Portal in the Pines (2025) Movie Script
1
[woman] All systems green.
Collider core stable.
Portal detected.
Portal detected.
Oh!
Pull the plu--
[disc jockey] Hey, you rockers
and rollers.
You're tuned in to the one and
only Midnight Metal Hour on
96X with me,
Midnight Mike Steel.
We've got some breaking news
hotter than a pyro malfunction
at a KISS concert.
[power outage sound)
I'm being told there's a
significant explosion near the
military base.
[explosion]
An 18-wheeler has jackknifed on
Cooper Road,
[truck brakes]
Which is now closed
Going both ways.
So you're going to have to find
yourself a detour
on the way home from the wet
T-shirt contest at Flamingos.
-[airhorn]
-Sorry, fellas.
If you got the 411, hit me up.
Lines are lighting up already.
Call number one.
You're on with Midnight Mike
Steel. Go!
[man] There ain't no jackknifed
18-wheeler.
That whole damn place is on
fire.
Maybe a fertilizer explosion or
something.
Yes, because nothing says top
secret military base like a
rogue bag of
manure! Caller number two,
what's your scoop?
[woman] Fertilizer explosion, my
ass.
I heard they're testing new
weapons down at the base.
I don't live too far from
there.
And my ground shook like
Nagasaki.
Ha!
Okay, so far we have flaming
cow poops and nukes as the
cause.
Caller number three,
what do you say about all this?
Hello?
You there?
[man] I'm here.
What's your name, man?
[man] Oh, it's it's Clint.
Well, Clint, did a bomb blow up
out there or what?
[Clint] It-it's much worse than
that.
I saw it myself, Mike.
Yeah? What did you see, Clint?
[Clint] Some kind of...
portal...
in the pines.
You mean a portal like Star
Trek?
[Clint] It looked like
some kind of doorway to hell.
And how much did you drink
before you went out there,
Clint?
[beer can opens]
[Clint] I saw people covered in
blood, burned down to their
bones.
They were being sucked up into
the sk--
Okay. Thank you, Clint.
Bar's must have closed early
tonight.
This sounds like a good time
to roll out some Sabbath...
[]
[man] Welcome to the fire tower,
boys and girls.
Your first stop before the real
thing.
Now, a burning building is not
a place most sane
people want to be.
But you crazy idiots signed up
for this, and somebody's got to
do the dirty work, right?
[all] Yes sir.
Your back-end man will find the
plug.
Your priority is to clear
the building.
Now, primary search gets tough
in zero visibility.
That's where your
training comes in.
And under no circumstances
are you to remove your mask.
It is a matter between life and
death.
Do you understand?
Yes, sir.
All right, all right, Duke.
Light her up.
Lighting her up!
Piece of cake.
[fire burns]
All right, you have one minute
to get in and get out before
this place is hell on earth.
Let's go.
Move move move move!
Time is of the essence.
Let's go! Up the stairs. Move
move move!
We are in a burning building.
It is important to
remember your training.
You are here to find the bodies.
And remember, do not, under any
circumstances
touch your mask!
[rookie coughs]
All right we got 10-seconds to
get out of here.
Let's go down the stairs. Move!
Get that body down.
[rookie coughs]
Let's go.
Move!
[rookie falls]
[alarm beeps]
Emory, whose alarm is that?
It's the Rookie.
Emory, help me move him over.
Pick him up. Here we go.
One. Two.
Three.
Get him out! Let's get him
outside. Go!
Come on, let's move, move, move!
[alarm beeps]
[]
Jesse.
Jesse.
Jesse!
Jesse, you got this?
[]
Fire tower to dispatch, we need
the damn medic now, please!
Send the medic.
Breathe, damn it!
[rookie coughs]
This is why we don't take our
masks off.
Hey! Found the culprit.
Seal's dry-rotted. Smoke just
went right on through.
You know, these are supposed to
be training exercises, right?
Yeah, it spiced
up today, didn't it?
I'm gonna put a spicy incident
report on the chief's desk.
I've been telling him for
months that this gear is
ancient.
And the new stuff keeps coming
up missing.
Sure, that's a good idea?
He stuck his neck out for you.
You might not want to be a
thorn in his ass right now.
Yeah, alright, I hear you.
Watch this.
Hey, Smokey!
[men laugh]
Hey...
Cap, thanks for saving my ass
out there.
Yeah.
Piece of cake. Right?
[Duke laughs]
Sweet kid.
It happened again.
What?
Cut the shit, man.
You saw me freeze up back there.
Yeah, but you pulled out of it.
This time.
[watch buzzes]
Shit, I'm late.
Oh, whoa whoa whoa whoa...
don't tell me you finally
decided to go out and have fun
without me.
No, I got Charlie this weekend.
Oh, shit.
So Ashley finally decided
to come through.
Yeah, well, trial run. So we'll
see.
Just keep doing what you're
doing and everything will work
itself out.
Oh, hey...
Bring him by Herby-K's
tomorrow. Crew's going for
lunch.
Be great to see him.
Yeah, I could do that.
But only if you wear that red
dress I like.
Oh, it's a date.
See you, bud.
See you.
[truck engine starts]
[]
[door opens]
You're an hour late.
Look, there was an accident at
the fire hou--
You want unsupervised weekends,
but you can't show up on time?
He needs you, Jesse.
I need you
to step up.
All right.
Okay.
It won't happen again.
Hey, buddy.
Bye, mom. Love you.
I love you, honey.
I need him back Sunday morning.
He's got homework to finish.
[door closes]
[country music plays]
What are you listening to?
A podcast.
What's it called?
Strange, Dark & Mysterious.
So you're, still into Bigfoot
and all that stuff then, eh?
It's cryptids.
Cryptids?
Cryptids.
Okay.
All right.
Cool.
I will then, just...
get home, thaw out the steaks...
Just, maybe...
rub them in some dirt first.
What are you saying?
Huh? No-Nothing. Nothing.
I was just...
Seeing if you were listening to
me.
[grill sizzling]
Can I borrow your phone
charger? I left mine at home.
Yeah, give it to me.
I'll go plug it in.
[Charlie] Holy shit.
[]
Dad, dad!
What the hell are you going on
about?
Look!
What in the--
It's like those UFOs you're
always talking about.
They called UAP's now.
Oh.
Looks like it went over by the
old military base.
[truck engine rumbles]
[]
Look at this!
The heck is it?
[]
Show's over.
Come on. Let's get outta here,
it just started raining.
Shit.
What?
I left the steaks on the grill.
We just saw the possible
existence of extraterrestrial
life,
and you're concerned about some
steaks?
[truck honks]
Charlie!
You're gonna love this spot.
Slow down, you damn kids!
Hey, you almost hit those guys.
Serves them right.
Shouldn't standing
the damn road like that.
Shit. Get in the truck
before we get run over.
[engine shuts off]
Never seen the gate locked up.
Been fishing out here for years.
It's probably closed for a
reason.
Let's just go.
No way.
It's my honey hole.
Your what?
This will just take a second.
Lord.
[crickets chirping]
Oh my gosh!
[swamp bugs chirp loudly]
What do you think?
It's...
It's really...
It's rustic.
I love it out here.
Are you trying to kiss me?
What? No, no.
I mean, I thought about it, but
that's not why I
brought you out here.
Then why did you bring me out
here to your "honey hole"?
Because...
it's rustic.
Oh.
Damn it.
Well?
Oh...
[swamp bugs fade]
You hear that?
I don't hear anything.
Exactly.
Maybe a storm's coming.
[]
Look!
What the shit?!
[creature screams]
What was that?
Probably a bobcat or owl or
something.
Are you kidding me?
Let's leave now.
Get in.
Shit.
[keys clanking]
[]
Shit.
I left the keys on the tailgate.
Hurry up!
Got 'em!
[slimy rustle]
[truck bed rumbles]
Oh my God!
[truck moves]
[truck moves]
Bo?
Where are you?
I'm really scared and I want to
leave now.
Bo!
[leaves crunch]
Oh, thank God.
[slime wriggles]
Bo?
Get in!
[]
Why are you acting so weird?
[slime wriggles]
[]
[Bo shrieks]
[head smashes]
[truck alarm honks]
[head smashes]
That was lit.
Yeah. Lit.
Too bad no one's going to
believe us.
Well, we know what happened.
That's all that matters.
I mean hell,
we saw a damn you, uh--
UAP?
Right! UAP.
I mean, what more could you ask
for on a Friday night?
Better food?
Lucky for you we're meeting the
boys at Herby-K's tomorrow for
lunch.
Good, because this potato
salad...
isn't cutting it.
Hey, Charlie.
Yeah?
Maybe keep the whole UAP thing
between the two of us.
We don't want people thinking
we're crazy.
Like your dad?
How did you know about that?
Everyone knows.
Goodnight, dad.
Night.
[eerie soundscape]
[rain pattering in reverse]
[]
[man] Jesse, get in the house
now!
Fran!
Fran, we gotta go!
What are you talking about?
Fran we gotta go pack!
We gotta get out of here!
There's something in the woods!
There's a god damn portal!
[Fran] What the hell is going
on?
[man] In the pines!
It's some kind of some kind of
doorway to...
Hell!
Hey, look at me!
No! We gotta get out of here!
No, no, listen to me!
There were people getting
sucked into this
fucking hole in the sky!
[slimy wriggling]
They didn't have faces, and...
[Young Jesse screams]
[restaurant chatter]
Here you go!
Thanks, Walter.
Damn, boy.
I guess you really were hungry.
Well, I'd be, too, if you were
cooking.
Guilty.
I burned the steaks last night.
Yeah, well, what else is new?
This time it wasn't his fault.
Usually the guy flipping the
steaks gets blamed for burning
them.
We saw something crazy in the
sky last night.
The steaks were just collateral
damage.
It's, uh...
Settle down, Charlie.
Now just hold up.
What you guys see?
A drone or something.
No big deal.
This was no drone.
It was alive.
What do you mean, alive?
This is different.
My bet,
aliens.
[firemen laugh]
[Duke] Aliens? Wow.
Hot damn.
You guys did have fun without
me.
It disappeared at the end of
Cooper Road.
[man] I knew they was out there
messing around with
something again.
'Cause it wouldn't be the first
time.
Oh lord.
Blackguard bought that land six
months ago.
Why the hell else would they be
out there in the middle of
nowhere
if they weren't up to no good?
All right, on that note,
I'm out.
I've got a hot date with a nap.
And by "nap", he means "casino".
[firemen laugh]
Screw you.
Charlie, it was good to see
you. Jesse I'll see you later.
Oh, wait, Charlie.
Hey, put in a good word
with the aliens for me, okay?
You can't hide from the truth,
Duke.
Your government lies to you.
Okay.
What do you think's
going on out there, Herby?
I don't know.
One day, a bunch of people just
up and died.
They were blown to shit.
Body parts just hanging from
trees.
Hell, they found a bloody torso
down there by the Johnson farm.
Okay, Herby, that's enough.
Let him finish.
Of course, they denied it.
Covered it up.
Those bastards.
But your daddy knew, Jesse.
He knew damn well.
The amount of stuff he saw that
day,
no wonder he lost his goddamn
mind.
I said that's enough!
[]
Get your coat.
Let's go.
[]
You've been selected!
The signs of darkness are upon
us again!
Glory be to the one who sees.
Uh-huh.
Dad?
You are the chosen one.
Did you hear me?
Get in the truck, Charlie.
It is you!
You are the chosen one!
Right.
[truck door closes]
Do you hear me?
Oh, I heard you.
It's your destiny!
Yeah. Thanks, pal.
What's that?
Glory be to the one who sees.
I don't know.
Some lady dropped it back there.
What lady?
I don't know, she was back
there.
[]
Why did your dad--
Can we not talk about my dad
right now?
Why?
I just don't want to. All right?
Fine.
You remind me a lot of him, you
know.
He was smart.
Too smart for his own good
sometimes.
And then one day he just...
changed.
He, like, started obsessing
about things I didn't
understand.
I'm sorry I told the
guys. I was just excited.
No, it's okay.
I get it, man, I understand.
Don't worry about it.
Sorry I snapped at you.
I mean,...
we know what we saw, right?
Phone's all charged up.
[]
Oh, what the hell?
Check that place out over there.
[]
It looks like somebody already
beat us to it.
What's that, right there?
Huh?
[shriek]
-[brakes squeal]
-[Jesse] Geeze!
Stay in the truck.
[officer] So you didn't know it
was Evelyn?
[Jesse] Not at first.
She came out of nowhere.
[officer] And Bo? No sign of
him?
[Jesse] Just his truck.
And the blood.
[Jesse] You ever see this much
blood without a body?
Oh yeah.
I saw a kid ripped apart by a
pack of wild hogs one time.
Didn't even leave a morsel.
She say anything?
Not a word.
Something must've scared her
good.
You think he's alive?
Not with this much blood.
What the hell happened here?
That's the million dollar
question.
The billion dollar question
is, where's the body?
[cube whirs]
Well, I'm gonna let y'all have
it.
I'll catch you later.
No, I'll tag along, I wanna say
goodbye to Charlie.
[]
You know,
this might not be blood.
[eerie whirring builds]
Shit, where'd he go?
Probably taking a leak
somewhere.
Charlie!
Boy get over here.
Don't disappear on us like that.
You want your mama to have our
hides?
Where'd you go?
I don't feel so good.
You don't look so good.
Let's get you to the house.
Yeah, let me know if you hear
anything, would you?
Yeah, will do.
[siren blares]
[]
I brought this for you.
Thought you might want it.
How you feel?
Don't feel like you have fever.
I'm fine.
Just tired.
Holler at me if you need
anything, all right?
[cube whirs]
[heart monitor beeps]
Hello, Evelyn.
[tv powers on]
[eerie static echoes]
[tv powers off]
[eerie breathing]
Evelyn...
Can you hear me?
It's Doctor Clemens.
Do you know where you are?
[]
[photos rustle]
[pen scratching]
H-hey, dad.
I got to get to practice.
Quantum entanglement!
I get it now.
When quantum particles get
entangled with each other, the
universe
creates, like, multiple copies
of itself over and
over and over again.
It's not a universe, son.
It's a multiverse.
I don't understand.
Time is parallel. It's...
It's not linear.
It exists...
exists side by side. Look!
Each each timeline is identical
except for a tiny difference in
some random...
quantum process.
Everything in the past and in
the future is all
existing right now.
In this moment.
But when a doorway gets opened,
the timeline gets disrupted.
The timeline gets disrupted.
As a three dimensional being,
we can move in this space.
Right? Right.
Touching things and feeling
things, right?
You feel my face, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, but we can only
experience one moment at one
time.
A four-dimensional
being is unaffected by time.
It would see everything that we
do all at once.
It would see the start of our
lives and the end of our lives
all in the same moment.
It would know everything about
us.
Right down to our--
Right down to our very souls.
That's what they were trying to
bring in.
You're scaring me, dad.
You should be scared, son.
There's no football today, eh.
We're going hunting.
For what?
You'll know 'em when you see
'em.
[slow creak]
[door closes]
[eerie wriggling]
[door closes]
[Charlie screams]
Charlie?
[Charlie struggles]
[door opens and closes]
Oh my God, Charlie!
[door opens and closes]
[eerie wriggling and
materializing]
[alien shrieks]
[Charlie breaths hoarse]
Charlie!
Charlie?
Charlie...
Charlie!
[]
[cube whirs]
[truck engine roars]
Call Ashley.
[phone rings]
[Ashley] Hello?
Ashley, it's Jesse.
Listen, don't freak out, all
right?
We're on the way to the
hospital.
I've already called
and told them we're coming in.
[Ashley] Hospital?
It's Charlie.
[Ashley] What's wrong with him?
I don't know.
[Ashley] God damn you, Jesse.
Just meet us there.
Hang in there, buddy.
Please help me!
Hurry!
Any recent illnesses
or new medication?
No. No medications. He wasn't
feeling well last night.
And then I woke up this morning
and found him like this. Okay.
Any chronic conditions we need
to know about?
No. No conditions. He's healthy.
What about exposure?
Did he come in contact with
anything unusual.
I don't--
Let's get some labs and imaging
going.
We got this, Jesse.
What happened?
What's wrong with him?
We don't know anything yet.
I trusted you to take care of
him.
Look, we just-- we don't know
anything.
We just need to remain cool
here, all right?
For Charlie.
You--
I got your call.
If anything happens to him,
I will never forgive you.
Let's go.
[]
Hey.
I just talked to Ashley.
What the hell happened?
I found Charlie this morning.
He was like Evelyn,
all spaced out.
Probably...
shellshocked from the scene.
I saw you talking to that guy
in the SUV like you knew him.
Is he with Blackguard?
It's private property, Jesse.
They don't like civilians
messing around.
Somebody could get hurt.
Is it like that stuff my dad
used to talk about in the 80s?
He saw a lot of things that
weren't really there.
Oh.
I saw something...
the night Charlie went
catatonic.
What did you see?
I don't know.
It's like a creature or shadow.
I got knocked out right after I
saw it.
Creature?
Are we talking from a black
lagoon here or the Wolf Man?
Look, I know I sound crazy,
okay?
Jesse...
you've been hitting the sauce
again?
I haven't had a drink in 13
months.
Nobody would blame me if you
had.
Especially not me.
I know what it's
like to watch a man die.
It haunts you.
Burnout's a real thing in my
line of work.
I'm not burnt out.
I'm really getting
worried about you, son.
They ain't kidding around when
they say mental illness is a
family disease.
You need to go home, get some
rest.
I'd hate to see you end up like
your daddy.
Yeah, well, I'd hate to end up
like Bo Sepulvado.
Be the supportive father that
Charlie needs right now
And stop worrying about things
you can't control.
Yeah, I'm going to be
the dad he needs, all right.
Thanks for nothing.
[]
Well, what is it?
I don't know.
Just add it to the list of weird
shit going on around here.
I heard.
You know, he got sick after I
took him out there to that site.
I gotta get out there and find
out what the hell's going on.
Fucking-A, I've been
saying that for years.
We got to do that.
I'm going to go.
Tonight.
Just listen. You be careful.
Somebody up the chain wants to
keep this quiet.
It can go sideways real quick.
They'll do
whatever they need to do.
Your daddy figured that out the
hard way.
You know, I always thought his
suicide seemed...
I don't know... Off.
For good reason.
Do you think he was crazy?
He's about as crazy as a cold
glass of sweet tea on a hot
summer's day.
He saw what he saw.
The strongest man couldn't
handle that.
I saw something...
last night.
Just like that stuff my
dad used to talk
about. A shadow creature.
I'd have nightmares
about it for years.
Last night...
wasn't a nightmare.
Looks like you inherited more
than just your daddy's good
looks.
I see them dancing about in the
sky.
Dancing about in the sky!
The veil is open!
The nightmare realm has arrived.
Armageddon is here.
They've come to take your son.
They want his soul.
What do you know about Charlie?
[speaking Latin]
[speaking Latin]
[bells tolling]
-[beeping]
-[knocking]
Any changes?
Not yet.
But we will keep trying.
Hey, bud.
He won't even open his eyes.
He's strong, he's gonna get
through this.
He's not strong.
He's just a little boy.
Dad told me you took him to a
crime scene.
What the hell were you thinking?
Jesus Christ, it's not like we
knew. Okay?
Charlie wanted to see something,
so I took him out there, and
that's when we found Evelyn.
And you think that was safe?
To take him out in
the middle of some swamp?
Do you think that's what a good
father does?
It's better than letting him
sit around looking at a screen
all day.
Oh, yeah.
This is much better.
I should have never let
you take him for the weekend.
Dad was right.
You're delusional.
Please, just--
Just leave. You've done enough.
I will find out why he's like
this.
[]
Dr. Clemens!
Omario.
Hey, Jesse.
Have you ever seen
anything like this before?
Two people showing up at the
same time with symptoms like
these.
Not personally.
Could they've been exposed to
something?
Chemicals, maybe.
Yeah it's highly possible.
I just need some damn answers.
Answers take time, Jesse.
I know, I'm sorry. Okay.
I know that you're working hard.
Hey!
Listen.
Promise me if something happens
to me, that you'll
look after my family.
What? What are you talking--
Promise me!
[radio chatter]
Yeah.
Yeah, I got you.
Excuse me, Doctor?
Yeah?
Have you seen this man?
Why? What's going on?
We just need to ask him some
questions.
Uh, yeah, I...
saw him going up the stairs.
Is there roof access from there?
Yeah.
Thank you.
[]
[engine idling]
[]
Glory be to the one who sees.
Glory to the one who sees.
Glory be to the one who sees.
Glory be to the one who sees.
Glory be to the one who sees.
You?
The cube will offer protection
for Charlie.
You need to get it to him
immediately.
It's the only thing that can
keep him safe until we can shut
it down.
Shut what down?
The particle collider.
It's almost fully operational.
[footsteps approach]
Who are these people?
What the hell are they doing
down here?
We just wanted to advance our
understanding of the universe.
But we had no idea what they
were doing behind the scenes.
[Jesse] What are they doing?
[woman] Calling to the dark
forces.
Portal detected.
We did it.
We did it!
[woman] The emotional frequency
of humanity is at an all-time
low.
Incredible!
I can't believe we did it!
[woman] The cult that's in
charge has been
sowing the seeds of chaos for
generations.
And the more suffering
they can elicit from humanity,
the greater and more bountiful
the offering to these entities.
And then they'll harness...
total control.
And when a portal this large
opens,
lower astral entities will come
through.
Humanity will end up like Bo.
What did happen to Bo?
They feed on something called
"loosh"
which is the
emotional energy of humanity.
How long do we have
to shut this thing down?
They launch at the Blood
Moon at midnight, tomorrow.
24 hours? Until the end of the
goddamn world?
Don't worry! Okay? I'm here to
guide you.
What about my son?
Take him the cube.
It has a high frequency. It's
the only thing that's kept him
safe so far.
Why should I--
Trust me?
-Because they're coming.
-[footsteps approaching]
You've got to go now.
Wait--
No, now!
[]
[beeping]
[Jesse] Hey.
How's he doing?
How do you think?
[beeping]
Why don't you go home and get
some rest?
I'll stay with him tonight.
I don't want to leave him.
It's not going to do you any
good if you get sick too.
You better call me if--
Of course.
[beeping]
[]
[beeping]
[repetitious heart monitor]
[flatline]
[fluid gulping]
[Evelyn laughs]
Jesse?
You awake?
Yeah, just resting my eyes.
Any change?
No.
[beeping]
He's not getting any worse.
[crazy man] Dancing about in the
sky.
The veil is open.
The nightmare realm has
arrived.
What's up, Herby?
[coffee pours]
Thanks.
How'd that thing work out?
Yeah, well--
What thing?
Can we just keep it down?
You make entry?
Yeah. Hey...
What's a particle collider?
Oh, shit.
Hey, what the hell is that?
It's only the most dangerous
goddamn thing in all of planet
Earth.
You ever heard of CERN?
The Center for European Nuclear
Research.
Never heard of it.
It's messing with the fabric of
our reality and shit.
Every time they're smashing
these damn atoms with the
collider,
it's messing with our
space-time continuum.
Moving us into alternative
dimensions
that look exactly like
the one we're in right now,
but with just tiny little
differences that most people
won't even notice.
Old memories out of
whack. Words misspelled.
You know the Mandela effect,
right?
Y'all seriously need to get out
more.
Oh, God. Here we go.
Do you remember hearing that
Nelson Mandela
died in prison in the 80s?
Yeah, I think I remember
hearing something about it in
school.
The only thing is, he didn't
die, all right?
He was released, and then he
became President of South
Africa.
-So why do I remember him dying?
-[snaps fingers]
Mandela effect.
They're shifting our current
plane of existence with these
damn colliders.
They want us to call into
question our collective memory.
But there's too many of us that
remeber Sally Field is really
Sally Fields.
[Duke laughs]
Okay.
All right, Mulder and Skulky.
I got to get back to the real
world.
It's Scully.
Y'all two have fun in the
X-Files.
Could've swore I have more cash.
Don't worry, I got you covered.
All right man, look, I owe you
one, brother.
Yeah.
I'll see you at the station.
Yeah, I'll be there in a bit.
He owes you a lot more than one
at this point.
Hey, listen, he said something
about trying to open a portal
with this thing.
Hot damn.
See, your daddy was right.
Okay. That's his theory. Okay.
That was a side effect.
He thought they were trying to
bring in something else from
another dimension.
NHE.
Non-human entities.
Talking real good versus evil
type shit here.
Your daddy said he could feel
'em trying to squeeze into his
soul
the day of the disaster.
Fuck me.
[restaurant music and
clattering]
Speaking of...
[Ashley cries]
[beeping]
Hi, mom.
Charlie?
Oh my God, baby!
-Oh my God! Baby.
-[kisses]
You're awake.
You're awake.
[Ashley cries]
[door chimes]
Shit...
Sheriff.
Hey!
Hey.
Mind if I grab your ear for a
minute?
No. What's up?
I got an interesting call.
Oh yeah?
Yeah.
Some asshole was
snooping around Blackguard.
Oh, yeah?
Mmm hmm.
Interesting.
Mmm hmm.
Got video of it right here.
[clicks]
[Jesse in video] Gotcha.
Hmm.
Okay,
so now what?
You're the father of my
grandchild,
and I'll do whatever
I gotta do to help you out.
But I can't help if you continue
to do dumb shit like this.
I told them you didn't mean no
harm.
But I'm telling you, son,
these guys don't mess around.
They will lock your ass up.
Or worse, if you know what I
mean.
Look, I need to get answers for
Charlie.
There ain't no answers
for Charlie out there.
He needs stability here.
And it's your job to provide it.
Not gonna screw it up again.
You know how many goddamn
strings
I had to pool after that D.U.I.?
Yeah, I know, and I appreciate
it. Okay.
But whatever black is doing out
there is what made Charlie sick.
Boy, you are sounding
nuttier than a squirrel turd.
You know that? Charlie got the
damn PTSD
because you took him to a crime
scene.
It's your fault. Nothing more,
nothing less.
Jesse.
There are forces more powerful
than you or me involved here.
These are dangerous men.
Then why are you protecting
them?
I'm protecting my family.
That's always been my priority.
Yeah, well, you're not doing a
very good job at it.
Blackguard was at the
hospital near Charlie's room.
Okay, look, don't worry about
Charlie.
I'll have Deputy Kaufman posted
there.
He'll take care of it. He'll
look after him.
I'm going to get him out of
there.
They're setting this machine off
at midnight tonight and all hell
is going to break loose.
Are you out of your goddamn
mind?
Ashley's got full custody.
You trying to take him
out of the hospital,
you'll be back in jail so fast,
your head will spin.
Keep your nose clean.
Some things are better left
alone.
[door chimes]
I don't trust cops.
Especially one that's
jurisdiction is the forest.
[sheriff] You told me you could
take care of my family.
Well, looks like your family's
involving themselves a little
too much.
Look, Jesse, ain't my family.
But my grandson is.
Well take care of fucking
business, and the rest will be
taken care of, all right?
now get the fuck out of here.
Fuck. Where am I going?
I don't have a car.
Walk that way.
[tools shuffle]
[Duke speaks to firemen]
Hey, if you want to see a
permit, it's in my locker.
What permit?
Permit for these guns I brought
in today, baby.
Must be a concealed carry,
because I don't see shit.
Damn.
Look, I'm just trying to make
you laugh, brother.
Charlie's going to be okay.
Ashley called. Said he's awake.
Feeling better.
See? I knew it.
[birds chirping]
Oh, hey.
What did Hawkins want with you?
I saw him on the way out.
Said he wanted to see you.
I got caught on surveillance
over at the old military base
last night.
You dumb ass.
No, I just need to be more
careful tonight.
Tonight?
Brother, you playing with a
short deck?
Do I need to explain to you
what will happen
if you get arrested again?
Look, Charlie got sick because
of what Blackguard is doing out
there.
And this whole damn town is
going to be next.
You are eventually going to
lose everything,
including your mind.
You heard what Herby said
about that collider.
It needs to be shut down or
life as we know it is going to
end.
Herby? That's who you're
listening to now?
Hey, you just talking crazy,
man.
Maybe you should just take
a couple of days off.
I'll cover for you. Just get
some sleep.
You're starting to sound like
your dad when he--
I didn't mean to say--
No, no. I got you, man.
Sounds good.
No no no, no. I got you.
Yeah. All right. Cool. Sounds
good.
Catch you later.
Oh, damn, Jesse, you look like
shit.
Seems to be the general
consensus around here.
Where's Ashley?
She went to get a cup of
coffee. She said she'd be right
back.
All right.
[beeping]
[]
Hey, what are you looking for?
The cube, where is it?
That black thingy?
I don't know, I set it on that
table.
We have to find it. It was
protecting him.
What are you talking about?
Aren't you going to say hi to
your son?
Hey, buddy.
Do you know where that cube is?
What is wrong with you?
Enough with the damn cube.
We have to find it. It's
why he's getting better.
Are you insane?
He's getting good care from the
doctors.
That's why he's getting better.
Not from some damn cube.
No, no, you don't understand.
There's a girl--
[heart monitor flatlines]
Look at what you've done to him.
-[Charlie moaning]
-Look at what you're doing to
him.
No, listen! We have to get the
cube, they're-
Just get out, you're making him
worse!
No, no. Listen, please. Now
listen.
Omario! Find the cube!
Find the cube, Omario!
[beeping]
You keep an eye on him.
You know I will.
[truck engine roars]
[engine cuts off]
[birds chirping]
[]
[key scraping]
[sighs]
[lock clicks]
[items rustling]
[]
[papers rustling]
[Jesse's father] Today I
witnessed a horror beyond the
limits of human understanding.
It defied all laws of physics
and sanity.
I fear if I don't make sense of
it, I will become insane.
I was on my way home from
hunting.
I just passed by Beaumont Creek
when a deafening roar split the
air.
And I looked up to see a
blinding light hovering above.
-Then I heard them.
-[rumbling]
Their screams of anguish were
deafening.
I don't know if my mind will
ever be able to process it.
All under a swirling
vortex of colors in the sky.
It ripped the rifle
clean out of my hands.
[people screaming]
And then I saw her running
toward me.
From the chaos, her hand
extended
-in a desperate plea for help.
-[woman screaming]
Every time I close my eyes, I
see her face.
She reached the fence and our
fingers touched for a moment. I
tried to hang on.
Then a sudden force ripped her
away from me,
and she vanished into that pit
of hell in the sky.
I'll never forget her face.
So angelic, so radiant,
but etched with a raw fear
that will haunt me
for the rest of my days.
[cell phone vibrates]
[]
[engine revving]
[door chimes]
Hey, yo Herby, you back there?
Herb?
Herby?
[light scraping]
I almost trashed this when I
was clearing out the trays in
room 203.
Must be the kids'.
You mind if I take it back to
them?
[heart monitor beeps]
[Jesse] Hey Herby, you back
here?
Hey Herby, you sent me a tex--
Herb?
Herb.
[blood drips]
Oh, shit.
[object moves]
[power outage]
[]
-[large footsteps]
-[grunting]
[thuds]
[Jesse cringes]
-[thuds]
-[grunts]
[]
-[thuds]
-[grunts]
-[thuds]
-[grunts]
[grunting]
[Jesse chokes]
-[thuds]
-[grunts]
Oh!
[glass shatters]
So you...
You're working with them now?
Damn it! Jesse!
The horses haven't been good to
me, man.
And I owe a lot of money to the
wrong people
Selling stolen equipment wasn't
doing it for you?
And you just wouldn't stop
digging!
So you gonna kill me now?
No, no, I'm not gonna kill you.
We're just gonna
go for a little ride.
I'm sorry about this, Jesse.
[glass slices flesh]
[Duke grunts in pain]
Damn it, Jesse!
No no no, look, look!
I'm done, I'm done. No!
No! Please!
Goddammit.
[Duke struggles]
[blood squelching]
You got two minutes before you
bleed out.
[grunts]
[Duke laughs]
Boy...
You tougher than you look.
[heavy breathing]
[Ronan] Every fucking time, this
happens to me.
You want something done right,
you got to do it your fucking
self.
[Ronan sighs]
-Idiot fucking locals.
-[engine starts]
Okay.
Calm down.
We're going to get him at the
hospital,
okay?
[engine revs]
Clean it up.
The hell are you sitting here
for?
[window sliding]
[heart monitor beeps]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[creature wriggles]
Evening, Evelyn.
Can you hear me?
[light clicks]
-[light clicks]
-[squelching]
[beeping]
[device beeps]
[]
[Evelyn breathes]
Evelyn?
You're in the hospital.
Do you remember
what happened to you?
Evelyn...
[Evelyn shrieks]
[backup power turns on]
[]
[power returns]
[eerie whirring]
[]
[cup clatters]
Jesse!
They killed Herby!
What?
Who the fuck are these people?
You should calm down, son.
Calm down?
Herby is dead, and Duke just
tried to kill me.
Duke?
Yes, "brother" Duke!
You have got to go underground.
No, I got to get to the hospital
and get Charlie. We are running
out of time!
You can't!
They know the hospital's your
next move.
How?
Because I told them.
What?
They're not after Charlie.
They're after you.
Why?
Because you fucked around with
the wrong people and found out
just like your dad.
Look, I'll keep Charlie safe.
Go to your daddy's cabin
and I'll meet you there.
Go.
[]
[exhales]
Deputy?
[]
Damn!
-[squelching]
-Ugh!
[eerie whirring]
[dimensional glitching]
Evelyn?
What are you doing?
I need you to go back to your
room, Evelyn.
[growls]
[cube whirrs]
Evelyn...
I need you to go back to your
room.
[squelching]
Evelyn, back to your room.
[cube whirs]
[Evelyn grunts]
[Evelyn shrieks]
-Evelyn. No!
-[stabbing]
Stop!
Stop it!
Evelyn, stop it!
[Evelyn shrieks]
[rain pours]
[truck drives]
[door chimes]
You doing all right?
Yeah, Pat, good. Uh...
Let me get a whiskey.
Forester, if you got it.
It's for Duke.
Sure thing.
[pharmacy music plays]
[cash register scans]
[bag rustling]
It's $10.21.
[beeps]
Thanks, Pat.
Take care.
[sniffs]
[chiming]
[indistinct chatter]
[engine starts]
[]
[crickets chirping]
[Jesse] Who are you?
[Emma] You could say I'm a
soldier in the celestial war to
defend consciousness
from those looking to destroy
it.
This is my repentance for what
I helped start
all those years ago.
[Jesse] So what happened?
We made contact.
Contact with what? These
creatures?
Contact with other dimensions.
We didn't know that
when a portal this large opens,
it means that these beings can
operate with impunity.
I mean, they're not all
nefarious, but the ones that
Blackguard
wants to bring in are.
So this cube...
It's like, what, their
Kryptonite?
You've heard of holy water?
Recovering Catholic.
This is a "holy cube" of sorts.
Are you saying that these
creatures are--
Demons?
Something like that.
Are you a demon?
Do I look like a demon to you?
[]
I don't know what
anything looks like anyone.
Your role is vital in putting a
stop to this, Jessie.
My role? No, no.
I don't have a role in this.
I'm just trying to save my son.
And you will.
Your father was the only living
witness to the first attempt.
He was strong.
He had something special.
You do too.
[Jesse scoffs]
I'm not special.
I--
I froze up once, under pressure
and...
it cost me my family.
What if you had another try?
What have you got to lose?
[Jesse laughs]
I don't know, only life as we
know it.
[crickets chirping]
Okay.
I'm in.
So what do we do to stop it?
I'm glad you asked.
[]
[match strikes]
[Emma] Your dad really knew his
science.
Yeah.
You know anything about
stopping the second coming of
hell?
[Emma] The scientists will
scatter once they realize it's
out of their control.
The plan is to stop the ritual
before the portal can fully
open.
Did your dad ever say
anything about the occult?
My dad said a lot of weird shit
I didn't understand.
Mostly...
he just took me hunting.
[]
I've seen them.
The entities.
Don't give these entities any
more power, okay?
Fear fuels the darkness.
[vehicle approaches]
It's Hawkins. Says he's here to
help.
They got to him a long time ago.
I guess I can't trust anyone.
You can trust your gut.
Yeah, well, my gut says to shut
this fucker down.
You deal with Hawkins
and then meet me at the base.
Which, where is--
[sighs]
Never gonna get used to that.
[doors sliding]
What happened?
Is he okay?
He's fine. Yeah.
I know Jesse had
something to do with this.
Yes, and he's right.
That cube, it protected us.
[Ashley laughs]
What are you saying?
Are you saying you believe him?
[laughs]
After what I just saw in there
tonight,
I really don't know what to
believe anymore.
Evelyn, she was--
She was possessed!
Oh, okay.
And the only thing that brought
her down was that damn cube.
Jesus.
Now you're drinking the
Kool-Aid?
Ashley, what I've seen in there
tonight,
it's just been unexplainable.
Okay.
I need to see my son now.
Wow.
[gun thuds]
They find a weakness...
and the capitalize on it.
For Duke, it was his gambling
debt.
For me, it was my family.
I'm not following you.
I used to step out a lot on my
wife,
and they used it against me.
Threatened to tell her about my
affairs if I didn't help
cover up what I saw at the base
that day.
They suck you in with the glory
of working with them.
You just can't say no to these
men.
So that's your excuse?
[]
Oh, Jesse,
-I didn't come to kill him.
-What?
I just wanted to put the
fear of God into him
to stop his talking, and--
Things just got out of control.
What are you--
He pulled his weapon, I pulled
mine.
[]
[chair sliding]
You killed my father?
I didn't mean to do it.
Bullshit!
It was a goddamn accident.
He was my friend.
Is that supposed to
make me feel any better?
No.
But just understand,
not a day goes by that I'm not
haunted by what I did.
And when you married Ashley,
it just made things worse
knowing I'd killed your daddy.
How do you live with yourself?
I put a gun to my head many
times,
but I didn't have the balls to
pull the trigger.
-Oh that's too bad.
-[gun cocks]
Look, I know you want to kill
me, and I don't blame you.
My life ain't worth living
anyway.
Well, that's one thing we can
agree on.
[]
[Jesse screams]
[glass shatters]
I am so sorry.
[multiple vehicles approach]
You led them here?
Yeah...
But not why you think.
You got any more ammo?
What the hell do I know?
[]
[cabinet rattles]
[gun cocks]
Yeah, that'll do!
I'm going to hold off these
goons as long as I can.
You go shut that son of a bitch
down while I get me some
payback.
Now get.
[]
[gunfight ensues]
[rapid gunfire]
[]
[footsteps marching]
[distant rumbling]
[footsteps marching]
[]
It's just me.
You have got to stop doing that.
Just keeping you on your toes.
I assume you're here to help.
They're about to initiate the
collider, so you stop the
Satanists,
I'll stall the nerds, okay?
Okay.
Take this.
And hey...
Go save the world.
Thank you.
[slow footsteps]
[]
[scientist 1] Initiate primary
sequence.
[scientist 2] Initiating.
[particle collider powers up]
Initiated.
[particle collider powers down]
What's the problem here?
Initiate primary sequence again.
[particle collider powers up]
Initiated.
[particle collider powers down]
Whoa!
[beeping]
[Ronan] The shadows
that dance in the abyss.
I invoke thee, O infernal
spirits.
Rise.
Rise and heed our call.
[]
With this blood, we summon you,
O ancient ones.
[group] We summon you, O ancient
ones.
Let he who has been selected
step forward.
You are the chosen one!
To the altar!
Get him to the altar!
No!
To the altar!
No! Get off me!
To the altar!
[Jesse struggles]
[Jesse] Get off me!
[Ronan] In the blackened void
where reality
and chaos entwine,
those earthly creatures--
I will kill you!
[Ronan] Unleash! Unleash the
infernal force upon
this earthly realm!
Unleash the infernal force
upon this earthly realm!
Reveal your ancient gateway!
Reveal!
Reveal your ancient gateway!
[group] Reveal the ancient
gateway!
Reveal the ancient gateway!
Reveal the ancient gateway!
Reveal the ancient gateway!
[portal forms]
[group] Reveal the ancient
gateway!
Reveal the ancient gateway!
Re--
[chanting stops]
[thunder booms]
[]
Hit 'em in the gut, son!
[thundering]
[group] Reveal the ancient
gateway!
Reveal the ancient gate--
-[shotgun blasts]
-[grunt]
Get his ass!
-[thuds]
-[grunts]
-[voices approaching]
-Oh! Shit!
[shotgun blasts]
[Ronan grunts]
Motherfucker! I'm gonna kill
him!
Get off of him, you sick fucks!
[AK-47 fires]
[cult members scream and fall]
Jesse.
End this.
[Emma] Jesse!
You've got to sever the power
cord.
[scientist screams]
[scientist] Help me, please!
[metal clanking]
[Emma] Wait!
There's no coming back.
I guess I really am the chosen
one.
[knife unsheathes]
[Jesse screams in angquish]
Let this blood be our testament.
-[stabs]
-Ahh!
-[thuds]
-Oh!
[ax handle smacks]
[]
-[Jesse screams]
-[ax clanking]
[exhales]
[]
Hey, sleepyhead! Feeling better?
[frame clatters]
[chuckles] Jesse, you look like
you just saw a ghost
Uh...
H-- how long have I--
How long have I been asleep?
A couple of hours. You okay?
[Jesse sighs]
Oh it just feels like it's been
forever.
Ashley laughs.
[Charlie] Ugh! Get a room.
[laughs]
Dad will be here any second,
and Duke's already
firing up the grill.
[kisses]
Get your dad up.
Dad, look at this video of
Bigfoot!
Charlie!
I'm fine, dad.
What's gotten into you?
I just missed you,
buddy, that's all!
Paw-paw's here! I got
to go show him this video.
[Duke and Hawkins chat]
[]
[indistinct chatter]
[]
I'm proud of you, Jesse.
[bag rustling]
[door opens]
Dad?
Oh!
It's good to see you, too, son.
He's love-bombing everyone
today! [laughs]
As well as he should.
Lots to celebrate.
It's good to see you, dad.
Jess, I need you on drinks.
Can you run these out to the
grill for me?
What's up buddy?
Hey, sherriff!
[]
[chatter]
[burgers sizzle]
[Duke] There he is.
Man of the hour. [laughs]
I'm so damn proud of you,
brother.
No one else deserves the Medal
of Valor more than you do.
[laughs]
You remember...
I taught you everything you
know.
[]
Medal of Valor?
You earned it, son.
You're a hero, babe.
Own it.
Woah, woah. All right, all
right.
Don't make his head too damn
big.
Won't be able to fit down the
fire pole.
Come on! How about a toast?
I don't drink.
Since when?
Yesterday?
To Jesse.
Best damn son in law man can
have.
[group] To Jesse!
Speech, speech!
This is a dream.
I don't want it to end.
Here, here!
[]
[eerie whooshing]
[slimy crackling]
[glass breaks]
[slimy crackling continues]
[]
[Jesse shrieks]
[]
[]
[]
[]
[music fades out]
[woman] All systems green.
Collider core stable.
Portal detected.
Portal detected.
Oh!
Pull the plu--
[disc jockey] Hey, you rockers
and rollers.
You're tuned in to the one and
only Midnight Metal Hour on
96X with me,
Midnight Mike Steel.
We've got some breaking news
hotter than a pyro malfunction
at a KISS concert.
[power outage sound)
I'm being told there's a
significant explosion near the
military base.
[explosion]
An 18-wheeler has jackknifed on
Cooper Road,
[truck brakes]
Which is now closed
Going both ways.
So you're going to have to find
yourself a detour
on the way home from the wet
T-shirt contest at Flamingos.
-[airhorn]
-Sorry, fellas.
If you got the 411, hit me up.
Lines are lighting up already.
Call number one.
You're on with Midnight Mike
Steel. Go!
[man] There ain't no jackknifed
18-wheeler.
That whole damn place is on
fire.
Maybe a fertilizer explosion or
something.
Yes, because nothing says top
secret military base like a
rogue bag of
manure! Caller number two,
what's your scoop?
[woman] Fertilizer explosion, my
ass.
I heard they're testing new
weapons down at the base.
I don't live too far from
there.
And my ground shook like
Nagasaki.
Ha!
Okay, so far we have flaming
cow poops and nukes as the
cause.
Caller number three,
what do you say about all this?
Hello?
You there?
[man] I'm here.
What's your name, man?
[man] Oh, it's it's Clint.
Well, Clint, did a bomb blow up
out there or what?
[Clint] It-it's much worse than
that.
I saw it myself, Mike.
Yeah? What did you see, Clint?
[Clint] Some kind of...
portal...
in the pines.
You mean a portal like Star
Trek?
[Clint] It looked like
some kind of doorway to hell.
And how much did you drink
before you went out there,
Clint?
[beer can opens]
[Clint] I saw people covered in
blood, burned down to their
bones.
They were being sucked up into
the sk--
Okay. Thank you, Clint.
Bar's must have closed early
tonight.
This sounds like a good time
to roll out some Sabbath...
[]
[man] Welcome to the fire tower,
boys and girls.
Your first stop before the real
thing.
Now, a burning building is not
a place most sane
people want to be.
But you crazy idiots signed up
for this, and somebody's got to
do the dirty work, right?
[all] Yes sir.
Your back-end man will find the
plug.
Your priority is to clear
the building.
Now, primary search gets tough
in zero visibility.
That's where your
training comes in.
And under no circumstances
are you to remove your mask.
It is a matter between life and
death.
Do you understand?
Yes, sir.
All right, all right, Duke.
Light her up.
Lighting her up!
Piece of cake.
[fire burns]
All right, you have one minute
to get in and get out before
this place is hell on earth.
Let's go.
Move move move move!
Time is of the essence.
Let's go! Up the stairs. Move
move move!
We are in a burning building.
It is important to
remember your training.
You are here to find the bodies.
And remember, do not, under any
circumstances
touch your mask!
[rookie coughs]
All right we got 10-seconds to
get out of here.
Let's go down the stairs. Move!
Get that body down.
[rookie coughs]
Let's go.
Move!
[rookie falls]
[alarm beeps]
Emory, whose alarm is that?
It's the Rookie.
Emory, help me move him over.
Pick him up. Here we go.
One. Two.
Three.
Get him out! Let's get him
outside. Go!
Come on, let's move, move, move!
[alarm beeps]
[]
Jesse.
Jesse.
Jesse!
Jesse, you got this?
[]
Fire tower to dispatch, we need
the damn medic now, please!
Send the medic.
Breathe, damn it!
[rookie coughs]
This is why we don't take our
masks off.
Hey! Found the culprit.
Seal's dry-rotted. Smoke just
went right on through.
You know, these are supposed to
be training exercises, right?
Yeah, it spiced
up today, didn't it?
I'm gonna put a spicy incident
report on the chief's desk.
I've been telling him for
months that this gear is
ancient.
And the new stuff keeps coming
up missing.
Sure, that's a good idea?
He stuck his neck out for you.
You might not want to be a
thorn in his ass right now.
Yeah, alright, I hear you.
Watch this.
Hey, Smokey!
[men laugh]
Hey...
Cap, thanks for saving my ass
out there.
Yeah.
Piece of cake. Right?
[Duke laughs]
Sweet kid.
It happened again.
What?
Cut the shit, man.
You saw me freeze up back there.
Yeah, but you pulled out of it.
This time.
[watch buzzes]
Shit, I'm late.
Oh, whoa whoa whoa whoa...
don't tell me you finally
decided to go out and have fun
without me.
No, I got Charlie this weekend.
Oh, shit.
So Ashley finally decided
to come through.
Yeah, well, trial run. So we'll
see.
Just keep doing what you're
doing and everything will work
itself out.
Oh, hey...
Bring him by Herby-K's
tomorrow. Crew's going for
lunch.
Be great to see him.
Yeah, I could do that.
But only if you wear that red
dress I like.
Oh, it's a date.
See you, bud.
See you.
[truck engine starts]
[]
[door opens]
You're an hour late.
Look, there was an accident at
the fire hou--
You want unsupervised weekends,
but you can't show up on time?
He needs you, Jesse.
I need you
to step up.
All right.
Okay.
It won't happen again.
Hey, buddy.
Bye, mom. Love you.
I love you, honey.
I need him back Sunday morning.
He's got homework to finish.
[door closes]
[country music plays]
What are you listening to?
A podcast.
What's it called?
Strange, Dark & Mysterious.
So you're, still into Bigfoot
and all that stuff then, eh?
It's cryptids.
Cryptids?
Cryptids.
Okay.
All right.
Cool.
I will then, just...
get home, thaw out the steaks...
Just, maybe...
rub them in some dirt first.
What are you saying?
Huh? No-Nothing. Nothing.
I was just...
Seeing if you were listening to
me.
[grill sizzling]
Can I borrow your phone
charger? I left mine at home.
Yeah, give it to me.
I'll go plug it in.
[Charlie] Holy shit.
[]
Dad, dad!
What the hell are you going on
about?
Look!
What in the--
It's like those UFOs you're
always talking about.
They called UAP's now.
Oh.
Looks like it went over by the
old military base.
[truck engine rumbles]
[]
Look at this!
The heck is it?
[]
Show's over.
Come on. Let's get outta here,
it just started raining.
Shit.
What?
I left the steaks on the grill.
We just saw the possible
existence of extraterrestrial
life,
and you're concerned about some
steaks?
[truck honks]
Charlie!
You're gonna love this spot.
Slow down, you damn kids!
Hey, you almost hit those guys.
Serves them right.
Shouldn't standing
the damn road like that.
Shit. Get in the truck
before we get run over.
[engine shuts off]
Never seen the gate locked up.
Been fishing out here for years.
It's probably closed for a
reason.
Let's just go.
No way.
It's my honey hole.
Your what?
This will just take a second.
Lord.
[crickets chirping]
Oh my gosh!
[swamp bugs chirp loudly]
What do you think?
It's...
It's really...
It's rustic.
I love it out here.
Are you trying to kiss me?
What? No, no.
I mean, I thought about it, but
that's not why I
brought you out here.
Then why did you bring me out
here to your "honey hole"?
Because...
it's rustic.
Oh.
Damn it.
Well?
Oh...
[swamp bugs fade]
You hear that?
I don't hear anything.
Exactly.
Maybe a storm's coming.
[]
Look!
What the shit?!
[creature screams]
What was that?
Probably a bobcat or owl or
something.
Are you kidding me?
Let's leave now.
Get in.
Shit.
[keys clanking]
[]
Shit.
I left the keys on the tailgate.
Hurry up!
Got 'em!
[slimy rustle]
[truck bed rumbles]
Oh my God!
[truck moves]
[truck moves]
Bo?
Where are you?
I'm really scared and I want to
leave now.
Bo!
[leaves crunch]
Oh, thank God.
[slime wriggles]
Bo?
Get in!
[]
Why are you acting so weird?
[slime wriggles]
[]
[Bo shrieks]
[head smashes]
[truck alarm honks]
[head smashes]
That was lit.
Yeah. Lit.
Too bad no one's going to
believe us.
Well, we know what happened.
That's all that matters.
I mean hell,
we saw a damn you, uh--
UAP?
Right! UAP.
I mean, what more could you ask
for on a Friday night?
Better food?
Lucky for you we're meeting the
boys at Herby-K's tomorrow for
lunch.
Good, because this potato
salad...
isn't cutting it.
Hey, Charlie.
Yeah?
Maybe keep the whole UAP thing
between the two of us.
We don't want people thinking
we're crazy.
Like your dad?
How did you know about that?
Everyone knows.
Goodnight, dad.
Night.
[eerie soundscape]
[rain pattering in reverse]
[]
[man] Jesse, get in the house
now!
Fran!
Fran, we gotta go!
What are you talking about?
Fran we gotta go pack!
We gotta get out of here!
There's something in the woods!
There's a god damn portal!
[Fran] What the hell is going
on?
[man] In the pines!
It's some kind of some kind of
doorway to...
Hell!
Hey, look at me!
No! We gotta get out of here!
No, no, listen to me!
There were people getting
sucked into this
fucking hole in the sky!
[slimy wriggling]
They didn't have faces, and...
[Young Jesse screams]
[restaurant chatter]
Here you go!
Thanks, Walter.
Damn, boy.
I guess you really were hungry.
Well, I'd be, too, if you were
cooking.
Guilty.
I burned the steaks last night.
Yeah, well, what else is new?
This time it wasn't his fault.
Usually the guy flipping the
steaks gets blamed for burning
them.
We saw something crazy in the
sky last night.
The steaks were just collateral
damage.
It's, uh...
Settle down, Charlie.
Now just hold up.
What you guys see?
A drone or something.
No big deal.
This was no drone.
It was alive.
What do you mean, alive?
This is different.
My bet,
aliens.
[firemen laugh]
[Duke] Aliens? Wow.
Hot damn.
You guys did have fun without
me.
It disappeared at the end of
Cooper Road.
[man] I knew they was out there
messing around with
something again.
'Cause it wouldn't be the first
time.
Oh lord.
Blackguard bought that land six
months ago.
Why the hell else would they be
out there in the middle of
nowhere
if they weren't up to no good?
All right, on that note,
I'm out.
I've got a hot date with a nap.
And by "nap", he means "casino".
[firemen laugh]
Screw you.
Charlie, it was good to see
you. Jesse I'll see you later.
Oh, wait, Charlie.
Hey, put in a good word
with the aliens for me, okay?
You can't hide from the truth,
Duke.
Your government lies to you.
Okay.
What do you think's
going on out there, Herby?
I don't know.
One day, a bunch of people just
up and died.
They were blown to shit.
Body parts just hanging from
trees.
Hell, they found a bloody torso
down there by the Johnson farm.
Okay, Herby, that's enough.
Let him finish.
Of course, they denied it.
Covered it up.
Those bastards.
But your daddy knew, Jesse.
He knew damn well.
The amount of stuff he saw that
day,
no wonder he lost his goddamn
mind.
I said that's enough!
[]
Get your coat.
Let's go.
[]
You've been selected!
The signs of darkness are upon
us again!
Glory be to the one who sees.
Uh-huh.
Dad?
You are the chosen one.
Did you hear me?
Get in the truck, Charlie.
It is you!
You are the chosen one!
Right.
[truck door closes]
Do you hear me?
Oh, I heard you.
It's your destiny!
Yeah. Thanks, pal.
What's that?
Glory be to the one who sees.
I don't know.
Some lady dropped it back there.
What lady?
I don't know, she was back
there.
[]
Why did your dad--
Can we not talk about my dad
right now?
Why?
I just don't want to. All right?
Fine.
You remind me a lot of him, you
know.
He was smart.
Too smart for his own good
sometimes.
And then one day he just...
changed.
He, like, started obsessing
about things I didn't
understand.
I'm sorry I told the
guys. I was just excited.
No, it's okay.
I get it, man, I understand.
Don't worry about it.
Sorry I snapped at you.
I mean,...
we know what we saw, right?
Phone's all charged up.
[]
Oh, what the hell?
Check that place out over there.
[]
It looks like somebody already
beat us to it.
What's that, right there?
Huh?
[shriek]
-[brakes squeal]
-[Jesse] Geeze!
Stay in the truck.
[officer] So you didn't know it
was Evelyn?
[Jesse] Not at first.
She came out of nowhere.
[officer] And Bo? No sign of
him?
[Jesse] Just his truck.
And the blood.
[Jesse] You ever see this much
blood without a body?
Oh yeah.
I saw a kid ripped apart by a
pack of wild hogs one time.
Didn't even leave a morsel.
She say anything?
Not a word.
Something must've scared her
good.
You think he's alive?
Not with this much blood.
What the hell happened here?
That's the million dollar
question.
The billion dollar question
is, where's the body?
[cube whirs]
Well, I'm gonna let y'all have
it.
I'll catch you later.
No, I'll tag along, I wanna say
goodbye to Charlie.
[]
You know,
this might not be blood.
[eerie whirring builds]
Shit, where'd he go?
Probably taking a leak
somewhere.
Charlie!
Boy get over here.
Don't disappear on us like that.
You want your mama to have our
hides?
Where'd you go?
I don't feel so good.
You don't look so good.
Let's get you to the house.
Yeah, let me know if you hear
anything, would you?
Yeah, will do.
[siren blares]
[]
I brought this for you.
Thought you might want it.
How you feel?
Don't feel like you have fever.
I'm fine.
Just tired.
Holler at me if you need
anything, all right?
[cube whirs]
[heart monitor beeps]
Hello, Evelyn.
[tv powers on]
[eerie static echoes]
[tv powers off]
[eerie breathing]
Evelyn...
Can you hear me?
It's Doctor Clemens.
Do you know where you are?
[]
[photos rustle]
[pen scratching]
H-hey, dad.
I got to get to practice.
Quantum entanglement!
I get it now.
When quantum particles get
entangled with each other, the
universe
creates, like, multiple copies
of itself over and
over and over again.
It's not a universe, son.
It's a multiverse.
I don't understand.
Time is parallel. It's...
It's not linear.
It exists...
exists side by side. Look!
Each each timeline is identical
except for a tiny difference in
some random...
quantum process.
Everything in the past and in
the future is all
existing right now.
In this moment.
But when a doorway gets opened,
the timeline gets disrupted.
The timeline gets disrupted.
As a three dimensional being,
we can move in this space.
Right? Right.
Touching things and feeling
things, right?
You feel my face, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, but we can only
experience one moment at one
time.
A four-dimensional
being is unaffected by time.
It would see everything that we
do all at once.
It would see the start of our
lives and the end of our lives
all in the same moment.
It would know everything about
us.
Right down to our--
Right down to our very souls.
That's what they were trying to
bring in.
You're scaring me, dad.
You should be scared, son.
There's no football today, eh.
We're going hunting.
For what?
You'll know 'em when you see
'em.
[slow creak]
[door closes]
[eerie wriggling]
[door closes]
[Charlie screams]
Charlie?
[Charlie struggles]
[door opens and closes]
Oh my God, Charlie!
[door opens and closes]
[eerie wriggling and
materializing]
[alien shrieks]
[Charlie breaths hoarse]
Charlie!
Charlie?
Charlie...
Charlie!
[]
[cube whirs]
[truck engine roars]
Call Ashley.
[phone rings]
[Ashley] Hello?
Ashley, it's Jesse.
Listen, don't freak out, all
right?
We're on the way to the
hospital.
I've already called
and told them we're coming in.
[Ashley] Hospital?
It's Charlie.
[Ashley] What's wrong with him?
I don't know.
[Ashley] God damn you, Jesse.
Just meet us there.
Hang in there, buddy.
Please help me!
Hurry!
Any recent illnesses
or new medication?
No. No medications. He wasn't
feeling well last night.
And then I woke up this morning
and found him like this. Okay.
Any chronic conditions we need
to know about?
No. No conditions. He's healthy.
What about exposure?
Did he come in contact with
anything unusual.
I don't--
Let's get some labs and imaging
going.
We got this, Jesse.
What happened?
What's wrong with him?
We don't know anything yet.
I trusted you to take care of
him.
Look, we just-- we don't know
anything.
We just need to remain cool
here, all right?
For Charlie.
You--
I got your call.
If anything happens to him,
I will never forgive you.
Let's go.
[]
Hey.
I just talked to Ashley.
What the hell happened?
I found Charlie this morning.
He was like Evelyn,
all spaced out.
Probably...
shellshocked from the scene.
I saw you talking to that guy
in the SUV like you knew him.
Is he with Blackguard?
It's private property, Jesse.
They don't like civilians
messing around.
Somebody could get hurt.
Is it like that stuff my dad
used to talk about in the 80s?
He saw a lot of things that
weren't really there.
Oh.
I saw something...
the night Charlie went
catatonic.
What did you see?
I don't know.
It's like a creature or shadow.
I got knocked out right after I
saw it.
Creature?
Are we talking from a black
lagoon here or the Wolf Man?
Look, I know I sound crazy,
okay?
Jesse...
you've been hitting the sauce
again?
I haven't had a drink in 13
months.
Nobody would blame me if you
had.
Especially not me.
I know what it's
like to watch a man die.
It haunts you.
Burnout's a real thing in my
line of work.
I'm not burnt out.
I'm really getting
worried about you, son.
They ain't kidding around when
they say mental illness is a
family disease.
You need to go home, get some
rest.
I'd hate to see you end up like
your daddy.
Yeah, well, I'd hate to end up
like Bo Sepulvado.
Be the supportive father that
Charlie needs right now
And stop worrying about things
you can't control.
Yeah, I'm going to be
the dad he needs, all right.
Thanks for nothing.
[]
Well, what is it?
I don't know.
Just add it to the list of weird
shit going on around here.
I heard.
You know, he got sick after I
took him out there to that site.
I gotta get out there and find
out what the hell's going on.
Fucking-A, I've been
saying that for years.
We got to do that.
I'm going to go.
Tonight.
Just listen. You be careful.
Somebody up the chain wants to
keep this quiet.
It can go sideways real quick.
They'll do
whatever they need to do.
Your daddy figured that out the
hard way.
You know, I always thought his
suicide seemed...
I don't know... Off.
For good reason.
Do you think he was crazy?
He's about as crazy as a cold
glass of sweet tea on a hot
summer's day.
He saw what he saw.
The strongest man couldn't
handle that.
I saw something...
last night.
Just like that stuff my
dad used to talk
about. A shadow creature.
I'd have nightmares
about it for years.
Last night...
wasn't a nightmare.
Looks like you inherited more
than just your daddy's good
looks.
I see them dancing about in the
sky.
Dancing about in the sky!
The veil is open!
The nightmare realm has arrived.
Armageddon is here.
They've come to take your son.
They want his soul.
What do you know about Charlie?
[speaking Latin]
[speaking Latin]
[bells tolling]
-[beeping]
-[knocking]
Any changes?
Not yet.
But we will keep trying.
Hey, bud.
He won't even open his eyes.
He's strong, he's gonna get
through this.
He's not strong.
He's just a little boy.
Dad told me you took him to a
crime scene.
What the hell were you thinking?
Jesus Christ, it's not like we
knew. Okay?
Charlie wanted to see something,
so I took him out there, and
that's when we found Evelyn.
And you think that was safe?
To take him out in
the middle of some swamp?
Do you think that's what a good
father does?
It's better than letting him
sit around looking at a screen
all day.
Oh, yeah.
This is much better.
I should have never let
you take him for the weekend.
Dad was right.
You're delusional.
Please, just--
Just leave. You've done enough.
I will find out why he's like
this.
[]
Dr. Clemens!
Omario.
Hey, Jesse.
Have you ever seen
anything like this before?
Two people showing up at the
same time with symptoms like
these.
Not personally.
Could they've been exposed to
something?
Chemicals, maybe.
Yeah it's highly possible.
I just need some damn answers.
Answers take time, Jesse.
I know, I'm sorry. Okay.
I know that you're working hard.
Hey!
Listen.
Promise me if something happens
to me, that you'll
look after my family.
What? What are you talking--
Promise me!
[radio chatter]
Yeah.
Yeah, I got you.
Excuse me, Doctor?
Yeah?
Have you seen this man?
Why? What's going on?
We just need to ask him some
questions.
Uh, yeah, I...
saw him going up the stairs.
Is there roof access from there?
Yeah.
Thank you.
[]
[engine idling]
[]
Glory be to the one who sees.
Glory to the one who sees.
Glory be to the one who sees.
Glory be to the one who sees.
Glory be to the one who sees.
You?
The cube will offer protection
for Charlie.
You need to get it to him
immediately.
It's the only thing that can
keep him safe until we can shut
it down.
Shut what down?
The particle collider.
It's almost fully operational.
[footsteps approach]
Who are these people?
What the hell are they doing
down here?
We just wanted to advance our
understanding of the universe.
But we had no idea what they
were doing behind the scenes.
[Jesse] What are they doing?
[woman] Calling to the dark
forces.
Portal detected.
We did it.
We did it!
[woman] The emotional frequency
of humanity is at an all-time
low.
Incredible!
I can't believe we did it!
[woman] The cult that's in
charge has been
sowing the seeds of chaos for
generations.
And the more suffering
they can elicit from humanity,
the greater and more bountiful
the offering to these entities.
And then they'll harness...
total control.
And when a portal this large
opens,
lower astral entities will come
through.
Humanity will end up like Bo.
What did happen to Bo?
They feed on something called
"loosh"
which is the
emotional energy of humanity.
How long do we have
to shut this thing down?
They launch at the Blood
Moon at midnight, tomorrow.
24 hours? Until the end of the
goddamn world?
Don't worry! Okay? I'm here to
guide you.
What about my son?
Take him the cube.
It has a high frequency. It's
the only thing that's kept him
safe so far.
Why should I--
Trust me?
-Because they're coming.
-[footsteps approaching]
You've got to go now.
Wait--
No, now!
[]
[beeping]
[Jesse] Hey.
How's he doing?
How do you think?
[beeping]
Why don't you go home and get
some rest?
I'll stay with him tonight.
I don't want to leave him.
It's not going to do you any
good if you get sick too.
You better call me if--
Of course.
[beeping]
[]
[beeping]
[repetitious heart monitor]
[flatline]
[fluid gulping]
[Evelyn laughs]
Jesse?
You awake?
Yeah, just resting my eyes.
Any change?
No.
[beeping]
He's not getting any worse.
[crazy man] Dancing about in the
sky.
The veil is open.
The nightmare realm has
arrived.
What's up, Herby?
[coffee pours]
Thanks.
How'd that thing work out?
Yeah, well--
What thing?
Can we just keep it down?
You make entry?
Yeah. Hey...
What's a particle collider?
Oh, shit.
Hey, what the hell is that?
It's only the most dangerous
goddamn thing in all of planet
Earth.
You ever heard of CERN?
The Center for European Nuclear
Research.
Never heard of it.
It's messing with the fabric of
our reality and shit.
Every time they're smashing
these damn atoms with the
collider,
it's messing with our
space-time continuum.
Moving us into alternative
dimensions
that look exactly like
the one we're in right now,
but with just tiny little
differences that most people
won't even notice.
Old memories out of
whack. Words misspelled.
You know the Mandela effect,
right?
Y'all seriously need to get out
more.
Oh, God. Here we go.
Do you remember hearing that
Nelson Mandela
died in prison in the 80s?
Yeah, I think I remember
hearing something about it in
school.
The only thing is, he didn't
die, all right?
He was released, and then he
became President of South
Africa.
-So why do I remember him dying?
-[snaps fingers]
Mandela effect.
They're shifting our current
plane of existence with these
damn colliders.
They want us to call into
question our collective memory.
But there's too many of us that
remeber Sally Field is really
Sally Fields.
[Duke laughs]
Okay.
All right, Mulder and Skulky.
I got to get back to the real
world.
It's Scully.
Y'all two have fun in the
X-Files.
Could've swore I have more cash.
Don't worry, I got you covered.
All right man, look, I owe you
one, brother.
Yeah.
I'll see you at the station.
Yeah, I'll be there in a bit.
He owes you a lot more than one
at this point.
Hey, listen, he said something
about trying to open a portal
with this thing.
Hot damn.
See, your daddy was right.
Okay. That's his theory. Okay.
That was a side effect.
He thought they were trying to
bring in something else from
another dimension.
NHE.
Non-human entities.
Talking real good versus evil
type shit here.
Your daddy said he could feel
'em trying to squeeze into his
soul
the day of the disaster.
Fuck me.
[restaurant music and
clattering]
Speaking of...
[Ashley cries]
[beeping]
Hi, mom.
Charlie?
Oh my God, baby!
-Oh my God! Baby.
-[kisses]
You're awake.
You're awake.
[Ashley cries]
[door chimes]
Shit...
Sheriff.
Hey!
Hey.
Mind if I grab your ear for a
minute?
No. What's up?
I got an interesting call.
Oh yeah?
Yeah.
Some asshole was
snooping around Blackguard.
Oh, yeah?
Mmm hmm.
Interesting.
Mmm hmm.
Got video of it right here.
[clicks]
[Jesse in video] Gotcha.
Hmm.
Okay,
so now what?
You're the father of my
grandchild,
and I'll do whatever
I gotta do to help you out.
But I can't help if you continue
to do dumb shit like this.
I told them you didn't mean no
harm.
But I'm telling you, son,
these guys don't mess around.
They will lock your ass up.
Or worse, if you know what I
mean.
Look, I need to get answers for
Charlie.
There ain't no answers
for Charlie out there.
He needs stability here.
And it's your job to provide it.
Not gonna screw it up again.
You know how many goddamn
strings
I had to pool after that D.U.I.?
Yeah, I know, and I appreciate
it. Okay.
But whatever black is doing out
there is what made Charlie sick.
Boy, you are sounding
nuttier than a squirrel turd.
You know that? Charlie got the
damn PTSD
because you took him to a crime
scene.
It's your fault. Nothing more,
nothing less.
Jesse.
There are forces more powerful
than you or me involved here.
These are dangerous men.
Then why are you protecting
them?
I'm protecting my family.
That's always been my priority.
Yeah, well, you're not doing a
very good job at it.
Blackguard was at the
hospital near Charlie's room.
Okay, look, don't worry about
Charlie.
I'll have Deputy Kaufman posted
there.
He'll take care of it. He'll
look after him.
I'm going to get him out of
there.
They're setting this machine off
at midnight tonight and all hell
is going to break loose.
Are you out of your goddamn
mind?
Ashley's got full custody.
You trying to take him
out of the hospital,
you'll be back in jail so fast,
your head will spin.
Keep your nose clean.
Some things are better left
alone.
[door chimes]
I don't trust cops.
Especially one that's
jurisdiction is the forest.
[sheriff] You told me you could
take care of my family.
Well, looks like your family's
involving themselves a little
too much.
Look, Jesse, ain't my family.
But my grandson is.
Well take care of fucking
business, and the rest will be
taken care of, all right?
now get the fuck out of here.
Fuck. Where am I going?
I don't have a car.
Walk that way.
[tools shuffle]
[Duke speaks to firemen]
Hey, if you want to see a
permit, it's in my locker.
What permit?
Permit for these guns I brought
in today, baby.
Must be a concealed carry,
because I don't see shit.
Damn.
Look, I'm just trying to make
you laugh, brother.
Charlie's going to be okay.
Ashley called. Said he's awake.
Feeling better.
See? I knew it.
[birds chirping]
Oh, hey.
What did Hawkins want with you?
I saw him on the way out.
Said he wanted to see you.
I got caught on surveillance
over at the old military base
last night.
You dumb ass.
No, I just need to be more
careful tonight.
Tonight?
Brother, you playing with a
short deck?
Do I need to explain to you
what will happen
if you get arrested again?
Look, Charlie got sick because
of what Blackguard is doing out
there.
And this whole damn town is
going to be next.
You are eventually going to
lose everything,
including your mind.
You heard what Herby said
about that collider.
It needs to be shut down or
life as we know it is going to
end.
Herby? That's who you're
listening to now?
Hey, you just talking crazy,
man.
Maybe you should just take
a couple of days off.
I'll cover for you. Just get
some sleep.
You're starting to sound like
your dad when he--
I didn't mean to say--
No, no. I got you, man.
Sounds good.
No no no, no. I got you.
Yeah. All right. Cool. Sounds
good.
Catch you later.
Oh, damn, Jesse, you look like
shit.
Seems to be the general
consensus around here.
Where's Ashley?
She went to get a cup of
coffee. She said she'd be right
back.
All right.
[beeping]
[]
Hey, what are you looking for?
The cube, where is it?
That black thingy?
I don't know, I set it on that
table.
We have to find it. It was
protecting him.
What are you talking about?
Aren't you going to say hi to
your son?
Hey, buddy.
Do you know where that cube is?
What is wrong with you?
Enough with the damn cube.
We have to find it. It's
why he's getting better.
Are you insane?
He's getting good care from the
doctors.
That's why he's getting better.
Not from some damn cube.
No, no, you don't understand.
There's a girl--
[heart monitor flatlines]
Look at what you've done to him.
-[Charlie moaning]
-Look at what you're doing to
him.
No, listen! We have to get the
cube, they're-
Just get out, you're making him
worse!
No, no. Listen, please. Now
listen.
Omario! Find the cube!
Find the cube, Omario!
[beeping]
You keep an eye on him.
You know I will.
[truck engine roars]
[engine cuts off]
[birds chirping]
[]
[key scraping]
[sighs]
[lock clicks]
[items rustling]
[]
[papers rustling]
[Jesse's father] Today I
witnessed a horror beyond the
limits of human understanding.
It defied all laws of physics
and sanity.
I fear if I don't make sense of
it, I will become insane.
I was on my way home from
hunting.
I just passed by Beaumont Creek
when a deafening roar split the
air.
And I looked up to see a
blinding light hovering above.
-Then I heard them.
-[rumbling]
Their screams of anguish were
deafening.
I don't know if my mind will
ever be able to process it.
All under a swirling
vortex of colors in the sky.
It ripped the rifle
clean out of my hands.
[people screaming]
And then I saw her running
toward me.
From the chaos, her hand
extended
-in a desperate plea for help.
-[woman screaming]
Every time I close my eyes, I
see her face.
She reached the fence and our
fingers touched for a moment. I
tried to hang on.
Then a sudden force ripped her
away from me,
and she vanished into that pit
of hell in the sky.
I'll never forget her face.
So angelic, so radiant,
but etched with a raw fear
that will haunt me
for the rest of my days.
[cell phone vibrates]
[]
[engine revving]
[door chimes]
Hey, yo Herby, you back there?
Herb?
Herby?
[light scraping]
I almost trashed this when I
was clearing out the trays in
room 203.
Must be the kids'.
You mind if I take it back to
them?
[heart monitor beeps]
[Jesse] Hey Herby, you back
here?
Hey Herby, you sent me a tex--
Herb?
Herb.
[blood drips]
Oh, shit.
[object moves]
[power outage]
[]
-[large footsteps]
-[grunting]
[thuds]
[Jesse cringes]
-[thuds]
-[grunts]
[]
-[thuds]
-[grunts]
-[thuds]
-[grunts]
[grunting]
[Jesse chokes]
-[thuds]
-[grunts]
Oh!
[glass shatters]
So you...
You're working with them now?
Damn it! Jesse!
The horses haven't been good to
me, man.
And I owe a lot of money to the
wrong people
Selling stolen equipment wasn't
doing it for you?
And you just wouldn't stop
digging!
So you gonna kill me now?
No, no, I'm not gonna kill you.
We're just gonna
go for a little ride.
I'm sorry about this, Jesse.
[glass slices flesh]
[Duke grunts in pain]
Damn it, Jesse!
No no no, look, look!
I'm done, I'm done. No!
No! Please!
Goddammit.
[Duke struggles]
[blood squelching]
You got two minutes before you
bleed out.
[grunts]
[Duke laughs]
Boy...
You tougher than you look.
[heavy breathing]
[Ronan] Every fucking time, this
happens to me.
You want something done right,
you got to do it your fucking
self.
[Ronan sighs]
-Idiot fucking locals.
-[engine starts]
Okay.
Calm down.
We're going to get him at the
hospital,
okay?
[engine revs]
Clean it up.
The hell are you sitting here
for?
[window sliding]
[heart monitor beeps]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[creature wriggles]
Evening, Evelyn.
Can you hear me?
[light clicks]
-[light clicks]
-[squelching]
[beeping]
[device beeps]
[]
[Evelyn breathes]
Evelyn?
You're in the hospital.
Do you remember
what happened to you?
Evelyn...
[Evelyn shrieks]
[backup power turns on]
[]
[power returns]
[eerie whirring]
[]
[cup clatters]
Jesse!
They killed Herby!
What?
Who the fuck are these people?
You should calm down, son.
Calm down?
Herby is dead, and Duke just
tried to kill me.
Duke?
Yes, "brother" Duke!
You have got to go underground.
No, I got to get to the hospital
and get Charlie. We are running
out of time!
You can't!
They know the hospital's your
next move.
How?
Because I told them.
What?
They're not after Charlie.
They're after you.
Why?
Because you fucked around with
the wrong people and found out
just like your dad.
Look, I'll keep Charlie safe.
Go to your daddy's cabin
and I'll meet you there.
Go.
[]
[exhales]
Deputy?
[]
Damn!
-[squelching]
-Ugh!
[eerie whirring]
[dimensional glitching]
Evelyn?
What are you doing?
I need you to go back to your
room, Evelyn.
[growls]
[cube whirrs]
Evelyn...
I need you to go back to your
room.
[squelching]
Evelyn, back to your room.
[cube whirs]
[Evelyn grunts]
[Evelyn shrieks]
-Evelyn. No!
-[stabbing]
Stop!
Stop it!
Evelyn, stop it!
[Evelyn shrieks]
[rain pours]
[truck drives]
[door chimes]
You doing all right?
Yeah, Pat, good. Uh...
Let me get a whiskey.
Forester, if you got it.
It's for Duke.
Sure thing.
[pharmacy music plays]
[cash register scans]
[bag rustling]
It's $10.21.
[beeps]
Thanks, Pat.
Take care.
[sniffs]
[chiming]
[indistinct chatter]
[engine starts]
[]
[crickets chirping]
[Jesse] Who are you?
[Emma] You could say I'm a
soldier in the celestial war to
defend consciousness
from those looking to destroy
it.
This is my repentance for what
I helped start
all those years ago.
[Jesse] So what happened?
We made contact.
Contact with what? These
creatures?
Contact with other dimensions.
We didn't know that
when a portal this large opens,
it means that these beings can
operate with impunity.
I mean, they're not all
nefarious, but the ones that
Blackguard
wants to bring in are.
So this cube...
It's like, what, their
Kryptonite?
You've heard of holy water?
Recovering Catholic.
This is a "holy cube" of sorts.
Are you saying that these
creatures are--
Demons?
Something like that.
Are you a demon?
Do I look like a demon to you?
[]
I don't know what
anything looks like anyone.
Your role is vital in putting a
stop to this, Jessie.
My role? No, no.
I don't have a role in this.
I'm just trying to save my son.
And you will.
Your father was the only living
witness to the first attempt.
He was strong.
He had something special.
You do too.
[Jesse scoffs]
I'm not special.
I--
I froze up once, under pressure
and...
it cost me my family.
What if you had another try?
What have you got to lose?
[Jesse laughs]
I don't know, only life as we
know it.
[crickets chirping]
Okay.
I'm in.
So what do we do to stop it?
I'm glad you asked.
[]
[match strikes]
[Emma] Your dad really knew his
science.
Yeah.
You know anything about
stopping the second coming of
hell?
[Emma] The scientists will
scatter once they realize it's
out of their control.
The plan is to stop the ritual
before the portal can fully
open.
Did your dad ever say
anything about the occult?
My dad said a lot of weird shit
I didn't understand.
Mostly...
he just took me hunting.
[]
I've seen them.
The entities.
Don't give these entities any
more power, okay?
Fear fuels the darkness.
[vehicle approaches]
It's Hawkins. Says he's here to
help.
They got to him a long time ago.
I guess I can't trust anyone.
You can trust your gut.
Yeah, well, my gut says to shut
this fucker down.
You deal with Hawkins
and then meet me at the base.
Which, where is--
[sighs]
Never gonna get used to that.
[doors sliding]
What happened?
Is he okay?
He's fine. Yeah.
I know Jesse had
something to do with this.
Yes, and he's right.
That cube, it protected us.
[Ashley laughs]
What are you saying?
Are you saying you believe him?
[laughs]
After what I just saw in there
tonight,
I really don't know what to
believe anymore.
Evelyn, she was--
She was possessed!
Oh, okay.
And the only thing that brought
her down was that damn cube.
Jesus.
Now you're drinking the
Kool-Aid?
Ashley, what I've seen in there
tonight,
it's just been unexplainable.
Okay.
I need to see my son now.
Wow.
[gun thuds]
They find a weakness...
and the capitalize on it.
For Duke, it was his gambling
debt.
For me, it was my family.
I'm not following you.
I used to step out a lot on my
wife,
and they used it against me.
Threatened to tell her about my
affairs if I didn't help
cover up what I saw at the base
that day.
They suck you in with the glory
of working with them.
You just can't say no to these
men.
So that's your excuse?
[]
Oh, Jesse,
-I didn't come to kill him.
-What?
I just wanted to put the
fear of God into him
to stop his talking, and--
Things just got out of control.
What are you--
He pulled his weapon, I pulled
mine.
[]
[chair sliding]
You killed my father?
I didn't mean to do it.
Bullshit!
It was a goddamn accident.
He was my friend.
Is that supposed to
make me feel any better?
No.
But just understand,
not a day goes by that I'm not
haunted by what I did.
And when you married Ashley,
it just made things worse
knowing I'd killed your daddy.
How do you live with yourself?
I put a gun to my head many
times,
but I didn't have the balls to
pull the trigger.
-Oh that's too bad.
-[gun cocks]
Look, I know you want to kill
me, and I don't blame you.
My life ain't worth living
anyway.
Well, that's one thing we can
agree on.
[]
[Jesse screams]
[glass shatters]
I am so sorry.
[multiple vehicles approach]
You led them here?
Yeah...
But not why you think.
You got any more ammo?
What the hell do I know?
[]
[cabinet rattles]
[gun cocks]
Yeah, that'll do!
I'm going to hold off these
goons as long as I can.
You go shut that son of a bitch
down while I get me some
payback.
Now get.
[]
[gunfight ensues]
[rapid gunfire]
[]
[footsteps marching]
[distant rumbling]
[footsteps marching]
[]
It's just me.
You have got to stop doing that.
Just keeping you on your toes.
I assume you're here to help.
They're about to initiate the
collider, so you stop the
Satanists,
I'll stall the nerds, okay?
Okay.
Take this.
And hey...
Go save the world.
Thank you.
[slow footsteps]
[]
[scientist 1] Initiate primary
sequence.
[scientist 2] Initiating.
[particle collider powers up]
Initiated.
[particle collider powers down]
What's the problem here?
Initiate primary sequence again.
[particle collider powers up]
Initiated.
[particle collider powers down]
Whoa!
[beeping]
[Ronan] The shadows
that dance in the abyss.
I invoke thee, O infernal
spirits.
Rise.
Rise and heed our call.
[]
With this blood, we summon you,
O ancient ones.
[group] We summon you, O ancient
ones.
Let he who has been selected
step forward.
You are the chosen one!
To the altar!
Get him to the altar!
No!
To the altar!
No! Get off me!
To the altar!
[Jesse struggles]
[Jesse] Get off me!
[Ronan] In the blackened void
where reality
and chaos entwine,
those earthly creatures--
I will kill you!
[Ronan] Unleash! Unleash the
infernal force upon
this earthly realm!
Unleash the infernal force
upon this earthly realm!
Reveal your ancient gateway!
Reveal!
Reveal your ancient gateway!
[group] Reveal the ancient
gateway!
Reveal the ancient gateway!
Reveal the ancient gateway!
Reveal the ancient gateway!
[portal forms]
[group] Reveal the ancient
gateway!
Reveal the ancient gateway!
Re--
[chanting stops]
[thunder booms]
[]
Hit 'em in the gut, son!
[thundering]
[group] Reveal the ancient
gateway!
Reveal the ancient gate--
-[shotgun blasts]
-[grunt]
Get his ass!
-[thuds]
-[grunts]
-[voices approaching]
-Oh! Shit!
[shotgun blasts]
[Ronan grunts]
Motherfucker! I'm gonna kill
him!
Get off of him, you sick fucks!
[AK-47 fires]
[cult members scream and fall]
Jesse.
End this.
[Emma] Jesse!
You've got to sever the power
cord.
[scientist screams]
[scientist] Help me, please!
[metal clanking]
[Emma] Wait!
There's no coming back.
I guess I really am the chosen
one.
[knife unsheathes]
[Jesse screams in angquish]
Let this blood be our testament.
-[stabs]
-Ahh!
-[thuds]
-Oh!
[ax handle smacks]
[]
-[Jesse screams]
-[ax clanking]
[exhales]
[]
Hey, sleepyhead! Feeling better?
[frame clatters]
[chuckles] Jesse, you look like
you just saw a ghost
Uh...
H-- how long have I--
How long have I been asleep?
A couple of hours. You okay?
[Jesse sighs]
Oh it just feels like it's been
forever.
Ashley laughs.
[Charlie] Ugh! Get a room.
[laughs]
Dad will be here any second,
and Duke's already
firing up the grill.
[kisses]
Get your dad up.
Dad, look at this video of
Bigfoot!
Charlie!
I'm fine, dad.
What's gotten into you?
I just missed you,
buddy, that's all!
Paw-paw's here! I got
to go show him this video.
[Duke and Hawkins chat]
[]
[indistinct chatter]
[]
I'm proud of you, Jesse.
[bag rustling]
[door opens]
Dad?
Oh!
It's good to see you, too, son.
He's love-bombing everyone
today! [laughs]
As well as he should.
Lots to celebrate.
It's good to see you, dad.
Jess, I need you on drinks.
Can you run these out to the
grill for me?
What's up buddy?
Hey, sherriff!
[]
[chatter]
[burgers sizzle]
[Duke] There he is.
Man of the hour. [laughs]
I'm so damn proud of you,
brother.
No one else deserves the Medal
of Valor more than you do.
[laughs]
You remember...
I taught you everything you
know.
[]
Medal of Valor?
You earned it, son.
You're a hero, babe.
Own it.
Woah, woah. All right, all
right.
Don't make his head too damn
big.
Won't be able to fit down the
fire pole.
Come on! How about a toast?
I don't drink.
Since when?
Yesterday?
To Jesse.
Best damn son in law man can
have.
[group] To Jesse!
Speech, speech!
This is a dream.
I don't want it to end.
Here, here!
[]
[eerie whooshing]
[slimy crackling]
[glass breaks]
[slimy crackling continues]
[]
[Jesse shrieks]
[]
[]
[]
[]
[music fades out]