The Boy Behind the Door (2020) Movie Script

[ Insects chirping ]
[ Loon calls]
[Oil pump creaks]
[ Discordant, sinister notes
fade in ]
[ Car door opens ]
[Trunk latch pops]
[ Car door closes ]
[Keys jingling]
[ Footsteps crunching on gravel]
[ Muffled shrieking ]
[ Laughter]
I can't run! My legs hurt!
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Insects chirping ]
I can't wait till we're older.
We can leave this place.
Where do you want to go?
Just somewhere different.
Somewhere where
the sun's always shining.
Like today.
California.
Let's go.
Really?
Promise you won't go without me?
Of course.
Itsfnends till the end, right?
Friends to the end.
- Bam.
- Oh!
[ Grunts]
[ Ball bouncing ]
[ Bouncing fades]
Kevin, hurry up!
We have to go to the game!
[Sighs]
Come on!
Kevin?
Kevin?
Kevin!
Kevin?
Kevin!
Okay, Kevin, this...
This, uh... this isn't funny.
Kevin?
Augh!
No! No! [ Shrieking ]
[ Muffled shrieking ]
[ Muffled thudding, shrieking ]
[Chains rattling ]
[ Door slams ]
- [ Thudding ]
- [ Grunting ]
[ Electricity zaps ]
[Grunting, thudding continue]
[Thudding stops]
[ Panting ]
[ Muffled, indistinct speech]
[Whimpering softly]
[ Groans ]
Gah! [ Panting, grunting ]
Gah!
[ Shrieking ] Help!
Somebody, please! Help!
[ Grunts]
[ Coughs ]
[ Panting ]
[ Coughing, gasping ]
[ Feverish music plays]
[Thudding continues]
[ Metal wrenching ]
[ Panting ]
[ Groaning, panting ]
Help... help!
Help, please!
Somebody, help! Please!
Guh! Help!
[ Grunting ]
[ Music rising to frantic pace]
- [ Metal clatters]
- [ Coughing, gasping ]
[Sobbing softly]
[Groans, grunts]
[Groaning, grunting ]
[ Coughing, groaning ]
[Weakly] Help me...
[Groaning, coughing ]
[ Muffled screaming ]
[Wood creaking ]
Guh!
[ Panting ]
[ Panting, sniffling ]
Kevin: Help!
Help me!
Help! Help!
Please, stop!
- [ Muffled, echoing ]
- Somebody get me out of here!
Please!
Help!
Help! Please!
Stop! Help, please!
Help!
[Sobbing softly]
[ Rock thuds ]
[ TV chattering indistinctly]
[Steam hissing ]
Man: But we have to try with all
the help we can get.
Now, I'm going to point out
the windows and doors.
Do you understand?
We'll be all right here.
We ll be all right here
if someone comes to rest,
but we'll have to work together.
You'll have to help.
Now, I want you to go in
and get some wood
so I can board the place up.
Do you understand? Okay?
Okay?
[ Suspenseful music plays on TV]
[Static hissing ]
[ Music plays intermittently]
[ Hand slamming ]
[Static hissing ]
[ Kettle whistling ]
- [ Switch snaps]
- [ Static stops ]
[Whistling continues]
[Whistling slows, stops]
[ Heartbeat thudding slowly]
[Wood creaks]
[ Rapping on door]
[ Heartbeat speeds up]
[ Dishware clinks ]
[ Rapping continues]
[ Door opens ]
[ Door creaks ]
[ Door closes ]
[ Indistinct chatter]
[Watch beeping ]
[ Beeping stops]
[ Door opens, slams]
[ Heartbeat thudding steadily]
[ Car engine sputters, starts]
[ Heartbeat continues]
[Weeping softly]
Man: Shhhhh.
Don't cry.
[ Slow, steady heartbeat]
[ Door creaks ]
[ Door opens, creaks]
[ Door closes ]
[ Doorknob rattles]
[Whimpering ] [ Shushing ]
[Weeping ]
[Wood sliding softly]
- [ Whimpering ]
- There's nothing to cry about.
It's okay.
Shh, you're safe here.
- You are.
- [ Sobbing ]
Man: Hey.
What's going on?
What's wrong?
[ Kevin sobbing ]
Man: Come on, don't do that.
Do not cry.
- Stop now.
- [ Thud, chains clink]
What was that?
[ Approaching
running footsteps ]
[Sighs]
[ Doorknob clicks]
[ Rapid heartbeat thudding ]
It's okay.
You don't have to hide from me.
I just want to talk.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
Don't be shy, now.
You can come out.
It's okay.
- Rrgh!
- Ough!
Ugh! [Groaning]
[ Exhales sharply]
[ Groaning ]
Come on, come on, come on!
[ Panting ]
Ugh!
There you are.
He... help me! Help me, please!
Shh, shh!
Stop that.
There's nothing to be scared of.
I just want to talk.
That's all I want to do.
Calm down.
It's okay.
- [ Whimpering ]
- [ Kettle clangs ]
That wasn't very nice, was that?
[ Cup clatters]
What are you gonna do with that?
What are you gonna do with that?
I need you to listen to me.
Be a good boy
and put the knife down.
[ Groans ]
- I'm sorry.
- [ Growls ]
[ Panting ]
I said... rgh!
Ugh!
Ugh...
[ Choking, gasping ]
[ Squeaks ]
- [ Gasps]
- I'm sorry.
[ Gasps ]
[ Gurgles]
[ Sobbing ]
[Oil pump creaking ]
Kevin.
Kevin, can you hear me?
It's me, Bobby.
Kevin, please answer me!
Can you hear me?
Kevin.
Kevin: [Weakly] Bobby.
Kevin?
Kevin, are you okay?
Did he hurt you?
No, I'm fine.
Where is he?
He's gone.
What about the other one?
I-I don't know.
Can you come to the door?
No, he put something around
my ankle, and I can't move.
I'm scared, Bobby.
Me too, okay?
But I'm not gonna leave you.
Itsfnends
till the end, remember?
Friends to the end.
Don't worry,
I'm gonna find keys.
[Whimpers]
[Watching beeping ]
[ Approaching
running footsteps ]
[ Clock ticking ]
Aw, come on.
Bobby?
Bobby.
[ Car horn honks]
Hey, I'm gonna drive
and get help.
- What do you mean?
- I can't find the keys.
Yeah, but you can't drive.
I-I'll be right back.
- Bobby!
- Just trust me!
[ Insects chirping ]
[ Engine starts ]
[ Static crackling ]
And that's the thing...
These aren't lawabiding
Americans.
These aren't good people.
These are rapists.
These are criminals.
Now, I'll tell you something...
They're coming for you.
They're coming for your jobs.
They're coming for your women.
Vvhoa. Vvhoa!
They take and take till they...
No, no, no, no, no.
[ Engine revving ]
- Come on!
- They want to take your guns.
No, no, no.
No! Come on!
Augh!
[ Groaning ]
[ Radio chattering
indistinctly ]
[Gravel crunching ]
[ Groaning, panting ]
[ Distant crunching,
splintering ]
[ Groaning ]
[ Insects chirping ]
[Watch beeping ]
[Ominous thudding in time]
[Chains rattling ]
[ Strains ]
Bobby: Kevin, I need you.
Bobby, did you find help?
I found a phone.
It's like the ones
you see in movies.
It's big, heavy.
It has a curly cord thing.
Oh, my grandma has one of those.
I-I don't know how it works.
You need to plug it into a wall.
It doesn't have a plug.
Well, there should be
some cord around,
and it... it looks like
an Internet cable.
[Watch beeping ]
Dang it.
[ Phone clangs softly]
Come on, come on, come on.
Agh!
Ugh!
[ Phone clangs ]
- [ Dial tone blares]
- Yes!
Kevin, it's working!
[Watch beeping loudly]
[ Receiver clunks ]
[ Beeping continues]
[ Beeping stops]
[ Straining ]
[ Metal creaks]
[ Dial tone blares]
[ Buttons clicking, whirring ]
[Phone line rings ]
Woman: 911.
What's your emergency?
Yeah, w... me and my friend
have been kidnapped.
Woman: What's your name, sir?
- Bobby. Bobby green.
- Okay, Bobby.
Is the person that took you
still there?
- Can they hear you?
- No, they're gone.
But my friend's still stuck.
You have to hurry, please.
- [ Metal creaking ]
- [ Straining ]
We 're tracking your location.
Can you tell me anything
about where you are?
- It's a house.
- Okay, a house.
Do you know where it is?
There's a lot of grass and trees
and a big oil rig out front.
[ Straining ]
[ Grunting ]
Oh!
Ooh!
[Wincing ]
[Whimpering, wincing ]
[Approaching tires rumbling ]
Bobby, hide!
Woman: See anything else...
He... he's back.
He just came back.
- [ Car door slams ]
- You have to hurry, please.
Woman: Help be there soon.
Just stay on the line.
We almost have your location.
Just stay with me
a little longer.
No, I have to go.
Woman: Is there
a place you can hide?
No! No, he'll find me!
He'll see me!
He'll see the body, okay?
- Bobby, talk to me.
- I have to go.
[ Door closes ]
[ Footsteps approaching ]
Woman on TV:
Do you really think...
Man on TV:
I don't think anything.
I just know that
I'm going to my room.
And if anybody comes in,
I'll shoot him.
[Whimpering, sniffling ]
[ Hisses through teeth ]
[ TV chattering indistinctly ]
Okay.
[ Groans ]
[ Hisses ] Augh...
[ Chattering continues ]
[ Screw patters]
[Keys jingling]
[Wood creaking ]
[ Footsteps approaching ]
Woman on TV: Oh, I wish
this night were over.
Man on TV: Those are guns.
- [ Wood creaking ]
- [ Door opens, closes]
I tell you, it doesn't make
any difference.
They're not through with us yet.
[ Grunts]
[ Exhales sharply]
[ Gasps ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Grunts]
[ Grunting ]
[ Legs thud ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Footsteps retreating ]
[Wood creaks]
[ Shrieks ]
[ TV chattering ]
[Glass tinkling ]
[ Insects chirping ]
[ Grunts]
[ Chattering continues ]
Certainly not.
Man on TV: And right as somebody
else in this house
who once has left his room.
Did you hear anything?
Organ music.
That and someone walking.
You look downstairs,
and I'll look out here.
Why not together?
There may be only minutes,
seconds left of someone's life!
Why waste time?
[ Mysterious synth music plays ]
It's almost over, Nelly.
You really keep
the hours passing.
[Wood creaks]
What's happening?
We've done it.
A pen'ect crime.
Beautiful.
[ Rapid thudding heartbeat]
[ Footsteps approaching ]
[ Footsteps approaching ]
[ Door closes ]
[ Keypad beeps]
[ Lock clicks ]
[ Footsteps retreating ]
[ Lock clicks ]
[ Bed creaks]
[ Buckle clinking ]
[ Zipper zips ]
- [ Tap squeaks]
- [ Water running ]
[ Shower curtain rattles]
[Whimpering, grunting softly]
[ Lock clicks ]
[ Water splashing ]
[ Metal creaking ]
[ Hisses through teeth ]
Ahh...
[ Moans softly]
[ Groaning ]
- [ Tap squeaks]
- [ Water shuts off]
[ Shower curtain rattles]
[ Bed creaks]
[ Sniffles ]
[ Moans softly]
[ Breathing shakily]
[ Footsteps approaching ]
- [ Keys jingle ]
- [ Door unlocks]
[ Door opens, slams]
[ Footsteps approaching ]
[ Sobbing ]
[ Strange jingling ]
Kevin: What are you doing?
What is that?
[ Clanging, rattling ]
Please! I just want to go home!
Please.
I won't cry, I swear.
I swear.
[ Object rattles]
Ple... please don't!
Please! Please!
[Thud! 1
[ Handle clatters ]
[ Footsteps retreating ]
[ Door slams ]
[ Footsteps approaching ]
Gah!
[ Shrieks]
[ Sobbing ]
Get away!
Please, go away!
- [ Axe thudding ]
- [ Wood splintering ]
Just go away!
Why?!
Please, stop!
Augh!
[ Sirens wailing ]
Help! Help! I'm up here!
Please! Hello?! Please!
Up here at the window!
Please! Hello?!
It's me! It's me up here!
Up here at the window! Please!
Hello?! Please!
- [ Voice fading ]
- Please, I'm up here!
Help me, please!
Help, please!
I'm up here! Help!
[ Knocking on door]
Man on TV: There is a pattern
to all that lives!
An order, an arrangement!
She had a heart, and a brain,
and her spirit was in both!
Not in one or the other!
[ Knocking continues]
I'll give her a brain
and a heart.
Yes, and what of her soul?
You say you love her and...
You can remember
her love for you.
Then how can you make of her
an experiment of horror?
[ Louder volume ]
All the skill and science
I possess was meant for this.
- [ Pounding on door]
- Life has a pattern.
The whole pattern of my life
is shaping itself
to save her now.
Then, you intend to
go through with it?
Yes.
Good evening.
Are you the owner
of this residence?
- [ Suspenseful music blaring ]
- [ Faintly ] Yes, I am.
Can you cut that down?
[Laughs]
I'm sorry.
Are you the owner
of this residence?
Yes. Yes, I am.
May I ask what this is about?
We received a distress call
about a suspected kidnapping.
Dispatch traced it
to this general area.
Oh, my god. You're kidding.
In this area?
Have you seen anything
unusual tonight?
No, no.
It's just another
quiet night around here.
Except for the TV, of course.
It's just nice to hear
something in the background.
Mm. Do you have
any kids, miss...?
Burton. Uh, no.
No kids.
What about a Mr. Burton?
Are you making a pass
at me, officer?
No, ma'am, I'm not.
It's just me.
Can I see some I.D.,
miss Burton?
Of course.
It's, uh, just right inside.
I'll be back in a minute.
[ Thrilling music
continues on TV]
[ Grunts]
[ Strains ]
Ms. Burton!
Miss Burton, can you
hurry this up, please?
Ms. Burton, I'm comin' in!
Man on TV: People fear what
they don't understand.
And what they can't see.
Ms. Burton!
Man on TV: No, what are you
talking about?
You're nothing a freak of life.
And a freak of death!
[ Door closes ]
Why should I be afraid of
a few locks on the door?
But last night, you ran.
[TV turns off]
[ Insects chirping ]
Hello?
Ms. Burton?
[ Rapid approaching footsteps]
Help us!
Oh, my god.
- Gah!
- [ Gasps ]
[ Splutters ]
- [ Gasping ]
- [ Body thuds ]
Ungh.
[ Panting ]
[ Door opens, slams]
[ Doorknob rattles]
Open the door, kid.
Open... the goddamn... door.
Okay, listen to me.
I know you're scared,
but I'm coming in there
one way or another.
So, if you open the door,
I promise you,
I will not hurt you.
Do it!
Let me in.
Come on!
Open the door!
Open the goddamn door!
Open the door, bitch!
Fuck it!
[ Door slams ]
[ Metal clatters]
[Gun cocks]
You know, I never really planned
on taking you out of that trunk.
I figured you'd
suck all the air out
and that'd be the end of it.
But, here we are.
[ Object clatters]
My friends like
tough boys, though.
Not like your crybaby
buddy upstairs.
They actually pay good money
for the ones who put up a fight.
They don't normally go for ones
who look like you,
but I think
they'll make an exception.
You know what?
Since you clearly like
your little fucking friend,
how about I swap you out
for your pal?
How does that sound?
- Ugh! Augh!
- [ Gun clatters]
[ Groans ]
[ Coughs ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Grunts]
- [ Shrieks]
- [ Gunshots continue]
Oh, fuck!
God damn it.
[ Groaning ]
[Keys jingling]
[ Panting, groaning ]
[ Groaning ]
[ Groaning ]
[ Shrieks]
[ Muffled shriek]
[ Grunts]
[ Groans ]
[Sputtering, groaning ]
[ Groaning ]
[ Panting ]
[Sobbing quietly]
[ Eerie music plays]
[ Clears throat ]
[Weeping ]
Kevin.
Kevin.
Kevin.
Get away from me!
- Away from me!
- Kevin! Kevin, it's me!
It's me Bobby.
It's me.
Bobby.
[Sobs ] You didn't leave me.
You didn't leave me.
You didn't...
- Did he...?
- No.
Here, put this on.
[ Sniffling ]
She's still downstairs.
We need to get you
out of here, okay?
[Chains rattling ]
You have to help me puh, okay?
One, two, three.
[ Both straining ]
[ Gasping ]
One more time.
[ Both straining ]
Be right back, okay? I promise.
Okay.
- [ Thudding ]
- [ Chain rattling ]
What are you doing?
Just trust me, okay?
It'll be all right.
Just back up a little bit.
Three, two...
[ Grunting ]
[ Both gasping, grunting ]
Ow! [ Groaning ]
- Oh, god!
- [ Beeping ]
[ Electricity zapping ]
[Gasping, coughing ]
Kevin, what...
Kevin, what is it?!
[ Coughing ]
Come on.
[ Beeping ]
[ Gasps ] Augh!
[ Coughing, gagging ]
[ Both groaning, panting ]
I have an idea.
- [ Groans ]
- N... no, no!
Don't leave me again!
Don't leave me!
Bobby: Listen, listen!
Listen, okay?
Don't leave me again.
The worst thing that could have
happened to us already happened.
Just stay here.
I'll be right back.
[ Groaning ]
[ Coughing ]
[ Groaning ]
[ Grunts]
[ Muffled grunting ]
Gah!
Rghh!
[ Grunts]
[ Grunting ]
No, let me... let me go!
[ Grunts]
[ Shrieking ]
[Whimpering ]
[ Shrieking ]
[Whimpering ]
[ Gasps ]
[Whimpering ]
Ow! No!
[ Shrieking ]
[ Growls ]
[Wails]
Ah! Oh, god!
[Gasps ] Oh, my god!
My finger!
You cut off my fucking finger!
[ Screams ]
You're dead! Do you hear me?!
You're dead!
- [ Door closes ]
- [ Sobbing ]
You little shit.
[ Grunting ]
[ Yelps ]
[ Hollers]
[Screams, sobs]
Bobby!
[ Loon calls]
Bobby!
[Voice echoing ] Bobby!
Just say something!
[ Loon calls] [ Coyote yips ]
Come on.
[ Device beeping ]
[ Exhales slowly]
[ Beeping ]
[ Electricity crackling ]
[Gasping, coughing ]
[ Shrieks]
[ Electricity crackling ]
[Groaning, coughing ]
[ Electricity crackling ]
Oh! Fuck you!
- [ Metal clatters]
- [ Gasps ]
[ Coughing, gasping ]
[ Electricity crackling ]
[Groaning, coughing ]
[ Object clatters]
Ungh!
[ Electricity crackling ]
[Gasping, coughing ]
[ Grunts]
[ Electricity crackles ]
[ Coughing, gasping ]
Hey! We've gotta go!
- Mm...
- We've gotta go!
I can't.
What do you... yes, you can!
Kevin, you have to go.
No! No!
Bobby: You have to.
Do you know what you told me?
Friends till the end, remember?
This is not the end.
God...
[Gravel crunching underfoot]
Boys!
[ Insects chirping ]
[ Coyote yips ]
[Grass rustles]
[ Footsteps retreating ]
- Okay.
- [ Groans softly]
- Let's go.
- [ Grunts ]
Come on.
[ Groaning ]
[ Door closes softly]
[ Door creaks ]
[ Door closes softly]
[ Groaning ]
[ Groaning ]
- [ Taser crackles ]
- [ Gasps ]
[Whispers] Hello?
Can anyone hear me?
Officer: Last unit,
please identify yourself
oh. My name is Kevin o'Connor,
and I need help.
Please send someone.
Officer: Sir, this is
a restricted frequency.
If you have an emergency,
please dial 911.
We don't... we don't
have a phone.
Um, she already killed
the other officer.
Please.
Officer: What is your location?
U-Um, I-I don't know.
It's a farmhouse,
and i-it looks far away.
I'm in a cop car.
Officer:
Find a safe place to hide.
Officers are on their way.
Okay.
[ Radio clunks]
Here.
I got something.
[ Leather squeaks ]
- [ Groans ]
- Move your hand.
- Okay.
- [ Hissing, groaning ]
Uh, here.
Don't move, okay?
- Okay.
- Three, two, one.
[ Groaning ]
Thank you...
[ Groaning, shivering ]
We're still gonna go, right?
To California?
Yeah, of course.
They're gonna be here soon.
[ Footsteps approaching ]
[Gasps ] Oh, my god.
- Oh, my god!
- Oh, my god, oh, my god!
- We need to lock the doors!
- Please!
- What are you doing?! Please!
- No! No! No!
No! What are you doing?!
Please don't!
No! No! No!
[ Both sobbing ]
Please don't!
[ Screams] No!
- [ Screams ]
- No!
[ Both screaming, wailing ]
Something's wrong.
Yeah.
[ Both whimpering ]
No! No! No!
No! No! No!
- No, no! Let me go!
- No!
- No! Let me go!
- Bobby!
- No!
- [ Screams ]
Agh!
Bobby!
I got something for ya.
[ Groans ]
Where do you think you're going?
Stay down!
[Whimpering ]
Say goodnight.
Gah!
Ugh!
Ahhhhh!
Ugh! [Wailing]
- [ Grunts]
- [ Wailing ]
How does it feel?!
- [ Groaning ]
- [ Electricity crackling ]
- Kevin!
- [ Groaning weakly]
[Oil pump creaking ]
[ Both groaning ]
It's okay.
- Okay.
- [ Both panting ]
Boys?
[ Both groaning, panting ]
- Do you see her?
- [ Moans] No...
[ Both whimpering softly]
Where are you?
- [ Groaning ]
- Come on. Come on.
[ Groans ]
[ Groaning ]
Where is she?
Is she still there?
I don't see her anywhere.
[ Insects chirping ]
Sit down.
Hey, I think she's gone.
Ugh! Agh...
Hrgh!
Agh!
Get away from him!
Agh! Gah!
- Get down!
- God!
Get off of me!
Ah!
Guh!
[ Gasps ]
- Agh!
- [ Shrieks ]
[ Grunts]
- Gah!
- [ Gunshot ]
[ Muffled thud 1
[Voice echoing ] Adam244.
Shots fired, shots fired.
Suspect is down.
I got two minors in need
of medical attention.
[Approaching sirens wailing ]
[ Radio chatter]
Heading out. A2 checking out.
Detectives en route.
Take these boys to the hospital.
Let's get you two home.
[ Engine starts ]