Lookout Weekend: Cruel Summer IV (2025) Movie Script

(logo whooshing)
(victim screaming)
(transition clacking)
(pensive music)
(upbeat music)
(driver laughing)
Oh.
Oh Lord.
(bottle clinking)
(driver laughing)
Happiness and serenity
from the Holy Spirit.
(inhaling) It's home time. (Laughing)
(grunting) Okay.
All right. (Muttering)
(upbeat ominous music)
Boy, did that suck.
Can't even make it through the credits.
So glad I streamed it
instead of bothering to set up the reels.
(apple crunching)
"When do you get off from?"
(sighing) Really?
I already told you,
another 45 minutes.
Idiot. (Sighing)
"Cruel Summer 3,"
another winner, no doubt.
(scoffing) I can't believe they made it
more than one of these crap fests.
I don't know how this place plans
to stay in business much longer
streaming garbage like this.
Oh wow.
"Sequel: Cruel Summer 2." (laughing)
They actually named the second
one "Sequel?" (laughing)
They really put a lot of thought
into this franchise. (Laughing)
Fuck. (Laughing)
Oh my God.
The only thing I could
do to make this worth it
is you, baby.
Miss Mary Jane, hello. (Laughing)
I've been thinking about you all day.
(mysterious banging)
(pensive music)
Hey, who's in there?
Hello?
Knock it off, huh?
No one's supposed to be up here.
(mysterious banging)
I mean it, asshole.
I'm not playing around.
Come on out.
God, they don't pay me
e-fucking-nough to work here.
(sighing) I hate this place.
(light switch clicking)
(employee panting)
(mysterious crashing)
(punch smacking)
(employee grunting)
No.
No.
(blade scratching)
Please.
No, no.
I have a wife and two daughters.
(blade zinging)
(employee gasping)
(employee screaming)
Have a heart.
(flesh tearing)
(blood spraying)
(flesh tearing)
(upbeat ominous music)
(transitions whirring,
crackling and hissing)
Hey, honey, you left
your gloves in the house.
Did you want me to go grab 'em for you?
Yeah, um, I was just too
lazy to go get 'em myself.
Okay. How's it going out here?
[Wife] Whew.
Well, it's brutally hot,
but other than that, pretty good.
I don't know why you'd choose
the hottest part of the day to do this.
(sighing) It's Florida, babe,
it's always going to be
the hottest time of day.
I know, but I told
you I would handle this.
But you insisted on doing it yourself, so.
I know, but I'm just
trying to make it my thing.
We agreed when we got this place
that I was gonna be the one
who did all the garden work
and you were gonna do all the kitchen,
cleaning, cooking stuff.
Speaking of kitchen stuff,
I made you something.
[Wife] Ooh, what is it?
Arnold Palmer.
Mm, that is so good.
Could've used a little
bit more ice though.
(laughing) It melted on the way over.
That's how hot it is.
(wife laughing)
But don't worry, I made extra for you.
I froze some in the fridge for later too.
Oh, perfect. Great.
(husband laughing)
By the way, I grabbed the mail.
Something came for you.
[Wife] Oh, what is it?
I'm not sure, it says,
"Los Bastardz Productions."
Interesting.
- Uh-huh.
- They usually don't send
anything as formal as mail.
Usually Scott just emails or messages us.
Well, it was sent priority mail,
so maybe it's important.
Huh.
Well, they haven't spoken
to us since the premiere.
Wonder what it could be.
Do you think he reconsidered,
wants to shoot the fourth film?
No, he said that that
franchise was done.
He wanted to move on to other things.
Hmm, well, we're never
gonna know what it is
unless you open it.
So give it a shot.
All right.
"Hey, guys, it's Scott."
Hope you guys are doing well.
Been a while, missing you both.
Jason and I are hosting
a special press event
that may finally give
the "Cruel Summer" films
some big exposure,
and I'm hoping you both can make it.
What kind of event?
Hang on, there's, there's more.
- Okay.
- Um,
"A Cruel Summer Kill-a-thon."
(laughing) Kill-a-thon?
I like that, it sounds pretty cool.
(laughing) "On September
13th, 14th and 15th",
join us for a triple feature screening
of the entire "Cruel
Summer film franchise",
with new added footage,
behind-the-scenes videos,
live music performances, a Q&A,
"and a wild after party."
Mm.
"All being held at
the Pavilion Theater."
Um, "Cast and crew will be in attendance",
along with many news reporters
and local celebrities.
Hope to see you there.
"RSVP," blah, blah, blah.
Huh.
- Oh.
"Cruel Summer" marathon. (Laughing)
That's awesome.
Yeah, I mean, you're always saying
those films are overlooked.
Overlooked, yeah, but
(sighing) three days.
Uh, I don't know if I can
get the time off work and...
Babe, what else are we gonna do?
This could finally be
the chance everybody gets
to get the exposure,
the credit they deserve.
[Wife] I wonder if the extra footage
that he's talking about
is that really long speech
I made in the first film.
That was some of my best work.
Well, one way to find out, we gotta go.
(sighing) Okay, okay.
Um, but before we commit to anything,
maybe we should see if anybody else
is all-in for it, you know?
All right, look,
we haven't done anything
since the wedding,
we do have plenty of vacation days to use,
so why not?
Okay.
Um, I left my phone inside.
Could I borrow yours?
Yeah, yeah, here.
What for?
Just hold on.
Hey, Hannah.
Yeah. (Laughing)
Wait, you just got it in the mail too?
No way.
Three days.
Yeah, I don't know, it could be fun.
Jonah really wants to go.
What does Nick say?
Wait, wait, wait.
You both already RSVP'd?
- Hmm.
- Okay, okay, okay.
We'll do that right now.
Definitely.
(laughing) All right, see ya then.
Okay, bye.
So we're going?
We're going.
Look out, weekend, here we come.
All right. (Laughing)
(wife laughing)
I need a new dress.
Wait, right, right now?
Can we get lunch first?
(traffic faintly whizzing)
No, no, no. Debbie, y-you need to emote.
You need to show much more emotion.
You've just gambled away your savings.
Now you have to tell your husband.
You should be panicking,
y-you should be remorseful.
But instead,
it's like you're dragging ass
getting ready to work on
a Monday morning, okay?
So show us some emotion.
Show us some feeling, okay?
Now, take it from the top.
All alone in the moon
Oh, stop, okay?
Just, just stop.
Take a break.
Have a seat, Meryl Streep.
God, did that suck?
(attendees laughing)
Nelson.
- Yes, sir.
You're up.
Show us how to act.
Yes, sir.
Dr. Horton, I'm sorry to interrupt.
There's a call for you.
[Attendees] No cellphones
during rehearsal.
Yeah, and who taught you all that?
Using my own words against
me, you little monsters.
Can't this not wait?
We're in the middle of
an important lesson.
It's Scott Tepperman.
He says it's very important.
Scotty, huh?
Okay, I-I-I'll take it.
Will you take over for me?
- Of course, sir.
- Okay.
Debbie can show you where we left off.
We started off over here.
Okay, so what we need
to do is we need to start.
Scotty boy.
Yeah, it has been a while.
How's it going?
You know, it's going pretty well here too.
I had three new students sign up and...
Invitation?
No, I don't believe I did.
Two weeks ago.
Huh, I'll ask Ally.
You know, maybe it got
mixed in with the bills.
Triple feature marathon weekend?
You know, that sounds great.
When?
Okay, yeah, right.
It's all on the invite.
Okay, I'll ask her.
Send me the details anyway, just in case.
Okay, great.
You know, maybe this
will spark some interest
in the franchise again.
Good.
Well, if you need
anything else before then,
you know how to get in touch with me.
Okay, see ya soon, brother.
I think you got it,
but I really do think
you need to put a little
more feeling into it.
What do you think?
I definitely agree.
That didn't take very long.
Is, is everything okay?
Yeah, Scott and Jason are
hosting a "Cruel Summer" weekend
with a triple feature
overnight marathon. (Laughing)
And they called me for an RSVP,
but I don't remember
getting an invitation,
but he swore he mailed
it like two weeks ago.
You didn't by chance put it on my desk
when I was out sick last week, did you?
No, I don't remember that.
I overheard you guys talking.
Are you trying to find that invite?
Yes.
Why?
(laughing) 'Cause I have it.
It's in my bag.
Hold on.
Why does Emilio have our mail?
I don't know.
You know, we have to be
careful with that stuff.
I give special rates to students
who have special issues,
and I don't want that
information leaking out.
It's private, it, it
could get a bit awkward.
[Ally] Yes, sir.
Here you go.
Oh, thanks.
- Mm.
- Uh, give us a second,
okay, Ally?
Huh, and I see you, uh,
you opened it too.
(Emilio laughing)
May I ask why you keep grabbing our mail
addressed to this company
and to me in particular?
I thought it was important, sir.
Nevermind.
You saw "Los Bastardz"
on the return address,
you couldn't help yourself.
Is that it?
Look, Emilio, you need to stop
obsessing over Los Bastardz.
They're not casting you
in any of their films,
especially the "Cruel Summer" franchise.
That franchise is over, dead, all right?
We've moved on.
Besides, you have a long way,
a long way to go
before you're ready for a feature film.
Huh, sorry, I thought you had an in, no?
Yeah, I,
not we.
And you're not gonna bother them
for one of their films, okay?
They're my connection, not yours.
Besides, you're not
ready for a feature film,
you need to keep working
on stage productions, okay?
Do you understand?
Hmm, fine.
Uh, and Emilio,
just take the rest of the day off
to decompress and refocus, right?
And I'll see you next class.
- Mm.
- And Emilio,
if I have to talk to you
again about this mail,
you're outta here.
Asshole.
(Dr. Horton sighing)
Egomaniac.
(Emilio sighing)
(glass smashing)
(door creaking)
[Announcer] Hey, guys,
we're Smoke Mountain.
Thanks for coming out
to the Cruel Summer Weekend Kill-a-thon.
You guys probably remember this one.
It's called "Death Proof."
(attendees cheering)
[Singer] One, two, three, four.
(upbeat heavy music)
(attendees faintly speaking)
Hey, guys, guys.
Guys, hey, first of all,
thank y'all for coming out.
This is gonna be a great weekend.
Uh, Scott and I are extremely
happy everybody's here.
A lot of cast, a lot of crew.
Uh, there is some media here,
so they're gonna be doing some questions.
If you guys give them some
time over the weekend,
we'd appreciate it.
But this wouldn't happen
if it wasn't for all of you guys.
So we really do appreciate you guys.
Thank you.
(attendees clapping)
Thank you.
All right, we do have a lot of,
and I've been yelling all day
so my voice is shot,
so bear with me.
(attendees laughing)
But we've been dealing, uh, with everybody
and talking to everybody for
a while leading up to this.
But, uh, we do have some OGs
from the original film in the house.
Let me see your hands.
- Right.
Hell yeah.
(attendees clapping)
And, uh, yeah, we're gonna
get ready for the first film.
We're gonna head down
the hallway, make a left,
go up the steps, theater's there.
Shut the phones off, mute 'em,
because good people in theaters suck ass.
(attendees laughing)
You guys ready?
- Yeah.
- Let's go.
(attendees clapping and cheering)
Yay, so excited.
[Attendee] This is gonna be great.
Yeah.
Mm, this is gonna be great.
(attendee laughing)
(ominous music)
(attendees laughing)
(attendees clapping and cheering)
So, Harold, how do you like
working with Scott, Jim, Jason,
and the rest of the Los Bastardz crew?
Oh, they're a great group of guys.
I worked with them about 10 years ago
on a film in Tennessee,
and then about a year later,
they called me for another film.
So when they called me
about "Cruel Summer,"
I definitely had to be a part of it.
Yes, and you have a
fairly significant role
in that one, if I'm not mistaken.
Yes, I play Tobin, one
of the main characters.
And I have to admit,
I've yet to see part two,
but I hear you return
in that film as well?
You haven't seen part two yet?
(laughing) Now, there's no excuses.
You know, you definitely
have to support indie films.
Well, there you have it,
supporting indie films and physical media
seems to be the message of the evening.
Once again, we're coming to you
live from this unique event,
a rare sight for a city of this
magnitude to say the least.
(attendees faintly speaking and laughing)
- You got this.
- Thank you.
So Mattie Ward, is it?
- Yep, yep.
- Yeah.
How'd you become a part
of the "Crew Summer" franchise series?
Um, I saw a self-tape audition,
sent it to Scott, and,
uh, and he liked it,
and I've been here ever since.
And you've been a
part of all three films?
Yeah, yeah.
Oh, okay.
Can you tell me,
what was the most difficult
part about filming this film?
Um, well, I don't like cursing
and I never really cursed before,
but, um, so Scott wanted
me to help find that.
- Mm-hmm.
- Scott and I are both
from New York, so cursing
was like foreign to us.
So anyway, we really worked on that
and was able to find that voice.
Got you, got you.
Can you please tell me,
what's the deal with those meatballs?
Ah, (laughing) the meatballs.
You're liking the meatballs-
Yes,
I do. (Laughing)
- huh?
Yeah, I got some in the car if you want.
No, I'm just kidding.
- Aw, mm.
- But yeah,
no, uh, yeah, it started off as a gag,
and then it just carried
through to all the other, uh,
to all the other films,
which was great 'cause I
got to eat the meatballs
on the scene,
so yeah, yeah.
- Okay.
But don't worry, don't worry.
- Okay.
- There's no more meatballs
in this.
- (laughing) That sounds cool.
Thank you, I won't keep your time.
I know you gotta make your rounds.
I haven't actually had the chance
to see any of the films yet,
so I'll definitely check
'em out this weekend.
All right, sweet,
you're gonna love 'em.
- Great, thank you so much.
- Yeah, you're welcome.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
Excuse me, uh,
how many hot dogs are
you gonna eat tonight?
(upbeat heavy music)
'Til I die
(text whooshing)
Scott, Jason.
Please, can I have a moment with you guys?
- Yeah, sure.
- Yeah, sure.
What's going on?
Um, I wanted to touch upon the films
and this franchise.
Uh, what is it that you guys
think make your movies you?
We don't, we don't have any mold.
We just do our own thing.
I usually make movies for
movies that I wanna see.
We, we, we, we do a family style here.
It's, um, we build a lot of friendships
and we treat everybody like family.
So everybody keeps coming back.
And it's, it's a close-knit group.
We've been working with
the same people for ages.
Hey, John.
- Sorry.
Hey, John.
No problem at all.
I didn't get a chance
to catch up to you.
- How's it going, man?
- How you doing?
Guy's losing his voice already.
- Yeah, I've been busy, man.
- How you doing?
So, uh, who are you?
Uh, I have no idea.
No, John Masiac.
I was "Cruel 2," but.
And these crazy guys right
here bring me the cocaine.
You know, cocaine's a hell of a drug,
hell of a drug.
But you gotta see the scenes
to really get an idea.
He, he had hilarious scenes.
We really did.
We, we, um, there was
a place where I work,
but we used the office
and we laid down a bunch of baking powder.
- Right.
- And he came in
and we're like, "Go ahead,"
and, you know, you're
snorting the cocaine,
you're looking around,
you're doing whatever.
(laughing) So we're filming him,
he drops down, comes up,
got a little dot of the stuff on his.
Like, it's funny, but
it didn't work at all.
Like, "No, you gotta make it,
you have to really make it register."
So like, "All right, gimme a minute."
We go, we do another take.
And like, "Action,"
he disappears, he comes up,
it's all over his face.
He's wilding.
- His whole shit was covered.
He's like, "Whoo."
It's a good turnout, man.
Dude, this is badass.
This is awesome.
I mean, all the cast, all the crew,
everybody here, man.
Tons of people.
Many more than I thought.
Great turnout.
- Man, this is awesome.
- Media.
- Awesome.
Media was great.
What, what's up with the one guy, Derrick?
- That Derrick guy?
- Yeah.
I never even saw him.
He had, I know,
they said he had this weird old camera,
but I didn't see anybody like that at all.
I don't know,
I know he was supposed to
interview us after the sequel.
- Right.
- Part two.
This is the end of the sequel. (Laughing)
- Right.
- I don't know where he is.
Yeah, I don't know.
I just, it's...
- Hey, guys.
- Hey, what's going on?
Hey, Hannah, how you doing?
Hey, good, how are you?
Did a great job.
- Great to see you.
- Did a great job.
Great job.
- Thank you.
- Good to see you again.
- Thank you.
Good to see you.
- Awesome.
What's up, Nick, how you doing?
What's up with that guy?
It's nothing.
Nothing?
It sure as hell didn't look like nothing.
It's just that he's still kind of upset
that he never got cast
in any of the films.
He's still pissed about that stuff?
[Hannah] Yeah, kinda.
Uh, it's a little petty.
- Yeah, it's very petty.
- I mean...
I mean, it's like a family reunion
every time we're on set.
But he feels like he's never invited.
Well, it is a family reunion.
We just don't have a role for him.
We're not gonna put him in anything.
If we have something for him,
give him a roll.
- Right.
That's what I keep telling him,
but he's still a bit sore over it.
I even had to twist his arm
just to get him here this weekend.
- Wow.
- I just, that,
I mean, that seems a little silly,
but I mean, whatever.
- Yeah.
He's coming back.
- Yeah, yeah, no.
- Just please don't tell him
I said anything, okay?
- No, no problem.
Line was too long,
let's go.
- Oh, okay.
See you guys later.
All right, man, see ya, Nick.
I'd hate to be on that guy's bad side.
I think we already are, brother.
(attendees faintly speaking)
- Hey, how are you?
- Uh,
I was hoping to run into you, Jason.
How's, how's, uh, how'd you think,
what did you think of the second movie?
The second one was fantastic.
That, that usually gets
a lot of people going
from the first one.
Uh, the third one is,
is fantastic as well.
I can't wait for you guys to see it all.
Yeah, you, you seem to be
working on a lot of projects.
Anything outside of
"Cruel Summer" recently?
Well, um, yeah, we do.
We actually, we have a network,
uh, Dark Round TV,
uh, streaming on a couple
of big platforms right now.
It's, um, all crypted,
uh, UFO, urban legend, thrill seeking.
Um, and we're building
subscribers by the day.
We got new content coming
and constantly building that.
So yeah, thanks for asking.
Yeah, there's some
great content right here.
(laughing) Award-winning
social media content,
if I do say so myself.
Time to monetize this fucker.
(door knocking)
Occupied, try the next one, buddy.
(door knocking)
I said try the next one, damn.
(door banging)
What the fuck?
(reporter grunting)
(blood spatting)
(attendees faintly speaking)
Excuse me.
Excuse me.
- Yes.
- Are you Chris?
- Yes, I am.
Uh, can I ask you a
few questions, Chris?
- Yes, you may.
- Awesome.
So I hear you were fairly involved
in "Cruel Summer" movies one and two,
so wanted to hear a little bit
about what your role in all of that was.
Um, basically just helped
them get the locations.
There was the theater in two
and then we did the hotel in part three.
And I just was affiliated with them
and had a good relationship
through the paranormal and
everything else that I do,
and, um, and then my fiance Alex too,
helped us get it and
was part of everything.
So, um, just doing my part to help
and get the films rolling.
Awesome, and what was
it about those places
that really stood out to you,
that made you choose them?
Basically the history
and what Scott had asked
that he wanted for the film itself,
to get exactly what he wanted.
Awesome, awesome.
Um, were any of the references
that you guys incorporated
from other films,
were they present in the settings?
Um, somewhat, to some extent, yes.
Got you, thank you
so much for your time.
I really appreciate that.
Thank you.
(pensive music)
- Hey, Anastasia.
- Oh, hi.
What's going on?
- Good.
- Good to see you.
- Anastasia, how you doing?
- Hi, I'm doing good.
- Good to see you.
- Sorry we haven't caught up
with you, been hectic this weekend.
- Yeah.
- It's been too busy.
How's everything going for you?
It's going good, I've
been hearing feedback
about my performance
and how good I did.
You know, that's what
we've been hearing too.
- Yeah.
- They said they loved you.
- Yeah.
- And again,
we can't thank you enough for being here,
and, you know, we love
having you on board.
You did an amazing job.
- Thank you.
- As always.
And also, if you guys
have anything that you need
or any other bookings,
I'm, I would love to do anything.
Oh, we always said
we're gonna work with you.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, absolutely.
- Absolutely.
Hopefully we'll see
you this weekend though.
- Yeah, of course.
- We gotta get up.
But, um, yeah, you did a great job.
- Thank you.
- Yeah, sorry.
- Thank you.
- Have a good one, thank you.
- You too.
- Take care.
What's up with the
fucking guy in the corner
with the hot dogs?
I thought he came here with you.
He's not a friend of mine.
I think he's a friend of Lisa's,
but.
- Who the fuck is he?
I don't know. He's
just been sitting around.
He followed us around all
damn day eating hot dogs.
That's all he's been doing
the entire time.
Eating that same fucking hot dog.
The entire fucking time.
I mean, look at him.
He looks like he talks to
fucking ghosts and crazy shit.
What a loser.
Brother, I'm telling you,
this is the one that's
gonna get us noticed.
It was awesome.
Again, I didn't think
part three was my favorite,
but, you know, it's growing on me
definitely after this weekend.
Great turnout, so that's
a good thing, right?
- It was.
- Mm.
- It was a good one.
- Are,
are you kidding?
Cam, part three was the best.
Well, I usually get that.
Um, I think two,
I think "Cruel 2" is the best,
but three was the most fun.
But being an indie film,
you always get that type
of shit all the time, so.
Oh, hey, you guys, I think I'm this way,
so I'm gonna split off.
Um, I have pictures for you.
No rush, Lisa, I'm not gonna be able
to get those for a few days.
Okay, okay.
But I'll let you know when I get home.
I love you, I miss you already.
Bye, guys, see ya.
- All right, see ya, Lisa.
Bye, Lisa.
I'm spent, I'm so tired.
Jesus, where the fuck did you park?
It's just right up here.
Hey, guys, look, I'm gonna head out.
I'm gonna head back to the hotel.
I'm gonna get a shower, change,
and I'll meet you guys in the lobby,
what, like 90 minutes or so?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, that works.
We'll grab some food or something.
Brother, I could use a bourbon, man.
Yeah, the hotel probably has that too.
We'll, we'll grab some stuff.
All right, sounds good.
Kim.
- Bye.
- We'll see you.
- See ya.
Cameron, we'll see you, brother.
- All right, man.
- See ya, bro.
See ya.
Hey, Cam, it's really
good to see you, man.
Yeah, definitely, it's
great catching up this weekend
for a little bit anyways.
It's really good when we
don't have a time schedule,
you know, that we have
to be so stringent with.
It's just cool to lounge.
Yeah, roger that.
I'm really digging the laid-back vibe
of this weekend. (Laughing)
Cool.
Oh, hey, by the way,
where the hell did you park?
Oh, a ways up there.
The lot was full, man.
Uh, next to some fancy Italian joint.
Oh yeah, that's right up the road.
It's about two blocks away.
Two more blocks?
Jesus.
- Yeah,
it's not that big a deal.
I mean, the doc said I could use
a little bit of exercise anyway.
Definitely couldn't hurt.
It couldn't hurt,
but our car's literally
right there. (Laughing)
Like we'll drive you over to your car.
- Yeah, okay.
- Yeah, yeah.
All right.
Got any change?
[Cam] I, I ain't got
any cash on me, man.
Hate those fucking people.
Good Lord.
What about you, buddy?
Can you help a m-man out?
Got any change?
Wait, what, what are you doing?
That's, that's mine.
That's mine.
Ah.
(glass smashing)
Ooh, looks like somebody left us a gift.
Fuck is this?
- Huh.
- I, I don't know.
You tell me, it was here when we got in.
(upbeat music)
[Scott] I have no idea.
You know, maybe somebody
left it as a gift,
you know, somebody from
the film cast or crew.
I mean, I got a few anonymous gifts
when I had the premiere
for "Postmortem America" a while back.
Open it.
- Yeah, open it.
[Scott] What the fuck?
What is it?
[Scott] Damn, I have no idea.
I, I, I don't know. It
[Scott] It, it, it looks like a hand.
A what?
[Cam] Yeah, that looks,
that's a human fucking hand.
Is it real?
It's real, it looks real to me.
I don't know if I've ever seen one
in real life like that before,
but what do I know?
I mean, I've never seen one
like this up close before,
so I, I, I have no clue.
(traffic faintly whizzing)
(doors clacking)
Let me see.
(paper rustling)
Oh my God.
Are you sure that's not fake?
I mean, I, I certainly
don't think it's fake,
but what the fuck do I know?
Hey, hey, what's up, guys?
- Hey, man.
- I was,
we didn't get a chance to
chat much this weekend,
but I was wanting to tell you and Jason,
uh, good job on everything,
but I guess Jason bounced out early,
so good job, Scott.
Cool, thank you, appreciate it.
Also, I thought it
was a really cool idea
we based the whole weekend around, uh,
the, the "Cruel Summer" trilogy.
It was, uh, really cool
to be able to watch
all the movies back to back.
It was also real sweet
seeing Smoke Mountain
perform "Death Proof" live.
That was awesome.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, those guys
are fucking awesome, man.
Thanks, cool, thank you.
Well, I guess we'll
catch you later, man.
- All right, guys, thanks.
- Have a good one.
- Yeah, man.
- Hey, guys, hold up a minute.
- Yeah, what's up?
- Uh,
I, I know we don't know
each other, we haven't met,
but Scott's told me a lot about you.
You guys know a little
bit about special effects?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, we make
the best special effects.
Uh, been trying to get Jason and Scott
to, to get us to do one of
their, uh, their movies,
but just, uh, hadn't
done it yet. (Laughing)
Mind taking a look at something for us
to keep it on the hush-hush quiet?
- Yeah, no problem.
- Guys,
please don't say anything.
Just really...
- Yeah, man.
All right.
Take a peek.
(paper rustling)
(laughing) That's a hand, man.
(laughing) What the?
Uh, that's a fucking hand, bro.
Hey, hand me, hand
me one of those sticks.
Here, man.
Looks pretty goddamn real to me.
Where'd you find it?
[Kim] It was in our car.
In your car?
Yeah, wrapped up in a
gift box just like that.
Yeah, we thought it was a joke at first,
but apparently not.
Man, y'all need to contact
the authorities for sure.
Yeah, definitely gonna do that.
Well, uh, all right, man,
uh, I think, uh, we're gonna head out.
We got a long drive ahead of us
to get to this gig next weekend.
Uh, so you guys need us to
hang around for anything?
I think you guys are good.
Think you guys are good.
- All right, man.
All right, well, we'll catch you
later then, dude.
- All right, appreciate it,
guys, thank you.
- All right, man.
We really need to call the cops.
This is like no joke.
- It's a fucking hand.
- I'm not getting arrested
for this, I'm not prison material.
What about the, the
security guard at the theater?
He might've seen who
dropped it off in the car.
You know, it might be a
clue or, or something,
I mean...
It's better than nothing, we can check.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, it's worth a shot.
All right, all right,
let's check it out.
- Okay.
- All right.
Hey, yo, buddy.
Hey, man.
Hello?
I think his name was William.
Uh, we were talking to
him in between the films.
Hey, William, William?
Yo, William?
I don't think...
- Now, what is all this?
Oh, hi, Mr. Tepperman.
What can I do for you?
Well, we were on our way
back to the parking lot
behind Vista,
and, uh, we found a hand.
You, you, you did?
A, a human hand?
[Kim] It's a hand, what
other type could there be?
Yeah, we thought we
should bring it to you.
Yeah, that's a good idea.
Let me take a look.
That is a human handout, all right.
Where'd you find it?
Back of our car.
(laughing) Well, that's not good, is it?
Duh, no.
What are we supposed to do?
You want us to call the cops,
can you call the cops for us,
or what should we do?
Let me take care of it.
You guys go on home.
We, we know where to
find you if we need you.
Okay.
(door clacking)
Well, that was awkward.
I don't know if it was awkward,
that guy was just a little weird.
Yeah, weird security guard,
mysterious severed fucking hand.
This is some "Blue Velvet"
level type shit, dude.
I, I can't be a part of this.
I've gotta bolt.
Oh man, listen, this is gonna blow over.
No, no, no, it's not gonna blow over.
I'm sorry, brother.
I, I don't do this David
Lynch shit very well.
You know that.
So if you need me to talk to the cops,
if need be, I can do that for you.
But I gotta go, I gotta bolt.
Appreciate you coming out, man.
Sorry about this, but
have a good trip back.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, tell Patty we said hi.
Yeah, will do.
You guys be safe?
- Okay, thanks, you too.
[Dispatch] Detective Vincenzo, dispatch.
Detective Vincenzo, dispatch.
(door knocking)
(paper rustling)
[Chief] Sorry to bring
you in on your days off.
Oh, no, problem, sir.
I'm used to it, but, uh, what's up?
Body part at a film screening.
You up for it?
Body part at a film screening.
What's that supposed to be?
Exactly that.
Apparently some guy went to
a horror-themed film festival
or something like that.
Went to his car after the event
and found a severed hand
in a box on his dashboard.
Nicely wrapped up in a
box, bow and everything.
And this was at a horror film screening?
Did anyone stop to think it
might be a fake hand or a gag?
I mean, these things are
typically freak shows
on any normal day.
Yeah, we thought that too.
But the one who found it
brought it to the theater security guard.
He said it checked out,
so he brought it in this morning.
This morning, huh?
When did they first find it?
About 9:00 p.m. last night,
about the same time we started our sting.
Unfortunately that whole
operation's tied up
all our available officers
and that's why I had to bring you in.
So where's the hand now?
It's down on ice at the evidence lab,
along with the information
of those who found it.
You may wanna reach out to them first.
Okay, gotcha, I'll check it out.
Great.
And I have an officer
on loan from the 44th
to assist you.
She'll be here at noon.
I really appreciate that, sir,
but I really don't mind
handling this case alone.
I know, it wasn't a request,
it came from the higher-ups.
They figure where there's a hand,
there's probably a body,
and they want this thing wrapped up quick
before it gets any bigger
than it already is.
Okay, so who are they
pairing me up with this time?
Detective Cagney.
- Oh, I don't think...
- I know,
you two had issues
working together before.
But she's a solid detective,
and I'm confident that you two
can make a dent on this case early on.
But you're both headstrong,
so you need to tone it
down a notch or two.
And remember, teamwork
makes the dream work.
Oh, so now (laughing) we're doing
inspirational poster quotes
now, right?
- Hey, couldn't hurt.
Yes, sir.
Great, so I'll brief her on the case,
I'll have a little talk about cooperation,
and I'll send her your way.
Keep in touch.
Lemme know what you find.
You know I will, sir.
This should be fun.
(birds singing)
(phone buzzing)
(cup clattering)
Yeah?
I've literally had three hours sleep
in the last 72 hours.
Where's Victor?
He's on call today.
(sighing) So they finally decided
to go through with the sting.
(sighing) Of course it
would be on my two days off.
All right, just gimme like 30 minutes.
Okay, fine, make it 20.
I'll be there in 20.
Okay, see ya then.
No, I, no, dude, no,
I'll make coffee here.
That disgusting excuse
for coffee in the station
is not gonna cut it today.
Yeah, see ya soon.
(phone clacking)
Leo. (Calling)
Come on, kitty, I have your breakfast.
Leo, where are you?
Where are you, you darn cat?
Ah, all right, well, you
know where to find your food
when you need it.
(door knocking)
(door squeaking)
- Hey, guys.
- Sir, Detective Cagney,
Detective Leonard.
We're looking for a Mr. Tepperman.
Heard he might be here.
Scott, yeah, he's in the dining room
with our production manager.
Why don't you guys come on in?
Hey, guys.
This is Detective Cagney
and that's Detective Leonard.
- How you doing?
- Thank you guys
so much for coming.
We really appreciate this.
Um, you wanna have a seat?
No? Okay.
Can I get you coffee, water, tea,
a sandwich, anything?
- No, thank you, ma'am.
Okay.
No, so obviously we're
here about the hand.
Can you tell me how it came
in your possession exactly?
Yeah, uh, basically my wife and I,
we, we got in the car,
and we...
- So he's the one
who filed the report.
Yeah, I, I'm aware.
Just call me Scott.
And this is Lisa, our production manager.
Hey, uh, are you sure I
can't make you a sandwich?
I mean, I've got turkey and mayo,
I've got multi-grain bread,
I've got...
- Lisa, Lisa, Lisa,
please, enough with the
damn sandwich already.
Jason, I am coping in the
best way I know how right now,
trying not to lose my shit.
So can you back the fuck off of me?
I'm sorry, guys.
Another time, ma'am.
So, the hand.
Oh, it was the weirdest thing.
Uh, my wife, my friend, Cameron, myself,
we were walking outta my car and...
[Leonard] This was at the film festival.
I, I've been briefed,
you know that, right?
It wasn't really a film festival,
it was more of a marathon weekend.
We have a new film, and
it's a new slasher film.
And so we were figuring out
we would do a triple,
triple marathon screening
of these films.
I'm a local filmmaker
and I have an independent
film production company.
I see.
And what's the name of that company?
It's, uh, Los Bastardz Productions.
Have you been briefed?
(footsteps stomping)
What the fuck are you guys doing?
Look, I come home from work,
after a long fucking day I might add,
just to sit down with
my food and my phone,
and see our company's name
spread all across social media,
and for all the wrong fucking reasons too.
I mean, fucking hell.
Sir, I'm gonna need
to have you deescalate
and, uh, please, refrain
from the profanity.
(mockingly imitating)
Who the fuck are you, CIA?
That's Detective Leonard,
Detective Cagney.
They're the ones that
are assigned to our case.
A case?
(laughing) Oh, it's a case now, is it?
Well, that's just fucking great.
That's all I need is for
this to blow up in our faces
and, and just drag our
name through the shitter.
Sir, please, the language.
And it's already blown up.
Now, I assume your Jim O'Rear?
[Jim] In the flesh, cupcake.
That's detective.
Yeah, tomato, tomato.
Look, you guys, now,
I gave you my blessing
to make these little films together, okay?
And, and Jason, you know I like you,
and I am so glad that you have
been able to work with Scott
to get these things
successfully out there.
But what I don't like
is all the negative publicity
Los Bastardz is getting
for what happened the other night.
I mean, what was this cluster fuck, huh?
This, this big circle jerk?
I mean, cramming a bunch of people
into a small, little
theater for three days
with one unarmed guard,
what the fuck were you guys thinking?
(sighing) Brother, look, man,
I'm, I'm, I'm sorry about that.
I, I tried to get some guys from my unit
to help with security,
but with scheduling and
availability and all that shit,
it, it just didn't work out.
Yeah, well, I appreciate that.
But you guys really fucked this one up.
It wasn't our intention.
We, we didn't mean to do that at all.
I mean, you know that.
Yeah, but you did do it.
So now fix it.
Call me later after all of
this shit is worked out.
Fuck.
- See ya, brother.
- Bye, Jim, I'll call you.
All right, bye, Jim.
(door slamming)
Well, now, that's quite the
excitable little character.
Okay, let's all just calm down.
Lisa, is it?
- Yes, ma'am.
Okay, can you just stay here?
I'm gonna need you two
to come with me into the living room,
go over your statement,
just get any information
that really you have about this,
'cause like we're dead
in the water right now.
Sure.
(car engine rumbling)
(car doors slamming)
(car horn honking)
(door clacking)
(door squeaking and clacking)
Oh, dude, this is serious.
Missing body parts?
No clues?
Dude, this shit's gonna get messy.
It's gonna be all over
the fucking the news
if it isn't already.
What the fuck is wrong with people?
I don't understand people
and what goes through their minds.
Sick fuck.
Exactly, that's what I've
been trying to tell you.
No MO, no clues?
These cases are next
to impossible to solve.
I just hope it's not that
way this fucking time around.
Well, what about helping 'em out?
I mean, you're a cop.
(laughing) Those guys
don't want my fucking help.
(phone ringing)
Besides, I'm too closely
involved in this case anyways
to fucking do anything.
Uh.
Beatrice.
- Popley?
- Mm-hmm.
Hey, Beatrice?
Yeah, I'm good, how are you doing?
Yo, he's actually here with me now.
What, what's going on?
You okay?
Yeah, yeah, no, we, we
can come meet you, sure.
Where, where are you?
You're home?
All right, yeah, gimme a couple minutes
and, uh, Jason and I will head out.
All right.
All right, bye.
What's up with Beatrice?
I mean,
she seemed pretty cryptic on the phone,
didn't really say anything,
other than she needed to see us now.
Even she found out about
what happened at the theater.
Now she wants to talk to us.
She's gonna look for some sort
of validation or something.
Validation? For what?
We don't know anything,
But look, I don't know what
to fucking tell you, man.
I, I, we have to tell her the truth.
I mean, none of us fucking
know what's going on.
Look, man, I, (sighing)
I'm gonna use your bathroom.
I gotta call Tanya.
I gotta let her know what's going on.
I'm gonna call Cam too.
All right, I'll meet you outside.
- Yeah, I'll drive.
- All right.
All right.
(birds singing)
(door knocking)
(sighing) Hey, guys, thanks for coming.
Hey, Beatrice.
Good to see you.
- Aw, man.
Oh, good to see you.
It's been too long, huh?
- Yes, definitely.
- Always good to see you.
- Mm.
Come on in, guys.
Yeah, this way.
Come on in.
Santiago, hey.
What's up, fellas?
(Beatrice laughing)
What's up? How you doing, man?
- All right, man.
- Shit, brother,
I didn't even think-
Good to see you, dude.
See you here, man.
Yeah, please, have a seat.
All right.
It's great to see you guys.
Um, I have a quick question, Beatrice.
We had a, uh, a very cryptic
phone call from you though.
Everything okay?
Um, (sighing) guys,
look, we want you to know,
we really, really enjoy working with you
the past couple years.
And I mean, your whole
crew's been so accommodating,
and your sets are always
so much fun to be on,
seriously, um,
and you've really made
Santi and I feel like part of the family.
- Yeah.
- We love working
with you guys.
- Same here, man.
We love working with you guys,
we have a good time.
Well, I can tell you,
it's been an honor working
with both of you guys
on a professional level
and the friendships that we've made.
It's, it's just been amazing.
Same here, bro, um, (laughing)
It's been a great ride, huh?
Yeah.
- Yeah, it sure has.
Oh, and again, we're really sorry
we couldn't make it to that,
uh, "Cruel Summer" weekend,
but it sounds like you guys
had a great time anyway, right?
We had a great time.
Everybody asked for you guys though.
You guys were definitely missed.
We were able to go move forward
and it was a great success.
But yeah, you guys were missed for sure.
- For sure.
- Nice.
Definitely, you know,
we could've made it there
if it was a week before
or after, you know,
we had this Horror Con on the West Coast,
and Beatrice and I have the same agents
and they had to get a bunch of
us all together that weekend.
It's always great seeing you guys.
But I mean, seriously,
this impromptu meeting,
like, is everything all right or what?
All right, it's...
What's going on with this
whole fricking hand thing?
Is it for real?
You guys heard about that, huh?
Yeah, we've, uh,
we've been trying to
keep it on the down low.
Dude, it's, it's been
like in all the news,
and not just local either.
- Shit.
- Yeah.
Yeah, I, I was afraid
this was gonna happen
sooner or later.
Well, that's, that's why
we asked you to come here.
You know, we just...
(door slamming)
And I'm not interested in it.
No, I'm not interested.
I don't give two shits
about your bottom line.
Well, let me talk with everyone
and I'll get back to you in about an hour.
An hour.
Sorry, guys.
Um, Bobby...
- What the hell
kinda racket are you guys playing?
I'm, I'm sorry?
Read my lips, what kind
of inept production team
are you running?
My clients are being questioned, hassled,
and thrown into a negative light
due to the irresponsible behavior
of your tiny so-called production company.
Hey, fuck you, pal.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Let's just, let's just calm down,
sit down and, and let's
talk this rationally.
There's nothing to discuss.
You two are never to
appear in any projects
by either of these filmmakers anymore,
ever, do you understand?
- Hey.
Better check your attitude,
asshole.
- Guys, please, please, stop.
Come on, seriously?
Subtle, geez.
Look, we're all under
a lot of stress here.
The last thing we need to be
is at each other's throats.
And Bobby, look, I'm your oldest client,
I've been with you since the start,
Santiago's been with you for years.
I think we've both earned the right
to make our own decisions
about what projects we do
or don't wanna be part of, okay?
I want 30% from now on.
This is bullshit.
It's not worth the energy.
(scoffing) Yo, 30%?
Are you crazy, Bobby?
You get 10% for our appearances,
and then you get 15% for any film gig.
Got it?
Don't make demands with me, Santiago.
I'm your boss.
Yeah, and I'm best friends with yours.
Don't forget that.
Geez.
Okay, now let's all take
this temperature down,
sit back down,
and have a decent conversation
about what's been going on.
I see what you're doing here.
It's Gang Up On Bobby Day, huh?
Well, forget it, I'm leaving.
I want this situation
taken care of quickly.
Whatever that means,
just get it done.
About time.
(door slamming)
Fucking prick.
What a dick.
It's Bobby, I just, I'm sorry. (Sighing)
[Cagney] So you two don't know anything
about what's going on?
You can't tell me anything?
Nope.
Yeah, look, uh, Detective, I'm sorry.
I mean, I wish there's
more we could give you,
but, uh, I mean, we, we had
nothing to do with this.
I, I know for a fact that, uh,
Scott, Jim, Jason, those guys,
I mean, they had absolutely
nothing to do with this.
They're good, honest guys.
Nothing to do with it?
What about the hand?
The hand?
Shit, fuck no.
- Yo.
- Damn.
[Cagney] Watch the language in here.
Uh, look, they, they had nothing to do
with that either, okay?
They're, they're not,
they're not the guilty ones here.
Trust me.
I never said they were.
What are you getting at?
Yo, if you think we had
anything to do with this,
you're barking up the
wrong fucking tree, lady.
Jesus.
You know, you two are the only two
in the whole casting crew
that don't have an alibi.
Look, I told you, I was at work.
But no one can confirm that, right?
Listen, uh, ma'am,
he works the night shift alone.
There's, there's literally nobody there.
Uh, I, I know he's a little
bit rough around the edges,
but, but, but he's my brother.
(brother laughing)
Okay? I, he, there's no way.
There's just no, there's no way he did it.
Fine.
I've told you time and time again.
I don't know how many times
we have fucking gone over this.
I gotta go, man.
I don't, I don't know
anything about this shit.
- You will leave when I say
you can leave.
(car engine rumbling)
(car doors slamming)
Dispatch said this guy
was a big B movie star.
B movies, huh?
- Yeah, I think...
- Wannabe actor?
Yeah, I think he, uh,
was a big name in horror.
Some old chainsaw flick or something.
(laughing) Yeah, sounds
like a real winner.
Oh, hi, miss,
I, I'm so sorry.
We must have the wrong address.
Don't be silly.
I called you.
And forgive me, Officers,
I was just getting outta the pool.
Please, come in.
(door clacking)
Ooh, we'll have it in here.
You're Miss Dugan?
Sure am.
What seems to be the problem, ma'am?
Well, my husband and I
have been getting strange phone calls
for the past three days.
And today we got this package in the mail.
Go get it.
Gloves.
So this just came to you in the mail?
Yes.
Interesting.
See what we got here.
(box rustling)
It' just a video cassette.
And this was the only thing in the box?
No, that was it.
What actually is on
the tape, Miss Dugan?
John and I watched it several times
and we still don't really know.
(laughing) I mean, like,
who even has a VHS player nowadays?
You mean a VCR.
Sure, let's go with that.
Well, we have one here.
Well, I should say my husband
is the one who has it.
He's from the old school, of course.
[John] Ah, fuck.
Fuck.
Excuse me, sir?
My foot.
My husband has Tourette's.
Diagnosed years ago
and has been on medication
to help suppress the outbursts,
but he hasn't been taking it lately.
Hey, honey.
- Shit.
These are the police who
are responding to our call.
Really? Who cares?
Um.
Good afternoon, gentlemen.
Good day, sir.
And to you as well, Mr. Dugan.
What can I do it for you?
Honey, I showed the officers that tape.
They'd like to use our VCR for a minute.
Certainly.
Use a glove, sir.
We've been handling it
for a couple days, you know?
Well, please, sir, uh,
uh, uh, this is evidence.
- All right.
- And we just don't wanna
get it contaminated any more.
All right, all right.
Ah.
(tape rattling)
Vaseline, Vaseline.
Ah.
(buttons clicking)
(mysterious laughing)
[Leonard] So is there
anything else on this tape?
That's it, laughter.
The hell?
That's exactly what we thought as well.
Pretty weird stuff, huh?
Definitely pretty weird, ma'am.
And the phone calls,
what exactly does the caller say?
Nothing, just laughing,
exactly like it is on the tape.
And that's it?
That's it.
Now, if you boys will excuse me,
I have a nail appointment in town.
Of course, miss, thank
you so much for your time.
Nine inches.
Nine inches.
Nine inches, Vaseline.
Now, Mr. Dugan, we heard
about your phone calls
and obviously just watched the tape.
Is there anyone you can think of
who could be involved in this?
Oh, not really.
Hmm.
Could be a, maybe one of
my wackadoo super fans.
Or maybe a fan of those
"Cruel Summer" films
you've been a part of lately?
Oh, no, no.
I don't think anybody's even seen
any of those things.
At least not to the point
where they'd wanna track me down,
or hurt me, or anything.
You, you never know, sir.
It might be worth looking into just a bit.
It won't do much good for evidence.
My wife and I have been
handling this thing,
our prints are all over it.
We know that, sir.
Mainly, we wanna watch it a few more times
down at the station
in case there's something we missed.
Okay.
Have you been fingerprinted in the past?
Ever?
Ever, ever?
Well,
maybe.
Well, I mean,
I guess we'll just run
you through the system
and see if anything comes up.
It was way back in my, uh, drug days,
or, or years as I should probably say.
Of course, sir, understood.
And, and, uh, your wife,
has she ever been arrested, detained,
anything we need to know?
- No.
No, no, no.
We'll check.
May need to get you both in the system
for elimination prints.
That'll help us out a
great deal during testing.
(tape clacking)
[John] You fellas knock yourselves out.
Also, we'll send
someone over later today
to set up a tracer on your phone.
Okay, have at it,
but kinda keep my name out of it.
I like, I wanna be, I try
to keep a low profile,
it, uh, if you guys catch
what I'm throwing down, man.
(John laughing)
And if you would.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you very much, sir.
Right foot, turd yanker, turd yanker.
"Catch what I'm throwing down?"
Well, he's old.
Damn, hippie.
One thing's for sure,
this is getting a little crazy.
(door clacking)
(car door slamming)
All right, Pop.
So police are canvassing the area
and doing everything they can,
but they don't seem to have
any leads at this time.
Man, I knew it.
Act in nearly 100 Hollywood film projects,
from Oscar and Emmy Award-winning
writers and directors,
and this, this little crappy film
is gonna be the one that derails it all.
Why couldn't we have just done
another one of those, you know,
those rock band films?
Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah
No, instead, I'm goodbye, Charlie.
Check, please.
You know, goodnight, nurse.
No, no, Pop, you've got to relax.
We don't know what's going on.
The police don't have any leads.
It's so new.
I'd say it's way too fresh.
Too fresh?
Too fresh?
A hand shows up.
That was fresh,
unannounced, unattached and fresh.
Police have no leads.
And I've received no less
than four tests and emails
from other "Cruel Summer"
cast and crew members
telling me all about
things they've been experiencing.
High jinks, Tom foolery,
even shenanigans of late.
Oh, no, I'm telling you,
I'm gonna be skin and gutted and filleted,
just like that winning
catch I made up at, uh,
when we went up to Lake Kokomochotski.
No, Pop, I'm worried you're
being a bit, you know...
A bit what, huh?
Look, I'm not fish fry material, Braden.
That's all I'm saying.
You're not fish fry, Pop.
What are you talking about?
Yeah, uh, yeah.
Forget it, Son, all right?
No time to explain.
You're the man of the house now.
- All right.
- Take care of your mother.
- Mm.
- Oh, and remember
what I told you about, you know,
the land down under?
Mm.
(phone ringing)
Oh no.
More misery, I gotta take this.
Talk to me, Goose.
Uh-huh.
Yeah, what?
When?
Nah, huh?
Yeah, what?
Wait, okay, yeah, I'll
be over there shortly.
All right.
Yeah, tell me about it, right?
All right, talk to you soon.
Uh, what, what was that about, Pop?
It was Mattie.
Apparently, uh, some more threats
being made against our little
"Cruel Summer" community.
Mm.
[Pop] And we're gonna have a meeting,
try to figure this whole thing out
once and for all.
Oh, uh, do you want
me to go with you, Pop?
Oh, no, no, no.
I wonder if there'll be snacks there?
(son laughing)
Anyway, no, no.
I don't want you to, uh, come by,
I don't wanna drag our
family more than this
than they already are.
Sit tight and I'll let you
know when I'm, I'm back.
All right, Pop.
Please, be careful.
(bowl clinking)
I warned you time and again, B,
messing with those
low-budget indie productions
is more trouble than they're worth.
These guys are different.
I told you that before.
I mean, Scott and Jason,
they've got a really tight crew.
They're good guys.
Says you, you're just inviting problems
when you do these crappy
films if you ask me.
Yeah, well, I didn't ask you, did I?
Oh, look, I'm sorry.
It's just, look, I know these guys,
and there's just no way they'd
be involved in this stuff.
Trust me.
Trust isn't the point here, B.
You've been harassed by the neighbors,
weird phone calls at night.
You told me this yourself, right?
I don't know about you,
but I'm over this already.
(sighing) Look, I, I appreciate you
looking out for your big sister,
I really do.
But, Dax, sweetie,
I, I like working with
these guys, I really do.
Doesn't that count for anything?
You know it does.
Okay.
So we will get through this together,
like we get through everything, okay?
No one fucks with our family.
Got it? Okay?
- Okay.
- Good.
So why don't you head on home?
I'll finish up these dishes.
You sure?
You know I am.
Okay.
Good.
Mm, mm.
Drive careful now.
Okay.
Okay.
(attendees faintly speaking)
And there's a hand apparently.
What the fuck is going
on with this hand thing?
And I got this detective psycho bitch
whacking me in the head-
Disgusting.
Accusing us of killing somebody.
My, my wife can't go to sleep.
She's scared to death.
My boy, I don't know what
the hell's going on with him.
Hey, you guys, one at a time.
Braden.
- Yeah.
Why are you here?
My dad told me to stay
put, but I could not.
I had to get here.
He's drunk, he's a mess.
(attendees faintly speaking)
- Of course he's a mess.
- Great.
That's great.
Braden, you shouldn't be here, man.
- Wait, wait.
- None of us should be here.
Does he have a strong six?
- I don't know.
- And I should've never been
in part two.
- No, no.
(attendees faintly speaking)
Just stay put.
- One was enough,
one was enough.
- I've had it.
- Two was pushing it.
Listen, listen.
All right, listen.
- When is lunch?
He's losing the plot
a little bit, I think.
- Everybody here's
been threatened, am I right?
- Yes.
- Everybody's been threatened
Everybody crew and casting.
Verbally, written,
phone calls, all of it,
we've all been threatened.
Our families have been threatened,
our fucking pets have been threatened.
And I'm not going for that.
They threatened to kill my dog.
And that is not gonna stand.
- Oh.
- No.
- If I find the motherfucker
before the police do
- Yeah.
- He's gonna wish
he was dead.
- Oh yeah.
(attendees clapping and cheering)
Listen, shh, listen, listen.
I'm gonna talk to Scott
and I'm gonna talk to Jason,
because that motherfucker,
you know he knows more
than he's telling us too.
- For sure.
- So we're talking
to both of them,
we're gonna find out.
- Do we even know
if the hand's real?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay, okay, I don't,
I haven't heard and I haven't seen it,
but the police are acting
like it is a real hand.
- Oh, the police.
(attendees faintly speaking)
- What does the police know?
- They're gonna keep,
they just wanna keep this
franchise going no matter what.
That's all they care about.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
They don't care if every last one of us,
we're all replaceable, they don't care.
(attendees faintly speaking)
Scott, Scott,
if everyone on this cast died,
Scott would make part five,
he'd make part six.
- 25.
- Yeah.
Come on, no, come on.
He's a good guy.
- He needs us.
- They're good guys.
It's just...
- They don't care
about our safety.
- Who's next?
- No.
- Oh, you guys.
- They're fucking with you.
- Oh, this is so fucked up.
This is so fucked up.
- No, no.
How are we gonna fix it?
I, I, I, I don't know what to do,
but, but we will talk to him.
We'll find out what's going on
and they better have a good
fucking answer, right?
- Hopefully he'll listen.
- Yeah.
- They better have
a good fucking answer.
(Scott sighing)
(door knocking)
(attendees faintly speaking)
Scott, thank God you're here.
Thanks for coming so fast.
Where's Jason?
Man, shit's been hitting the fan.
Uh, this is crazy.
Jason's on the phone putting out,
stop with the fucking meatballs.
Jason's been on the
phone putting out fires
with other people.
Things have been going to shit
since this whole "Cruel Summer" weekend.
Yeah, I know something about that.
Yeah, I'm sure, what have you heard?
Yeah, you guys found a body part
in your car after the show?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
The whole cast, they know about it.
They know about everything,
and they're freaking out about everything.
I can't even imagine.
It's crazy times right now.
This is just nuts, all this is crazy.
Yeah, dude, that's why I called you,
'cause, uh, I kinda have like
a sort of a situation going on.
What kinda situation?
Yeah, come in, lemme show you.
- (sighing) Great.
- Come in.
Oh, motherfucker.
(attendees laughing)
What the fuck?
(attendees faintly speaking)
Okay, so, so...
Did it have painted nails?
Okay, shh, shh, shh, shh.
You guys, you guys.
Okay, listen, shh.
Shh, shh, hey, hey, hey.
- Hey, buddy.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Hey.
I'm sorry.
Hey.
- Ooh.
- About goddamn time
you showed up.
- What was that for?
- Oh.
- Oh.
- What the fuck was that for?
- Aren't we mad at Scott?
Okay, okay, okay, guys,
you guys, you guys,
shh, shh.
- (laughing) He deserved it.
I know, I know, he did.
But one at a time
'cause, you know, he needs to let us know.
- Hey.
- No.
You listen to me.
I have had it with this.
Every person in here has been threatened.
My dog, Scott,
they're gonna kill my dog.
- The dog.
- We are going to back away
from you and this whole production.
I have been threatened too.
How you guys act like I
haven't been threatened?
There's been a lot of
shit coming down on us.
Jason's not here right now
- You've gotta...
- 'cause he's handling
all these fucking calls.
There's a lot of fucking
fires we're putting out.
I don't know what's going on.
- Yeah, sure.
I know what you guys know.
- For reals?
- Yes.
Jason too?
- Yes.
- He's got no ins
with the cops?
- He has no idea.
I asked him to get involved
'cause he is fucking law enforcement.
- Right.
- They do not wanna deal
with other departments.
They will not work with him.
- What do we do?
- I don't know,
but this is not it.
You don't get here and start a mob,
fucking smack me.
Like, what the fuck is that shit?
You deserved it.
I did not deserve,
I didn't do anything.
- You probably deserved it
a little bit.
- Yep.
Scott, you gotta take
some responsibility
at some point.
- You dragged us
all into this.
- Can't just walk away
from it.
- Hey, Rachel,
how's it going?
I haven't talked to you in a while.
Oh, cut the shit, Jason,
(scoffing) all right?
You know why I'm calling.
What, is it about
the whole "Cruel Summer"
weekend marathon thing?
You're goddamn right it is.
All right, well, I,
well, what can I do for you?
What do you mean
what can you do for me?
Okay, I am being threatened, man.
I'm being harassed.
Why would you be
threatened and harassed?
You weren't even in any of the films.
Oh yeah.
Well, my photo was, okay?
And apparently that is enough
for me to get put in the crosshairs.
What do you mean crosshairs?
The crosshairs of whatever bullshit
you guys have going on down there.
(scoffing) I mean,
someone clearly has it out for you, man,
to the point to where I'm
on their radar now too.
Look, look, o-okay,
all right, all right.
Do you, do you have any
idea who it could be?
No, no.
I, I mean, I've been talking
to the cast and the crew,
but it, it seems like you guys
don't have any idea what's
going on down there either, huh?
Honestly, I, no, we don't.
Yeah, well, it sucks, okay?
Even if it was just my photo,
I regret ever being a part
of your stupid fucking movie.
Rachel, Rachel, look, I, I,
look, I, I'm, I'm sorry.
Scott's sorry, I... (sighing)
Look, I gotta get going here.
Uh, if, if, if you hear
anything, let us know.
And if Scott or I hear anything,
we'll definitely reach out to you, okay?
Whatever, dude.
What's up, man? Who's that, Rachel?
Yeah, it was Rachel, man.
She's all fired up.
What about, uh,
did you talk to Skip
General or Jonathan Hodges?
They, I got voice messages from him,
but I, I haven't been able
to call him back yet, man.
I guess we gotta go.
We just gotta move.
- Let's go.
- All right.
- Yeah, we gotta go.
(door clacking)
(mysterious creaking)
Babe?
You in early?
(mysterious thudding)
Yo, babe?
(mysterious thudding)
(pensive music)
Who's there?
Come on out, I had a
freaking stressful day.
I aint got time for this shit.
Have you seen my dog?
Don't take one step, motherfucker.
(panting) I really need to find my dog.
I know he's here.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You can, you can find it by
explaining it to the cops.
Fuck.
- Are you sure
you haven't seen my dog?
You're in my fucking house.
(intruder giggling)
The, the fuck are you on, pal?
(intruder giggling and clapping)
Are you sure you haven't seen my dog?
There's no fucking dog, shit.
Move out.
(door creaking and clacking)
Goddamn, I gotta change them locks.
Fucking weirdos all
over this neighborhood.
Mr. Lilly, this is Detective Cagney.
Um, Precinct 44, ID number 7492.
I, I just wanna have a
little talk with you briefly.
I think you already spoke
to Detective Leonard.
Um, it's just mainly about
Mr. Tepperman, Mr. Schneider.
Just like, uh, how long
you've been friends with them,
how well you know them.
I've known 'em a long time, yes.
Uh, and are Mr. Conti and
Mr. Fetts with you today?
Yeah, we're here.
We're here, hello.
Okay, and you both know Scott and Jason
for a while as well?
Yes, long while.
Long, long-time friends.
And you can attest to their characters?
Both standup citizens
like as long as you've known them?
Oh, without a doubt.
Oh, great guys,
great guys.
- Wouldn't hurt a fly.
Probably I would even call
them like church-like guys,
you know, that's at least me.
Are you sure about that?
I can't believe they would
have anything to do with this.
No, not at all.
And you're 100% sure about that, right?
Like think very carefully
because I'd hate to have
somebody implicate themselves.
Well, I guess, I
guess no matter how long
you think you know somebody,
you know, it's still kind of subjective.
Yeah, does anybody actually know anyone?
And we haven't known 'em that long.
I mean, (sighing) maybe
they could've did it.
You know, now that you say it,
I think they did it.
You know, dude, I'm with you, Rob.
Fuck those guys.
Okay, well, I see we're not
(laughing) getting anywhere with this, uh,
line of questioning,
um, but we'll be in touch
if we need anything else.
I, I really appreciate your help.
Hey, back the blue.
I hope you nail them.
Geez, you think you know people.
(call dinging)
(sighing) Idiots.
Hey, Captain.
I just dropped McGarity off.
I wanted to give you an
update on that house call
at Mr. Dugan's.
Mm-hmm.
Aside from the anonymous phone calls,
they received a video cassette
with the number four on it.
Number four?
The hell does that mean?
Uh, well, I don't know.
Think he might be an obsessed fan
trying to send a warning
to the cast and crew.
Maybe since the, the "Cruel
Summer" trilogy is over,
he's trying to do his like own sequel.
Yeah, I definitely wanna see that.
Bring it on in.
I'll have, uh, Sergeant
Kramer set up a VCR
in one of the rooms.
Expect to see you in an hour.
Right.
(phone clacking)
Crazy.
(glasses clacking)
(cicadas chirping)
- Hey, girl.
- Hey.
Oh.
Here I am.
The night.
Mm, what about it.
It's dark,
but also bright.
It'll blind you.
Yeah, I guess.
Listen.
Listen to what?
To the night.
It's deafening.
Yeah, I guess.
But did you hear about
the, the "Cruel Summer" weekend drama?
Girl, that is some crazy shit going on.
Yeah, I'm glad we're not a part of that.
We kinda are though, you know?
Like, just because we
haven't been targeted
like the other guys in the cast and crew
doesn't mean we're exactly immune.
Kinda like guilty-by-association thing.
Exactly.
Not cool.
[Friend] It's not fucking cool at all.
Did you hear about the blowup
at Mattie's the other night?
I was there and witnessed
this whole thing go down.
Girl, I've been trying so hard
to get these freelance jobs (laughing)
That I've been so out of the loop.
What happened?
Okay, so that guy, Paul.
Paul van Scott?
Yeah, I think that's his name.
The, the tall guy?
- Yeah.
- Apparently he had
a breakdown on video call with his son.
Apparently he had a mutiny
with the cast and crew
Against Scott and Jason.
(laughing) What?
Scott and...
They, they weren't, they
weren't responsible.
None of us were responsible.
Yet everybody gathered at
Mattie's to discuss that,
and he never even showed up.
But his son did.
I guess he was pretty drunk,
and he never made it,
which is probably for the best.
No shit, are you kidding me?
Wish I was.
(sighing) It gets so
crazy so fast out there.
Here, it's so peaceful
and (laughing) so serene.
Thank you for coming by.
I, I wasn't feeling well,
I really need somebody.
Anytime, glad I could help.
So, uh, the light's beautiful tonight.
Do you wanna, uh, take some pictures?
Now?
Yeah.
Kelly will be home soon
and I like to see him
before he goes to bed.
Come on, you know the
cats won't model for me.
Well, I guess.
- Yay.
- But then I have to go.
That's what friends do.
Come on.
(cicadas chirping)
(camera flash clicking)
All right, awesome.
Are you done yet?
I'd really like to get going.
All right, fine.
Come on.
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
It's all right.
- It's a really pretty
night though.
- It is nice.
- Mm.
- It is nice, thank you.
I appreciate it.
Watch out for the sticks and shit.
Yeah, I wouldn't wanna trip.
Yeah, uh, or something worse.
(pensive music)
What's up, bro?
Looking a little weird there.
This is my fucking house.
The road's 100 yards to the left.
Just head on out that way.
Who are you looking for?
(cicadas chirping)
(dagger whooshing)
(friend gasping)
(friend thudding)
(friend gasping)
(killer grunting)
(friend straining and groaning)
(friend thudding)
(friend choking)
(friend thudding)
(brick smacking)
(dog owner grunting)
(dog owner thudding)
[Dog Owner] You sure
you haven't seen my dog?
(brick smacking)
(car engine rumbling)
(door clacking)
(keys jangling)
(car door slamming)
(wind blowing)
Hello?
Nick?
(light switch clcking)
(sighing) Great, not again.
Are you home, babe?
Hello?
Any luck with the job search today?
Nick, wake up and come out here.
The power's out.
I need you to check the
breaker again. (Sighing)
Aw, what the fuck? (Sighing)
Oh my God, Nick.
How did this happen?
Who did this to you?
Hey, hey, stay with me.
(pensive music)
(flesh splatting)
(both grunting)
Nick, come on.
We've gotta get to a hospital. (Crying)
(door clacking)
(phone ringing)
Aw, fuck.
Hello?
[Leonard] Mr. Tepperman,
this is Detective Leonard.
Yes, sir.
[Leonard] We received
anonymous phone calls.
We may have tracked down
your mysterious killers
to a shed nearby.
I'm headed there now.
No shit, where?
Can I come meet you?
[Leonard] Yeah, bring whomever you want
and I'll text message you
the address here in a second.
Yeah, yeah, t-text it to me.
I'm, I'm gonna get a hold of a couple guys,
we'll meet you there.
[Leonard] Hopefully
we nail him this time.
(car door slamming)
(car door slamming)
(door knocking)
(sighing) Jesus.
Who is it? (Sighing)
(door knocking)
Damn it.
Probably those damn subversives next door
just all hopped up on hooch again.
Fuck. (Sighing)
(door knocking)
Knock it off, you fucking inbreds.
Jesus Christ.
(door knocking)
(razor clattering)
(light switch clicking)
(door creaking)
All right, I'm in no mood for
any of this bullshit tonight.
You got it?
(dog barking)
(cicadas chirping)
(traffic faintly whizzing)
(paper rustling)
(paper crumpling)
(brush rattling)
Yeah, where is Jonah anyway?
He's out of town on a business trip.
Huh.
Perfect timing, huh?
Yeah, some guys just have that luck.
Hey, guys.
Detective Cagney, where are you?
Wait, who is this?
This is Detective Cagney's phone, right?
Oh wow.
Okay.
Is she gonna be all right?
Okay.
Okay, thank you.
What's going on?
Uh, well, I tried calling
Detective Cagney's phone
to see where she's at,
and a nurse from Briggs Memorial
Hospital picked up instead.
And she's been in a car accident
and is in surgery right now.
What the fuck?
Is she gonna be okay?
I mean, she'll be okay,
but she's obviously not
gonna be able to join us.
Do we need to call for backup?
Nope, I am backup.
[Horton] Aw, is that
your service weapon?
I never leave home without it anymore.
We gotta move.
Let's go.
Shit.
(phone ringing)
- Crap.
Guys, what the fuck?
Can we at least try not
to scare this guy off?
I know.
I'm sorry, it's Hannah.
I've really gotta take this.
Hello?
You're where?
Wait, what happened?
Do you know who he is?
Okay.
(sighing) Just keep me
posted on Nick, okay?
Okay, bye.
Keep you posted on Nick?
What is going on?
Hannah and Nick just got
attacked at their house.
- Attacked?
- What the fuck?
Attacked by who?
I don't know, some weird
guy with a scar down his face.
She said he's really tall
and she stabbed him with her car key.
She thinks she might've killed him.
[Leonard] When did this happen?
Like, just a few moments ago.
They're on their way to
the hospital right now.
The hospital?
How far does she live from there?
Like, she's all the way across town.
That's impossible.
We just saw this guy move
in here a few minutes ago.
Yeah, uh, wait, a, a tall guy?
We had a guy in the acting class
who wanted to get into
the "Cruel Summer" series,
uh, Emilio.
He was real aggressive
and he, he didn't take no very well
when I said it wouldn't happen.
That's why I wanted to come here
and tell you guys and
see if I could be a help.
- Wonderful.
- Do you think it's possible
we're being targeted by
more than one person?
- Shit, anything's possible.
- I have no fucking idea.
[Horton] Yeah.
We gotta move.
- Let's go.
- We'll go that way.
(branches snapping)
(cicadas chirping)
Hey, brother, look,
man, I didn't see anything
over there at all.
No, but when they were talking earlier
about some guy with a scar on his face
- Mm.
- That sounded like,
what was his name, Amos?
That weird guy from the theater.
That's exactly what I was thinking.
- Right.
- Well, would you let me in
on the conversation?
You know, give me a little
something to go on here.
Look, yeah, sure, sure.
Sure, look.
Scott and I talked to
the owner of the theater
when we were planning the whole,
uh, "Cruel Summer" weekend.
So you're saying we'll
have two projectionists
dedicated to our event
this entire weekend?
That's correct.
And an on site security guard as well.
That's really good to hear.
We're hoping for a big turnout.
You can never tell.
So it's good to know that
we have ample security
if we need it.
That's amazing, and
William has been doing
all my security for many years now.
- Nice.
- He's one of the best.
- Great.
- Sounds good.
Sounds good.
- Ah, this is Isaac.
He's one of the projectionists
who'll be handling your event.
- How you doing, man?
- Good to see you guys.
- Yeah, thanks.
- Honored to have you here.
- Thank you, man.
- Yeah, yeah.
And the other is Amos.
I'm not sure where he is right now.
Is he around?
Who knows?
He's supposed to be.
I don't know what he's
doing half the time.
Well, I'm sure he'll be here shortly.
Now, you both said you'll be needing
a folding table for the event?
If you have one, uh, we could use it,
but I mean, if not,
we could find something to...
- Oh, no, no, no.
That's no problem at all.
Absolutely no problem at all.
- Cool, great.
- Ah.
This is Amos.
Hey, man, how's it going?
- Amos, how you doing?
- Can I be in your movie?
Um.
Look, we, we just,
we don't have anything
on the radar right now.
Amos, we've talked about
this type of behavior before.
There's to be no soliciting
our paying clients
for any business opportunities whatsoever.
I do apologize about this.
He's a little on the slow side.
A little bit, huh?
I wanna be in your movie.
I-I'm sorry, man.
We just don't have anything
going on right now, pal.
Amos, I won't tell you again.
These are paying clients
who do not wish to be hassled.
No, no, no, look, look,
look, it's all right.
Hey, man, we're just, we're
not making a film right now.
I-If we got something,
maybe in the future,
we'll get you in one.
See?
Now, we had a new delivery in
the back room this morning.
Go back there and break down those boxes.
I truly apologize.
[Jason] All right.
Get back there and
break down those boxes.
(reels clattering)
Amos, I kindly ask you
for your keys to the service entrance.
You are no longer in our employment.
He means you're fired, freak.
Isaac, please.
I...
Now, I won't bother
with security this time.
I'll call the police if need be.
I just wanted to be in your movie.
Yeah, "The Elephant Man," you gimp.
Isaac.
- What?
- Listen, if this
is gonna be a problem,
we can...
- No, no,
I truly apologize about this.
Amos has been working
here for a few months,
and obviously he has some
developmental issues.
This is not his, his first outburst.
But his father was a stellar
employee for many years,
so we also looked the other way.
Well, that's understood.
Yeah, no problem with that.
Now, I'll do my best to find
a replacement projectionist
as short notice.
It's not gonna be easy though.
These reel-to-reels are a dying format.
Not too many projectionists
know how to handle them anymore.
But if the worst come to the worst,
I will personally come
in and revise it myself.
I mean, I know Isaac
wouldn't mind doubling up
on a few hours as well.
Would you, Isaac?
Sure, boss. (Laughing)
I think we're, we're good?
- Sounds good to me.
- Yeah.
All right, man.
- All right, guys.
- Looking forward to it.
- Appreciate it.
- Appreciate it.
- Thank you.
Appreciate it, thanks.
- Thank you, thank you, guys.
Could be that guy,
but, uh, we really have no idea
who we're dealing with here.
(cicadas chirping)
So, here's what we're gonna do.
You guys fall in line behind me,
keep your guard up,
and, uh, just be very careful.
All right, let's move on.
(tripwire straining)
- Don't move, man.
That's a tripwire.
(suspenseful music)
(tripwire snapping)
Holy shit.
- Ah.
Hey, get back, hey,
you guys, stay behind me.
Stay calm and stay together
if you wanna fucking survive
this shit.
- Go, go.
He only wanted to be in your movie.
(dramatic music)
(gun blasting)
Once the final girl,
always the final girl.
Look, follow me.
Stay close and stay calm
if you wanna make it
out this fucking place.
Fuck.
[Boss] Amos has been
working here for a few months.
He has some developmental issues,
but his father was a stellar
employee for many years.
- Dead?
- Yeah, he's gone.
Man, William was related to Amos?
He worked at the theater and
he was with us all weekend
for that marathon.
No clue.
We even brought him a hand to help us out,
and he seemed very eager to help.
I, I had no idea about him.
Yeah, family, family just
does some weird shit, brother.
I, I didn't see this
one coming though, man.
No.
Look, you guys gotta stay back.
I, I gotta call this one in.
(traffic faintly whizzing)
(door knocking)
- Yep?
- Got a package for you, sir.
What's this?
I have no clue.
Just got my name on
it, no mailing address?
Yeah, somebody just dropped it off
a few minutes ago in person.
- Mm.
- I think it's just
some of that political bullshit that, um,
been going around here lately.
But y'all been getting it.
I've had enough of that crap.
They really overdid it this year.
All right, thanks, Sergeant,
that'll be all.
- Thank you, appreciate you,
sir.
(ominous music)
The hell?
(trash rustling)
(laptop clacking)
(suspenseful music)
(mysterious laughing)
Hi, Mr. Rossi.
What time are you and
Mrs. Rossi coming home?
(birds singing)
He's here.
I picked him up from school
about 30 minutes ago.
I just gave him a snack
and he went to his room.
Grab him and get outta the house now.
Mr. Rossi, what's wrong?
(flesh splatting)
Hello, Captain.
Leave her alone.
Can't do that, I'm afraid.
Please, stop.
Buckle up, Captain.
We're just getting started.
Everything okay, Captain?
Get every available car.
Get 'em to my house now.
Possible 134 in progress.
Hurry.
- On it, sir.
Now, where's that
beautiful child of yours?
He's not there.
Now, now.
I waited all day in the closet for this.
I really want you to remember this moment.
Oh, Michael.
Listen, motherfucker,
if you touch a hair on his head,
I swear to God, I'll fucking
hunt you to the gates the hell.
You hear me?
Save your breath, asshole.
Someone wants to talk to you, Captain.
[Michael] Daddy.
Hey, Mikey.
Listen to me, Son.
I need you to do exactly
as I'm telling you.
When you hand that man back the phone,
you run outta the house
as fast as you can
down to the McKinseys'
and I'll meet you there, okay?
[Michael] I'm scared.
Listen, Son, I need you
to do this for me, please.
You hand the man the phone,
you run and you do not look back.
You understand?
Mikey.
- Now, what I'm gonna need
you to do...
- Run, Mikey.
- Hey,
get over here.
- Run, Mikey.
Run.
Run.
He's got my fucking son.
Are they there yet?
Goddamn it.
Goddamn it.
Hey, hey, Heather.
How you feeling?
Jason?
What are you doing in my room?
And why are you calling me, Heather?
Because that's your name.
You, you do remember your name, don't you?
Yeah, of course I do.
Good, your parents and I
were concerned about you,
and they, they were the
ones that let me in.
My parents?
Where are they?
Well, your dad went
to get your prescription
and your mom's in the kitchen
making you something to eat.
She should be in here shortly.
(grunting) What, what happened?
Well, it sounds like
you took a nasty fall
in the living room
and you hit your head pretty damn bad.
Dad called an ambulance
and they got you to the hospital.
We just got home a short while ago.
Couple of guys from my old unit called me
and told me what was going on.
I was in the area,
so I figured I'd stop and check on you.
But you, you seem confused.
My name's Jake
and you called me Jason,
and you really never called
me anything other than Fasano.
That's, it's a little weird.
Fasano?
Yeah.
I don't, I don't understand.
Where is Scott?
- Scott who?
- Scott Tepperman.
Uh, look, kiddo.
I don't know Scott Tepperman.
I, see, maybe, maybe
he's a friend of yours?
You know, Scott Tepperman?
He, he created the
"Cruel Summer" franchise.
You helped him produce it.
You know, Jason Schneider?
Jason Schneider,
Scott Tepperman,
"Cruel Summer."
I'm, I'm sorry, I don't
know what any of that is.
You, your Jason Schneider.
Okay, um, I think you
need to relax a little bit.
Maybe, um, get to feeling a little better.
You, you seem, just you seem real tired.
Are you sure you're okay?
Is this a joke?
Jason, you and I have been
working on "Cruel Summer" movies
for over five years together.
Okay, o-okay, Ms. Miles.
Um, look,
I'm gonna let you get some rest.
I'll let your mom know you're awake, okay?
"Cruel Summer?"
(upbeat ominous music)