groans]
- Do you?
[sombre music]
- James.
[tense music]
[eerie music]
[sombre music]
[sobbing]
[crying]
[sombre music continues]
- Let's go.
[car door closes]
- You... you killed it?
You saw it dead?
- Saw what?
- The monster.
- There isn't any monster.
[tense music]
[dramatic music]
[music continues]
[waves crashing]
- Anybody can do that.
I can do that job.
You just gotta listen to me.
Nobody... nobody listens.
[tense music]
[tense music continues]
[eerie music]
Oh, Mommy's up. It's morning.
- It's 4 a.m.
- That means breakfast,
Pooh Bear.
So we're playing.
- Playing? Right.
- Su, you sleeping upstairs now?
[mumbles]
[gentle music]
- We're gonna go stay with
grandma
for a little while, okay?
Just like we talked about.
You ready?
Okay.
[gentle music continues]
What are you doing?
- I thought I heard something.
[eerie music]
- We're gonna
stay with my mother.
I don't know for how long.
You and I are done.
Sweetie, Mommy forgot her keys.
[door opens]
What is it this time?
- This is serious.
There's something
in the crawl space.
- James.
- I don't want to know...
- Shh. Listen.
- Are you serious with this?
- What?
- I never should have come
with you.
- Oh, wait a minute, no, honey,
just wait a second.
Wait a second.
[rattling]
- Coyote?
- [scoffs] No.
Hey.
- James.
I don't see anything.
- Okay, look.
I lost my job today,
and I didn't know how
to tell you.
He knew I needed it.
I had told him before
that I would need time off
at a moment's notice
for my mental health.
- Not now.
[eerie music]
- After all the years
that I've...
- James, we're leaving.
- It's not safe.
- No, it's not.
- Don't.
[tense music]
- Hanna?
Hanna?
- Su?
[Su] Hanna?
[tense music continues]
[James] Hanna.
Hanna.
Hanna!
Hanna, I need you to get
away from the river, sweetheart.
Pooh bear's afraid of the water,
okay?
You gotta get away from the...
[tense music continues]
Hanna, it's okay, baby,
it's okay.
Stay back!
[Monster growling]
Everything's fine.
[Monster growling]
[Hanna screams]
[James] Hanna?
[Monster laughing]
- Hanna?
- Where is she?
Where is she?
Hanna?
Where is she?
[water rushing]
Where is she?
[Monster growling]
[traffic rumbling]
[Newsreader] City of Astoria
officials saying
that the state of Oregon
does not consider local
construction zoning,
and that the issue would remain
at a city level.
[gentle music]
- But what I realised is that
while I'm beating myself up
over the lost time,
my sobriety is actually
giving me the gift of time,
the present and the future
that could have been lost.
It's not easy, but I'm really
focussed on letting go of...
of the what-could-have-beens
and letting in the what...
what's going to be.
- Thanks for your share, Maple.
So often we forget
to forgive ourselves
for the actions that have caused
so many losses in our lives.
So thank you.
James, would
you like to share with us?
- I'm James,
and I'm an alcoholic.
- Hi, James.
- A monster pushed her
into the water.
[Officer] Mr Streeter,
can you confirm that no one else
was at the scene other than you?
- I've been on this sobriety
journey for eight months now,
and it continues to be a roller
coaster so far.
I have trouble with milestones.
I keep relapsing just before
my 30 days or my 60 days.
I just still feel like I
don't deserve good things.
My childhood has had this
psychological hold on me.
Nothing I ever expected,
so it's not my fault.
It's not just that alcohol,
the only thing I've
ever felt helped,
also destroys lives.
[mumbles]
But that wasn't me.
No, I don't know that guy.
But I'm slowly moving
through the 12 steps.
I'm working at it,
and soon I think I'll be ready
for a sponsor.
Anyway, thanks
for listening.
- Su, you gotta believe me.
[Su] No, not this again.
There is no monster.
- I saw a monster knock
her into the water.
- Thanks for your share, James.
And thanks for reminding us
that for anyone who doesn't
have a sponsor already,
there are plenty of people here
that can sponsor.
In fact, let's take this chance
to have anyone who is willing
and able to sponsor
to please raise their hands
right now.
[Su] There isn't any
monster, James.
It's been a year
now, and nothing.
It's time to let this go,
don't you think it's
over between us?
Stop calling.
[music plays in background]
- You have a glob of mustard
on the corner of your mouth.
- I haven't eaten yet.
- Oh, well, it's still...
- Oh, shit.
- You all right?
- That means it's been
there since lunch.
I've showed two separate
houses since then.
- Maybe no one noticed.
- You noticed from two
tables away.
- To be honest, I came over
here to see if you were okay.
Kind of looked like
you had a bad day.
And if it helps, so have I.
I didn't notice the mustard
until I got closer,
and then I used it.
- "You've got a glob of mustard
on your face" is a line?
[chuckles]
You know,
it showed that you cared.
- Counts a lot more than any
of my stubborn clients today.
- Oh, it has been a shit day.
So, um...
have a seat, fellow
shit-day haver.
- [chuckles] Thanks.
Mostly Astoria or near it,
but, uh...
yeah, all my life.
You end up working a lot
of different odd jobs,
but fishing is the one
that stuck the longest.
- So you're out
there with your pole
just fishing all day, every day?
[laughs]
- No, no, I go out
on a local boat.
There's nets and a crew.
It's a full commercial
fishing outfit.
- Okay, so your bad
day was no fishies.
[laughs]
- Something like that.
I had a pretty rough
conversation with my ex-wife,
- um...
- Oh,
your ex? Huh?
Nice drop into the conversation
there, fisherman.
- Subtle, right?
- Well,
then this
calls for something stronger.
Drinks are on me if you teach
me one of your sea shanties.
Come on, I thought
we were having fun.
And besides, what is a
celebration without a little...
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
[laughs]
[tense music]
- Uh, sir, can we get some rum?
- Rum?
- Actual? Yeah, I mean.
- Yeah.
Okay, let's do it.
How do you not know any
damn sea shanties?
What kind of a seaman are you?
- Oh.
- Oh.
- Don't do it.
- Seaman.
- Oh my God.
- Did I say that right?
- No. Absolutely not.
- I'm sorry. Shipman.
- Come on [indistinct]
- Be more creative.
- What are you doing?
- [laughs] Come on,
I demand a sea shanty.
- Okay.
- Let's make one up.
- Okay, you first.
- I swear I'll go next.
My, my seaman
loves his fishies
- Okay.
[both singing indistinctly]
- Harmonise.
[singing continues]
So more rum
da-dee-dum da-dee-dum
[gentle music]
[tense music]
[breathing erratically]
[eerie music]
- I should be your sponsor.
- I don't...
- No, just because we work
together
doesn't mean I can't help you
smash out those 12 steps,
brother.
- I really don't.
- Think about it.
- Like, because we work together
arguably makes me better
than any of these losers.
- I don't know, man. - No, no,
but just like, it's step four,
isn't it?
That's the one you're afraid of,
I can tell.
You have to find a way
to take responsibility,
otherwise you're never
going to forgive yourself.
- What the hell? Hey! What
the hell do you know about it?
- Did I say something wrong?
- You're trying to assume
you know what I fear.
- Yeah.
[groans]
- Good morning.
- Morning.
- Uh, how did you not wake me?
- I was as quiet as could be.
- Mm.
- Coffee?
- Yeah, of course.
- Wow.
[tense music]
[chimes tinkle]
I didn't expect
you to have such style.
[chimes tinkle]
Are you doing okay?
- Yeah. Just, uh...
maybe a little more hungover
than I'd like to be.
- Hm.
- I don't really drink
like that anymore.
Not like I used to.
- Is that a bathtub
on the deck? Oh.
- It is.
- Ooh la la.
Must be kind of thrilling.
Bathe in the forest.
- Is that the upstairs?
- Um...
- Is that where the third
bedroom is?
- Let me show you the kitchen.
- I want to see the upstairs.
- It's just storage right now.
Full of old junk.
- I love old junk.
- Always full of old stories.
- No,
- It can tell you so much
about someone.
- It's just I'd
rather you didn't.
- Okay.
- Yes, sure.
This is your space.
- I'm sorry.
I totally intruded here.
This was just a one-night thing,
and here I am,
starting to feel comfortable.
You know, it's a bit of a drive
back to Portland,
so I should really
get out of your hair.
- No, it's... it's okay.
It's great, actually.
You know, I'm glad you're here.
I'm glad you stayed.
Look, there's a great
little day hike
just up the road, you know?
It's a Saturday,
so you can just relax,
go on this hike
and let the forest continue
to reset you.
Look, to be honest,
last night was
the most fun I've
had in a long time, too,
and I'm not ready for it to end.
- All right, Fisherman James.
[chuckles]
- Okay, I happen to have
some hiking boots
in the back of my car,
I'll put them on,
- If you give me the shirt
- No!
- off your back.
- This is my favourite shirt.
- Come on. I want your shirt.
- No.
So you'll go?
Great.
[gentle music]
- So you said you've lived
here your whole life?
- Yeah.
- Oh, so you must take these
woods for granted, then.
- Oh!
- Oh!
[startled breathing]
- I'm sorry. You startled us.
- You're so pretty.
You are so pretty.
Oh, it's... it's a tragedy.
It's a tragedy.
- I'm sorry?
- Shojo.
Shojo monster.
Shojo.
- Uh, you said a tragedy.
Did you lose something?
- The bark.
They like to grow in the bark.
- Mira.
[gentle music continues]
- There's a few
encampments in these woods,
so you'll run across
homeless people like her.
She's just a little
crazier than most.
She's lived in these
woods a long time.
- I just try to avoid her.
- You on the wagon
still there, buddy?
- Yeah.
[sombre music]
[eagles squawking]
- Hey, how are you doing?
- Just thinking.
- Watching the water.
- Watching the water.
[boat engine rumbles]
- Do you see that?
- Hey.
- Do you see that?
Tim!
She's out there,
her bear's right there, hey!
- Who?
- Hey! Hey, Scott.
- James!
- Take us out, man.
- She's not out there.
Man, Hanna's dead.
She's fish food.
- Bitch!
[combatants grunting]
[tense music]
[gentle music]
Watch your step.
Worth the hike?
- Not bad.
- This way.
[eerie music]
- What are you doing?
- Oh.
These rocks.
Sometimes it feels like
you're seeing things.
[gentle music]
- This is just amazing.
Nevada is so flat.
It feels like we're all
alone in this big forest.
I just wonder what's out there.
[tense music]
Well, this has been
an unexpected
and much-needed adventure.
- Yeah, you know, for me, too.
You should come back sometime.
Well, any time really
you need a break or renewal,
I'm around.
- Well, I'm sure that will be
needed sooner rather than later.
I'll call you.
And you work
on your damn sea shanty?
- Yeah.
See ya.
[car engine starting]
[engine revving]
[sombre music]
[door closes]
- James.
James.
James.
Come on, man. I'm sorry.
I'm having a shit day.
That was way out of line
back there.
- Bet your ass.
- Okay, you know better.
You know what I've been through.
You saying that may as
well have shoved the bottle
right down
my damn throat.
- Look, again, I'm sorry.
I'm trying to take
responsibility too, you know?
- Quit telling me I
have to take responsibility.
Shit, I am sick of hearing that.
- All right. Fine. Be a prick.
- You know what?
You've shown me exactly
who you are.
- Piss off then, mate.
And you know what?
I'll keep saying
it over and over again.
Take responsibility, James.
Take responsibility.
[sombre music]
[water rushing]
[sighs]
[sombre music continues]
[tense music]
[growling]
[growling]
[Tim screaming]
Shit! Tim!
Hey!
Tim, get out of there, man!
[Monster growling]
Get out of there!
[Tim screams]
[Monster growling]
[Tim screams]
[flesh squelching]
[Monster laughing]
[Monster growling]
[Tim gasping]
[Monster laughing]
[body thuds]
[tense music]
[Monster laughing]
[James retching]
[James spits]
[breathing heavily]
[Man on radio]Top of the hour,
it's seven o'clock.
Looking at this
morning's headlines,
!a body was found late
last night in Astoria,
near the local
commercial fishing docks.
So far, the authorities say
evidence is pointing
to an attack of some kind.
More later.
- Right now, I'm with the body.
[police radio chatter]
[car engine starts]
[tense music]
[breathing heavily]
- James, get up.
[eerie music]
[girl screams]
Oh, God, I'm sorry.
Jesus.
[trackpad clicking]
[opening drawer]
- I used to do the same thing
when I was younger, newer.
Sit alone in a dark office late
at night instead of going home.
- Guess you haven't
kicked the old habits.
[chuckles]
- Some of them, oh, yeah, yeah.
I got five years.
Five years sobriety.
Where'd you transfer in from?
Portland?
- LAPD.
- Really?
Your dead fisherman.
Worked with one of these guys
you questioned,
got me thinking about something
weird in a case last year.
I don't have many more days left
to look into this.
Think it might bring
you a good idea
of what you're going to get
on the Oregon coast.
[tense music]
- [sighs] Shojo monsters
are commonly depicted
in Japanese folklore
as tangible spirit...
tangible spirit.
Shojos would encourage
and antagonise sailors on shore.
According to the tale, shojos
appeared to be sea-dwelling.
You hear that, Pooh Bear?
Sea-dwelling.
[tense music continues]
[sighs]
[banging]
[banging]
[girl screams]
[girl screams]
[suspenseful music]
[water rushing]
[girl screams]
- No one believes me.
[sobbing]
I can't...
- I can't do it anymore.
Fuck.
Fuck.
[breathing heavily]
- You witnessed your child
falling into the water?
- She didn't fall, okay?
I told you she was pushed.
[Officer] Pushed? Was someone
else there?
- No, not someone, okay?
A monster pushed her
into the water.
- Mr Streeter, can you confirm
that no one else was
at the scene
other than you and your wife?
- That's right.
- So a wild animal
runs into your daughter,
she falls into the creek
and is swept out into the ocean.
Mr Streeter, were you witness
to your daughter falling?
Mr Streeter,
[James] It was the monster.
Monster.
[Officer] I'm sorry, what?
- It was the monster.
[birds squawking]
[gentle music]
What's all this?
- Surprise!
- Yes, it is.
- It's really kind of thrilling
being out here
in the woods, exposed.
Kind of turns me on, you know?
Join me.
- Actually, I need to tell
you something.
- Okay.
- They found a co-worker of mine
dead outside the docks today.
- Oh, shit.
Did you know him well?
- Sort of, yeah.
We argued a lot, but...
this...
Thank you for being here,
I'm just really not in the mood
for this right now.
- Of course, I... I understand.
- I'll be inside.
[gentle music continues]
[eerie music]
[James] Monster.
Monster.
It was the monster.
[eerie music continues]
[Mira] Join me.
Join me.
[waves crashing]
My James.
My James.
My James.
[screams]
- Fuck!
[breathing shakily]
Can I help you guys?
- Doesn't seem like you need any
more, does it?
- I know you.
What do you want with me again?
- I just want to be around
in case you run
into any more monsters.
[tense music]
- Salt?
- Right cupboard.
Are you sure I can't help?
- You are helping.
Oregano?
- That you will find at the
grocery store.
- Okay.
You're no longer helpful.
- I can go get some if you want.
- No, no, no.
We can live without oregano,
but not without a corkscrew.
[gentle music in background]
Cooking wine.
- For breaded chicken?
- No, for the one who cooks
the breaded chicken.
Cooking wine.
[cork squeaks]
You look like you could use
a little cook-watching wine.
- I shouldn't.
- Just to take the edge off.
See?
[water rushing]
Mm.
The sound of the rain
and the river.
This is such a great place.
This cabin must hold a lot
of memories for you.
- It does.
- Have you ever thought about
putting in additional...?
- Ah, I don't know.
- Sorry.
- It's okay. It's just...
If I talk about the cabin,
I have to talk about my ex,
and I don't want to do that.
- Yeah, that makes sense.
But...
you could rewrite the past.
- Rewrite the past?
- [chuckles] Yes.
Make your past,
present and future
whatever you want it to be.
[Mira chuckles]
- Yeah.
This feels right.
- Just the one bottle?
- Yeah, unless
you have something.
[tense music]
James?
[door closes]
[tense music]
James?
James?
- Behind you!
- [Gasps] What the hell?
Oh my God!
- Oh my God!
- Sorry.
There's no more wine,
couldn't find any.
- Oh, I... I don't mind.
I... where did you even
come from?
- I was talking to you.
- You're right,
I'm sorry, twice.
[wind howling]
[waves crashing]
[James groans]
- Good morning.
- I'm going on a rejuvenating
meditation hike.
I can't tell you how much I
love how green it is here.
- Are you sure? It's not safe.
- Well, you had things you were
going to do today, so...
- Yeah, but that doesn't
mean you go
off in the woods by yourself.
- James, it's the hiking trails
that you took me on.
You know, it's perfectly safe.
- The boat's going to be
docked for a few days.
We can just go somewhere
like you wanted to before.
- Okay.
You've had your say,
but it's settled.
- I really... I just...
I don't want you to be
out there by yourself.
- What is this?
Is there something that you're
not telling me?
- I just want you to be safe.
- I'll be fine.
[blows kiss]
[eerie music]
[gentle music]
- Oh, don't worry.
I'm keeping the mushrooms safe.
[Mira chuckles]
Keep them safe.
- That's great.
They're fun, aren't they?
- Oh, no.
Can't always be
harming the mind.
It makes us into someone
we don't want to be.
- Of course.
- Where's your friend?
- Oh, it's just me today.
- Tragic. So tragic.
[eerie music]
- Shojo.
[gentle music]
[waves crashing]
- Can I help you?
- Are you Su-Yeong?
[gentle music continues]
[water splashing]
[James sobs]
[sombre music]
[lock rattling]
- Mira.
Mira, are you here?
[eerie music]
[Mira] I'm upstairs.
- Shit.
[liquid sloshing]
- Did you have a daughter?
Did you have a daughter
that died, James?
Well...
- No, no, you don't understand.
- Okay.
I know this
is gonna sound crazy,
but I have to say
it because it's the truth.
There is a monster
in these woods.
- James.
- It killed my co-worker the
other day.
And this monster...
- Killed your daughter?
- Yes.
No one has believed me.
Look, I've been looking for it.
I've... I've...
I've... I've been staying here,
and I've been looking for it.
If I could just find its home.
- James.
You're hunting a monster?
- Mira, I saw it.
- It's not real.
It can't be.
These are delusions.
- What? No.
- I saw it.
- What is that?
- It's Hanna's Pooh Bear.
- Her bear?
That's... that's not
a teddy bear.
- Can we...
can we go back downstairs?
It's hard for me to be in here.
[camera snapping]
- What is it?
- I can't find my phone.
- Did you... did you
leave it upstairs?
- Damn it.
[scoffs]
[James muttering]
[phone ringing]
[Su-Yeong] Hello?
- Hi.
Uh, you don't know me. Um...
I don't even know
why I'm calling.
[Su-Yeong] Who is this?
- My name is Mira.
I've been sort of
seeing James Streeter.
[Su-Yeong] Oh, okay.
- Well, I'm a little
worried about him.
Um...
Is he an alcoholic?
[Su-Yeong] Has he been drinking?
- Yes, but I didn't know...
He didn't tell me that he...
[Su-Yeong] He's not well.
- Well, he's drunk and he's
talking to me about monsters,
and I... I don't, I don't know,
I just... I just thought that
I should call someone.
[Su-Yeong]You're right.
You were right to do that.
Listen, I don't know
your relationship to James,
but I really think
that you should leave, okay?
It's what's best for you,
what's best for James, okay?
- Okay.
[Su-Yeong] Good, okay, good.
- Su...
I'm so sorry about
your daughter.
[Su-Yeong] You just get home.
- Hey, there she is.
Hey, don't forget, you gotta
be careful alone out there.
[growls]
What's going on?
James, I... I should go.
I'm gonna go, okay?
- Go?
No, I got us food to make.
Just wait.
It's like you said, remember?
Rewrite the past.
That's all this is.
This is just a series
of rewrites.
- This feels more
like secrets and lies.
- No lies, no lies, okay?
I'm just trying to make things
whatever I want them to be.
Mm-hm. That's what you said.
- No, James,
I don't like this side of you.
- Huh? Hey, what happened
all of a sudden, huh?
What changed?
[water rushing]
[gentle music]
- I understand why you didn't
tell me everything.
That's a lot
to share with someone
that you just started seeing,
and that is what I'm realising.
This is so new,
and I moved too fast.
- Okay,
now we know more about
each other, so stay.
- I can't.
- You don't want
to go out there.
- Look, James, I care
about what happens to you.
You know,
there are some really
great programs out there.
Just go to an AA
meeting or something.
- Don't go.
You gotta just... hold on.
[gentle music continues]
[growling]
[tense music]
[growling]
[Mira screams]
[Mira gasping]
[Mira whimpering]
[panting]
[growling]
[Mira screams]
[tense music continues]
[screams]
[growling]
[screams]
[eerie music]
[eerie music]
[Mira gasping]
[Monster roars]
[Mira panting]
[growling]
[Monster roars]
[Mira screams]
[Monster laughing]
[Mira sobbing]
[Mira screaming]
[Monster laughing]
[phone vibrating]
- Yeah.
[Su-Yeong] James?
I've been calling you
all morning.
- I'm just getting up.
[Su-Yeong]It...
it's the afternoon.
- All right. What is it?
[Su-Yeong]Someone named Mira
called me.
- [grunts] When did she?
[Su-Yeong]It sounded like
you might have been drinking.
- She shouldn't have called you.
I don't know why...
[Su-Yeong] You know better
than to be bringing someone
into your world of shit.
You're supposed to be
focussed on your healing.
Nothing more.
- I know.
It just kind of happened.
[Su-Yeong] Is she all right,
James?
- Of course she's all right.
I mean, if you must know,
she took off last night.
I don't know where she is, and
she's probably not coming back.
Okay.
[Su-Yeong]Well, she called
because she was worried.
It sounded like
you were pretty drunk.
[sighs]
Come on, James.
- Yes, all right.
[Su-Yeong]You're telling her
about your monster?
James?
- Her car is still here.
[Su-Yeong] What?
James.
- Mira?
[eerie music]
[phone vibrating]
Su, I need a minute.
[Su-Yeong] What's going on?
- I don't know, she isn't here.
[Su-Yeong]James,
I'm coming up, okay?
Be there in an hour.
- Don't do that. It's not safe.
[Su-Yeong] I'm coming.
- Su!
Shit!
[eerie music continues]
- Mira!
[bird squawking]
[breathing shakily]
[gentle music]
Oh no.
What to do?
[tense music]
[Monster growling]
[growling]
[Monster laughing]
[tense music]
[sobbing]
[sombre music]
- I failed you, Pooh Bear.
I messed it up.
I've been looking for something
that's been here the whole time.
I'm so stupid.
For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow
Which nobody can deny
[applause]
[tense music]
- Damn, kid.
[alarm beeping]
- Damn it! Su!
[gentle music]
[door creaking]
[music intensifies]
[bottles clinking]
[tense music]
[groans]
[eerie music]
[Monster growling]
[Monster laughing]
- Oh, no.
No.
[Monster roars]
No!
[Monster laughing]
No!
[growling]
[gentle music]
[sobbing]
I can't.
Hey, Pooh Bear.
- Wake up, daddy! Wake up!
- I miss you, Pooh Bear.
[gentle music continues]
[door creaking]
- James?
- I can't move.
I'm... I just...
Su, help me.
Su, help me up.
[grunting]
Look, Su,
you gotta listen to me.
- The monster?
- No! No!
James.
What did you do?
- I...
- Why would you do this, James?
I don't understand.
- It wasn't me.
Mira.
- James.
- She's dead, Su, she's dead.
The monster!
- What did you do to her?
- I...
It separated itself from me.
Do you understand?
It's out there.
No! Please.
- Where's Mira?
- I don't know.
- Where is her body?
- Look, I don't know.
Just don't go out there.
- Why don't you get up
and stop me?
- Su!
[Su-Yeong] There is no monster!
[tense music]
[eerie music]
James.
[Monster growling]
[eerie music continues]
[grunts]
- James Streeter. You in there?
- James!
Oh, God.
- Stop right there.
- Do you have any
weapons on you?
- No, nothing. I...
Is he okay?
No, no, no.
Hold on, you don't understand.
I did not do that to him.
There's a... there's a monster
inside the cabin.
- That's still everyone's alibi.
- It's connected to him somehow.
I...
Please, just...
just look inside.
- Tell me.
Tell me why it's some monster.
Otherwise, this has domestic
abuse written all over it.
[gasping]
[groaning and coughing]
[eerie music]
- Oh, no.
- What?
What is it?
- I think it's alive.
[tense music]
I saw it.
- What the hell is that?
- How many times
do you want the same answer?
- Wait right there.
[gentle music]
- There's a detective out there.
He's looking for it.
[tense music]
[Monster growling]
- APB.
Detective Joseph
at 26597 River Creek Road.
[Man on radio]
There you are, Joseph.
That's my car you took.
Don't look in the glove
compartment.
- Just get somebody out here.
I've got one wounded
and a loose, wild animal.
[Man] We're headed your way.
[tense music]
- I wounded it.
You're wounded.
Do you understand, James?
You think if he kills it...
- It's not your fault.
It's not your fault.
- Had I just
believed you before...
- It still wouldn't
have mattered.
[gentle music]
[groans]
The monster was in me
this whole time.
All I had to do was stop.
[Monster growling]
- James.
- Hanna's death was my fault.
[sobbing]
My responsibility.
Su-Yeong, I'm so sorry.
- It's not fair.
Don't make me forgive
you like this.
[growling]
[gunshots]
[James groans]
- Do you?
[sombre music]
- James.
[tense music]
[eerie music]
[sombre music]
[sobbing]
[crying]
[sombre music continues]
- Let's go.
[car door closes]
- You... you killed it?
You saw it dead?
- Saw what?
- The monster.
- There isn't any monster.
[tense music]
[dramatic music]
[music continues]