It Steals Your Skin (2026) Movie Script
[audio logo]
[suspenseful music]
[engine sounds]
[car honks]
Yeah, the cylinder's starting to spark.
Yeah, these bikes really
show their age after a while.
Don't take long.
You're probably gonna have
to wait here for a little while.
Let this thing cool off.
Why don't you try to
start her back up again?
I thought we were gonna go
get more of that shit you had.
Did I tell you before?
My dad used to be a mechanic.
He used to work on
stunt cars in the movies.
He even worked on Evel
Knievel's bike once back in the day.
Hey, man, if you just
wanted to fuck or something,
we could have just gone out behind the bar.
We didn't have to drive
all the way out here.
[eerie music]
I'm just going to walk back.
It's not that far.
I should be fine.
And you can keep being a creepy
weirdo out here all by yourself.
Maybe you could try fucking the tailpipe.
That might start her up.
[crack]
[tense music]
[engine starts]
[slicing sounds]
[screams]
ALLISON: Hey, you awake?
ALLISON'S DAD: Barely.
Is everything OK?
ALLISON: Yeah.
We made it in late last night.
Some nowhere town between
Keeman and the Twilight Zone.
We're about to get right back
on the road to the next show.
ALLISON'S DAD: Well, that's
what you get for chasing rock star
dreams through the desert.
ALLISON: I know.
But I just needed this one last
trip with the band, with Vikky,
you know, before everything changes.
ALLISON'S DAD: You mean
before the government kidnaps you
into their nerd lab.
ALLISON: More like honorary
emergency research fellow
or whatever they're calling it.
But basically, yeah,
they want me in Berkeley
by Monday... classified emergency
task force, whatever that means.
ALLISON'S DAD: This
is really happening, huh?
ALLISON: Yup.
Noncompliance punishable
under federal order, direct quote.
They think something's coming,
and they think I saw it first.
ALLISON'S DAD: Because
of the locator you built?
ALLISON: The sounds, the
echo patterns from deep space,
they're not natural.
They're designed.
ALLISON'S DAD: Well,
maybe it's good you're going.
ALLISON: Yeah, but it doesn't feel good.
ALLISON'S DAD: Hey, it just looks
like they're throwing
everything they got at it, including
my genius daughter.
ALLISON: But I didn't ask for this.
It's real.
The math checks out.
The gravitational spikes, the
noise coming off the Van Allen
belt, it's not just a rock.
Something else is coming.
I didn't sign up to save the world.
ALLISON'S DAD: That's why they need you.
ALLISON: I didn't ask to be needed.
[calm music]
Let's go.
We should've been on
the road 20 minutes ago.
ALLISON: Hey, I've gotta go, but...
ALLISON'S DAD: Love you, Sunbeam.
ALLISON: I love you too, Dad.
[calm music]
Since when have you ever
been on time for anything?
DYLAN: I don't know.
Today could have been the day
if it wasn't for your slow asses.
Let's go!
And you're the one that has
somewhere real to be, remember?
I'm not letting you mess this up.
Hey, we need to go!
[upbeat music]
Now!
And where have you two been?
Just had to make sure
we had all our shit together.
Yeah, and grab my cell phone.
Whatever.
Where's Troy?
I don't know.
I mean, I got all this
stuff and guitar right here.
No Troy.
Just, poof, gone.
Shit!
I know it's his first rodeo, but I've
got, like, 50 million
things going on right now
to keep this on track.
You think you can pick up
cat-wrangling duty on this one?
Copy that.
TROY: Hey, guys, they've
got coffee and donuts up front.
Oh, man!
Hurts, donut?
What?
All right, everybody in.
Let's go.
Come on.
Shotgun.
[upbeat music]
[rock music]
DYLAN: First thing after the
show, we gotta see the camera.
[rock music]
You know, that's some risky business,
eating all that random road jerky.
Look, man, sometimes you just gotta
eat some questionable food,
show your body who's boss.
It keeps you on your toes.
Actually, I probably could
have had another bag or two,
but I wanna stay sharp
for the show tonight.
Hey, speaking of the
show tonight, sure this place
has got us covered?
Once again, double and triple checked.
That's so awesome.
Man, I've always wanted
to play The After Dark.
That place is legendary!
You're not playing at The After Dark.
That'd have been too cool.
Of course, we're not.
Definitely would have loved
to have that be my last show
instead.
We definitely will play there again.
I hope so.
CHAD: Yeah, that's why I'm worried.
They've always had us covered.
I never heard of this Moon
Room or the Lunar Lounge
or whatever this is.
Well, The After Dark is still
rebuilding after that last fest
they put on.
There's absolutely
nothing I can do about it.
That sounds awesome!
I wish I could have been there.
DYLAN: These guys
just opened up near there.
And they're on our way out to Berkeley,
so they seem pretty legit.
Yeah, seems legit is the key word there.
I just don't wanna get stuck
outside some gas station busking
to fill up a tank.
If you're referring to the dome show,
we didn't get stiffed.
You guys got hammered, and Mike thought
it would be a good idea
to run around in that gorilla
mask, just that gorilla
mask, and breaking stuff
on top of that.
Oh, yeah, that's rad!
We got booted before we even got paid.
Yeah, yeah, I remember.
It got old pretty quick, especially when
we had to cut that last tour
short due to lack of funds
from paying off all the damage.
Agreed!
That does not sound like a good time.
Thankfully, Chad managed
to get his shit together
because he's the best
drummer I've ever heard.
And as for Mike, well, here you are.
Yeah, don't fuck it up, buttercup.
DYLAN: It'll be fine.
We'll play through this one,
and we'll get our gas money.
You're gonna do great.
[rock music]
(SINGING) Soon as the bell rang.
And hopefully a little extra.
Selling T-shirts, right, Vic?
Aye-aye, captain.
(SINGING) Don't think too much.
Just enjoy the rush tonight.
Oh, yeah.
I mean, all that for sure.
All I know, I'm ready to rock!
Woo!
What the fuck?
What?
[punk rock]
(SINGING) There's something in the air.
There's something scrambling our circuits.
A force that's not so clear.
Extraterrestrial in origin.
Saturn machine keeping
us from choosing silly.
Solidifying our reality.
Saturn machine impacting
more than human beings.
To the center of our galaxy.
There's something in the air.
There's something scrambling our circuit.
A force that's not so clear.
Extraterrestrial in origin.
Hey, you know, I'm glad
you decided to come on tour.
It's awesome you guys came
out to Christen Lunar Lounge.
Ooh, merch.
Oh, you guys have tapes?
Knew I should have held
on to my old boombox.
These things are really making a comeback.
How much?
VIKKY: $8.
But for $15, you can get
a pen, patch, and a sticker.
Deal.
(SINGING) There's
something scrambling our circuit.
A force that's not so clear.
Extraterrestrial in origin.
Why tapes?
I know they're all retro and cool and cute,
but we've all got phones now.
Analog sounds better.
Frequencies and tones
played on that tape resonate
better with the same magnetic wavelengths
that our own brains function at, which
connects the listener to the music better.
Oh, OK.
VIKKY: Plus, tapes last longer.
Especially if there was something
that destroyed everything that was digital,
like another Carrington Event.
Then that phone that
you have there would just
be another plastic brick in your pocket.
All that info, gone.
Another what?
Oh, it was a solar flare back in the 1850s.
OK, yeah, sure.
Whatever.
But it was just a ton
of crazy lights in the sky
that you could see all over the world.
But the energy it had, it
messed up a lot of stuff.
It took years and years to rebuild.
And the towns out in the West,
a lot of them just got cut off.
That sounds like what
happened out of Graystone.
Probably.
VIKKY: Where's that?
We've been to a few, but.
Just off the freeway just outside of town.
It's an old mining town.
They built right around that time.
A couple years after they got it going,
all the people just disappeared.
Everyone just vanished.
Definitely.
They left all their stuff...
Cars, clothes, everything.
It's really cool though.
I go up there sometimes during the day.
But it's sketchy, you know?
You never know who
might be living up there,
some meth heads setting up
shop, all toothless and ruthless
out in the desert.
[punk rock]
(SINGING) It's breaking down now.
Was it without warning?
(SINGING) It's breaking down now.
Time is speeding up.
You guys are the famous ones.
(SINGING) It's broken
now and time is speeding up.
It's broken now and time is speeding up.
It's broken now and time is speeding up.
BAR PATRON: You know, I saw your last post,
you guys performing with Switch to Fakie.
I mean, you're not performing anymore?
You're here now.
Why not just hop up on stage with them?
I mean, I'm sure they got a
keyboard laying around here
someplace.
That was my last show, and
a last show means last show.
That's a shame.
It's just not the same.
I mean, not bad.
It's just not the same.
I mean, I'm glad I got
one of these, I guess,
before the end of the world and all.
But again, very cool you guys came out.
It's so cool.
Anyway, I'm gonna go grab a drink.
You want anything?
A shot and a beer?
Try again in four years.
Three years and a month!
[punk rock]
(SINGING) Now when I get turned around.
Hard pass.
Not the only one faking
a smile the whole time.
It's a case of lucid denial
I don't wanna go.
But I have to show
I'll put on a show.
And no one will know
I don't wanna go.
But I have to show.
Let's put on a show.
And no one will know.
There's one party tonight.
One party tonight
[guitar solo]
So what are you, a fan of these guys?
You could say that.
Up until a few days ago,
I was one of those guys.
Thanks.
So I saw you throwing out that guy earlier.
What are you, like, a bouncer or something?
Nah, not quite.
I like to do my part to keep
the cops out of the places
I like to be.
So you came all the way out here.
Why aren't you playing?
Seems to be the big question tonight.
And so what's the answer?
ALLISON: Well, to sum it up, I'm just
catching a ride to spend
at least two years locked up
in a lab because I randomly
found a theoretical, now not so
much, missing planet using a
makeshift tone-controlled echo
locator.
So there's nothing easy
about the aliens, huh?
ALLISON: No.
Yeah!
[distorted guitar]
Woo!
Fuck yeah!
Thanks for having us out.
We are To Be Determined.
We got a new album back at
the merch table, pins and stickers.
Check in with Vic.
She'll help you out.
Thank you.
You all have been great.
Hey.
Hey.
You guys are calling
it, not Without Warning?
It's the album's title song.
Yeah, I didn't think it
would sound quite right.
It's definitely missing something.
Great set, buddy.
Hey, thanks, man.
We got a new album out.
It's over at the table if
you wanna check it out.
Hey, did anybody come up to
you, you and Vic at the table,
talk to you about getting paid out?
Nope.
Hunt begins.
Hey, excuse me.
What can I get you?
We got $2 Pabst.
I got a beer and a shot for $5.
And of course, everyone's
favorite, Wolfie's moon juice
for $6.
I'm good on drinks.
I'm just looking for who to
talk to about getting paid out.
I'm in the band that just went out.
Fortunately, I just sling
drinks and put the bands up
on stage.
I'm not the guy.
Then who's he then?
Well, that would be Promo Joes.
You can't miss him, real funny looking cat.
Got pins and shit all over
his jacket, curly mustache,
goofy-ass hat.
That's the guy you wanna talk to.
Sounds good, man.
Thanks.
And you know what?
I gotta try one of those
moon juices or whatever.
Good choice, my friend.
Somewhat of a bar favorite.
[rock music]
(SINGING) If you want to imagine.
It'll put hair in places
you don't wanna know.
DYLAN: Thanks, bud.
BARTENDER: You got it.
You need another beer, pops?
(SINGING) Or doing the mambo.
Yeah.
(SINGING) Or doing the cha-cha.
Or doing the Charleston.
Right on the heels.
Hey, I've gotta find some
Promo Joe apparently.
Pins all over his jacket,
mustache, funny hat.
Oh my god, that's sour!
What the hell's in there?
Uh, it's probably best no
one ever finds out either.
Hey, there was a guy
you were describing earlier.
He was over at the merch
table, but he didn't say anything
about paying us out.
That guy over there?
Yeah, that's him.
[rock music]
Hey, Joe here has got
something he wants to tell you,
don't you, Joe?
So I don't exactly have the $300.
What the fuck?
Look, there's only 10 people
at the show, and two of them
are at the bar when it opened.
It's not our problem.
You're the promoter.
Maybe you should have been promoting.
Fair enough.
But I don't have your money.
Well, how much of that
not enough did you make?
Here you go.
It was... it was... it was
$75 is all we pulled in.
There's only $60 here.
Well, yeah, you guys only
took cash at the merch table,
and I bought the tape.
I... I swear, I'll have the
money by the morning, I swear!
ID!
ID?
ID now!
10:00 AM tomorrow, you're
gonna bring the rest of what you owe
them, or I'm gonna come find you.
And you don't want that.
Now, repeat it!
10:00 AM, have the
money, or you'll find me.
And?
I don't want you to find me.
You don't want me to find you.
I understand.
Now, get the fuck out of here!
Hey, guys.
I just finished loading up
the van with all the equipment,
and we got Chad and
Vikky on all the merch stuff.
And I gotta to be honest, I could really
use a shower tonight.
But I was thinking maybe
we get a hotel with a hot tub.
God damn it!
There's no motel.
There's no shower.
And for sure, there's
no fucking hot tub, Troy!
The promoter just stiffed us.
Dude, I knew there was
something up with this place.
Well, good!
I'm glad you knew because
that totally helps us now.
Sorry, dude.
Hey, who's this guy?
I'm Bobby the knife.
Bobby the nice?
The kni... just call me Bobby.
How are you gonna be sure the
guy actually pays up tomorrow?
He will be back here
with the money, I promise.
It's a small town.
He can't hide.
So what's our plan, fearless leader?
We head on out, try to
make it to the next town?
This guy says that he can get us our money.
So we'll camp tonight, and
we'll just see what happens.
TROY: Hey, uh, Mr. The Knife, do you
know anywhere we can
crash that's safe around here
and nobody will mess with us?
As a matter of fact, I do.
I got a place right down the
road you guys can camp out at.
You can stay the night there.
No one will bother you there.
I'll come back for you guys in the morning.
I guess.
[eerie music]
So that guy only had $60?
What an asshole!
So are we just gonna camp
out in the middle of nowhere?
It seems pretty sketchy.
It's not the first time,
and it's not like we really
have a choice anyway.
I did make us $160 though.
Hell yeah!
You got that T-shirt money!
Oh, man, that would
totally be enough to get us
to the next town, too.
And what happens if things
go south on the next one?
It's fine.
We'll camp tonight, and
we'll just see what happens.
I got a weird feeling about this, sunbeam.
It's OK.
We're all here.
At least we know if we have to,
we can make it to the next town.
You did good at the table tonight.
[eerie music]
Hey, you guys are good
to park right over there.
It's so dark out here.
Are you sure we're OK?
You guys will be fine.
I'll be back here to pick
you up in the morning.
OK.
[engine starts]
Just grab the blankets from the back.
[suspenseful music]
So I found this.
Allie, I swear, I have no
idea how that got back there.
Is this some kind of sick joke,
or a badly thought out apology?
Actually, I brought it.
Music always makes you so happy, sunbeam.
And it even has batteries.
Well, there you go.
Hey, so how did you find a whole planet
with that thing anyhow?
Well, it all started when
we played this show still
as a two-piece.
And we got to talking to this guy
at the bar who just kept rambling on
about how he used to work at Area 51
on some secret team trying
to find a missing Planet X.
And we were sure he was just drunk.
But honestly, it was a pretty wild idea.
He said, last time it showed
up in our solar system,
it wiped out power to the entire planet.
They tried all sorts of stuff,
laser scopes, but found nothing.
And that's when Allie got the idea
to send tones through lasers.
Sort of.
The story stuck with me a long time.
Light travels faster than sound,
but sound reverbs and echos,
pinpointing location.
You guys lost me at Area
51, but hey, sounds like a blast.
Anyway, after a few books, a
whole lot of internet research,
and a few close encounter
watches, I had this.
Putting it right past Neptune,
they said they last saw it,
and that was it.
[eerie music]
Yeah, maybe we should get some sleep.
[motorbike engine sounds]
Hey, are you guys still in there?
Bobby, my man, there you are.
DYLAN: Who's that?
Bobby, is that you?
Yeah.
Hey, thanks for not leaving
us out here for dead, man.
Yeah, no sweat.
Whoa, look at this place.
It's insane!
Yeah, I've been out here for a bit.
I'm always finding new things every time
I roll around this place.
You know, there's no sense
in you guys all coming with me,
man.
Why don't you guys just,
like, hang out here for a while?
I'll be back.
It's cool.
Just give us a few,
and we'll be ready to go.
Uh, no, no, no.
I'm saying, I'm gonna
go out there by myself
and deal with Promo Joe.
I think it'll be better that way, you know?
I don't know.
BOBBY: I'll get your money.
I'll come right back,
and we'll get it handled.
You guys will be on your way in no time.
OK, yeah, sure.
OK.
Well, we'll hang back here.
All right, guys, I'll be right back.
Just check it out, man.
Explore.
There's all kinds of
cool stuff around here.
I think you'll dig it.
And I won't be long, OK?
You guys.
[engine starts]
Yeah, you know, you guys go ahead.
I'll stay here and keep
an eye on our stuff.
Are you sure?
ALLISON: Yeah.
You guys go have fun.
But I don't know.
Something just seemed a bit off.
Like what?
ALLISON: I don't it's like
he really didn't want us
to leave here for some reason.
It'll be fine.
I mean, she's got a point.
Don't really know this guy at all.
True.
OK, how about this?
If he's not back in the next couple hours,
we'll cut our loss, and we'll head out, OK?
We can't afford to waste
any more time anyhow.
[electronic music]
[upbeat music]
[tense music]
Hello?
Are you OK?
Hey.
Hey, wait up.
[tense music]
DYLAN: Wow.
Who'd leave a phone out here?
Probably somebody else that
found out they had no service.
VIKKY: Look at this.
Looks like something out of a museum.
You know, it's like this
place is frozen in time.
Hey, you remember that
time we were in Arizona?
Yeah.
CHAD: So we ended up getting stranded
in the middle of nowhere
on this pitch black highway.
And I ended up having to go
off alone all in the dark by myself
to go find some help.
You were gone for hours.
And I would have gone with you, but I
didn't want to leave Allison
alone in the van by herself.
She wasn't alone.
Mike was there.
Yeah, but way passed out.
Point taken.
But I never found anybody.
I ended up finding this old barn, just
old rusty hooks on the
walls with tools everywhere.
Whoa.
That's so scary.
What did you do?
CHAD: Well, after seeing all that,
I didn't really wanna find
the person who lived there.
I didn't really want them to find me.
So I end up sneaking
in there all quiet like.
And just before I'm about
to head on to the next place,
I find this phone, and it
was just tucked in the corner.
And it still worked.
So I called the tow guy
and got us out of there.
Saved our butts, that's for sure.
So.
You know, you're like a regular hero, Chad.
Just doing what needs to be done, man.
Unbelievable.
[eerie music]
Oh, this is a bad idea.
This is a very bad idea.
[eerie music]
CHAD: Do you remember
the scariest part about all that?
DYLAN: Yeah.
What happened next?
Well, we went back there in the daytime.
The only thing left on that
highway was just a shack.
And there was a small
sign next to it that said,
last stop, the best beef jerky around.
I don't get it.
Why is that scary?
Vic, there wasn't a single
cow or a farm on that highway.
People, Vikky!
People!
They almost turned me into jerky.
You guys are insane.
What flavor would you have been, Chad?
I think I'd be a spicy habanero Chad.
I think I'd be Dylan teriyaki, you know?
Just look at me.
I'd have to be something delicious.
Mm-hmm.
Where's Troy?
[suspenseful music]
Hey.
Are... are you OK?
What the hell are you?
[airy groan]
No, please!
No!
No!
[screams]
Shit, I gave you one
job, watch the new guy.
I know.
I know.
But you didn't know where he went either.
Guy's like a ninja with the
attention span of a goldfish.
All right, fine, let's go
find our goldfish then.
Can I talk to you for a second, alone?
Yeah, sure.
What's up?
Hey, we're gonna go
look for him this way, OK?
You wanna meet up a little later?
All right.
Let's say an hour either way then.
Either way?
CHAD: Well, you never know
when he might turn you into jerky.
One hour.
[calm music]
Hey, we need to talk about Chad.
What about him?
He's too old for you, Vic.
He's been around the block.
That's not fair.
You don't know him like I do.
I've known him for years.
We've been best friends since high school.
I mean, he's a charmer, sure.
But he's trouble.
You think you're so special,
Dylan, just because you've
known him longer?
Well you're not.
He's different with me.
He... he cares about me.
Vikky, I just...
I don't wanna see you get hurt.
He's been with plenty of
women before, and I just...
I don't want you to become
another conquest to him, not
you.
You're wrong.
Chad loves me, and I love him.
Does Allison know about this?
No, and she doesn't need to.
It's none of her business.
Well, if you won't tell her, then I will.
She deserves to know.
Look, Vic, I just really don't
want to see you get hurt.
You're like a little sister to me.
I'm not a little girl anymore.
I know what I'm doing.
[upbeat music]
Ooh, when I find you, I'm
chaining your ass to a rock.
[mumbles]
[tense music]
Troy.
Oh, don't do this to me, man!
[suspenseful music]
What's... what's happening?
What's... what's happening?
Where am I?
Help!
[groans]
No!
What?
Help.
No, no, no, no, don't,
don't, don't, don't, please.
Help.
Help!
Please.
Please.
Please.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
God, oh, God.
[tense music]
No.
No.
No.
[groans]
[gagging]
[tense music]
[heavy metal]
Did you get it?
Well, I... you know, they're still there.
And maybe because there was
too many of them this time at once,
I don't know.
Maybe he made a mistake.
Believe me, he's biologically
incapable of mistakes.
Well, I got back there in the
morning, and there they were,
bright eyed and bushy
tailed, waiting for you to bring
the money to 'em.
And it took some convincing, man.
They wanted to come with me.
7, 8, 9, 10.
This plan is way better.
One at a time was taking way too long.
This is what I have left
over from the last one.
Left over isn't what I want to hear.
This is supposed to be the big push
to get us over the finish line, Bobby.
Your plan, remember?
This isn't going to do.
I am this close to finally
being out of this place
and off to a whole new world.
And I know you're done.
I can see it on your face
every time you come back here.
I don't know what happened, man.
He's your guy.
You have until the morning
to get the rest of what I need,
or I will leave you out in the
desert with your legs broken
how I found you.
Look, I'll go back and get the stuff.
I swear.
[heavy metal]
(SINGING) You can't hide.
You can't hide.
You can't hide
[calm music]
What do I do?
What do I do?
What do I do?
Oh, yeah, because Dylan's
right about everything, right?
Like he hasn't made a mistake before?
I'm not stupid.
I know what I'm doing.
Fine, maybe he was right just a little bit.
But it doesn't mean I have to like it.
I'm not a kid anymore.
[calm music]
[rock music]
(SINGING) Let's ride.
Are you sure you don't
wanna go check this place out?
It's pretty surreal.
What happened?
Where's my sister, Dylan?
She got kind of mad at me and
ran off to go blow some steam.
Oh, yeah?
It all started at the
beginning of this tour.
She's been acting like
something's up this entire time.
And then I just started noticing...
Turns out have a thing going.
Oh, so you know about this.
And you're OK with this?
No.
Well, I mean, I don't know.
Normally, I would say no.
But given recent developments, I just
think she'd be safer with
Chad than some ran do fuckboy
if shit went down.
[rock music]
[flies buzzing]
DYLAN: The world is not ending, Allie.
I'm sorry.
The world's not ending.
[flies buzzing]
VIKKY: Holy shit!
What the fuck?
What the fuck?
Oh, no, no, no, no.
[rattling]
Troy, is that you?
ALLISON: For once, this isn't
some crazy idea in my head,
some dark thoughts leaking out.
You read that email when they asked me to.
They told me.
I had to go to Berkeley.
You read that.
I did, but you'll figure it out.
I can't figure out shit!
Anyway, we're not talking about that.
We're talking about you yet again
trying to control things that
you have no business putting
your nose in.
I was just trying to protect her, Allie.
There we go again...
I, I, I. I get it.
It's your band, your tour,
and you have the final say
in how all that goes, but not
on our lives, our decisions.
DYLAN: Allie, I...
I... I don't.
I didn't really get a choice either.
You made it clear when you
announced it on stage that that
was gonna be my last show.
You said you had to go.
You said you wanted to go.
And not to mention how bad of a situation
we're already in because
of your call, by the way.
You really thought that it would
be a good idea to confront Vikky
now during this shit show?
We're in the middle of nowhere!
OK, point taken.
I'll go... I'll go look for her.
You stay here in case they
come back after Chad finds Troy.
Wait, Troy's missing too?
Then go!
Go on!
What is that?
[tense music]
Vikky?
Vikky, come on!
I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have said anything.
[calm music]
Vikky, this isn't funny anymore.
You need to come out.
Vikky?
Guys, anyone?
[eerie music]
Shh, quiet!
Here.
You have to keep your voice down.
We're not alone.
What do you mean?
Where's Troy?
What are you talking about?
I swear to God, if guys
are fucking with me.
Dylan, you have to see
what they did to Troy.
You have to see.
Well, where is he?
Take me to him.
Let's go!
Let's go.
[calm synth music]
[tense music]
VIKKY: Stop!
Please, stop.
We need to run.
We need to run!
[tense music]
ALLISON AND VIKKY: [screams]
[groans]
ALLISON AND VIKKY: [screaming]
Where were you?
Are you OK?
Who the fuck was that?
No, it's OK.
It's OK.
It's OK.
[tense music]
It's OK.
You're gonna be OK.
[tense music]
You sure about this?
CHAD: Yeah, man.
I don't wanna go in there either.
But he's in there.
[tense music]
Where's Troy?
He's gotta be in the
next room right over here.
[eerie music]
I don't know.
He... he was here, I swear.
I believe you, but what
the fuck is going on here?
I mean, what is all this even over here?
What is this place?
[suspenseful music]
This is like something off
The Last Starfighter, dude.
Remember that movie?
We're about to become space heroes.
CHAD: Yeah, really something.
Well, do you see any
arcade machines in here
inviting us to save the galaxy?
Because after what it did to Troy,
whatever made this isn't playing any games.
[suspenseful music]
[beeping]
[tense music]
Whatever made this is on
the side of the Ko-Dan armada.
We gotta find Troy now!
[thudding]
[suspenseful music]
[yells]
[growls]
[groans]
[thuds]
[roars]
[yells]
Dude, are you OK?
Come on, we gotta get out of here.
We gotta get out of here.
Come on, dude.
Come on.
Come on.
What is that thing?
[roars]
[muffled screams]
[tense music]
CHAD: Allison!
Allison!
Open up!
Chad? What happened?
Are you OK?
Where have you guys been?
We got attacked by a man, and...
It was... it was no man.
It's... it's bad.
Troy... I...
I don't even know if they're gone.
And Dylan?
There's no escape.
What?
I'm just glad you two are OK.
We gotta go now.
We gotta go.
OK.
[eerie music]
[engine starts]
Troy?
I have to go after him.
You guys gotta stay here.
I'll be right back.
[eerie music]
It's OK.
OK.
I just want to go home.
I'm never gonna let anything happen to you.
We'll figure this out, I promise.
I just wanna be at home.
OK.
[suspenseful music]
Troy.
Troy.
[suspenseful music]
[growls]
Snap out of it.
Troy, snap out of it.
[tense music]
What the fuck did he do to you?
CHAD: Look at this.
You back the fuck off, shit bag!
[suspenseful music]
My best friend's dead, and the other one's
some kind of monster because of you.
I was following orders, man!
Orders from who?
I can't say.
Look, man, they left me out here for dead.
I had nothing, man.
I had nothing without these guys.
They... they picked me back up.
They gave me a fucking bike.
They gave me a job.
I had nothing without them.
CHAD: Try explaining to me, Bobby.
Just try.
Fucking Joe.
Joe.
You... you guys know him as Promo Joe.
I don't even know his real name.
What does he have to do with any of this?
Look, man, I didn't wanna know
what happened to the people
after I brought 'em out here.
They gave me orders.
I did what they told me
to do, and that was it.
No, this is way bigger than
some drug smuggling operation,
way bigger.
I heard things, man, strange things.
Yeah?
Well, I've seen things, Bobby...
Aliens.
There's a whole fucking
spaceship down in his dungeon.
You know, if we don't
do something about it,
we're screwed.
Aliens, man, really?
You expect me to believe that?
What do you think this is
some kind of sci-fi movie?
I don't give two fucks what you believe.
I've seen it with my own eyes.
And if that thing phones home, we're done.
Damn it, Bobby, you tell
me what they did to Troy then.
Where the hell did he go?
[approaching footsteps]
[suspenseful music]
Please help me.
ALLISON AND VIKKY: [screaming]
[electronic synth sounds]
[groans]
It's the noise.
ALLISON: Stop!
That hurts him.
It's the sound!
It's the sound!
[suspenseful music]
CHAD: Allison.
Allison.
Hey, wake up.
Wake up.
Where's Vikky?
Vikky!
Where's Vikky?
Chad, it took her.
We have to go find her.
Hey, hey, tell me everything
you remember, OK?
We're gonna get her, I promise.
Troy was there, but, I
mean, it really wasn't him.
And it... it came out of nowhere.
And it grabbed me.
But I got away.
And then it took her.
The one who took Vikky, it wasn't human.
We have to go get her before it's too late.
I'm coming with you.
Bobby, we're gonna need your help.
[calm music]
[thuds]
[tense music]
[sawing]
[screams]
No!
[eerie music]
[suspenseful music]
What the hell are you
going to do with that thing,
play it a lullaby?
It hates the sound.
Freaks it out.
Hope it'll be enough to stop it.
Everybody's a critic, right?
[suspenseful music]
[screams]
CHAD: Get away from her!
No, no, no!
[screams]
Fuck you, spaceman!
[suspenseful music]
[electronic synth sound]
It's working.
Hit the keys again.
[electronic synth sound]
[sound fades]
Plug it into the ship.
It has power in there.
[suspenseful music]
[screams]
Let's go!
[screams]
Hey.
Hey.
ALLISON: No.
Hey, no, over here, over here.
I come for what you owe me, man.
There was an agreement.
I did what I had to do.
I brought you all these people.
I came for what's mine, man.
CHAD: Allison, use the ship.
[suspenseful music]
[beeping]
You can go back to phoning home
or wherever it is the
fuck you're doing, man.
[rattling]
Run!
[bones crunching]
[steam hissing]
[tense music]
DISTORTED VOICE: We are from
beyond beyond, a world past hope
and fear.
And you, you are just fuel that screams.
[tense music]
It's your turn to scream!
[electronic synth sound]
[screams]
[electronic music]
Chad, Chad, are you OK?
Come on, we've gotta go.
Come on.
Wake up.
We're gonna go home now.
Come on, get up.
[electronic music]
VIKKY: Sunbeam.
[eerie music]
[screams]
[eerie music]
[tense music]
VIKKY: [screams]
PROMO JOE: It's gonna take me forever
to grow another mechanic.
I'm never getting off this fucking planet.
[punk rock]
(SINGING) There's something in the air.
There's something scrambling our circuits.
A force that's not so clear.
Extraterrestrial in origin.
Saturn machine keeping
us from choosing silly.
Solidifying our reality.
Saturn machine impacting
more than human beings.
To the center of our galaxy.
There's something in the air.
There's something scrambling our circuits.
A force that's not so clear.
Extraterrestrial in origin.
Saturn machine keeping
us from choosing silly.
Solidifying our reality.
Saturn machine impacting
more than human beings.
To the center of our galaxy
[guitar solo]
It's breaking down now.
Time is speeding up.
It's breaking down now.
Time is speeding up.
It's breaking down now.
Time is speeding up.
It's breaking down now.
Time is speeding up.
It's broken now and time is speeding up.
It's broken now and time is speeding up.
It's broken now and time is speeding up.
It's broken now and time is speeding up
[suspenseful music]
[engine sounds]
[car honks]
Yeah, the cylinder's starting to spark.
Yeah, these bikes really
show their age after a while.
Don't take long.
You're probably gonna have
to wait here for a little while.
Let this thing cool off.
Why don't you try to
start her back up again?
I thought we were gonna go
get more of that shit you had.
Did I tell you before?
My dad used to be a mechanic.
He used to work on
stunt cars in the movies.
He even worked on Evel
Knievel's bike once back in the day.
Hey, man, if you just
wanted to fuck or something,
we could have just gone out behind the bar.
We didn't have to drive
all the way out here.
[eerie music]
I'm just going to walk back.
It's not that far.
I should be fine.
And you can keep being a creepy
weirdo out here all by yourself.
Maybe you could try fucking the tailpipe.
That might start her up.
[crack]
[tense music]
[engine starts]
[slicing sounds]
[screams]
ALLISON: Hey, you awake?
ALLISON'S DAD: Barely.
Is everything OK?
ALLISON: Yeah.
We made it in late last night.
Some nowhere town between
Keeman and the Twilight Zone.
We're about to get right back
on the road to the next show.
ALLISON'S DAD: Well, that's
what you get for chasing rock star
dreams through the desert.
ALLISON: I know.
But I just needed this one last
trip with the band, with Vikky,
you know, before everything changes.
ALLISON'S DAD: You mean
before the government kidnaps you
into their nerd lab.
ALLISON: More like honorary
emergency research fellow
or whatever they're calling it.
But basically, yeah,
they want me in Berkeley
by Monday... classified emergency
task force, whatever that means.
ALLISON'S DAD: This
is really happening, huh?
ALLISON: Yup.
Noncompliance punishable
under federal order, direct quote.
They think something's coming,
and they think I saw it first.
ALLISON'S DAD: Because
of the locator you built?
ALLISON: The sounds, the
echo patterns from deep space,
they're not natural.
They're designed.
ALLISON'S DAD: Well,
maybe it's good you're going.
ALLISON: Yeah, but it doesn't feel good.
ALLISON'S DAD: Hey, it just looks
like they're throwing
everything they got at it, including
my genius daughter.
ALLISON: But I didn't ask for this.
It's real.
The math checks out.
The gravitational spikes, the
noise coming off the Van Allen
belt, it's not just a rock.
Something else is coming.
I didn't sign up to save the world.
ALLISON'S DAD: That's why they need you.
ALLISON: I didn't ask to be needed.
[calm music]
Let's go.
We should've been on
the road 20 minutes ago.
ALLISON: Hey, I've gotta go, but...
ALLISON'S DAD: Love you, Sunbeam.
ALLISON: I love you too, Dad.
[calm music]
Since when have you ever
been on time for anything?
DYLAN: I don't know.
Today could have been the day
if it wasn't for your slow asses.
Let's go!
And you're the one that has
somewhere real to be, remember?
I'm not letting you mess this up.
Hey, we need to go!
[upbeat music]
Now!
And where have you two been?
Just had to make sure
we had all our shit together.
Yeah, and grab my cell phone.
Whatever.
Where's Troy?
I don't know.
I mean, I got all this
stuff and guitar right here.
No Troy.
Just, poof, gone.
Shit!
I know it's his first rodeo, but I've
got, like, 50 million
things going on right now
to keep this on track.
You think you can pick up
cat-wrangling duty on this one?
Copy that.
TROY: Hey, guys, they've
got coffee and donuts up front.
Oh, man!
Hurts, donut?
What?
All right, everybody in.
Let's go.
Come on.
Shotgun.
[upbeat music]
[rock music]
DYLAN: First thing after the
show, we gotta see the camera.
[rock music]
You know, that's some risky business,
eating all that random road jerky.
Look, man, sometimes you just gotta
eat some questionable food,
show your body who's boss.
It keeps you on your toes.
Actually, I probably could
have had another bag or two,
but I wanna stay sharp
for the show tonight.
Hey, speaking of the
show tonight, sure this place
has got us covered?
Once again, double and triple checked.
That's so awesome.
Man, I've always wanted
to play The After Dark.
That place is legendary!
You're not playing at The After Dark.
That'd have been too cool.
Of course, we're not.
Definitely would have loved
to have that be my last show
instead.
We definitely will play there again.
I hope so.
CHAD: Yeah, that's why I'm worried.
They've always had us covered.
I never heard of this Moon
Room or the Lunar Lounge
or whatever this is.
Well, The After Dark is still
rebuilding after that last fest
they put on.
There's absolutely
nothing I can do about it.
That sounds awesome!
I wish I could have been there.
DYLAN: These guys
just opened up near there.
And they're on our way out to Berkeley,
so they seem pretty legit.
Yeah, seems legit is the key word there.
I just don't wanna get stuck
outside some gas station busking
to fill up a tank.
If you're referring to the dome show,
we didn't get stiffed.
You guys got hammered, and Mike thought
it would be a good idea
to run around in that gorilla
mask, just that gorilla
mask, and breaking stuff
on top of that.
Oh, yeah, that's rad!
We got booted before we even got paid.
Yeah, yeah, I remember.
It got old pretty quick, especially when
we had to cut that last tour
short due to lack of funds
from paying off all the damage.
Agreed!
That does not sound like a good time.
Thankfully, Chad managed
to get his shit together
because he's the best
drummer I've ever heard.
And as for Mike, well, here you are.
Yeah, don't fuck it up, buttercup.
DYLAN: It'll be fine.
We'll play through this one,
and we'll get our gas money.
You're gonna do great.
[rock music]
(SINGING) Soon as the bell rang.
And hopefully a little extra.
Selling T-shirts, right, Vic?
Aye-aye, captain.
(SINGING) Don't think too much.
Just enjoy the rush tonight.
Oh, yeah.
I mean, all that for sure.
All I know, I'm ready to rock!
Woo!
What the fuck?
What?
[punk rock]
(SINGING) There's something in the air.
There's something scrambling our circuits.
A force that's not so clear.
Extraterrestrial in origin.
Saturn machine keeping
us from choosing silly.
Solidifying our reality.
Saturn machine impacting
more than human beings.
To the center of our galaxy.
There's something in the air.
There's something scrambling our circuit.
A force that's not so clear.
Extraterrestrial in origin.
Hey, you know, I'm glad
you decided to come on tour.
It's awesome you guys came
out to Christen Lunar Lounge.
Ooh, merch.
Oh, you guys have tapes?
Knew I should have held
on to my old boombox.
These things are really making a comeback.
How much?
VIKKY: $8.
But for $15, you can get
a pen, patch, and a sticker.
Deal.
(SINGING) There's
something scrambling our circuit.
A force that's not so clear.
Extraterrestrial in origin.
Why tapes?
I know they're all retro and cool and cute,
but we've all got phones now.
Analog sounds better.
Frequencies and tones
played on that tape resonate
better with the same magnetic wavelengths
that our own brains function at, which
connects the listener to the music better.
Oh, OK.
VIKKY: Plus, tapes last longer.
Especially if there was something
that destroyed everything that was digital,
like another Carrington Event.
Then that phone that
you have there would just
be another plastic brick in your pocket.
All that info, gone.
Another what?
Oh, it was a solar flare back in the 1850s.
OK, yeah, sure.
Whatever.
But it was just a ton
of crazy lights in the sky
that you could see all over the world.
But the energy it had, it
messed up a lot of stuff.
It took years and years to rebuild.
And the towns out in the West,
a lot of them just got cut off.
That sounds like what
happened out of Graystone.
Probably.
VIKKY: Where's that?
We've been to a few, but.
Just off the freeway just outside of town.
It's an old mining town.
They built right around that time.
A couple years after they got it going,
all the people just disappeared.
Everyone just vanished.
Definitely.
They left all their stuff...
Cars, clothes, everything.
It's really cool though.
I go up there sometimes during the day.
But it's sketchy, you know?
You never know who
might be living up there,
some meth heads setting up
shop, all toothless and ruthless
out in the desert.
[punk rock]
(SINGING) It's breaking down now.
Was it without warning?
(SINGING) It's breaking down now.
Time is speeding up.
You guys are the famous ones.
(SINGING) It's broken
now and time is speeding up.
It's broken now and time is speeding up.
It's broken now and time is speeding up.
BAR PATRON: You know, I saw your last post,
you guys performing with Switch to Fakie.
I mean, you're not performing anymore?
You're here now.
Why not just hop up on stage with them?
I mean, I'm sure they got a
keyboard laying around here
someplace.
That was my last show, and
a last show means last show.
That's a shame.
It's just not the same.
I mean, not bad.
It's just not the same.
I mean, I'm glad I got
one of these, I guess,
before the end of the world and all.
But again, very cool you guys came out.
It's so cool.
Anyway, I'm gonna go grab a drink.
You want anything?
A shot and a beer?
Try again in four years.
Three years and a month!
[punk rock]
(SINGING) Now when I get turned around.
Hard pass.
Not the only one faking
a smile the whole time.
It's a case of lucid denial
I don't wanna go.
But I have to show
I'll put on a show.
And no one will know
I don't wanna go.
But I have to show.
Let's put on a show.
And no one will know.
There's one party tonight.
One party tonight
[guitar solo]
So what are you, a fan of these guys?
You could say that.
Up until a few days ago,
I was one of those guys.
Thanks.
So I saw you throwing out that guy earlier.
What are you, like, a bouncer or something?
Nah, not quite.
I like to do my part to keep
the cops out of the places
I like to be.
So you came all the way out here.
Why aren't you playing?
Seems to be the big question tonight.
And so what's the answer?
ALLISON: Well, to sum it up, I'm just
catching a ride to spend
at least two years locked up
in a lab because I randomly
found a theoretical, now not so
much, missing planet using a
makeshift tone-controlled echo
locator.
So there's nothing easy
about the aliens, huh?
ALLISON: No.
Yeah!
[distorted guitar]
Woo!
Fuck yeah!
Thanks for having us out.
We are To Be Determined.
We got a new album back at
the merch table, pins and stickers.
Check in with Vic.
She'll help you out.
Thank you.
You all have been great.
Hey.
Hey.
You guys are calling
it, not Without Warning?
It's the album's title song.
Yeah, I didn't think it
would sound quite right.
It's definitely missing something.
Great set, buddy.
Hey, thanks, man.
We got a new album out.
It's over at the table if
you wanna check it out.
Hey, did anybody come up to
you, you and Vic at the table,
talk to you about getting paid out?
Nope.
Hunt begins.
Hey, excuse me.
What can I get you?
We got $2 Pabst.
I got a beer and a shot for $5.
And of course, everyone's
favorite, Wolfie's moon juice
for $6.
I'm good on drinks.
I'm just looking for who to
talk to about getting paid out.
I'm in the band that just went out.
Fortunately, I just sling
drinks and put the bands up
on stage.
I'm not the guy.
Then who's he then?
Well, that would be Promo Joes.
You can't miss him, real funny looking cat.
Got pins and shit all over
his jacket, curly mustache,
goofy-ass hat.
That's the guy you wanna talk to.
Sounds good, man.
Thanks.
And you know what?
I gotta try one of those
moon juices or whatever.
Good choice, my friend.
Somewhat of a bar favorite.
[rock music]
(SINGING) If you want to imagine.
It'll put hair in places
you don't wanna know.
DYLAN: Thanks, bud.
BARTENDER: You got it.
You need another beer, pops?
(SINGING) Or doing the mambo.
Yeah.
(SINGING) Or doing the cha-cha.
Or doing the Charleston.
Right on the heels.
Hey, I've gotta find some
Promo Joe apparently.
Pins all over his jacket,
mustache, funny hat.
Oh my god, that's sour!
What the hell's in there?
Uh, it's probably best no
one ever finds out either.
Hey, there was a guy
you were describing earlier.
He was over at the merch
table, but he didn't say anything
about paying us out.
That guy over there?
Yeah, that's him.
[rock music]
Hey, Joe here has got
something he wants to tell you,
don't you, Joe?
So I don't exactly have the $300.
What the fuck?
Look, there's only 10 people
at the show, and two of them
are at the bar when it opened.
It's not our problem.
You're the promoter.
Maybe you should have been promoting.
Fair enough.
But I don't have your money.
Well, how much of that
not enough did you make?
Here you go.
It was... it was... it was
$75 is all we pulled in.
There's only $60 here.
Well, yeah, you guys only
took cash at the merch table,
and I bought the tape.
I... I swear, I'll have the
money by the morning, I swear!
ID!
ID?
ID now!
10:00 AM tomorrow, you're
gonna bring the rest of what you owe
them, or I'm gonna come find you.
And you don't want that.
Now, repeat it!
10:00 AM, have the
money, or you'll find me.
And?
I don't want you to find me.
You don't want me to find you.
I understand.
Now, get the fuck out of here!
Hey, guys.
I just finished loading up
the van with all the equipment,
and we got Chad and
Vikky on all the merch stuff.
And I gotta to be honest, I could really
use a shower tonight.
But I was thinking maybe
we get a hotel with a hot tub.
God damn it!
There's no motel.
There's no shower.
And for sure, there's
no fucking hot tub, Troy!
The promoter just stiffed us.
Dude, I knew there was
something up with this place.
Well, good!
I'm glad you knew because
that totally helps us now.
Sorry, dude.
Hey, who's this guy?
I'm Bobby the knife.
Bobby the nice?
The kni... just call me Bobby.
How are you gonna be sure the
guy actually pays up tomorrow?
He will be back here
with the money, I promise.
It's a small town.
He can't hide.
So what's our plan, fearless leader?
We head on out, try to
make it to the next town?
This guy says that he can get us our money.
So we'll camp tonight, and
we'll just see what happens.
TROY: Hey, uh, Mr. The Knife, do you
know anywhere we can
crash that's safe around here
and nobody will mess with us?
As a matter of fact, I do.
I got a place right down the
road you guys can camp out at.
You can stay the night there.
No one will bother you there.
I'll come back for you guys in the morning.
I guess.
[eerie music]
So that guy only had $60?
What an asshole!
So are we just gonna camp
out in the middle of nowhere?
It seems pretty sketchy.
It's not the first time,
and it's not like we really
have a choice anyway.
I did make us $160 though.
Hell yeah!
You got that T-shirt money!
Oh, man, that would
totally be enough to get us
to the next town, too.
And what happens if things
go south on the next one?
It's fine.
We'll camp tonight, and
we'll just see what happens.
I got a weird feeling about this, sunbeam.
It's OK.
We're all here.
At least we know if we have to,
we can make it to the next town.
You did good at the table tonight.
[eerie music]
Hey, you guys are good
to park right over there.
It's so dark out here.
Are you sure we're OK?
You guys will be fine.
I'll be back here to pick
you up in the morning.
OK.
[engine starts]
Just grab the blankets from the back.
[suspenseful music]
So I found this.
Allie, I swear, I have no
idea how that got back there.
Is this some kind of sick joke,
or a badly thought out apology?
Actually, I brought it.
Music always makes you so happy, sunbeam.
And it even has batteries.
Well, there you go.
Hey, so how did you find a whole planet
with that thing anyhow?
Well, it all started when
we played this show still
as a two-piece.
And we got to talking to this guy
at the bar who just kept rambling on
about how he used to work at Area 51
on some secret team trying
to find a missing Planet X.
And we were sure he was just drunk.
But honestly, it was a pretty wild idea.
He said, last time it showed
up in our solar system,
it wiped out power to the entire planet.
They tried all sorts of stuff,
laser scopes, but found nothing.
And that's when Allie got the idea
to send tones through lasers.
Sort of.
The story stuck with me a long time.
Light travels faster than sound,
but sound reverbs and echos,
pinpointing location.
You guys lost me at Area
51, but hey, sounds like a blast.
Anyway, after a few books, a
whole lot of internet research,
and a few close encounter
watches, I had this.
Putting it right past Neptune,
they said they last saw it,
and that was it.
[eerie music]
Yeah, maybe we should get some sleep.
[motorbike engine sounds]
Hey, are you guys still in there?
Bobby, my man, there you are.
DYLAN: Who's that?
Bobby, is that you?
Yeah.
Hey, thanks for not leaving
us out here for dead, man.
Yeah, no sweat.
Whoa, look at this place.
It's insane!
Yeah, I've been out here for a bit.
I'm always finding new things every time
I roll around this place.
You know, there's no sense
in you guys all coming with me,
man.
Why don't you guys just,
like, hang out here for a while?
I'll be back.
It's cool.
Just give us a few,
and we'll be ready to go.
Uh, no, no, no.
I'm saying, I'm gonna
go out there by myself
and deal with Promo Joe.
I think it'll be better that way, you know?
I don't know.
BOBBY: I'll get your money.
I'll come right back,
and we'll get it handled.
You guys will be on your way in no time.
OK, yeah, sure.
OK.
Well, we'll hang back here.
All right, guys, I'll be right back.
Just check it out, man.
Explore.
There's all kinds of
cool stuff around here.
I think you'll dig it.
And I won't be long, OK?
You guys.
[engine starts]
Yeah, you know, you guys go ahead.
I'll stay here and keep
an eye on our stuff.
Are you sure?
ALLISON: Yeah.
You guys go have fun.
But I don't know.
Something just seemed a bit off.
Like what?
ALLISON: I don't it's like
he really didn't want us
to leave here for some reason.
It'll be fine.
I mean, she's got a point.
Don't really know this guy at all.
True.
OK, how about this?
If he's not back in the next couple hours,
we'll cut our loss, and we'll head out, OK?
We can't afford to waste
any more time anyhow.
[electronic music]
[upbeat music]
[tense music]
Hello?
Are you OK?
Hey.
Hey, wait up.
[tense music]
DYLAN: Wow.
Who'd leave a phone out here?
Probably somebody else that
found out they had no service.
VIKKY: Look at this.
Looks like something out of a museum.
You know, it's like this
place is frozen in time.
Hey, you remember that
time we were in Arizona?
Yeah.
CHAD: So we ended up getting stranded
in the middle of nowhere
on this pitch black highway.
And I ended up having to go
off alone all in the dark by myself
to go find some help.
You were gone for hours.
And I would have gone with you, but I
didn't want to leave Allison
alone in the van by herself.
She wasn't alone.
Mike was there.
Yeah, but way passed out.
Point taken.
But I never found anybody.
I ended up finding this old barn, just
old rusty hooks on the
walls with tools everywhere.
Whoa.
That's so scary.
What did you do?
CHAD: Well, after seeing all that,
I didn't really wanna find
the person who lived there.
I didn't really want them to find me.
So I end up sneaking
in there all quiet like.
And just before I'm about
to head on to the next place,
I find this phone, and it
was just tucked in the corner.
And it still worked.
So I called the tow guy
and got us out of there.
Saved our butts, that's for sure.
So.
You know, you're like a regular hero, Chad.
Just doing what needs to be done, man.
Unbelievable.
[eerie music]
Oh, this is a bad idea.
This is a very bad idea.
[eerie music]
CHAD: Do you remember
the scariest part about all that?
DYLAN: Yeah.
What happened next?
Well, we went back there in the daytime.
The only thing left on that
highway was just a shack.
And there was a small
sign next to it that said,
last stop, the best beef jerky around.
I don't get it.
Why is that scary?
Vic, there wasn't a single
cow or a farm on that highway.
People, Vikky!
People!
They almost turned me into jerky.
You guys are insane.
What flavor would you have been, Chad?
I think I'd be a spicy habanero Chad.
I think I'd be Dylan teriyaki, you know?
Just look at me.
I'd have to be something delicious.
Mm-hmm.
Where's Troy?
[suspenseful music]
Hey.
Are... are you OK?
What the hell are you?
[airy groan]
No, please!
No!
No!
[screams]
Shit, I gave you one
job, watch the new guy.
I know.
I know.
But you didn't know where he went either.
Guy's like a ninja with the
attention span of a goldfish.
All right, fine, let's go
find our goldfish then.
Can I talk to you for a second, alone?
Yeah, sure.
What's up?
Hey, we're gonna go
look for him this way, OK?
You wanna meet up a little later?
All right.
Let's say an hour either way then.
Either way?
CHAD: Well, you never know
when he might turn you into jerky.
One hour.
[calm music]
Hey, we need to talk about Chad.
What about him?
He's too old for you, Vic.
He's been around the block.
That's not fair.
You don't know him like I do.
I've known him for years.
We've been best friends since high school.
I mean, he's a charmer, sure.
But he's trouble.
You think you're so special,
Dylan, just because you've
known him longer?
Well you're not.
He's different with me.
He... he cares about me.
Vikky, I just...
I don't wanna see you get hurt.
He's been with plenty of
women before, and I just...
I don't want you to become
another conquest to him, not
you.
You're wrong.
Chad loves me, and I love him.
Does Allison know about this?
No, and she doesn't need to.
It's none of her business.
Well, if you won't tell her, then I will.
She deserves to know.
Look, Vic, I just really don't
want to see you get hurt.
You're like a little sister to me.
I'm not a little girl anymore.
I know what I'm doing.
[upbeat music]
Ooh, when I find you, I'm
chaining your ass to a rock.
[mumbles]
[tense music]
Troy.
Oh, don't do this to me, man!
[suspenseful music]
What's... what's happening?
What's... what's happening?
Where am I?
Help!
[groans]
No!
What?
Help.
No, no, no, no, don't,
don't, don't, don't, please.
Help.
Help!
Please.
Please.
Please.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
God, oh, God.
[tense music]
No.
No.
No.
[groans]
[gagging]
[tense music]
[heavy metal]
Did you get it?
Well, I... you know, they're still there.
And maybe because there was
too many of them this time at once,
I don't know.
Maybe he made a mistake.
Believe me, he's biologically
incapable of mistakes.
Well, I got back there in the
morning, and there they were,
bright eyed and bushy
tailed, waiting for you to bring
the money to 'em.
And it took some convincing, man.
They wanted to come with me.
7, 8, 9, 10.
This plan is way better.
One at a time was taking way too long.
This is what I have left
over from the last one.
Left over isn't what I want to hear.
This is supposed to be the big push
to get us over the finish line, Bobby.
Your plan, remember?
This isn't going to do.
I am this close to finally
being out of this place
and off to a whole new world.
And I know you're done.
I can see it on your face
every time you come back here.
I don't know what happened, man.
He's your guy.
You have until the morning
to get the rest of what I need,
or I will leave you out in the
desert with your legs broken
how I found you.
Look, I'll go back and get the stuff.
I swear.
[heavy metal]
(SINGING) You can't hide.
You can't hide.
You can't hide
[calm music]
What do I do?
What do I do?
What do I do?
Oh, yeah, because Dylan's
right about everything, right?
Like he hasn't made a mistake before?
I'm not stupid.
I know what I'm doing.
Fine, maybe he was right just a little bit.
But it doesn't mean I have to like it.
I'm not a kid anymore.
[calm music]
[rock music]
(SINGING) Let's ride.
Are you sure you don't
wanna go check this place out?
It's pretty surreal.
What happened?
Where's my sister, Dylan?
She got kind of mad at me and
ran off to go blow some steam.
Oh, yeah?
It all started at the
beginning of this tour.
She's been acting like
something's up this entire time.
And then I just started noticing...
Turns out have a thing going.
Oh, so you know about this.
And you're OK with this?
No.
Well, I mean, I don't know.
Normally, I would say no.
But given recent developments, I just
think she'd be safer with
Chad than some ran do fuckboy
if shit went down.
[rock music]
[flies buzzing]
DYLAN: The world is not ending, Allie.
I'm sorry.
The world's not ending.
[flies buzzing]
VIKKY: Holy shit!
What the fuck?
What the fuck?
Oh, no, no, no, no.
[rattling]
Troy, is that you?
ALLISON: For once, this isn't
some crazy idea in my head,
some dark thoughts leaking out.
You read that email when they asked me to.
They told me.
I had to go to Berkeley.
You read that.
I did, but you'll figure it out.
I can't figure out shit!
Anyway, we're not talking about that.
We're talking about you yet again
trying to control things that
you have no business putting
your nose in.
I was just trying to protect her, Allie.
There we go again...
I, I, I. I get it.
It's your band, your tour,
and you have the final say
in how all that goes, but not
on our lives, our decisions.
DYLAN: Allie, I...
I... I don't.
I didn't really get a choice either.
You made it clear when you
announced it on stage that that
was gonna be my last show.
You said you had to go.
You said you wanted to go.
And not to mention how bad of a situation
we're already in because
of your call, by the way.
You really thought that it would
be a good idea to confront Vikky
now during this shit show?
We're in the middle of nowhere!
OK, point taken.
I'll go... I'll go look for her.
You stay here in case they
come back after Chad finds Troy.
Wait, Troy's missing too?
Then go!
Go on!
What is that?
[tense music]
Vikky?
Vikky, come on!
I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have said anything.
[calm music]
Vikky, this isn't funny anymore.
You need to come out.
Vikky?
Guys, anyone?
[eerie music]
Shh, quiet!
Here.
You have to keep your voice down.
We're not alone.
What do you mean?
Where's Troy?
What are you talking about?
I swear to God, if guys
are fucking with me.
Dylan, you have to see
what they did to Troy.
You have to see.
Well, where is he?
Take me to him.
Let's go!
Let's go.
[calm synth music]
[tense music]
VIKKY: Stop!
Please, stop.
We need to run.
We need to run!
[tense music]
ALLISON AND VIKKY: [screams]
[groans]
ALLISON AND VIKKY: [screaming]
Where were you?
Are you OK?
Who the fuck was that?
No, it's OK.
It's OK.
It's OK.
[tense music]
It's OK.
You're gonna be OK.
[tense music]
You sure about this?
CHAD: Yeah, man.
I don't wanna go in there either.
But he's in there.
[tense music]
Where's Troy?
He's gotta be in the
next room right over here.
[eerie music]
I don't know.
He... he was here, I swear.
I believe you, but what
the fuck is going on here?
I mean, what is all this even over here?
What is this place?
[suspenseful music]
This is like something off
The Last Starfighter, dude.
Remember that movie?
We're about to become space heroes.
CHAD: Yeah, really something.
Well, do you see any
arcade machines in here
inviting us to save the galaxy?
Because after what it did to Troy,
whatever made this isn't playing any games.
[suspenseful music]
[beeping]
[tense music]
Whatever made this is on
the side of the Ko-Dan armada.
We gotta find Troy now!
[thudding]
[suspenseful music]
[yells]
[growls]
[groans]
[thuds]
[roars]
[yells]
Dude, are you OK?
Come on, we gotta get out of here.
We gotta get out of here.
Come on, dude.
Come on.
Come on.
What is that thing?
[roars]
[muffled screams]
[tense music]
CHAD: Allison!
Allison!
Open up!
Chad? What happened?
Are you OK?
Where have you guys been?
We got attacked by a man, and...
It was... it was no man.
It's... it's bad.
Troy... I...
I don't even know if they're gone.
And Dylan?
There's no escape.
What?
I'm just glad you two are OK.
We gotta go now.
We gotta go.
OK.
[eerie music]
[engine starts]
Troy?
I have to go after him.
You guys gotta stay here.
I'll be right back.
[eerie music]
It's OK.
OK.
I just want to go home.
I'm never gonna let anything happen to you.
We'll figure this out, I promise.
I just wanna be at home.
OK.
[suspenseful music]
Troy.
Troy.
[suspenseful music]
[growls]
Snap out of it.
Troy, snap out of it.
[tense music]
What the fuck did he do to you?
CHAD: Look at this.
You back the fuck off, shit bag!
[suspenseful music]
My best friend's dead, and the other one's
some kind of monster because of you.
I was following orders, man!
Orders from who?
I can't say.
Look, man, they left me out here for dead.
I had nothing, man.
I had nothing without these guys.
They... they picked me back up.
They gave me a fucking bike.
They gave me a job.
I had nothing without them.
CHAD: Try explaining to me, Bobby.
Just try.
Fucking Joe.
Joe.
You... you guys know him as Promo Joe.
I don't even know his real name.
What does he have to do with any of this?
Look, man, I didn't wanna know
what happened to the people
after I brought 'em out here.
They gave me orders.
I did what they told me
to do, and that was it.
No, this is way bigger than
some drug smuggling operation,
way bigger.
I heard things, man, strange things.
Yeah?
Well, I've seen things, Bobby...
Aliens.
There's a whole fucking
spaceship down in his dungeon.
You know, if we don't
do something about it,
we're screwed.
Aliens, man, really?
You expect me to believe that?
What do you think this is
some kind of sci-fi movie?
I don't give two fucks what you believe.
I've seen it with my own eyes.
And if that thing phones home, we're done.
Damn it, Bobby, you tell
me what they did to Troy then.
Where the hell did he go?
[approaching footsteps]
[suspenseful music]
Please help me.
ALLISON AND VIKKY: [screaming]
[electronic synth sounds]
[groans]
It's the noise.
ALLISON: Stop!
That hurts him.
It's the sound!
It's the sound!
[suspenseful music]
CHAD: Allison.
Allison.
Hey, wake up.
Wake up.
Where's Vikky?
Vikky!
Where's Vikky?
Chad, it took her.
We have to go find her.
Hey, hey, tell me everything
you remember, OK?
We're gonna get her, I promise.
Troy was there, but, I
mean, it really wasn't him.
And it... it came out of nowhere.
And it grabbed me.
But I got away.
And then it took her.
The one who took Vikky, it wasn't human.
We have to go get her before it's too late.
I'm coming with you.
Bobby, we're gonna need your help.
[calm music]
[thuds]
[tense music]
[sawing]
[screams]
No!
[eerie music]
[suspenseful music]
What the hell are you
going to do with that thing,
play it a lullaby?
It hates the sound.
Freaks it out.
Hope it'll be enough to stop it.
Everybody's a critic, right?
[suspenseful music]
[screams]
CHAD: Get away from her!
No, no, no!
[screams]
Fuck you, spaceman!
[suspenseful music]
[electronic synth sound]
It's working.
Hit the keys again.
[electronic synth sound]
[sound fades]
Plug it into the ship.
It has power in there.
[suspenseful music]
[screams]
Let's go!
[screams]
Hey.
Hey.
ALLISON: No.
Hey, no, over here, over here.
I come for what you owe me, man.
There was an agreement.
I did what I had to do.
I brought you all these people.
I came for what's mine, man.
CHAD: Allison, use the ship.
[suspenseful music]
[beeping]
You can go back to phoning home
or wherever it is the
fuck you're doing, man.
[rattling]
Run!
[bones crunching]
[steam hissing]
[tense music]
DISTORTED VOICE: We are from
beyond beyond, a world past hope
and fear.
And you, you are just fuel that screams.
[tense music]
It's your turn to scream!
[electronic synth sound]
[screams]
[electronic music]
Chad, Chad, are you OK?
Come on, we've gotta go.
Come on.
Wake up.
We're gonna go home now.
Come on, get up.
[electronic music]
VIKKY: Sunbeam.
[eerie music]
[screams]
[eerie music]
[tense music]
VIKKY: [screams]
PROMO JOE: It's gonna take me forever
to grow another mechanic.
I'm never getting off this fucking planet.
[punk rock]
(SINGING) There's something in the air.
There's something scrambling our circuits.
A force that's not so clear.
Extraterrestrial in origin.
Saturn machine keeping
us from choosing silly.
Solidifying our reality.
Saturn machine impacting
more than human beings.
To the center of our galaxy.
There's something in the air.
There's something scrambling our circuits.
A force that's not so clear.
Extraterrestrial in origin.
Saturn machine keeping
us from choosing silly.
Solidifying our reality.
Saturn machine impacting
more than human beings.
To the center of our galaxy
[guitar solo]
It's breaking down now.
Time is speeding up.
It's breaking down now.
Time is speeding up.
It's breaking down now.
Time is speeding up.
It's breaking down now.
Time is speeding up.
It's broken now and time is speeding up.
It's broken now and time is speeding up.
It's broken now and time is speeding up.
It's broken now and time is speeding up