The Home (2025) Movie Script
1
[tense music playing]
[female reporter]
...live on the ground
in Kingston.
And while not officially
a hurricane,
these conditions
are quickly worsening.
There's flooding in front of me
from heavy rain, Ben.
- [Max coughing]
- And looking out
on the coast,
you can see the conditions
are far, far worse.
High tide is at a season
record high,
making its way to the streets.
We have volunteers here
piling up sandbags
and taking
other precautions we can.
But we know this storm
will be devastating.
Back to you in the studio.
[Ben] Thank you, Judy.
Stay safe out there.
We're watching this storm...
[continues indistinctly]
[ominous music playing]
[male reporter]
...we're expecting
storm surges,
high winds, and heavy...
Raise a glass.
They call us a foster family.
We don't call it that.
We call it what it is...
A family.
- To Luke!
- [Sylvia] Yay, Luke!
[Couper]
My boy is going to college.
- [laughs]
- Yes! [laughs]
- Thicker than blood?
- Always.
[male reporter indistinct]
...it's likely the storm
will make its way north
and in the tri-state area
by the end of the week.
[suspenseful music playing]
- [lock clicks]
- [door thuds]
Goddamn, little bro.
Hey, this is some
of your best work.
I can't believe
you're leaving me here.
Hey, I'm not leaving you
anywhere.
All right? I'm gonna write
all the time.
I'll be an hour away.
I'll be home holidays
and summers.
And in four years, I'm back.
And it's me and you again,
charting our course.
Like Dad said,
they call us foster brothers.
But, Max, our bond
is thicker than blood.
Always.
[police siren wailing
in distance]
[indistinct yelling]
[inaudible]
[distant sobbing]
[Sylvia and Couper crying]
Come on, baby. It's okay.
It'll be okay. It's...
[sniffles] Max.
Come here, son.
I don't know
how to say this, Max.
Luke...
i-is... [shuddering breaths]
- ...gone.
- [Max] Huh?
Your brother is gone.
He left a note, Max.
He was having problems
at college.
I don't understand...
I don't understand
why he wouldn't come to us.
It's okay. It's okay.
[crying continues]
- [buzzing]
- [cop] Number 0426. Let's go.
So how many times, Max?
Breaking into buildings,
destroying property.
You need to be held
accountable.
- Ever since Luke died--
- I know. I know. I...
I know. I'm familiar
with the speech.
You don't have to...
tell me again
how disappointed
you are in me.
- I made some calls...
- I didn't ask.
I spoke to Judge Beric.
I begged him to help.
He did.
No jail time.
Community service.
[breathes deeply]
Fuck. Okay.
Thanks.
I thought I was going away.
What do I have to do?
Judge asked me
if you were handy.
I lied and said you were.
[both chuckle]
He said, "Well,
then he can spend
the next four months
at Green Meadows Retirement Home
as the new onsite super."
What?
You're joking.
An old folks home,
like with-with old people?
What? I don't wanna--
I don't wanna do that shit.
This is your last chance, son.
Play by the rules.
Otherwise you're gonna
end up in jail.
When do I start?
[ominous music playing]
[heavy metal music playing
over earphones]
[ominous music continues]
[taxi door closes]
[ominous music playing]
[ominous music swelling]
[Les] Cute. Who's that?
Your boyfriend?
The trash receptacles
have to be emptied twice a day.
Carpets vacuumed daily.
You saw how clean
this place was coming in?
Yes, sir.
Your job is to keep it that way.
Mm-hmm. And this key,
it'll open every room
in the home,
with the exception
of a few hallways
and the basement.
[Les] And don't enter
residential apartments
unless there's an emergency.
- [Juno] Right.
- "I've fallen
and I can't get up"
type of shit, you know?
Just knock first.
Oh, yeah.
And no fourth floor, darling.
Those patients
need special care.
Off limits to you.
- Simple, right?
- [Les] Mm-hmm.
Just follow the rules
and we won't be obliged
to report you.
[Les] That's right.
[door opening]
[creaks]
[switch clicks]
Come on!
[gasps]
[exhales sharply]
[squeaks, thuds]
Fuck!
[jazz music playing
in background]
[elevator whirs, thuds]
[elevator bell dings]
Hello. How are you?
[sighs]
Here to get your garbage.
All right, I'm coming in.
[woman moaning]
- [bed creaking]
- [moaning continues]
[moaning continues]
[both moaning]
[door slams]
[breathing heavily]
[instructor] Up and now strong.
And to the right.
Breathe.
And up. And the left.
And up.
And, oh, to the right.
To the right.
Strong. Strong and now...
Excuse me, son.
Could you get me a towel?
- Yeah, sure.
- [instructor] And back we go.
And spin your arms back.
You're new.
- Mm-hmm.
- Warming up. That's right.
I-I'm Norma.
I'm sorry. You-you...
You just look like someone
I once knew.
Well, I'm, uh,
I'm Max. I am new.
And, uh, it's really nice
to meet you, Norma.
And forward and up.
We are sky warriors.
So how's your first day
going, Max?
- We are youthful.
We are strong.
- Uh, it's...
We are growing.
And, yes, and out and up.
And... Good God, Mrs. Fisher!
She got in the pool
after her skin procedure.
Come on, everybody. Hurry.
- Blood. Blood.
- Oh, my God.
- What?
- Go help her.
- Go, go.
- [instructor] Up!
Out, out, out!
Everybody, come on.
There you are.
- Come on.
- [Max] Come on.
[instructor] Mrs. Fisher.
- [woman] What do we do?
- Come on. Here you go.
- [Max] Right here.
- Come on.
- [mumbles]
- Everybody, out. Oh, oh!
Come on.
[indistinct singing]
Best generation,
my fucking dick.
[lighter clicks]
[groans softly]
These fucking boomers.
[sighs deeply]
I just wanna go home.
[fake cries]
[wind whooshing]
[indistinct voices]
[Luke's voice] Max!
[breathing heavily]
[distant screaming]
[tense music playing]
[lock clicks]
[reporter] The storm
has now been upgraded
to a hurricane.
They're calling it Greta.
And it is moving up the coast
very, very quickly.
I have to tell you,
it is extremely rare
to have a storm
of this magnitude
hitting the East Coast
this time of year.
- [banging on door]
- One expert is saying
this is global warming.
[man yelling]
Hey, kid, get up!
Get up! Wake up!
[banging continues]
For fuck's sake.
- Jesus!
- [banging continues]
- Yeah.
- [man] Come on!
Yeah. Okay.
[man] Please, kid, get up!
- [Max groans]
- [banging continues]
Why do you take so long?
- What's up?
- Come on, kid.
We need you.
Ethan had a terrible accident.
- The place is a mess.
- What do you mean "accident"?
Shit his drawers
something wicked,
seeped through his diaper.
- Did you say "shit"?
- Excrement, fecal matter.
- Yes, shit.
- He's painting
the walls with it.
Oh, what do you want me
to do about it?
We want you
to clean it up, kid.
- [Sadie] Yeah.
- You're the new super.
- [Max] Oh, my God.
- [Sadie] Right behind
that door.
I'd stop breathing
right about now.
- [man] Oh!
- [all] Surprise!
For he's a jolly
good fellow
For he's a jolly
good fellow
For he's a jolly
good fellow
Which nobody can deny
Yeah!
So, no poopy diaper?
No. No poo, kid.
You know, I can't keep
calling you "kid," kid.
- I'm Lou. What's your name?
- Uh, Max.
- [Lou] Max! Okay, Max.
- Max...
Well, we heard that you had
a really rough day yesterday,
so we decided
that we would give you
a not-so-proper,
but very warm welcome.
So, welcome
to Green Meadows. Yay!
- Whoo!
- Max!
[speaking French]
Ellie. She doesn't speak
English, Max.
She says welcome, as do I.
Thanks.
- Good to see you again, Max.
- Hey.
And, uh, if they keep
busting on you,
just let me know.
I'll take care of them.
And she means it too. Yeah.
Nice to meet you,
and I'm so glad you're here.
You got a great sense of humor.
- Thanks.
- Okay.
[indistinct chatter]
[soft music playing]
[ominous music playing]
You know,
my father died alone.
Hmm?
I couldn't be with him.
I was at medical school.
But I wonder
what it was like...
all alone, approaching death.
Um... I'll never forgive myself.
I'm, uh...
so sorry.
Thank you.
I'm, uh, D.W. Sabian,
Max. Uh...
- Oh.
- I'm the doctor on staff.
Let me call you sweetheart
I'm sorry about all that.
It was a tad much, but, uh...
It's just my way
of saying that...
these are good people
and they deserve comfort
in their twilight years.
That you love me too...
You have, uh...
You have beautiful eyes.
Quite large, you know?
Thanks.
Let me call you sweetheart
I'm in love
[distorts] With...
[electrical buzzing]
[snoring gently]
[woman breathing heavily]
- [Max snoring]
- [heavy breathing]
- [tense musical stinger]
- [gasps]
Did you like
what you saw yesterday?
- I wanna see you now.
- [knife clinks]
- [groans]
- [singsongy]
It's touching time.
[screaming]
[panting]
["I'll Never Smile Again"
by Tommy Dorsey playing]
[footsteps softly tapping]
["I'll Never Smile Again"
continues]
[distant screaming]
[screaming continues]
- Max?
- [surprised grunt]
Why are you awake
at this hour of the night?
You didn't...
hear the...?
Nothing. Nothing.
I just, uh...
I couldn't sleep.
Oh, well... [chuckles]
That makes two of us.
You know, sometimes
I find a little late-night
conversation can help.
You interested?
Sure. Yeah.
Good.
- Yeah.
- Follow me.
[door opens]
[Max] Wow.
- Very nice.
- Mm-hmm.
Oh, um, I think
you dropped something.
Oh...
This looks familiar. Where...
Where have I seen this before?
My friend, Esther...
She passed away here
some years ago.
She would sculpt trinkets
for people.
I have a hard time
letting go of such things.
I'm guessing, uh,
that's another one
of those things?
At least half of it.
Oh, my son, Jacob.
He... he painted that for me
one Mother's Day.
There used to be
a flock of birds
on the other side,
with the sun rising above it.
Then we...
We had a fight one night,
and he ripped it up.
He, um...
He passed away
some time ago.
I'm... I'm sorry.
I-I didn't--
No, no, it's all right.
That's why
I can't sleep at night.
The un... unresolved
keeps me awake.
What about you?
Kind of like
the same thing.
Mmm.
[ominous music playing]
[cart wheels squeaking]
[Lou] Well, if you slow down
a little...
So, mirror acting
is about mimicking.
Okay. One, two, three.
[all] Hey!
- [Lou] All right. All right.
- [cheering]
Get out of here. Go to lunch.
I know you're hungry.
This is terrific.
You're turning
into great actors.
You know that? It's amazing.
Keep at it, all right?
Ah!
[Max] Lou, that looked like
a lot of fun.
Max! Maxie boy!
- Hey. Good morning.
- Morning.
Yeah, I'm trying--
I am trying to impart
some nuggets of wisdom
[chuckling] I learned
on my off-Broadway
theater days.
Not many Oliviers here,
but, uh...
we have a lot of fun
nonetheless. [laughs]
I think whatever
you're doing here is great.
I mean, they seem
really happy.
Oh, thanks.
Thanks, Max. I...
You know, people spend
their entire lives
trying to prolong life.
But then when they get here
at the end, I mean,
boredom is what takes them
to the grave.
It's not disease.
It's not illness.
It's boredom.
We must fill our hours
with laughter, life...
love.
Morning, Max.
We got a spill on three.
You're needed.
- Ah.
- I...
Needed.
And, hey, fuck boredom.
[laughs]
[distant screaming]
[distant groaning]
[elevator door opens, closes]
- [button clicks]
- [elevator music playing]
[foreboding music playing]
[indistinct TV chatter]
[narrator on TV]
...that they're going
to find oil.
Matter of fact,
in exploratory drilling,
only one well in nine
finds any oil at all.
Only one in 24
recovers enough oil
to pay for itself.
And only one
in almost a thousand
makes a major discovery.
Pretty big odds.
Yet America's fuel reserves
the oil supplies
still underground
have kept increasing steadily.
I couldn't imagine
how this ever-increasing
supply of oil was achieved
until I found out
that there's not just one,
- but thousands
of oil companies...
- [groaning]
...all competing
with each other
to discover and to sell
new sources of oil.
Or believe it or not,
in the USA, anyone...
[old man groaning]
Hey. Hey, man, it's all right.
- I'm not gonna hurt you.
- [groans]
[screams]
It's okay.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
- [groans]
- [grunts]
- Stop!
- [screaming]
Jesus!
Juno.
What the hell
are you doing?
Max, get your fucking hands
off him!
[old man screaming]
Go! Max, go! Get out!
[old man screaming]
Hey, Max. Uh,
you wanna come in, please?
Come on in.
Les takes his job
very seriously, and...
he's not very happy about this.
And to be frank, neither am I.
Um, uh...
- I just-- I heard a scream.
- Mm-hmm.
And, uh, I-I went
to go check it out.
All right. But you told Les
that there was an unlocked door
that accessed the fourth floor.
You know, Max,
we're very aware
of why you're here.
This should be
a fresh start for you.
A chance to shed the skin
of your past transgressions.
I would hate to see you return
to your reckless ways.
It's time to play
by the rules, Max.
I'm sorry, Doc.
It won't happen again.
[ominous music playing]
[woman] Hey, Max.
Norma. Hi.
How's it going?
Why aren't you in the party?
Oh, I'm not in the party mood.
I hear you were up on four.
Word travels fast
in an old age home, Max.
It's like a gigantic
sewing circle. [chuckles]
Those people on four,
there's something wrong.
Like, they seem so lost.
- And their eyes,
they're just...
- Oh, Max.
"A heart knows a heart."
Hmm?
When I'd, uh, put my son
to bed at night,
I'd kiss him and say,
"A heart knows a heart."
That's why you feel things
the way you do.
But...
you need to put that away.
There's nothing
you can do for them.
There's nothing...
nothing anyone can do.
[ominous music plays]
[indistinct TV chatter]
...all oil lies far beneath
the surface of the earth.
They're going to find oil.
These wells go down
thousands of feet.
It costs a lot of money
to drill.
But that's no guarantee
that they're going to find oil.
Matter of fact,
in exploratory drilling,
only one well in nine
finds any oil at all.
Only one in 24
recovers enough oil
to pay for itself.
And only one
in almost a thousand
makes a major discovery.
Pretty big odds.
Yet America's fuel reserves
the oil supplies
still underground...
Hey, man,
I'm not gonna hurt you.
[screams]
[growling]
[laughing maniacally]
[screaming]
[wind whooshing outside]
[Lou] I'm not doing
very well at this game,
but I am not a quitter.
[billiard balls clack]
[laughs loudly]
Hey! Did you see?
Oh, my God.
You look downright awful.
Well, thanks.
And, yeah, I mean...
I look how I feel.
I haven't been able
to sleep at all here.
Okay. You know,
rumor has it
that they mess
with the oxygen levels
in the... in the vents,
but it's just to make sure
that us old folks
get a good night's sleep, huh.
I mean, it must work
'cause I sleep like death.
You cannot wake me up
once I go under.
[speaking French]
- [Les] Norma, enough!
- [Ellie continues
speaking French]
[indistinct chatter]
- [Les and Sabian indistinct]
- Don't touch me!
[Norma] Don't!
[Lou] Okay, I'm feeling good
now, guys, so rack 'em up.
Who am I hustling next, huh?
[chuckles]
Norma. Norma, it's Max.
[chuckles] Um...
Lou plans these
murder mystery nights
once a month.
"A night of blood and intrigue,"
as he puts it.
I just wanted to check on you
because I saw you arguing
with someone.
- I just...
- Oh, no, no, no, no.
That's-- that's...
It's fine.
Well, I won't take too much
of your time. I, uh...
I was just thinking about
what you told me the other day,
and I thought
it would only be fair
if I return the favor.
Um... you see,
my brother Luke died
when I was 11,
and my parents...
didn't let me go
to the funeral
'cause they thought
I was too young,
so I never...
I never got the chance
to say goodbye.
Luke is my unresolved.
Anyway, I was just thinking
about yesterday,
so I just, uh...
drew this up
'cause I just thought
you should have it.
I tried to get it exactly right,
but I think it'll... it'll do.
Oh!
[inhales sharply]
Oh.
[sighs]
- "A heart knows a heart."
- "...knows a heart."
[Norma chuckles]
- Max.
- Yeah?
Listen to me.
There's something very wrong
with this place.
Something terribly wrong.
You need to get...
- [loud thud]
- ...out of--
[keys jangling]
I have to go.
What? You have to tell me
what's going on.
Max, I have to get ready.
I can't be late.
- Norma. What the fuck?
- Forget it, Max.
We'll talk tomorrow.
[suspenseful music playing]
[distant screaming]
[inhales deeply]
"There's something wrong
with this place."
What the fuck does that mean?
What the fuck's wrong
with this place?
Hey, have you seen Norma?
Is she still at that, like,
murder mystery thing?
Oh, no, baby.
We took her to the infirmary.
She wasn't feeling well.
What-- what happened?
Is she all right?
It's her diabetes.
Her blood sugar
was really low.
You know, it makes her
kind of loopy.
She's sleeping now.
We're gonna monitor her
overnight.
She'll be fine, Max.
Relax.
Well, tell her I said "hi"
if you can.
Night.
Sleep tight, Max.
[whirring]
[window tapping]
[tapping continues]
[leaf blower stops]
[ominous music playing]
[squeaking]
[groaning]
[woman screaming]
[dark music playing]
[woman] Oh, my God!
Norma!
Norma!
[women crying]
[inaudible]
Officer, I found this note
in Norma's room.
She speaks about joining
her deceased son.
[Sabian] I'm sorry, Max.
We just didn't see this coming.
[ominous music playing]
[somber music playing]
[inaudible]
[inaudible singing]
[Max] Mind if I, uh,
take a seat, Lou?
Oh, no.
How you holding up?
Oh...
She could no longer
fill the hours
with... laughter
and joy and...
[breathes deeply]
I failed her, Max.
No. She was my muse,
you know?
She'd help with my diet.
Said, "You have to stay
in shape, Louis.
Just in case
another wonderful role
comes your way."
[chuckles]
And in return,
I'd recite
Shakespeare's sonnets
to help her sleep.
[sniffles] I can't...
Do you really think
that she would...
take her own life?
Well, I don't know, Max. I...
Where's this coming from, son?
Well... it's just Norma said
something to me.
She said that
there was something wrong
with this place.
Something very wrong.
And then the next day,
she just...
[ominous music plays]
Lou. Hey!
[groaning]
Hey.
Oh, I went away again,
didn't I?
Yeah. Oh, God.
It's happening more often,
and more often.
[Lou sobs]
[tense musical stinger]
- [loud thud]
- [electrical buzzing]
- [indistinct whispering]
- Hey, Max.
[people screaming]
[indistinct yelling]
[old man groaning]
Help me!
[breathing heavily]
[foreboding music plays]
[door closes]
- [clicks]
- [electrical buzzing]
[clicks]
- [clicks]
- [electrical buzzing]
[clicks]
- [clicks]
- [ominous music plays]
[clicks]
[clicks]
[door creaks]
- [clicks]
- [electrical buzzing]
[groans softly]
[groans]
[Max sighs deeply]
[Lou groaning]
[electrical buzzing continues]
[tense music rising]
[Couper] We haven't heard
from you, Max. Are you okay?
[Max] Sorry. Yeah. The, uh...
One of the residents
passed away,
and it was really sad,
but I'm okay now.
Oh, my God.
Are you eating, Max?
You look tired.
You need to eat.
He knows eating is important,
Sylvia, for God's sakes.
I'm glad to hear
you're feeling better
today, Max.
- Mmm.
- You had us worried.
Let me ask you this.
Are you getting anything
out of this experience?
You know, I-I actually am.
You know, I, uh... I think
these people need me and...
I think I can help them.
I have to help them.
[tense music playing]
Morning, Max.
Fuck.
Jesus Christ.
What the fuck you doing?
That yellow tape
look like a welcome mat?
- No, I--
- Hey.
You just cannot help
yourself, can you?
Let's go.
I gotta tell the doc.
He calls the cops this time,
and that's on you.
I just came back
to say goodbye. Okay?
I... wanted to look around,
see if I can find something
to remember her by.
Her shit is all gone already.
It's thrown out.
She had no family.
Whatever's left
gets incinerated
in the basement.
It's over.
[sighs]
I-I...
I get it, Max.
But you owe me.
Get out before
I change my mind.
Thank you. Thanks, Les.
[metal clanking]
[clicking]
[mice squeaking]
[Max] Come on, Norma.
There's gotta be
something in here.
[tense musical stinger]
[Norma] Max had an encounter
on the fourth floor.
He needs to know the danger.
Am I next?
Is my Lou next?
They come at night
with their needles
and their dogs,
changing us too.
- [Lou mumbling]
- Lou!
[Lou singing indistinctly]
Lou, I gotta talk to you.
You in there?
[Lou] Can't talk.
[singing resumes]
[groans] Oh!
Lou, thank God you're here.
Norma was right, man.
There's something
fucking wrong with this place.
And... and I found her diary.
She says there's
something going on at night
with, like, needles.
[Lou] Gluttony...
- kills more than the sword.
- Lou, what?
Bet you didn't know that,
did you?
- [Max] What?
- [Lex chuckles]
She always protected me
against my demons.
Oh, my Norma...
And she's gone!
And I'm weak!
I'm so fucking weak!
I have to punish myself.
[grunts]
Can you not hear me?
- [Lou snorts]
- What the fuck?
I am a pig!
- Lou!
- I ruined my career.
I did it, so I must be punished!
[snorts] I'm a pig!
Mmm! Mmm!
I have something
for you, Max.
Look at that. [snorts]
- Oh, my-- What the fuck?
- Oh, yes, and they all
have to come out.
- What the fuck?
- You have to help me, Max.
- I want you to help me.
- Stop! Lou!
- Lou, put--
- I have to get them all!
- I have to do this!
- Will somebody please help?
Pliers! Give me my pliers!
- Ahh!
- Will somebody
fucking help me please?
[inaudible]
[tense music playing]
[keyboard clacking]
[dings]
[clicks]
[dinging]
[clicks]
- [beeps]
- Fuck.
[distorted sounds]
[distant screaming]
[thuds]
[ominous music swelling]
- [dings]
- Max. Max!
Max, someone's coming.
Someone's coming.
Someone's coming.
[banging on door]
Good morning. Hey.
You okay?
You looked flushed.
Yeah, I'm-- I'm fine.
What's going on?
Well, I just wanted to stop by
and let you know
that Lou is gonna be fine.
I know you were concerned
about him.
That's... that's great.
Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
- Mmm.
You get anything good?
I love it when my smiles arrive.
You know, I can't really
sleep here, so I just...
I just got some books.
Mmm. You don't strike me
as a reader.
But, okay, let's get to work.
- First floor. Five minutes.
- Thank you.
I'll be right there.
- Okay.
- Don't make me come back.
- [beeps]
- [keyboard clacks]
Hello? Hello? Are you there?
Please? Is someone there?
[distorted sounds]
Max, thank God you're here.
Who are you? How'd you know
someone was coming to my room?
I've been watching you.
Did you put
the black light in here?
Yes. I needed you to find out.
What the fuck
do you want from me? Why?
I can't say more.
If I'm gone too long,
they'll grow suspicious.
- They'll hurt me.
- Who's gonna hurt you?
Who? Sabian?
This is so much bigger
than you think.
But I can't answer any more
of your questions right now.
No, wait!
Just tell me something--
Help me help them, Max.
Help me help them
before they're all turned
into monsters
just like the others.
We have to stop them, Max.
They killed Norma
for knowing too much.
They'll kill you too.
They'll kill you too.
[voice distorts]
They'll kill you too.
Kill you too... Kill you too...
Kill you...
[loud screaming]
Hello?
[activist]
Storms of Greta's magnitude
are a direct result
of global warming,
'cause your generation
raped this planet,
depleted it of its resources.
You had to have everything,
no matter the cost.
[man] You have no real proof
establishing mankind's
responsibility
for this small amount
of the crazy word--
That's trying to advance
your own agenda.
[activist] My agenda is simple.
Saving the environment.
Normal climate change
is natural.
The Earth's climate--
[activist]
We're inheriting
a dying world.
A world that is withering away.
- [man] The liberal agenda--
- [activist] Clearly,
climate change
is a hotly debated topic.
There are naysayers,
but the scientific consensus
is clear
that the Earth's temperature
is increasing daily...
[debate continues indistinctly]
[male resident]
Climate change
is a bunch of bullshit.
[indistinct chatter]
- [beeps]
- Max.
Sorry, I didn't mean
to scare you. [chuckles]
- Are you okay?
- No, I look terrible,
but I'm okay.
I do-- I want you
to know I...
I'm so sorry
you had to see
all that last night.
You have nothing
to be sorry for.
Oh, no. Oh, no. Max.
There's-- there's something
very wrong with me.
I fear I'm about to disappear.
- There's nothing wrong
with you.
- I'm gonna miss you.
There's nothing wrong with you.
It's this place.
Norma...
She was right about you.
You are one of the good ones.
[indistinct]
[tense music playing]
[beeps]
[beeps]
- [clacks]
- [beeps]
Sick. It's like Predator.
[keyboard clacking]
[tense musical stinger]
What are you doing?
[keyboard clacks]
What the fuck you got, old man?
Where the fuck is he going?
Fuck.
[eerie music playing]
[metal thuds]
Wait, is it all of them?
[eerie music continues]
Ah, fuck this.
[tense music playing]
[resident groaning]
- [Les] Sit down
and shut the fuck up!
- [resident] No!
- No! [crying]
- [Les] You shut up!
[resident groaning]
[screaming]
No. No! No!
[crying]
[yelling] No! No!
[spine-chilling scream]
[dog barking]
Help me help them, Max.
It's you.
You need to tell me who you are
and what the fuck is going on
right now, please.
Hold on. Just let me
show you something.
Give me one minute.
That's all I ask.
[inhales] Yeah.
Read the letterhead.
Almont is a subsidiary
of the US Department
of Health Services.
Right. What the fuck
does that mean?
It means that the government
is funding this entire facility.
Research, testing,
new experimental drugs,
controversial gene trials.
Any outlandish
or fucked up idea
the government has,
they first test on animals,
then on people.
- Old people?
- Yes.
And the government
has facilities just like this
all across the country.
They are experimenting
on hundreds,
if not thousands
of elderly people.
They're the perfect
test subjects
'cause if they get dementia,
nobody thinks anything
'cause they're old.
And if they die,
nobody gives a fuck
'cause they're old.
So what you are doing
is important,
which is why
you cannot stop now.
Who are you
and why do you even care?
My father...
lived in a room down the hall.
Now he's on the fourth floor.
Please keep going
'cause we need evidence.
If we expose them,
then maybe
it will help my father
and your friends.
I need to leave.
I've been here
long enough already.
- Wait.
- Don't follow me.
- [roars]
- [Gretchen screams]
[groans, screams]
[classical music playing]
[Sabian] Hi, Max.
I'm gonna give you
an examination now.
You know what?
Sometimes,
when things are bad
on the outside,
we have to look on the inside.
[grunts]
Look at that. Look,
I got a lot of blood.
[voice distorts]
You're wasting your youth.
[screaming]
[screams]
[distorted voice]
It's touching time.
They will kill...
They'll kill you!
[indistinct whispering]
They'll kill you too.
Dea!
It's very rare to see storms
of this magnitude
threatening the East Coast
at this time of year.
You hear this
boogeyman bullshit, Max?
Global warming hype.
That's all it is.
Just wanna sell you
more milk and bread.
Agh. Did they fucking mark me?
- This shit is crazy.
- What the fuck did they do?
You took quite a fall, Max.
Your vitals
were all over the place.
What happened?
Patient from four...
somehow got loose.
Les is looking into it.
But I'll tell you
what's for sure.
He definitely meant you
some harm.
Dr. Sabian wants to do
a very thorough exam today.
You're in good hands.
I'll go and let the doc know
you're awake
so we can get started.
[door opens]
[door closes]
"Examine" my fucking ass.
[groaning]
[breathing heavily]
[ominous music playing]
Another one of your messes, Max.
I'm sure the cops will be here
as soon as you've broken
the terms of your deal.
What, are you on drugs?
No, I was just trying to help,
I swear. I'm sorry.
Sweetheart,
you're safe here.
All right, I'm gonna make
some calls. [sighs]
[gasps] Oh, girls. Hi.
Oh, Maxie, these are
your foster sisters.
This is Tessa and Jackie.
Maxie is not feeling well,
and he's gonna stay
in his old room.
Okay? Stay put, sweetie.
Honey, you are always-- Oh!
Sweetheart, you're always
on a crusade.
- Stay there, girls.
- [inaudible]
[grunts softly]
Hi. [giggles]
You were sleeping a long time.
[Max inhales deeply]
I'm sorry, Mom.
Thanks for, um...
Thanks for letting me stay here
and taking care of me.
Maxie, you were just
trying to do the right thing.
"A heart knows a heart."
What? What's that?
What's wrong?
Nothing, uh...
[clears throat]
Sorry. What...
What did... what did you say?
"A heart knows a heart."
It's something a friend
once said to me a long time ago.
Friend... a friend?
Yeah.
Ah, it's so funny.
I can't remember who.
[chuckles]
But it reminds me of you.
Just trying to help
those good people.
Oh, Maxie,
you look so tired.
I'm gonna go.
Oh, Daddy said
maybe we should go
to see Judge Beric.
He might be able to help us.
Don't you fret.
You're my favorite. [giggles]
[tense music playing]
Hey. Hey, girls.
Have you girls seen
this lady ever, huh?
- [Jackie] No.
- What about Mom? Mom know her?
- You never seen her before?
- No, never.
Somebody knows.
[breathes deeply]
- [Jackie] Are you okay?
- [inhales deeply]
You know what, girls?
I'm really not feeling
too great today,
so if you could just give me
some space...
Did you find the secret place?
What? No, no,
I didn't find anything.
Look, I'm having
a really bad day, okay?
And I'm not in the mood
for a game.
We thought you found that
in the secret place.
It's exactly the same.
What do you mean,
"It's exactly the same"?
What's the secret place?
What--
what are you talking about?
Can you keep a secret?
[foreboding music plays]
[door clacks, creaks]
We found this place
a couple of months ago.
See, that one there
is exactly the same
as the one you had.
"Dea. Roman goddess of youth.
Sip from her chalice."
Do you know what this is?
Have you ever heard of Dea?
No.
[inaudible]
There's some stuff in there too.
Some old photos.
[tense music playing]
[distorted music swelling]
[Max] Oh, my God. Luke.
[soft music plays]
Are you okay?
Max, are you okay?
Who's Luke?
Bye, Max.
[intense music plays]
Hey. [panting]
Luke.
It's you, isn't it?
[sobs] Yeah...
My brother.
[sobbing]
My big brother.
- Max...
- I missed you so much, Luke.
Max... [crying]
- You were just trying to help.
- Yeah.
You were just trying to help.
Hey, look. Hey.
Check this out.
Remember?
[sobbing]
Always. Always.
Always. I never forgot you.
Okay, you gotta
help me now. Okay?
So I can help you.
Look...
I don't understand any of this.
Is this where you were working
while you were at college?
Is this where you were
when they said
you killed yourself?
Yeah? Who are these people?
She...
"She"? That's her?
- Okay. Sit tight.
- [whimpers]
Hey.
Hey. Is this you?
Is that you?
It is you.
Is this all of you?
It's all of you.
What the fuck?
What the fuck is going on?
What happened to you guys?
I don't understand.
- [groaning]
- What is-- What? Ugh!
- [groaning]
- [grunting]
[grunting]
Shut the fuck up.
[photographer]
Wake up, Max.
There he is.
Say cheese, Max.
Say cheese, Max.
[muffled, indistinct chatter]
[photographer]
Big smile!
Really big smile.
[voices whispering]
[photographer]
On three, everyone.
One, two...
[all] ...three!
- [shutter clicks]
- [laughter]
[resident]
Good job, Max.
Max, good job.
Hey, relax. Enjoy it.
You're the guest of honor.
Our protagonist.
[resident]
Nice job, Max.
What the fuck?
[music distorts]
Um, I... Can-- can I have
everybody's attention, please?
I, um...
I wanna make a toast
to every single one of you.
I thank you from the bottom
of my heart.
And bravo!
[all] Bravo!
- Lou! Lou! Lou! Lou!
- Oh, no. Come on. No.
Okay. Okay. Come on.
Come on. Come on now.
All of you did amazing work.
I mean, look--
look at all of you.
Dr. Sabian's wife,
Gretchen,
our damsel in distress.
You were just wonderful.
And our antagonist
playing a sadistic doctor.
- You're too kind.
- All right. Now,
our supporting people.
- There's Sadie.
Sexy Sadie.
- Sadie!
There's Ethan and Ellie,
who cannot keep their hands
off each other.
And... Sylvia and Couper!
- Yeah!
- [Lou] And...
- Mom?
- ...Juno and Les.
Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
- [Lou indistinct]
- What the fuck is going on?
We're-- we're having
a celebration, Max.
We're-- we're patting ourselves
on our backs.
For what we did.
For the story we created
and performed
to have some fun with you.
Like we do with all
the other kids
who come to our home.
- Yes.
- What? What story?
The marks on our necks,
the government conspiracy,
Faceless Fantasies,
my psychoses,
all part of the grand tale
we concocted
to fuck with you
for our entertainment
while you nourished us
at night.
We did it for fun!
[all] Bravo!
What the fuck
are you talking about, Lou?
I don't understand.
I, um...
Doctor, I-I think you should--
Might wanna take this question.
- That was great, Lou.
- Oh.
- You did a fantastic job.
- Thank you. Thank you...
So, Max, um...
what Lou is getting to
is that we like to play
with our food.
You see, you're really here
because we need to drain you,
young man.
To drain you of your essence.
So thank you, Max.
And thank you, Dea.
[all] Thank you, Dea.
[Sabian] The God of youth.
The God of... us.
Never shall we waste...
- [all] Dea.
- ...what she has provided...
- Thank you, Dea.
- Dea.
- ...with love.
- Praise Dea! Praise Dea!
- Dea!
- Dea!
- Dea!
- Dea!
Dea!
[overlapping chatter]
- Dea!
- Dea, Dea, Dea, Dea, Dea...
[grunts] Let me out!
Dea!
[eerie music swelling]
[grunting]
[loud click]
[indistinct whispering]
[Sabian] Don't be afraid, Max.
All you'll feel
is a little pinch
as the needle
penetrates your eye.
You know about
the fountain of youth?
You've heard of that, right?
It's real,
but it lives within us.
There's a small sack
behind your right eye
where Goddess Dea's
nectar resides.
- [Sylvia] Mm-hmm.
- Science dismisses it
as just a gland.
- [laughter]
- Idiots.
But Dea showed us the truth.
It's what gives a person
youth and vitality.
So we take Dea's nectar from you
- because ours
goes away with age.
- Oh!
But don't worry,
we've been draining you
every night, Max.
We've been feeding
on your honey,
sucking on Dea's teat.
- [woman moans]
- [sucking sounds continue]
[Sabian]
It keeps us forever young.
Your mother and I
are both 109, Max.
Going on 110.
A hundred and fourteen
and a half.
Ninety-three, bitch.
Your pal Lou is 128.
[laughs]
You're all fucking sick fucks!
Maybe you're right,
but that's what keeps us
young and passionate.
That's what makes us
fuck so much.
- [all chuckle, murmur]
- Oh, we fuck all the time.
- [Max] You fucks!
- All the time.
- Constantly.
- [Max] Cocksuckers!
You've taken everything
from us! Everything!
To Dea!
- To Dea!
- Dea!
- Dea!
- To Dea!
To Dea!
- Dea!
- To Dea!
Dea!
Why would you do this to me?
We've given you so many chances
to be productive, son.
Oh, we sent most
of our foster kids here
to collect Dea's nectar
because you wasted
all of the opportunities
we provided for you.
I trusted you.
Max, you're my favorite.
So we're going to take
quite a lot tonight, Max.
You better take it all,
'cause if you don't,
I'm gonna fucking kill you.
That won't be possible
'cause when you awaken,
you'll feel like
a 100-year-old man.
But you'll be with family.
It's time.
- [grunts]
- [Sabian] Open your mouth.
[grunting]
- Shut the fuck up.
- [singing indistinctly]
- [muffled grunting]
- You know too much, Max.
Time to join
your brother upstairs.
[muffled grunting, screaming]
- Mmm. Don't move.
- [Max grunts]
- [muffled grunting]
- [residents chanting "Dea"]
- [Sabian] To dearest Dea.
- To Dea.
With love and gratitude.
With love and gratitude.
- Love and gratitude.
- Love and gratitude.
- Don't move, Max.
- [Max grunts]
Don't move.
[muffled grunting]
[Sabian] Hold him down.
- Dea!
- Dea!
To Dea!
- Dea!
- [Gretchen] Fuck me!
[chanting continues]
[Gretchen] Fuck me!
[moaning]
[Gretchen] Fuck me!
[moans]
[thunder rumbling]
Hey, kiddo.
How you feeling, huh?
I got ya.
You'll be well cared for.
Don't you fret.
I know.
You're confused. I get that.
Allow me to lift the fog.
Oh, my sweet Norma.
She wanted to save you.
Sentimental reasons.
So she had to go.
And that's when it came to me.
Just a thought, you know?
[stammers]
An epiphany, one might say.
That, uh, we'd use
Norma's demise
in our game with you.
And we had the greatest time
of our long lives.
Brainstorming,
dressing up and down.
[chuckles]
Improvising.
- [muffled laughter]
- The hoot...
[Max] Right. What the fuck
does that mean?
[Lou] ...to end
all hootenannies.
[Gretchen]
...the government is funding
this entire facility.
Now, you remember
what I told you, Max?
The enemy of old age
is not death.
It is boredom.
We must fill the hours
with smiles.
And we have so many,
many, many, many hours to fill.
You rest now.
We still need you.
Your nectar.
Little man, you're crying
I know why you're blue
Someone took
your kiddie car away
Better go to sleep now,
little man
You've had a busy day...
[thunder rumbling]
[clinks]
- [thunder rumbling]
- [breathing heavily]
[thunder rumbling continues]
[eerie music playing]
[eerie music rising]
[eerie music swelling]
[Max wheezing]
- [breathing heavily]
- [heartbeat thumping]
[thunder rumbling]
[wheezing]
[intense music plays]
[grunting]
[Max] Fuck you!
[chuckles]
[hopeful music playing]
[Juno groans]
[grunts]
[chuckles]
[alarm blaring]
[elevator bell dings]
[grunts]
[grunting]
[grunts]
[intense music playing]
- [groans]
- [thuds]
[woman gasps, screams]
[crying]
[woman] Run! Now!
Oh, no! Oh, no!
No!
No!
- No!
- No, no! No!
No, no, no, no!
[screaming]
[groans]
[Ellie groans]
- [screaming]
- [Ellie speaking French]
[Ellie yells in French]
[woman] Max is coming!
Max is killing us all!
Run! Run!
- [window shatters]
- Oh! Oh, my God!
Oh!
[whispering] Dea, protect me.
Dea, protect me.
Sadie, move. Move, move now.
Motherfucker!
[grunting]
[yelling, groaning]
[groaning]
[Les] Come on, motherfucker!
[yelling]
[thunder rumbles]
Dea, protect me.
Dea, protect me.
Dea, protect me.
Dea, protect me.
Dea, protect me.
Dea, Dea, protect me...
[Lou gasps, pants]
No! No!
No!
[sobs] I'm your friend.
[Sabian]
Max, stop! I said stop!
Max!
[panting]
Max, don't!
Max, stop.
I will shoot you.
[Lou groaning]
- [window shatters]
- [gunshot continues]
[Lou groans]
- [Max grunts]
- [Gretchen moans]
- Ahh!
- [grunts]
[screaming]
- [Max grunts]
- [screaming louder]
- [thuds]
- [sighs]
[intense music rising]
No, no, no! Ahh!
- No, no! Max! No!
- [grunts]
[Couper] Come on,
let's get to the car!
Come on! Come on!
[grunting]
[Couper] Come on!
- [Max grunting]
- [Gretchen groaning]
[Max exhales]
I'm taking it all back, Lou.
- [distorted music playing]
- [flesh squelching]
[birds chirping]
[soft music playing]
- [sighs]
- [chuckles]
[ominous music playing]
[dark music playing]
[music fades]
[tense music playing]
[female reporter]
...live on the ground
in Kingston.
And while not officially
a hurricane,
these conditions
are quickly worsening.
There's flooding in front of me
from heavy rain, Ben.
- [Max coughing]
- And looking out
on the coast,
you can see the conditions
are far, far worse.
High tide is at a season
record high,
making its way to the streets.
We have volunteers here
piling up sandbags
and taking
other precautions we can.
But we know this storm
will be devastating.
Back to you in the studio.
[Ben] Thank you, Judy.
Stay safe out there.
We're watching this storm...
[continues indistinctly]
[ominous music playing]
[male reporter]
...we're expecting
storm surges,
high winds, and heavy...
Raise a glass.
They call us a foster family.
We don't call it that.
We call it what it is...
A family.
- To Luke!
- [Sylvia] Yay, Luke!
[Couper]
My boy is going to college.
- [laughs]
- Yes! [laughs]
- Thicker than blood?
- Always.
[male reporter indistinct]
...it's likely the storm
will make its way north
and in the tri-state area
by the end of the week.
[suspenseful music playing]
- [lock clicks]
- [door thuds]
Goddamn, little bro.
Hey, this is some
of your best work.
I can't believe
you're leaving me here.
Hey, I'm not leaving you
anywhere.
All right? I'm gonna write
all the time.
I'll be an hour away.
I'll be home holidays
and summers.
And in four years, I'm back.
And it's me and you again,
charting our course.
Like Dad said,
they call us foster brothers.
But, Max, our bond
is thicker than blood.
Always.
[police siren wailing
in distance]
[indistinct yelling]
[inaudible]
[distant sobbing]
[Sylvia and Couper crying]
Come on, baby. It's okay.
It'll be okay. It's...
[sniffles] Max.
Come here, son.
I don't know
how to say this, Max.
Luke...
i-is... [shuddering breaths]
- ...gone.
- [Max] Huh?
Your brother is gone.
He left a note, Max.
He was having problems
at college.
I don't understand...
I don't understand
why he wouldn't come to us.
It's okay. It's okay.
[crying continues]
- [buzzing]
- [cop] Number 0426. Let's go.
So how many times, Max?
Breaking into buildings,
destroying property.
You need to be held
accountable.
- Ever since Luke died--
- I know. I know. I...
I know. I'm familiar
with the speech.
You don't have to...
tell me again
how disappointed
you are in me.
- I made some calls...
- I didn't ask.
I spoke to Judge Beric.
I begged him to help.
He did.
No jail time.
Community service.
[breathes deeply]
Fuck. Okay.
Thanks.
I thought I was going away.
What do I have to do?
Judge asked me
if you were handy.
I lied and said you were.
[both chuckle]
He said, "Well,
then he can spend
the next four months
at Green Meadows Retirement Home
as the new onsite super."
What?
You're joking.
An old folks home,
like with-with old people?
What? I don't wanna--
I don't wanna do that shit.
This is your last chance, son.
Play by the rules.
Otherwise you're gonna
end up in jail.
When do I start?
[ominous music playing]
[heavy metal music playing
over earphones]
[ominous music continues]
[taxi door closes]
[ominous music playing]
[ominous music swelling]
[Les] Cute. Who's that?
Your boyfriend?
The trash receptacles
have to be emptied twice a day.
Carpets vacuumed daily.
You saw how clean
this place was coming in?
Yes, sir.
Your job is to keep it that way.
Mm-hmm. And this key,
it'll open every room
in the home,
with the exception
of a few hallways
and the basement.
[Les] And don't enter
residential apartments
unless there's an emergency.
- [Juno] Right.
- "I've fallen
and I can't get up"
type of shit, you know?
Just knock first.
Oh, yeah.
And no fourth floor, darling.
Those patients
need special care.
Off limits to you.
- Simple, right?
- [Les] Mm-hmm.
Just follow the rules
and we won't be obliged
to report you.
[Les] That's right.
[door opening]
[creaks]
[switch clicks]
Come on!
[gasps]
[exhales sharply]
[squeaks, thuds]
Fuck!
[jazz music playing
in background]
[elevator whirs, thuds]
[elevator bell dings]
Hello. How are you?
[sighs]
Here to get your garbage.
All right, I'm coming in.
[woman moaning]
- [bed creaking]
- [moaning continues]
[moaning continues]
[both moaning]
[door slams]
[breathing heavily]
[instructor] Up and now strong.
And to the right.
Breathe.
And up. And the left.
And up.
And, oh, to the right.
To the right.
Strong. Strong and now...
Excuse me, son.
Could you get me a towel?
- Yeah, sure.
- [instructor] And back we go.
And spin your arms back.
You're new.
- Mm-hmm.
- Warming up. That's right.
I-I'm Norma.
I'm sorry. You-you...
You just look like someone
I once knew.
Well, I'm, uh,
I'm Max. I am new.
And, uh, it's really nice
to meet you, Norma.
And forward and up.
We are sky warriors.
So how's your first day
going, Max?
- We are youthful.
We are strong.
- Uh, it's...
We are growing.
And, yes, and out and up.
And... Good God, Mrs. Fisher!
She got in the pool
after her skin procedure.
Come on, everybody. Hurry.
- Blood. Blood.
- Oh, my God.
- What?
- Go help her.
- Go, go.
- [instructor] Up!
Out, out, out!
Everybody, come on.
There you are.
- Come on.
- [Max] Come on.
[instructor] Mrs. Fisher.
- [woman] What do we do?
- Come on. Here you go.
- [Max] Right here.
- Come on.
- [mumbles]
- Everybody, out. Oh, oh!
Come on.
[indistinct singing]
Best generation,
my fucking dick.
[lighter clicks]
[groans softly]
These fucking boomers.
[sighs deeply]
I just wanna go home.
[fake cries]
[wind whooshing]
[indistinct voices]
[Luke's voice] Max!
[breathing heavily]
[distant screaming]
[tense music playing]
[lock clicks]
[reporter] The storm
has now been upgraded
to a hurricane.
They're calling it Greta.
And it is moving up the coast
very, very quickly.
I have to tell you,
it is extremely rare
to have a storm
of this magnitude
hitting the East Coast
this time of year.
- [banging on door]
- One expert is saying
this is global warming.
[man yelling]
Hey, kid, get up!
Get up! Wake up!
[banging continues]
For fuck's sake.
- Jesus!
- [banging continues]
- Yeah.
- [man] Come on!
Yeah. Okay.
[man] Please, kid, get up!
- [Max groans]
- [banging continues]
Why do you take so long?
- What's up?
- Come on, kid.
We need you.
Ethan had a terrible accident.
- The place is a mess.
- What do you mean "accident"?
Shit his drawers
something wicked,
seeped through his diaper.
- Did you say "shit"?
- Excrement, fecal matter.
- Yes, shit.
- He's painting
the walls with it.
Oh, what do you want me
to do about it?
We want you
to clean it up, kid.
- [Sadie] Yeah.
- You're the new super.
- [Max] Oh, my God.
- [Sadie] Right behind
that door.
I'd stop breathing
right about now.
- [man] Oh!
- [all] Surprise!
For he's a jolly
good fellow
For he's a jolly
good fellow
For he's a jolly
good fellow
Which nobody can deny
Yeah!
So, no poopy diaper?
No. No poo, kid.
You know, I can't keep
calling you "kid," kid.
- I'm Lou. What's your name?
- Uh, Max.
- [Lou] Max! Okay, Max.
- Max...
Well, we heard that you had
a really rough day yesterday,
so we decided
that we would give you
a not-so-proper,
but very warm welcome.
So, welcome
to Green Meadows. Yay!
- Whoo!
- Max!
[speaking French]
Ellie. She doesn't speak
English, Max.
She says welcome, as do I.
Thanks.
- Good to see you again, Max.
- Hey.
And, uh, if they keep
busting on you,
just let me know.
I'll take care of them.
And she means it too. Yeah.
Nice to meet you,
and I'm so glad you're here.
You got a great sense of humor.
- Thanks.
- Okay.
[indistinct chatter]
[soft music playing]
[ominous music playing]
You know,
my father died alone.
Hmm?
I couldn't be with him.
I was at medical school.
But I wonder
what it was like...
all alone, approaching death.
Um... I'll never forgive myself.
I'm, uh...
so sorry.
Thank you.
I'm, uh, D.W. Sabian,
Max. Uh...
- Oh.
- I'm the doctor on staff.
Let me call you sweetheart
I'm sorry about all that.
It was a tad much, but, uh...
It's just my way
of saying that...
these are good people
and they deserve comfort
in their twilight years.
That you love me too...
You have, uh...
You have beautiful eyes.
Quite large, you know?
Thanks.
Let me call you sweetheart
I'm in love
[distorts] With...
[electrical buzzing]
[snoring gently]
[woman breathing heavily]
- [Max snoring]
- [heavy breathing]
- [tense musical stinger]
- [gasps]
Did you like
what you saw yesterday?
- I wanna see you now.
- [knife clinks]
- [groans]
- [singsongy]
It's touching time.
[screaming]
[panting]
["I'll Never Smile Again"
by Tommy Dorsey playing]
[footsteps softly tapping]
["I'll Never Smile Again"
continues]
[distant screaming]
[screaming continues]
- Max?
- [surprised grunt]
Why are you awake
at this hour of the night?
You didn't...
hear the...?
Nothing. Nothing.
I just, uh...
I couldn't sleep.
Oh, well... [chuckles]
That makes two of us.
You know, sometimes
I find a little late-night
conversation can help.
You interested?
Sure. Yeah.
Good.
- Yeah.
- Follow me.
[door opens]
[Max] Wow.
- Very nice.
- Mm-hmm.
Oh, um, I think
you dropped something.
Oh...
This looks familiar. Where...
Where have I seen this before?
My friend, Esther...
She passed away here
some years ago.
She would sculpt trinkets
for people.
I have a hard time
letting go of such things.
I'm guessing, uh,
that's another one
of those things?
At least half of it.
Oh, my son, Jacob.
He... he painted that for me
one Mother's Day.
There used to be
a flock of birds
on the other side,
with the sun rising above it.
Then we...
We had a fight one night,
and he ripped it up.
He, um...
He passed away
some time ago.
I'm... I'm sorry.
I-I didn't--
No, no, it's all right.
That's why
I can't sleep at night.
The un... unresolved
keeps me awake.
What about you?
Kind of like
the same thing.
Mmm.
[ominous music playing]
[cart wheels squeaking]
[Lou] Well, if you slow down
a little...
So, mirror acting
is about mimicking.
Okay. One, two, three.
[all] Hey!
- [Lou] All right. All right.
- [cheering]
Get out of here. Go to lunch.
I know you're hungry.
This is terrific.
You're turning
into great actors.
You know that? It's amazing.
Keep at it, all right?
Ah!
[Max] Lou, that looked like
a lot of fun.
Max! Maxie boy!
- Hey. Good morning.
- Morning.
Yeah, I'm trying--
I am trying to impart
some nuggets of wisdom
[chuckling] I learned
on my off-Broadway
theater days.
Not many Oliviers here,
but, uh...
we have a lot of fun
nonetheless. [laughs]
I think whatever
you're doing here is great.
I mean, they seem
really happy.
Oh, thanks.
Thanks, Max. I...
You know, people spend
their entire lives
trying to prolong life.
But then when they get here
at the end, I mean,
boredom is what takes them
to the grave.
It's not disease.
It's not illness.
It's boredom.
We must fill our hours
with laughter, life...
love.
Morning, Max.
We got a spill on three.
You're needed.
- Ah.
- I...
Needed.
And, hey, fuck boredom.
[laughs]
[distant screaming]
[distant groaning]
[elevator door opens, closes]
- [button clicks]
- [elevator music playing]
[foreboding music playing]
[indistinct TV chatter]
[narrator on TV]
...that they're going
to find oil.
Matter of fact,
in exploratory drilling,
only one well in nine
finds any oil at all.
Only one in 24
recovers enough oil
to pay for itself.
And only one
in almost a thousand
makes a major discovery.
Pretty big odds.
Yet America's fuel reserves
the oil supplies
still underground
have kept increasing steadily.
I couldn't imagine
how this ever-increasing
supply of oil was achieved
until I found out
that there's not just one,
- but thousands
of oil companies...
- [groaning]
...all competing
with each other
to discover and to sell
new sources of oil.
Or believe it or not,
in the USA, anyone...
[old man groaning]
Hey. Hey, man, it's all right.
- I'm not gonna hurt you.
- [groans]
[screams]
It's okay.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
- [groans]
- [grunts]
- Stop!
- [screaming]
Jesus!
Juno.
What the hell
are you doing?
Max, get your fucking hands
off him!
[old man screaming]
Go! Max, go! Get out!
[old man screaming]
Hey, Max. Uh,
you wanna come in, please?
Come on in.
Les takes his job
very seriously, and...
he's not very happy about this.
And to be frank, neither am I.
Um, uh...
- I just-- I heard a scream.
- Mm-hmm.
And, uh, I-I went
to go check it out.
All right. But you told Les
that there was an unlocked door
that accessed the fourth floor.
You know, Max,
we're very aware
of why you're here.
This should be
a fresh start for you.
A chance to shed the skin
of your past transgressions.
I would hate to see you return
to your reckless ways.
It's time to play
by the rules, Max.
I'm sorry, Doc.
It won't happen again.
[ominous music playing]
[woman] Hey, Max.
Norma. Hi.
How's it going?
Why aren't you in the party?
Oh, I'm not in the party mood.
I hear you were up on four.
Word travels fast
in an old age home, Max.
It's like a gigantic
sewing circle. [chuckles]
Those people on four,
there's something wrong.
Like, they seem so lost.
- And their eyes,
they're just...
- Oh, Max.
"A heart knows a heart."
Hmm?
When I'd, uh, put my son
to bed at night,
I'd kiss him and say,
"A heart knows a heart."
That's why you feel things
the way you do.
But...
you need to put that away.
There's nothing
you can do for them.
There's nothing...
nothing anyone can do.
[ominous music plays]
[indistinct TV chatter]
...all oil lies far beneath
the surface of the earth.
They're going to find oil.
These wells go down
thousands of feet.
It costs a lot of money
to drill.
But that's no guarantee
that they're going to find oil.
Matter of fact,
in exploratory drilling,
only one well in nine
finds any oil at all.
Only one in 24
recovers enough oil
to pay for itself.
And only one
in almost a thousand
makes a major discovery.
Pretty big odds.
Yet America's fuel reserves
the oil supplies
still underground...
Hey, man,
I'm not gonna hurt you.
[screams]
[growling]
[laughing maniacally]
[screaming]
[wind whooshing outside]
[Lou] I'm not doing
very well at this game,
but I am not a quitter.
[billiard balls clack]
[laughs loudly]
Hey! Did you see?
Oh, my God.
You look downright awful.
Well, thanks.
And, yeah, I mean...
I look how I feel.
I haven't been able
to sleep at all here.
Okay. You know,
rumor has it
that they mess
with the oxygen levels
in the... in the vents,
but it's just to make sure
that us old folks
get a good night's sleep, huh.
I mean, it must work
'cause I sleep like death.
You cannot wake me up
once I go under.
[speaking French]
- [Les] Norma, enough!
- [Ellie continues
speaking French]
[indistinct chatter]
- [Les and Sabian indistinct]
- Don't touch me!
[Norma] Don't!
[Lou] Okay, I'm feeling good
now, guys, so rack 'em up.
Who am I hustling next, huh?
[chuckles]
Norma. Norma, it's Max.
[chuckles] Um...
Lou plans these
murder mystery nights
once a month.
"A night of blood and intrigue,"
as he puts it.
I just wanted to check on you
because I saw you arguing
with someone.
- I just...
- Oh, no, no, no, no.
That's-- that's...
It's fine.
Well, I won't take too much
of your time. I, uh...
I was just thinking about
what you told me the other day,
and I thought
it would only be fair
if I return the favor.
Um... you see,
my brother Luke died
when I was 11,
and my parents...
didn't let me go
to the funeral
'cause they thought
I was too young,
so I never...
I never got the chance
to say goodbye.
Luke is my unresolved.
Anyway, I was just thinking
about yesterday,
so I just, uh...
drew this up
'cause I just thought
you should have it.
I tried to get it exactly right,
but I think it'll... it'll do.
Oh!
[inhales sharply]
Oh.
[sighs]
- "A heart knows a heart."
- "...knows a heart."
[Norma chuckles]
- Max.
- Yeah?
Listen to me.
There's something very wrong
with this place.
Something terribly wrong.
You need to get...
- [loud thud]
- ...out of--
[keys jangling]
I have to go.
What? You have to tell me
what's going on.
Max, I have to get ready.
I can't be late.
- Norma. What the fuck?
- Forget it, Max.
We'll talk tomorrow.
[suspenseful music playing]
[distant screaming]
[inhales deeply]
"There's something wrong
with this place."
What the fuck does that mean?
What the fuck's wrong
with this place?
Hey, have you seen Norma?
Is she still at that, like,
murder mystery thing?
Oh, no, baby.
We took her to the infirmary.
She wasn't feeling well.
What-- what happened?
Is she all right?
It's her diabetes.
Her blood sugar
was really low.
You know, it makes her
kind of loopy.
She's sleeping now.
We're gonna monitor her
overnight.
She'll be fine, Max.
Relax.
Well, tell her I said "hi"
if you can.
Night.
Sleep tight, Max.
[whirring]
[window tapping]
[tapping continues]
[leaf blower stops]
[ominous music playing]
[squeaking]
[groaning]
[woman screaming]
[dark music playing]
[woman] Oh, my God!
Norma!
Norma!
[women crying]
[inaudible]
Officer, I found this note
in Norma's room.
She speaks about joining
her deceased son.
[Sabian] I'm sorry, Max.
We just didn't see this coming.
[ominous music playing]
[somber music playing]
[inaudible]
[inaudible singing]
[Max] Mind if I, uh,
take a seat, Lou?
Oh, no.
How you holding up?
Oh...
She could no longer
fill the hours
with... laughter
and joy and...
[breathes deeply]
I failed her, Max.
No. She was my muse,
you know?
She'd help with my diet.
Said, "You have to stay
in shape, Louis.
Just in case
another wonderful role
comes your way."
[chuckles]
And in return,
I'd recite
Shakespeare's sonnets
to help her sleep.
[sniffles] I can't...
Do you really think
that she would...
take her own life?
Well, I don't know, Max. I...
Where's this coming from, son?
Well... it's just Norma said
something to me.
She said that
there was something wrong
with this place.
Something very wrong.
And then the next day,
she just...
[ominous music plays]
Lou. Hey!
[groaning]
Hey.
Oh, I went away again,
didn't I?
Yeah. Oh, God.
It's happening more often,
and more often.
[Lou sobs]
[tense musical stinger]
- [loud thud]
- [electrical buzzing]
- [indistinct whispering]
- Hey, Max.
[people screaming]
[indistinct yelling]
[old man groaning]
Help me!
[breathing heavily]
[foreboding music plays]
[door closes]
- [clicks]
- [electrical buzzing]
[clicks]
- [clicks]
- [electrical buzzing]
[clicks]
- [clicks]
- [ominous music plays]
[clicks]
[clicks]
[door creaks]
- [clicks]
- [electrical buzzing]
[groans softly]
[groans]
[Max sighs deeply]
[Lou groaning]
[electrical buzzing continues]
[tense music rising]
[Couper] We haven't heard
from you, Max. Are you okay?
[Max] Sorry. Yeah. The, uh...
One of the residents
passed away,
and it was really sad,
but I'm okay now.
Oh, my God.
Are you eating, Max?
You look tired.
You need to eat.
He knows eating is important,
Sylvia, for God's sakes.
I'm glad to hear
you're feeling better
today, Max.
- Mmm.
- You had us worried.
Let me ask you this.
Are you getting anything
out of this experience?
You know, I-I actually am.
You know, I, uh... I think
these people need me and...
I think I can help them.
I have to help them.
[tense music playing]
Morning, Max.
Fuck.
Jesus Christ.
What the fuck you doing?
That yellow tape
look like a welcome mat?
- No, I--
- Hey.
You just cannot help
yourself, can you?
Let's go.
I gotta tell the doc.
He calls the cops this time,
and that's on you.
I just came back
to say goodbye. Okay?
I... wanted to look around,
see if I can find something
to remember her by.
Her shit is all gone already.
It's thrown out.
She had no family.
Whatever's left
gets incinerated
in the basement.
It's over.
[sighs]
I-I...
I get it, Max.
But you owe me.
Get out before
I change my mind.
Thank you. Thanks, Les.
[metal clanking]
[clicking]
[mice squeaking]
[Max] Come on, Norma.
There's gotta be
something in here.
[tense musical stinger]
[Norma] Max had an encounter
on the fourth floor.
He needs to know the danger.
Am I next?
Is my Lou next?
They come at night
with their needles
and their dogs,
changing us too.
- [Lou mumbling]
- Lou!
[Lou singing indistinctly]
Lou, I gotta talk to you.
You in there?
[Lou] Can't talk.
[singing resumes]
[groans] Oh!
Lou, thank God you're here.
Norma was right, man.
There's something
fucking wrong with this place.
And... and I found her diary.
She says there's
something going on at night
with, like, needles.
[Lou] Gluttony...
- kills more than the sword.
- Lou, what?
Bet you didn't know that,
did you?
- [Max] What?
- [Lex chuckles]
She always protected me
against my demons.
Oh, my Norma...
And she's gone!
And I'm weak!
I'm so fucking weak!
I have to punish myself.
[grunts]
Can you not hear me?
- [Lou snorts]
- What the fuck?
I am a pig!
- Lou!
- I ruined my career.
I did it, so I must be punished!
[snorts] I'm a pig!
Mmm! Mmm!
I have something
for you, Max.
Look at that. [snorts]
- Oh, my-- What the fuck?
- Oh, yes, and they all
have to come out.
- What the fuck?
- You have to help me, Max.
- I want you to help me.
- Stop! Lou!
- Lou, put--
- I have to get them all!
- I have to do this!
- Will somebody please help?
Pliers! Give me my pliers!
- Ahh!
- Will somebody
fucking help me please?
[inaudible]
[tense music playing]
[keyboard clacking]
[dings]
[clicks]
[dinging]
[clicks]
- [beeps]
- Fuck.
[distorted sounds]
[distant screaming]
[thuds]
[ominous music swelling]
- [dings]
- Max. Max!
Max, someone's coming.
Someone's coming.
Someone's coming.
[banging on door]
Good morning. Hey.
You okay?
You looked flushed.
Yeah, I'm-- I'm fine.
What's going on?
Well, I just wanted to stop by
and let you know
that Lou is gonna be fine.
I know you were concerned
about him.
That's... that's great.
Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
- Mmm.
You get anything good?
I love it when my smiles arrive.
You know, I can't really
sleep here, so I just...
I just got some books.
Mmm. You don't strike me
as a reader.
But, okay, let's get to work.
- First floor. Five minutes.
- Thank you.
I'll be right there.
- Okay.
- Don't make me come back.
- [beeps]
- [keyboard clacks]
Hello? Hello? Are you there?
Please? Is someone there?
[distorted sounds]
Max, thank God you're here.
Who are you? How'd you know
someone was coming to my room?
I've been watching you.
Did you put
the black light in here?
Yes. I needed you to find out.
What the fuck
do you want from me? Why?
I can't say more.
If I'm gone too long,
they'll grow suspicious.
- They'll hurt me.
- Who's gonna hurt you?
Who? Sabian?
This is so much bigger
than you think.
But I can't answer any more
of your questions right now.
No, wait!
Just tell me something--
Help me help them, Max.
Help me help them
before they're all turned
into monsters
just like the others.
We have to stop them, Max.
They killed Norma
for knowing too much.
They'll kill you too.
They'll kill you too.
[voice distorts]
They'll kill you too.
Kill you too... Kill you too...
Kill you...
[loud screaming]
Hello?
[activist]
Storms of Greta's magnitude
are a direct result
of global warming,
'cause your generation
raped this planet,
depleted it of its resources.
You had to have everything,
no matter the cost.
[man] You have no real proof
establishing mankind's
responsibility
for this small amount
of the crazy word--
That's trying to advance
your own agenda.
[activist] My agenda is simple.
Saving the environment.
Normal climate change
is natural.
The Earth's climate--
[activist]
We're inheriting
a dying world.
A world that is withering away.
- [man] The liberal agenda--
- [activist] Clearly,
climate change
is a hotly debated topic.
There are naysayers,
but the scientific consensus
is clear
that the Earth's temperature
is increasing daily...
[debate continues indistinctly]
[male resident]
Climate change
is a bunch of bullshit.
[indistinct chatter]
- [beeps]
- Max.
Sorry, I didn't mean
to scare you. [chuckles]
- Are you okay?
- No, I look terrible,
but I'm okay.
I do-- I want you
to know I...
I'm so sorry
you had to see
all that last night.
You have nothing
to be sorry for.
Oh, no. Oh, no. Max.
There's-- there's something
very wrong with me.
I fear I'm about to disappear.
- There's nothing wrong
with you.
- I'm gonna miss you.
There's nothing wrong with you.
It's this place.
Norma...
She was right about you.
You are one of the good ones.
[indistinct]
[tense music playing]
[beeps]
[beeps]
- [clacks]
- [beeps]
Sick. It's like Predator.
[keyboard clacking]
[tense musical stinger]
What are you doing?
[keyboard clacks]
What the fuck you got, old man?
Where the fuck is he going?
Fuck.
[eerie music playing]
[metal thuds]
Wait, is it all of them?
[eerie music continues]
Ah, fuck this.
[tense music playing]
[resident groaning]
- [Les] Sit down
and shut the fuck up!
- [resident] No!
- No! [crying]
- [Les] You shut up!
[resident groaning]
[screaming]
No. No! No!
[crying]
[yelling] No! No!
[spine-chilling scream]
[dog barking]
Help me help them, Max.
It's you.
You need to tell me who you are
and what the fuck is going on
right now, please.
Hold on. Just let me
show you something.
Give me one minute.
That's all I ask.
[inhales] Yeah.
Read the letterhead.
Almont is a subsidiary
of the US Department
of Health Services.
Right. What the fuck
does that mean?
It means that the government
is funding this entire facility.
Research, testing,
new experimental drugs,
controversial gene trials.
Any outlandish
or fucked up idea
the government has,
they first test on animals,
then on people.
- Old people?
- Yes.
And the government
has facilities just like this
all across the country.
They are experimenting
on hundreds,
if not thousands
of elderly people.
They're the perfect
test subjects
'cause if they get dementia,
nobody thinks anything
'cause they're old.
And if they die,
nobody gives a fuck
'cause they're old.
So what you are doing
is important,
which is why
you cannot stop now.
Who are you
and why do you even care?
My father...
lived in a room down the hall.
Now he's on the fourth floor.
Please keep going
'cause we need evidence.
If we expose them,
then maybe
it will help my father
and your friends.
I need to leave.
I've been here
long enough already.
- Wait.
- Don't follow me.
- [roars]
- [Gretchen screams]
[groans, screams]
[classical music playing]
[Sabian] Hi, Max.
I'm gonna give you
an examination now.
You know what?
Sometimes,
when things are bad
on the outside,
we have to look on the inside.
[grunts]
Look at that. Look,
I got a lot of blood.
[voice distorts]
You're wasting your youth.
[screaming]
[screams]
[distorted voice]
It's touching time.
They will kill...
They'll kill you!
[indistinct whispering]
They'll kill you too.
Dea!
It's very rare to see storms
of this magnitude
threatening the East Coast
at this time of year.
You hear this
boogeyman bullshit, Max?
Global warming hype.
That's all it is.
Just wanna sell you
more milk and bread.
Agh. Did they fucking mark me?
- This shit is crazy.
- What the fuck did they do?
You took quite a fall, Max.
Your vitals
were all over the place.
What happened?
Patient from four...
somehow got loose.
Les is looking into it.
But I'll tell you
what's for sure.
He definitely meant you
some harm.
Dr. Sabian wants to do
a very thorough exam today.
You're in good hands.
I'll go and let the doc know
you're awake
so we can get started.
[door opens]
[door closes]
"Examine" my fucking ass.
[groaning]
[breathing heavily]
[ominous music playing]
Another one of your messes, Max.
I'm sure the cops will be here
as soon as you've broken
the terms of your deal.
What, are you on drugs?
No, I was just trying to help,
I swear. I'm sorry.
Sweetheart,
you're safe here.
All right, I'm gonna make
some calls. [sighs]
[gasps] Oh, girls. Hi.
Oh, Maxie, these are
your foster sisters.
This is Tessa and Jackie.
Maxie is not feeling well,
and he's gonna stay
in his old room.
Okay? Stay put, sweetie.
Honey, you are always-- Oh!
Sweetheart, you're always
on a crusade.
- Stay there, girls.
- [inaudible]
[grunts softly]
Hi. [giggles]
You were sleeping a long time.
[Max inhales deeply]
I'm sorry, Mom.
Thanks for, um...
Thanks for letting me stay here
and taking care of me.
Maxie, you were just
trying to do the right thing.
"A heart knows a heart."
What? What's that?
What's wrong?
Nothing, uh...
[clears throat]
Sorry. What...
What did... what did you say?
"A heart knows a heart."
It's something a friend
once said to me a long time ago.
Friend... a friend?
Yeah.
Ah, it's so funny.
I can't remember who.
[chuckles]
But it reminds me of you.
Just trying to help
those good people.
Oh, Maxie,
you look so tired.
I'm gonna go.
Oh, Daddy said
maybe we should go
to see Judge Beric.
He might be able to help us.
Don't you fret.
You're my favorite. [giggles]
[tense music playing]
Hey. Hey, girls.
Have you girls seen
this lady ever, huh?
- [Jackie] No.
- What about Mom? Mom know her?
- You never seen her before?
- No, never.
Somebody knows.
[breathes deeply]
- [Jackie] Are you okay?
- [inhales deeply]
You know what, girls?
I'm really not feeling
too great today,
so if you could just give me
some space...
Did you find the secret place?
What? No, no,
I didn't find anything.
Look, I'm having
a really bad day, okay?
And I'm not in the mood
for a game.
We thought you found that
in the secret place.
It's exactly the same.
What do you mean,
"It's exactly the same"?
What's the secret place?
What--
what are you talking about?
Can you keep a secret?
[foreboding music plays]
[door clacks, creaks]
We found this place
a couple of months ago.
See, that one there
is exactly the same
as the one you had.
"Dea. Roman goddess of youth.
Sip from her chalice."
Do you know what this is?
Have you ever heard of Dea?
No.
[inaudible]
There's some stuff in there too.
Some old photos.
[tense music playing]
[distorted music swelling]
[Max] Oh, my God. Luke.
[soft music plays]
Are you okay?
Max, are you okay?
Who's Luke?
Bye, Max.
[intense music plays]
Hey. [panting]
Luke.
It's you, isn't it?
[sobs] Yeah...
My brother.
[sobbing]
My big brother.
- Max...
- I missed you so much, Luke.
Max... [crying]
- You were just trying to help.
- Yeah.
You were just trying to help.
Hey, look. Hey.
Check this out.
Remember?
[sobbing]
Always. Always.
Always. I never forgot you.
Okay, you gotta
help me now. Okay?
So I can help you.
Look...
I don't understand any of this.
Is this where you were working
while you were at college?
Is this where you were
when they said
you killed yourself?
Yeah? Who are these people?
She...
"She"? That's her?
- Okay. Sit tight.
- [whimpers]
Hey.
Hey. Is this you?
Is that you?
It is you.
Is this all of you?
It's all of you.
What the fuck?
What the fuck is going on?
What happened to you guys?
I don't understand.
- [groaning]
- What is-- What? Ugh!
- [groaning]
- [grunting]
[grunting]
Shut the fuck up.
[photographer]
Wake up, Max.
There he is.
Say cheese, Max.
Say cheese, Max.
[muffled, indistinct chatter]
[photographer]
Big smile!
Really big smile.
[voices whispering]
[photographer]
On three, everyone.
One, two...
[all] ...three!
- [shutter clicks]
- [laughter]
[resident]
Good job, Max.
Max, good job.
Hey, relax. Enjoy it.
You're the guest of honor.
Our protagonist.
[resident]
Nice job, Max.
What the fuck?
[music distorts]
Um, I... Can-- can I have
everybody's attention, please?
I, um...
I wanna make a toast
to every single one of you.
I thank you from the bottom
of my heart.
And bravo!
[all] Bravo!
- Lou! Lou! Lou! Lou!
- Oh, no. Come on. No.
Okay. Okay. Come on.
Come on. Come on now.
All of you did amazing work.
I mean, look--
look at all of you.
Dr. Sabian's wife,
Gretchen,
our damsel in distress.
You were just wonderful.
And our antagonist
playing a sadistic doctor.
- You're too kind.
- All right. Now,
our supporting people.
- There's Sadie.
Sexy Sadie.
- Sadie!
There's Ethan and Ellie,
who cannot keep their hands
off each other.
And... Sylvia and Couper!
- Yeah!
- [Lou] And...
- Mom?
- ...Juno and Les.
Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
- [Lou indistinct]
- What the fuck is going on?
We're-- we're having
a celebration, Max.
We're-- we're patting ourselves
on our backs.
For what we did.
For the story we created
and performed
to have some fun with you.
Like we do with all
the other kids
who come to our home.
- Yes.
- What? What story?
The marks on our necks,
the government conspiracy,
Faceless Fantasies,
my psychoses,
all part of the grand tale
we concocted
to fuck with you
for our entertainment
while you nourished us
at night.
We did it for fun!
[all] Bravo!
What the fuck
are you talking about, Lou?
I don't understand.
I, um...
Doctor, I-I think you should--
Might wanna take this question.
- That was great, Lou.
- Oh.
- You did a fantastic job.
- Thank you. Thank you...
So, Max, um...
what Lou is getting to
is that we like to play
with our food.
You see, you're really here
because we need to drain you,
young man.
To drain you of your essence.
So thank you, Max.
And thank you, Dea.
[all] Thank you, Dea.
[Sabian] The God of youth.
The God of... us.
Never shall we waste...
- [all] Dea.
- ...what she has provided...
- Thank you, Dea.
- Dea.
- ...with love.
- Praise Dea! Praise Dea!
- Dea!
- Dea!
- Dea!
- Dea!
Dea!
[overlapping chatter]
- Dea!
- Dea, Dea, Dea, Dea, Dea...
[grunts] Let me out!
Dea!
[eerie music swelling]
[grunting]
[loud click]
[indistinct whispering]
[Sabian] Don't be afraid, Max.
All you'll feel
is a little pinch
as the needle
penetrates your eye.
You know about
the fountain of youth?
You've heard of that, right?
It's real,
but it lives within us.
There's a small sack
behind your right eye
where Goddess Dea's
nectar resides.
- [Sylvia] Mm-hmm.
- Science dismisses it
as just a gland.
- [laughter]
- Idiots.
But Dea showed us the truth.
It's what gives a person
youth and vitality.
So we take Dea's nectar from you
- because ours
goes away with age.
- Oh!
But don't worry,
we've been draining you
every night, Max.
We've been feeding
on your honey,
sucking on Dea's teat.
- [woman moans]
- [sucking sounds continue]
[Sabian]
It keeps us forever young.
Your mother and I
are both 109, Max.
Going on 110.
A hundred and fourteen
and a half.
Ninety-three, bitch.
Your pal Lou is 128.
[laughs]
You're all fucking sick fucks!
Maybe you're right,
but that's what keeps us
young and passionate.
That's what makes us
fuck so much.
- [all chuckle, murmur]
- Oh, we fuck all the time.
- [Max] You fucks!
- All the time.
- Constantly.
- [Max] Cocksuckers!
You've taken everything
from us! Everything!
To Dea!
- To Dea!
- Dea!
- Dea!
- To Dea!
To Dea!
- Dea!
- To Dea!
Dea!
Why would you do this to me?
We've given you so many chances
to be productive, son.
Oh, we sent most
of our foster kids here
to collect Dea's nectar
because you wasted
all of the opportunities
we provided for you.
I trusted you.
Max, you're my favorite.
So we're going to take
quite a lot tonight, Max.
You better take it all,
'cause if you don't,
I'm gonna fucking kill you.
That won't be possible
'cause when you awaken,
you'll feel like
a 100-year-old man.
But you'll be with family.
It's time.
- [grunts]
- [Sabian] Open your mouth.
[grunting]
- Shut the fuck up.
- [singing indistinctly]
- [muffled grunting]
- You know too much, Max.
Time to join
your brother upstairs.
[muffled grunting, screaming]
- Mmm. Don't move.
- [Max grunts]
- [muffled grunting]
- [residents chanting "Dea"]
- [Sabian] To dearest Dea.
- To Dea.
With love and gratitude.
With love and gratitude.
- Love and gratitude.
- Love and gratitude.
- Don't move, Max.
- [Max grunts]
Don't move.
[muffled grunting]
[Sabian] Hold him down.
- Dea!
- Dea!
To Dea!
- Dea!
- [Gretchen] Fuck me!
[chanting continues]
[Gretchen] Fuck me!
[moaning]
[Gretchen] Fuck me!
[moans]
[thunder rumbling]
Hey, kiddo.
How you feeling, huh?
I got ya.
You'll be well cared for.
Don't you fret.
I know.
You're confused. I get that.
Allow me to lift the fog.
Oh, my sweet Norma.
She wanted to save you.
Sentimental reasons.
So she had to go.
And that's when it came to me.
Just a thought, you know?
[stammers]
An epiphany, one might say.
That, uh, we'd use
Norma's demise
in our game with you.
And we had the greatest time
of our long lives.
Brainstorming,
dressing up and down.
[chuckles]
Improvising.
- [muffled laughter]
- The hoot...
[Max] Right. What the fuck
does that mean?
[Lou] ...to end
all hootenannies.
[Gretchen]
...the government is funding
this entire facility.
Now, you remember
what I told you, Max?
The enemy of old age
is not death.
It is boredom.
We must fill the hours
with smiles.
And we have so many,
many, many, many hours to fill.
You rest now.
We still need you.
Your nectar.
Little man, you're crying
I know why you're blue
Someone took
your kiddie car away
Better go to sleep now,
little man
You've had a busy day...
[thunder rumbling]
[clinks]
- [thunder rumbling]
- [breathing heavily]
[thunder rumbling continues]
[eerie music playing]
[eerie music rising]
[eerie music swelling]
[Max wheezing]
- [breathing heavily]
- [heartbeat thumping]
[thunder rumbling]
[wheezing]
[intense music plays]
[grunting]
[Max] Fuck you!
[chuckles]
[hopeful music playing]
[Juno groans]
[grunts]
[chuckles]
[alarm blaring]
[elevator bell dings]
[grunts]
[grunting]
[grunts]
[intense music playing]
- [groans]
- [thuds]
[woman gasps, screams]
[crying]
[woman] Run! Now!
Oh, no! Oh, no!
No!
No!
- No!
- No, no! No!
No, no, no, no!
[screaming]
[groans]
[Ellie groans]
- [screaming]
- [Ellie speaking French]
[Ellie yells in French]
[woman] Max is coming!
Max is killing us all!
Run! Run!
- [window shatters]
- Oh! Oh, my God!
Oh!
[whispering] Dea, protect me.
Dea, protect me.
Sadie, move. Move, move now.
Motherfucker!
[grunting]
[yelling, groaning]
[groaning]
[Les] Come on, motherfucker!
[yelling]
[thunder rumbles]
Dea, protect me.
Dea, protect me.
Dea, protect me.
Dea, protect me.
Dea, protect me.
Dea, Dea, protect me...
[Lou gasps, pants]
No! No!
No!
[sobs] I'm your friend.
[Sabian]
Max, stop! I said stop!
Max!
[panting]
Max, don't!
Max, stop.
I will shoot you.
[Lou groaning]
- [window shatters]
- [gunshot continues]
[Lou groans]
- [Max grunts]
- [Gretchen moans]
- Ahh!
- [grunts]
[screaming]
- [Max grunts]
- [screaming louder]
- [thuds]
- [sighs]
[intense music rising]
No, no, no! Ahh!
- No, no! Max! No!
- [grunts]
[Couper] Come on,
let's get to the car!
Come on! Come on!
[grunting]
[Couper] Come on!
- [Max grunting]
- [Gretchen groaning]
[Max exhales]
I'm taking it all back, Lou.
- [distorted music playing]
- [flesh squelching]
[birds chirping]
[soft music playing]
- [sighs]
- [chuckles]
[ominous music playing]
[dark music playing]
[music fades]